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3-239-034-13 (1)
Personal Audio
System
Operating Instructions
ZS-X3CP
©2001 Sony Corporation
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Information Warning For customers in the United States To prevent fire or shock hazard, This equipment has been tested and found to do not expose the player to rain comply with the limits for a Class B digital or moisture. device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordan
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Basic Operations Table of contents Basic Operations Playing an audio CD or MP3 files .................. 4 Listening to the radio ...................................... 8 The CD Player Using the display .......................................... 10 Locating a specific point in a track .............. 11 Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat Play) ....... 11 Playing tracks in random order (Shuffle Play) ........................................... 12 Creating your own program (Program Play) 13 Preventin
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Basic Operations Playing an audio CD or MP3 files 1 2, 3 4 Connect the supplied AC power adaptor (see page 18). 1 Press POWER to turn on the player. 2 Press Z PUSH down to open the CD compartment and place the CD on the CD compartment until it clicks into place. With the label side up 3 Close the lid of the CD compartment. 4
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Basic Operations Display 4 Press u. The player plays all the tracks once. To play a CD with MP3 files, see page 6. Playing Track time number Use these buttons for additional operations POWER VOLUME +, – x u Z PUSH Jog lever Tip To Do this Playback starts from the adjust the volume Press VOLUME +*, –. track you last stopped playing (Resume play). stop playback Press x. During stop, the track pause playback Press u*. number to be played are Press the button again to displayed. resume play after pa
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Playing an audio CD or MP3 files (continued) Playing a CD with MP3 files POWER Z PUSH u Jog lever MP3 indicator Note 1 Press POWER to turn on the player. Before playing a file, this player reads all file and folder information on the 2 Press Z PUSH to open the CD compartment and place CD. Depending on the the CD on the CD compartment (see page 4) . file structure, it may take more than a minute to 3 Close the lid of the CD compartment. read them. During this time, “Reading” is displayed. 4 Pres
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Basic Operations Example of folder structure and playing Notes order • A folder that does not include an MP3 file is The playing order of the folders and files is as follows: skipped. • Maximum number of CD-R folders: 255 Folder CD-RW Maximum number of files: MP3 file 255 • Folder names and file 1 1 names can be displayed with up to 64 characters. 2 • The characters A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9, and _ can be displayed on this player. 2 3 Other characters are displayed as “*”. 3 4 • This player conforms t
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Listening to the radio 13 2 Connect the supplied AC power adaptor (see page 18). 1 Press POWER to turn on the player. Display 2 Press BAND•AUTO PRESET until the band you want appears in the display. 3 Push the jog lever toward TUNE + or Indicates an FM TUNE – and hold it until the stereo broadcast frequency digits begin to change in the display. The player automatically scans the radio frequencies and stops when it finds a clear station. If you can’t tune in a station, push the jog lever toward
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations POWER VOLUME +, – MODE Tip To Press If the FM broadcast is adjust the volume VOLUME +*, – noisy, press MODE until “Mono” appears in the turn on/off the radio POWER display and radio will play in monaural. *VOLUME + has a tactile dot. To improve broadcast reception Reorient the antenna for FM. Reorient the player itself for AM. for FM for AM 9
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The CD Player Locating a specific Playing tracks point in a track repeatedly (Repeat Play) You can find a specific point in a track while You can play tracks repeatedly in normal, playing a CD. shuffle or program play modes. Jog lever MODE u POWER x Jog lever REPEAT To locate Do this a point while While playing, push the jog listening to lever toward > (forward) or 1 Press POWER to turn on the player. the sound . (backward) and hold it until you find the point 2 Press x. a point while In pause,
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The CD Player 4 Push the jog lever toward . or > Creating your own then press ENTER for the tracks or files* you want to program in the order program (Program Play) you want. You can arrange the playing order of up to *folders for Program Folder Play. 20 tracks or files on a CD. When playing an Audio CD MP3 files, you can also program up to 20 (Program Play) folders (Program Folder Play). Playing order POWER u x MODE Programed track MP3 CD (Program Play) Playing order Programed file MP3 CD (Prog
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Creating your own program (Program Play) (continued) Preventing sound from skipping (ESP) Tips • You can play the same program again, since the program is saved until you open the CD The ESP (Electronic Shock Protection) compartment. function prevents the sound from skipping • The resume function doesn't work during by using a buffer memory that stores music Program Play. data for about 10 seconds. POWER ESP x 1 Press POWER to turn on the player. 2 Press x. “CD” appears in the display. 3 Press E
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The Radio The Radio If a station cannot be preset automatically Presetting radio You need to preset a station with a weak stations signal manually. 1 Press POWER to turn on the player. You can store radio stations into the player’s 2 Press BAND•AUTO PRESET to select memory. You can preset up to 30 radio the band. stations, 20 for FM and 10 for AM in any 3 Tune in a station you want. order. 4 Hold down ENTER for about 2 seconds. 5 Push the jog lever toward PRESET j or Jog leverENTER BAND POWER AU
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Playing preset radio stations Once you’ve preset the stations, use the jog lever to tune in your favorite stations. POWER BAND Jog lever AUTO PRESET 1 Press POWER to turn on the player. 2 Press BAND•AUTO PRESET to select the band. 3 Push the jog lever toward PRESET j or PRESET J to tune in the stored station. 16
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The Audio Emphasis The Audio Emphasis Selecting the audio emphasis (MEGA BASS) You can adjust the audio emphasis of the sound you are listening to. MEGA BASS Reinforcing the bass sound Press MEGA BASS to display “MEGA BASS On”. To return to normal sound, press the button again to display “MEGA BASS Off”. 17
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Setting Up Enjoying various pattern options on the display Like a screen-saver on a PC, graphics can be displayed on you player. There are three different patterns. DISPLAY While the power is on, press DISPLAY for about 2 seconds. “Graphics On” appears in the display and one of the graphic patterns will appear. To return to the usual display Press DISPLAY for about 2 seconds until “Graphics Off” appears in the display. Tip While a graphic pattern is displayed, you can still operate the player as
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Additional Information • If the player is left in a car parked in the sun, be sure to choose a location in the car Precautions where the player will not be subjected to the direct rays of the sun. On safety • Since a strong magnet is used for the • As the laser beam used in the CD player speakers, keep personal credit cards using section is harmful to the eyes, do not magnetic coding or spring-wound watches attempt to disassemble the casing. Refer away from the player to prevent possible servici
