Sony CMT-BX1 Service Manual page 9

HCD-CBX1:
Basic Operations
Before using the system
To use the remote
Slide and remove the battery compartment lid
insert the two supplied R6 (size AA) batteries,
first, matching the polarities shown below.
Notes on using the remote
With normal use, the batteries should last for about six months.
Do not mix an old battery with a new one or mix different types of
batteries.
If you do not use the remote for a long period of time, remove the
batteries to avoid damage from battery leakage and corrosion.
To set the clock
1
Turn on the system.
Press (power) .
2
Select the clock set mode.
Press CLOCK/TIMER SET on the remote. If the
current mode appears on the display, press
repeatedly to select "CLOCK SET" and then press
ENTER .
3
Set the time.
Press / repeatedly to set the hour, and
then press ENTER . Use the same procedure to set
the minutes.
The clock settings are lost when you disconnect the
power cord or if a power failure occurs.
To display the clock when the system is off, press
DISPLAY . The clock is displayed for about 8
seconds.
Selecting a music source
Press the following buttons (or press FUNCTION
repeatedly).
To select Press
CD CD on the remote.
Tuner TUNER/BAND
Component (connected using AUDIO IN
an audio cord)
Adjusting the sound
To adjust the volume
Press VOLUME +/ on the remote (or VOL +/
unit) .
To add a sound effect
To Press
Generate a more dynamic DSGX
sound (Dynamic Sound
Generator X-tra)
Set the sound effect EQ
repeatedly to select "BASS"
or "TREBLE, " and then
press +/
repeatedly to adjust the level.
Playing a CD/MP3 disc
1
Select the CD function.
Press CD on the remote
2
Place a disc.
Press (open/close) on the unit, and place a disc
with the label side up on the disc tray.
To close the disc tray, press
unit.
Do not force the disc tray closed with your finger, as
this may damage the unit.
3
Start playback.
Press (play) on the remote (or CD
pause) on the unit) .
To Press
Pause playback (pause) on the remote (or CD
. To resume play, press the
button again.
Stop playback (stop)
Select a folder on an
+/
, and
MP3 disc
side
Select a track or file /
.
Find a point in a Hold down
track or file fast forward)
and release the button at the
desired point.
Select Repeat Play
REPEAT
repeatedly until "REP" or "REP1"
appears.
To change the play mode
Press PLAY MODE repeatedly while the player is
stopped. You can select normal play ("
files in the folder on the disc), shuffle play ("SHUF" or
" SHUF*"), or program play ("PGM").
* When playing a CD-DA disc, (SHUF) Play performs the same
operation as normal (shuffle) play.
Notes on Repeat Play
All tracks or files on a disc are played repeatedly up to five times.
"REP1" indicates that a single track or file is repeated until you stop
it.
Notes on playing MP3 discs
Do not save other types of tracks or files or unnecessary folders on a
/
disc that has MP3 files.
Folders that have no MP3 files are skipped.
MP3 files are played back in the order that they are recorded onto
the disc.
The system can only play MP3 files that have a file extension of
".MP3".
If there are files on the disc that have the ".MP3" file extension,
but that are not MP3 files, the unit may produce noise or may
malfunction.
The maximum number of:
folders is 255 (including the root folder).
MP3 files is 511.
MP3 files and folders that can be contained on a single disc is 512.
folder levels (the tree structure of files) is 8.
Compatibility with all MP3 encoding/writing software, recording
device, and recording media cannot be guaranteed. Incompatible
MP3 discs may produce noise or interrupted audio or may not play
at all.
Notes on playing multisession discs
If the disc begins with a CD-DA (or MP3) session, it is recognized as
a CD-DA (or MP3) disc, and other sessions are not played back.
A disc with a mixed CD format is recognized as a CD-DA (audio)
disc.
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HCD-BX5BT/CBX1/CBX3
Listening to the radio
1
Select "FM" or "AM. "
Press TUNER/BAND
on the
2
Select the tuning mode.
Press TUNING MODE
appears.
3
Tune in the desired station.
on the unit.
Press +/
. Scanning stops automatically when a station is
tuned in, and then "TUNED" and "ST" (for stereo
on the remote
programs only) appear.
on the remote
To stop automatic scanning
Press (stop)
To tune in a station with a weak signal
If "TUNED" does not appear and the scanning does not
.
stop, press TUNING MODE
and "PRESET" disappear, and then press +/ on the
remote (or TUNE +/
in the desired station.
To reduce static noise on a weak FM stereo
station
Press FM MODE
"MONO" appears to turn off stereo reception.
Changing the display
(open/close) on the
To
Change
information on the
1)
display
(play/
Check the clock
when the system
is off
1)
For example, you can view CD/MP3 disc information, such as the
(play/pause) on the unit)
track or file number or folder name during normal play, or the total
playing time while the player is stopped.
2) The STANDBY indicator
off.
.
Notes on the display information
(select folder) .
Characters that cannot be displayed appear as "_".
The following are not displayed:
(go back/go forward) total playing time for a CD-DA disc depending on the play mode.
total playing time and remaining playing time for an MP3 disc.
The following are not displayed correctly:
/ (rewind/
folder and file names that do not follow either the ISO9660
during playback,
Level 1, Level 2 or Joliet in the expansion format.
The following is displayed:
ID3 tag information for MP3 files when ID3 version 1 and version
2 tags are used (up to 62 characters).
on the remote
Using optional audio components
To connect an optional headphones
" for all MP3
Connect headphones to the PHONES jack
unit.
To connect an optional component
Connect additional audio component to the AUDIO
IN jack on the unit using an audio analog cord (not
supplied). Turn down the volume on the system, and
then select the AUDIO IN function.
repeatedly.
repeatedly until "AUTO"
on the remote (or TUNE +/ on the unit)
.
repeatedly until "AUTO"
on the unit) repeatedly to tune
on the remote repeatedly until
Press
DISPLAY repeatedly when the
system is on.
DISPLAY when the system is
off 2) . The clock is displayed for 8
seconds.
on the unit lights up when the system is
on the
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