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3-095-505-11(1)
Micro HI-FI
Component System
Operating Instructions
CMT-BX4R
CMT-BX3R
© 2007 Sony Corporation
CMT-BX3R.GB.3-095-505-11(1)
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Notice for the customer in the countries applying EU Directives WARNING The manufacturer of this product is Sony Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, To reduce the risk of fire or Tokyo, Japan. electric shock, do not expose The Authorized Representative for EMC this apparatus to rain or and product safety is Sony Deutschland moisture. GmbH, Hedelfinger Strasse 61, 70327 Stuttgart, Germany. To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover For any service or guarantee matters please the ventila
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Note on DualDiscs A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates DVD recorded material on one side with digital audio material on the other side. However, since the audio material side does not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard, playback on this product is not guaranteed. Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies This product is designed to playback discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright pr
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Table of Contents Guide to parts and controls ............. 5 Others Information on the display ............... 9 Troubleshooting .................................23 Messages ...............................................27 Getting Started Precautions ...........................................28 Hooking up the system Specifications ......................................30 securely ..................................................10 Playable/Recordable USB Setting the clock ...............
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Guide to parts and controls Guide to parts and controls This manual mainly explains operations using the remote, but the same operations can also be performed using the buttons on the unit having the same or similar names. Unit Front panel Top panel Continued GB CMT-BX3R.GB.3-095-505-11(1)
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Remote USB MEMORY indicator Lights up when an optional USB device (Digital music player or USB storage media) is connected. AUDIO IN jack (page 18) Connect to an optional audio component. PHONES jack Connect the headphones. (USB) port (page 14, 16, 31) Connect to an optional USB device (Digital music player or USB storage media). Playback buttons and function buttons / (power) button (page 11, 22, Unit: USB (play/pause) 26) button (page 16) Press to turn on the system.
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Guide to parts and controls Remote: (play) button, ENTER button (page 11, 14, 15, (pause) button 20, 21, 22) Press to start or pause playback. Press to enter the settings. TUNER/BAND button (page 13) Press to select the TUNER function. Press to select FM or AM reception / (go back/go forward) mode. button (page 12, 15, 17, 20) Press to select a track or file. Unit: AUDIO IN button (page 18) Press to select the AUDIO IN function. Unit: TUNE +/ (tuning) button (page 13) Remote
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REPEAT/FM MODE button (page 12, 13, 17) Press to listen to a disc, an USB device, a single track or file repeatedly. Press to select the FM reception mode (monaural or stereo). Battery compartment lid (page 11) CLEAR button (page 20) Press to delete a pre-programmed track or file. TUNER MEMORY button (page 21) Press to preset the radio station. PLAY MODE/TUNING MODE button (page 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21) Press to select the play mode of a CD, MP3 disc or an optional USB device
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Guide to parts and controls Information on the display Function Timer (page 22) Audio format Play mode (page 12, 17) DSGX (page 18) Tuner reception mode (page 13) Tuner reception (page 13) CD-USB Recording (page 14) Text information Play/Pause GB CMT-BX3R.GB.3-095-505-11(1)
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Getting Started Hooking up the system securely Left speaker Right speaker or Wall socket Speaker cord (Red/ ) Speakers Speaker cord (Black/ ) Insert only the stripped portion of the AM loop antenna speaker cords into the SPEAKER jacks. FM lead antenna (Extend it horizontally.) Brown side for other regions Antennas White side for North American model Find a location and an orientation that provide good reception, and then set up the antenna. Keep the antennas away from the sp
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Getting Started Power For models with a voltage selector, set Setting the clock VOLTAGE SELECTOR to the local power line voltage. Use buttons on the remote to set the Connect the power cord to a wall socket. clock. If the plug does not fit the wall socket, detach the supplied plug adaptor (only 1 Press / to turn on the for models equipped with an adaptor). system. When carrying this system 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET . If the current mode appears on 1 Remove a disc to protect the CD
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Other operation Basic Operations To Press Pause playback (or CD on the Playing a CD/MP3 disc unit) . To resume play, press the button again. 1 Select the CD function. Stop playback . Press CD . Select a folder +/ . 2 Place a disc. on an MP3 disc Press on the unit, and place a disc with the label side up on the Select a track / . disc tray. or file Find a point in Hold down / a track or file during playback, and release the button at the desired point.
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Basic Operations Notes on Repeat Play
=> All tracks or files on a disc are played Listening to the radio repeatedly up to five times.
=> “REP1” indicates that a single track or file is 1 Select “FM” or “AM.” repeated until you stop it. Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly. Notes on playing MP discs
=> Do not save other types of files or 2 Select the tuning mode. unnecessary folders on a disc that has MP3 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly files. until “AUTO” appears.
=> Folders that have no MP3 files
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See the operation manual supplied with the USB device to be connected Recording from a disc for details on the operation method. onto an USB device 2 Select the CD function, then You can connect an optional USB device load the disc you want to (Digital music player or USB storage record. media) to the (USB) port on the unit and record music from a disc to the 3 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly USB device. to select the play mode when You can record from a CD-DA disc or the CD player
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Basic Operations 3 Press / or +/ 2 Select the CD function, then repeatedly to select the MP3 file or load the disc you want to folder you want to erase. record. 4 Press ERASE on the unit. “TRACK ERASE?” or “FOLDER 3 Select the track or MP3 file you ERASE?” appears in the display. want to record, then start play. To cancel the erase operation, press . 4 Press CD-USB SYNC/REC1 on the unit while the selected track 5 Press ENTER . The selected MP3 file or folder is o
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Notes
=> Do not remove the USB device during Listening to music of recording or erase operations. Doing so may corrupt the data on the USB device or an USB device damage the USB device itself.
=> Do not connect the system and the USB You can listen to music stored in the USB device through an USB hub. device.
=> When recording from a CD, the tracks The audio format that can be played back are recorded as 128 kbps MP3 files. When recording from an MP3 disc, MP3 files by this system is MP3*
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Basic Operations
=> When the USB device is inserted, the system Other operation reads all the files on the USB device. If there are many folders or files on the USB device, To Press it may take a long time to finish reading the Pause playback (or USB on USB device. the unit) . To resume
=> Do not connect the system and the USB play, press the button device through an USB hub. again.
=> With some connected USB devices, after an operation is performed, there may be a delay Stop pla
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Using optional audio Adjusting the sound components To add a sound effect To Press 1 Connect additional audio Generate a DSGX on the unit. component to the AUDIO more dynamic IN jack on the unit using sound an audio analog cord (not (Dynamic supplied). Sound Generator 2 Turn down the volume. X-tra) Press VOLUME (or VOL on the Set the sound EQ repeatedly unit) . effect to select “BASS” or “TREBLE,” and 3 Select the AUDIO IN function. then press +/ Press AUDIO IN
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Basic Operations Changing the display To Press Change DISPLAY repeatedly information on when the system is on. 1) the display Check the DISPLAY when 2) clock when the the system is off . The system is off clock is displayed for 8 seconds. 1) For example, you can view CD/MP3 disc information or the USB device information, such as the track or file number or folder name during normal play, or the total playing time while the player is stopped. 2) The STANDBY indicator on the uni
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4 Press ENTER to add the track Other Operations or file to the program. CD Creating your own “ . ” appears when the total program time exceeds 100 minutes program for a CD, or when you select a CD (Program Play) track whose number is 21 or over, or when you select an MP3 file. Use buttons on the remote to create your USB own program. The total program time cannot be displayed, so “ . ” appears. 1 Select the desired function. CD 5 Repeat steps 3 through 4 to Press CD to
