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3-043-533-11 (1)
FM/MW/LW
Cassette
Car Stereo
GB
Operating Instructions
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Manual de instrucciones
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Manual de instruções
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To maintain high quality sound Welcome ! If you have drink holders near your audio equipment, be careful not to splash juice or Thank you for purchasing this Sony Cassette other soft drinks onto the car audio. Sugary Player. This unit lets you enjoy a variety of residues on this unit or cassette tapes may features using the following controller contaminate the playback heads, reduce the accessory: sound quality, or prevent sound reproduction altogether. Optional accessory Cassette cleaning kits
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Cassettes longer than 90 minutes The use of cassettes longer than 90 minutes is Notes on Cassettes not recommended except for long continuous play. The tape used for these cassettes is very Cassette care thin and tends to stretch easily. Frequent • Do not touch the tape surface of a cassette, as playing and stopping of these tapes may cause any dirt or dust will contaminate the heads. them to become entangled in the cassette deck • Keep cassettes away from equipment with mechanism. built-in magn
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Table of Contents This Unit Only With Optional Equipment Location of controls ................................................. 5 CD/MD Unit (XR-C33R only) Playing a CD or MD ......................................... 20 Playing tracks repeatedly Getting Started — Repeat Play .............................................. 21 Resetting the unit ................................................ 6 Playing tracks in random order Detaching the front panel .................................. 6 — Shuffle
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Location of controls – + PRESET SOUND MODE 6 DISC D-BASS SEEK / AMS DSPL PTY AF/TA 1 OFF 2 3 SOURCE SHIFT SET UP PLAY MODE 1 2 3 4 56 OFF RELEASE XR-C33R Refer to the pages listed for details. 1 SEEK/AMS (seek/Automatic Music !º PRESET/DISC button (XR-C33R) Sensor/manual search) control During radio reception: 8, 10, 15, 21 Preset stations select 10 2 MODE (*)button During CD/MD playback: During tape playback: Disc change 21 Playback direction change 8 PRST button (XR-3100R) During radio re
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Attaching the front panel Attach part a of the front panel to part b of the unit as illustrated and push the left side Getting Started into position until it clicks. Resetting the unit Before operating the unit for the first time or after replacing the car battery, you must reset the unit. a Remove the front panel and press the reset button with a pointed object, such as a b ballpoint pen. Notes • Be sure not to attach the front panel upside down. • Do not press the front panel too hard against
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2 Press (SHIFT). Setting the clock The clock uses a 24-hour digital indication. The clock starts. Example: To set the clock to 10:08 3 Press (SHIFT). 1 Press (SHIFT), then press (2) (SET UP) After the clock setting is complete, the repeatedly until “CLOCK” appears. display returns to normal playback mode. Note If the POWER SELECT switch on the bottom of the unit is set to the B position, turn the power on 1 Press (4) (n). first, then set the clock. The hour indication flashes. 2 Set the hour. t
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Fast-winding the tape During playback, push the SEEK/AMS Cassette Player control up or down and hold. SEEK / AMS Fast-forward Rewind Listening to a tape To start playback during fast-forwarding or Insert a cassette. rewinding, press (MODE) (*). Playback starts automatically. Locating a specific track — Automatic Music Sensor (AMS) During playback, push the SEEK/AMS control up or down and release for each track you want to skip. You can skip up to nine tracks at one time. If a cassette is already
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Playing a tape in various Radio modes You can play the tape in various modes: •REP (Repeat Play) repeats the current track. •METAL (Metal) lets you play a metal or CrO2 Memorising stations tape. •BL SKP (Blank Skip) skips blanks longer than automatically eight seconds. — Best Tuning Memory (BTM) •ATA (Automatic Tuner Activation) turns on the tuner automatically when fast-winding The unit selects the stations with the strongest the tape. signals and memorises them in the order of their frequencie
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Memorising only the Receiving the memorised desired stations stations You can preset up to 18 FM stations (6 each for 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the FM1, 2, and 3), up to 6 MW stations, and up to tuner. 6 LW stations in the order of your choice. 2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select the 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the band. tuner. 3 Press the number button ((1) to (6)) on 2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select the which the desired station is stored. band. Tip Press either side o
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If FM stereo reception is poor — Monaural Mode RDS 1 During radio reception, press (SHIFT), then press (3) (PLAY MODE) repeatedly until “MONO” appears. 2 Press (4) (n) repeatedly until “MONO- Overview of the RDS ON“ appears. function The sound improves, but becomes monaural (“ST” disappears). Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service that allows FM stations to send 3 Press (SHIFT). additional digital information along with the regular radio programme signal. Your car To return to normal
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Tip Changing the display item The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See Each time you press (AF/TA), the item changes “Changing the sound and display settings” on as follows: page 19). ” TA-ON ” AF TA-ON* Note AF-ON “ AF TA-OFF “ “NO NAME” appears if the received station does not transmit RDS data. * Select this to turn on both the AF and TA functions. Notes • When “NO AF” and the station name flash alternately, it means that the unit cannot find an Retuning the sam
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Local link function (United Kingdom only) Listening to traffic The Local Link function lets you select other announcements local stations in the area, even if they are not stored on your number buttons. The Traffic Announcement (TA) and Traffic Programme (TP) data let you automatically 1 Press a number button that has a local tune in an FM station that is broadcasting station stored on it. traffic announcements even if you are listening to other programme sources. 2 Within five seconds, press th
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Presetting the volume of traffic announcements Presetting the RDS You can preset the volume level of the traffic stations with the AF and announcements beforehand so you won’t miss the announcement. When a traffic TA data announcement starts, the volume will be automatically adjusted to the preset level. When you preset RDS stations, the unit stores each station’s data as well as its frequency, so you don’t have to turn on the AF or TA 1 Select the desired volume level. function every time you t
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1 Press (PTY) during FM reception until “PTY” appears. Locating a station by programme type You can locate the station you want by The current programme type name appears selecting one of the programme types shown if the station is transmitting the PTY data. below. “- - - - -” appears if the received station is not an RDS station, or if the RDS data has Programme types Display not been received. News NEWS 2 Press (PTY) repeatedly until the desired Current Affairs AFFAIRS programme type appears.
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DSPL MODE SOUND Setting the clock Other Functions automatically The CT (Clock Time) data from the RDS You can also control this unit with the rotary transmission sets the clock automatically. commander. 1 During radio reception, press (SHIFT), then press (2) (SET UP) repeatedly until “CT” appears. Labelling the rotary commander Depending on how you mount the rotary 2 Press (4) (n) repeatedly until “CT-ON” commander, attach the appropriate label as appears. shown in the illustration below. The cl
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By rotating the control Using the rotary (the SEEK/AMS control) commander The rotary commander works by pressing buttons and/or rotating controls. XR-C33R only: You can also control the optional CD or MD units with the rotary commander. By pressing buttons Rotate the control and release it to: (the SOURCE and MODE buttons) •Locate the beginnings of tracks on the tape. Rotate and hold the control, and release it to fast-wind the tape. To start playback while fast-winding the tape, (SOURCE) press
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Other operations Rotate the VOL control to Adjusting the sound adjust the volume. Press (ATT) to characteristics attenuate the sound. You can adjust the bass, treble, balance, and fader. You can store the bass and treble levels independently for each source. Press (OFF) to 1 Select the item you want to adjust by turn off the unit. pressing (SOUND) repeatedly. VOL (volume) n BAS (bass) n TRE (treble) n Press (SOUND) to BAL (left-right) n FAD (front-rear) adjust the volume and sound menu. 2 Adjust
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Changing the sound and Boosting the bass sound — D-bass display settings You can enjoy a clear and powerful bass The following items can be set: sound. The D-bass function boosts the low •CLOCK (page 7). frequency signal with a sharper curve than •CT (Clock Time) (page 16). conventional bass boost. •BEEP – to turn the beep sound on or off. You can hear the bass line more clearly even •RM (Rotary Commander) – to change the while the vocal volume remains the same. You operative direction of the ro
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After you select the desired item, the display With Optional Equipment will automatically change to the Motion Display mode after a few seconds. CD/MD Unit (XR-C33R only) In the Motion Display mode, all the above items are scrolled in the display one by one in order. This unit can control a maximum of ten external CD/MD units in this configuration: Tip CD unit – maximum of five The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See MD unit – maximum of five “Changing the sound and display settings” on
