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3-862-564-11 (1)
Compact Disc
Player
Operating Instructions
CDP-CX260
ª 1998 by Sony Corporation
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However, there is no guarantee that This equipment is intended for home WARNING interference will not occur in a particular entertainment purposes only. The installation. If this equipment does cause warranty shall be invalidated if used To prevent fire or shock harmful interference to radio or in commercial environments, such as television reception, which can be by disc jockeys, etc., even within the hazard, do not expose determined by turning the equipment off Warranty Period. the unit to rai
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Started Unpacking ............................................................................................................................. 4 Hooking Up the System ...................................................................................................... 5 Setting Up the Remote ........................................................................................................ 6 Connecting Another CD Player ...........................................
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Getting Started Getting Started Notes • Do not leave the remote near an extremely hot or humid Unpacking place. • Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing, Check that you received the following items: particularly when replacing the batteries. • Audio cord (1) • Do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or leave • CD booklet holders (2) and label (1) too near lighting apparatuses. Doing so may cause a • DC-cable (1) malfunction. • Monaural (2P) mini-plug cord (connecting co
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Getting Started Getting Started Playing CDs Hookups Hooking Up the System When connecting the audio cord, be sure to match the color-coded cords to the appropriate jacks on the components: Red (right) to Red and White (left) to Overview White. Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid This section describes how to hook up the CD player to hum and noise. an amplifier. Be sure to turn off the power of each Amplifier component before making the connections. CD player INPUT 2ND CD LINE Transmitter
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Getting Started If you have a Sony component with the CONTROL A1 jack Setting Up the Remote Connect the component via the CONTROL A1 jack. You can simplify the operation of audio systems composed of This section describes how to prepare the supplied separate Sony components. For details, refer to the remote for operation. TM supplementary “S-Link /CONTROL-A1 Control Press OPERATE on the transmitter/receiver to turn it System” instructions. on and press I/u on the player to turn the player on. If
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Getting Started Getting Started Playing CDs 2 Move the cursor (Ó) to “Set up” by using the Easy How to move the cursor in the remote’s scroll key, then press the Easy scroll key. display To move the cursor down, push the Easy scroll key CD1 downward as illustrated below. Pl ayer check Memo l o a d i n g Con t r ast adjust Memo r y c l e a r 3 Move the cursor to “Player check,” then press the Easy scroll key. The display shows the disc data in the player after “Now player checking...” appears. C
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Getting Started 3 Move the cursor to “Memo loading,” then press 2 Move the cursor (Ó) to “Set up” by using the Easy the Easy scroll key. scroll key, then press the Easy scroll key. CD1 CD1 Pl ayer check Al l memo da t a Memo l o a d i n g Mast e r playe r Con t r ast adjust Gr oup memo Memo r y c l e a r When you connect another CD player, “2nd 3 Move the cursor to “Contrast adjust,” then press player” also appears. the Easy scroll key. 4 When you want to load all Disc Memos (the master CD1 pla
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Getting Started Getting Started Playing CDs Erasing all data stored in the remote Connecting Another CD Player 1 Press MENU. If you have a Sony CD player in which 5, 50, or 200 CD1 discs can be inserted and which is equipped with the CONTROL A1 jack and the command mode of that Memo s e a r c h player can be set to CD 3, you can control that player as Pr og r am play P r og r am i npu t the second player with this unit. After connecting this Gr oup s e l e c t unit and an amplifier, follow the p
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Getting Started What cords will I need? • Audio cord (1) (Use the cord supplied with the player to be Inserting CDs connected.) • Monaural (2P) mini-plug cord (1) (not supplied) You can insert up to 200 discs into this player. 1 Connect the players with an audio cord (see also JOG I/u ¤ OPEN/CLOSE “Hookups” on page 5). CDP-CX200, etc. CDP-CX260 LINE OUT 2ND CD LINE IN OUT L L L R R R 2 Connect the players with a monaural (2P) mini- plug cord. Playing position CDP-CX200, etc. CDP-CX260 CONTROL A1
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Getting Started Getting Started Playing CDs 3 Turn the JOG dial until you find the disc slot 5 Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to insert more discs. where you want to insert a disc, while checking the disc number (written beside every slot and also 6 Close the front cover by pressing ¤ OPEN/ indicated in the display). CLOSE. Disc number The rotary table turns and the disc slot at the loading position is set to the playing position. Disc slot at the loading position Always keep the front cover closed except
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Basic Operations Playing a CD 23 5 4/5 STANDBY I / u DISC/CHARACTER MEGA CONTROL X-FADE INPUT FADER NO DELAY MEMO SEARCH PUSH ENTER TIMER CONTINUE SHUFFLE PROGRAM REPEAT TIME/TEXT AMS CHECK CLEAR OFF PLAY OPEN/CLOSE GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 HIT LIST KEY BOARD GROUP 5 GROUP 6 GROUP 7 GROUP 8 GROUP FILE KEYBOARD • See page 5 for hookup Turn on the amplifier and select the CD player position. information. 1 • Make sure you have inserted the Press I/u to turn on the player. discs correctly
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Basic Operations Basic Operations Basic Operations Push the JOG dial or press á to start playing. The selected disc is set to the playing position, and the player 5 plays all the discs from the selected one (ALL DISCS) or all the tracks once (1␣ DISC). Adjust the volume on the amplifier. When you turn off the player To stop playback The player remembers the Press p. last playing disc and the play mode (Continuous, /± JOG Shuffle, or Program (see pages 20 and 21)). When you turn on the player ag
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Playing CDs Playing CDs When you want to check another disc Press DISC SKIP +/– on the remote in the stop mode to Using the Display select the disc you want to check. The total number of tracks and the total playing time of the selected disc You can check information about the disc using the appear momentarily. display. TIME/TEXT INPUT JOG Display information of the playing disc While playing a disc, the display shows the current disc number, track number, playing time of the track, and the nex
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Playing CDs Getting Started Playing CDs Playing CDs To play disc highlights Z Checking the information of CD TEXT discs Some CD TEXT discs have a feature to play only the CD TEXT discs have information, such as the disc titles highlights of the discs. or artist names, memorised in a blank space on the During stop mode, press HIGH-LIGHT on the remote to start playing disc highlights. discs where, on normal discs, there is no information. “Hi LIGHT” flashes while playing disc highlights. The displ
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Playing CDs Each time you press /±, the characters appear in the following order. Locating a Specific Disc MEMO SEARCH JOG A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 If “NOT FOUND” appears in the display while inputting the first character with the /± buttons, no disc has been labeled using the input character. Notes • When searching for input characters, blanks and symbols before the first character in the Disc Memo are ignored. /± • When searching for input char
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Playing CDs Getting Started Playing CDs Playing CDs Locating a disc directly using the remote Locating a disc directly observing the remote’s display 1 Move the cursor (Ó) to the desired disc by using the Easy scroll key. CD1 PLAYER SELECT MENU TRACK BACK 05 : *DI SC- 5* MENU 06 : *DI SC- 6* 07 : *DI SC- 7* PUSH ENTER Easy scroll 08 : *DI SC- 8* key á 2 Press the Easy scroll key or á. If the player has no disc in the slot you selected, CONTINUE SHUFFLE “NO DISC!!!” appears. PROGRAM REPEAT Notes
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Playing CDs Locating a disc using the Disc Memo data Specifying the Next Disc to on the remote Play You can search for and locate a desired disc by using the Disc Memo data on the remote. You can specify the next disc to play while playing a Before following the procedure below, be sure to load disc in Continuous or 1 DISC Shuffle Play mode. the Disc Memo data into the remote’s memory (see page 7). While playing a disc, turn the JOG dial. “NEXT DISC” appears in the display and the disc number o
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Playing CDs Getting Started Playing CDs Playing CDs Locating a specific track or a point in a track To locate Press PLAYER SELECT the next or ± repeatedly until you find the succeeding tracks MENU track TRACK BACK TRACK the current or repeatedly until you find the PUSH ENTER preceding tracks track Easy scroll key a specific track The number button of the track on the directly Z á remote. When you directly locate a track numbered over 10, press >10 =/+ first, then the corresponding number 0/)
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Playing CDs Playing Repeatedly Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play) You can play discs or tracks repeatedly in any play mode. You can have the player “shuffle” the tracks and play in random order. The player shuffles all the tracks on REPEAT all discs or on the disc you specify. á SHUFFLE JOG Press REPEAT while playing a disc. “REPEAT” appears in the display. The player repeats the discs/tracks as follows: When the disc is played in The player repeats ALL DISCS Continuous Play All tracks on al
