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FM/MW/LW Cassette Car Stereo
3-044-359-12 (1)
FM/MW/LW
Cassette
Car Stereo
GB
Operating Instructions
ES
Manual de instrucciones
SE
Bruksanvisning
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Manual de instruções
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Welcome ! Precautions Thank you for purchasing this Sony Cassette • If your car was parked in direct sunlight Player. This unit lets you enjoy a variety of resulting in a considerable rise in features using the following controller temperature inside the car, allow the unit to accessory: cool off before operating it. • If no power is being supplied to the unit, Optional accessory check the connections first. If everything is Rotary commander RM-X4S in order, check the fuse. Card remote commander
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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-C5300RX/ C5300RV/C5300R/C5200R only) Getting Started Playing a CD or MD ......................................... 23 Resetting the unit ................................................ 7 Playing tracks repeatedly Detaching the front panel .................................. 7 — Repeat Play .............................................. 25 Turning the un
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+ T S P R R P S T - - - + D I C S S Location of controls OPEN PTY DSPL D-BASS MENU MODE TA -SEEK/AMS SOURCE AF SOUND ENTER REP SHUF 1 2 3 4 56 OFF Refer to the pages listed for details. 1 MENU button qd Reset button (located on the front side 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24 of the unit behind the front panel) 7 2 Volume control dial qf SEEK/AMS –/+ (cursor left/right) buttons 1 1 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25 3 SOURCE (TUNER/TAPE/CD* /MD* ) Seek 13, 15 button 8, 10, 12, 1
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Optional Card remote commander RM-X91 The corresponding buttons of the card remote commander control the same OPEN/CLOSE functions as those on this unit. OFF 1 OFF button 2 MENU button MENU DISC LIST 3 SOURCE button SEEK SEEK SOURCE 4 SEEK/AMS (cursor
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Attaching the front panel Place the hole A of the front panel onto the spindle B on the unit as illustrated, then push Getting Started the left side in. A Resetting the unit B Before operating the unit for the first time or after replacing the car battery, you must reset the unit. Remove the front panel and press the reset button with a pointed object, such as a ballpoint pen. Reset button x Note Pressing the reset button will erase the clock setting and some memorised functions. Detaching the f
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Turning the unit on/off How to use the menu This unit is operated by selecting items from a Turning on the unit menu. Press (SOURCE) or insert a cassette in the To select, first enter the menu mode and unit. For details on operation, refer to page 10 choose up/down (+/– of (PRST/DISC) or (cassette player) and page 12 (radio). (PRST)), or choose left/right (–/+ of (SEEK/AMS)). Turning off the unit Press (OFF) to stop tape playback or FM/ (PRST/DISC)/(PRST) MW/LW reception (the key illumination a
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2 Press (ENTER). Setting the clock The clock uses a 24-hour digital indication. Example: To set the clock to 10:08 The clock starts. 1 Press (MENU), then press either side of After the clock setting is complete, the (PRST/DISC) or (PRST) repeatedly until display returns to normal playback mode. “CLOCK” appears. Tips • You can use the convenient CT function to set the clock automatically (page 19). • When the D.INFO mode is set to ON, the time is always displayed (page 22). 1 Press (ENTER). The
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Fast-winding the tape During playback, press and hold either Cassette Player side of (SEEK/AMS). Listening to a tape Rewind Fast-forward 1 Press (OPEN) and insert a cassette. Playback starts automatically. To start playback during fast-forwarding or rewinding, press (MODE) (o). Locating a specific track — Automatic Music Sensor (AMS) During playback, press either side of (SEEK/AMS) momentarily for each track you want to skip. 2 Close the front panel. You can skip up to nine tracks at one time. I
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Playing tracks repeatedly Playing a tape in various — Repeat Play During playback, press (1) (REP) modes repeatedly until “REP-ON” in the display You can play the tape in various modes: appears. •REP (Repeat Play) repeats the current track. REP-ON y REP-OFF DSPL •METAL (Metal)* lets you play a metal or MODE CrO2 tape. •BL SKP (Blank Skip) skips blanks longer than -SEEK/AMS eight seconds. ENTER •ATA (Automatic Tuner Activation) turns on REP SHUF 1 2 3 4 56 the tuner automatically when fast-windin
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Memorising only the Radio desired stations You can preset up to 18 FM stations (6 each for FM1, 2, and 3), up to 6 MW stations, and up to 6 LW stations in the order of your choice. Memorising stations automatically 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the tuner. — Best Tuning Memory (BTM) The unit selects the stations with the strongest 2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select the signals and memorises them in the order of band. their frequencies. You can store up to 6 stations on each band (FM1, FM
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If FM stereo reception is poor Receiving the memorised — Monaural Mode 1 During radio reception, press (MENU), stations then press either side of (PRST/DISC) or (PRST) repeatedly until “MONO” 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the appears. tuner. 2 Press (+) side of (SEEK/AMS) until 2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select the “MONO-ON“ appears. band. The sound improves, but becomes monaural (“ST” disappears). 3 Press the number button ((1) to (6)) on which the desired station is stored. 3 Press (
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Changing the display item Each time you press (DSPL/PTY), the item changes as follows: RDS Station name* (Frequency) y Programme type * When you tune in an FM station that transmits RDS data, the station name appears. Overview of the RDS In the Motion Display mode, all the items are scrolled in the display one by one in order. function Tip Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See service that allows FM stations to send “Changing the sound and disp
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Changing the display item Retuning the same Each time you press (AF), the item changes as follows: programme automatically AF-ON y AF-OFF — Alternative Frequencies (AF) Notes The Alternative Frequencies (AF) function • When “NO AF” and the station name flash alternately, it means that the unit cannot find an automatically selects and retunes the station alternative station in the network. with the strongest signal in a network. By • If the station name starts flashing after selecting using this
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Local link function To cancel the current traffic (United Kingdom only) announcement The Local Link function lets you select other Press (TA) or (SOURCE). local stations in the area, even if they are not To cancel all traffic announcements, turn off stored on your number buttons. the function by pressing (TA) until “TA-OFF” appears. 1 Press a number button that has a local station stored on it. Presetting the volume of traffic announcements 2 Within five seconds, press the number You can preset
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Presetting different settings for Presetting the RDS each preset station 1 Select an FM band, and tune in the stations with the AF and desired station. TA data 2 Press (AF) and/or (TA) to select “AF-ON” When you preset RDS stations, the unit stores and/or “TA-ON.” each station’s data as well as its frequency, so you don’t have to turn on the AF or TA function every time you tune in the preset 3 Press the desired number button and station. You can select a different setting (AF, hold until “MEM”
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1 Press (DSPL/PTY) during FM reception until “PTY” appears. Locating a station by programme type You can locate the station you want by selecting one of the programme types shown The current programme type name appears below. if the station is transmitting the PTY data. “- - - - -” appears if the received station is Programme types Display not an RDS station, or if the RDS data has News NEWS not been received. Current Affairs AFFAIRS Information INFO 2 Press either side of (PRST/DISC) or Sports
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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 (MENU), then press either side of (PRST/DISC) or (PRST) repeatedly until “CT” appears. Labelling the rotary commander Depending on how you mount the rotary commander, attach the appropriate label as 2 Press (+) side of (SEEK/AMS) repeatedly shown in the illustratio
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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-C5300RX/C5300RV/C5300R/C5200R 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
