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3-225-231-11 (2)
FM/AM Cassette
Car Stereo
US
Operating Instructions
Owner’s Record
The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom of the unit.
Record the serial number in the space provided below.
Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this
product.
Model No. XR-CA300/CA305 Serial No.
For installation and connections, see the supplied installation/connections
manual.
XR-CA300
XR-CA305
2001 Sony Corporation
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Warning Welcome ! This equipment has been tested and found to Thank you for purchasing this Sony Cassette comply with the limits for a Class B digital Player. device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide In addition to the cassette playback and radio reasonable protection against harmful operations, you can expand your system by 1 interference in a residential installation. This connecting an optional CD/MD unit* . equipment generates, uses, and can radiate
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Precautions Notes on Cassettes •If your car was parked in direct sunlight Cassette care resulting in a considerable rise in •Do not touch the tape surface of a cassette, as temperature inside the car, allow the unit to any dirt or dust will contaminate the heads. cool off before operating it. •Keep cassettes away from equipment with •If no power is being supplied to the unit, built-in magnets such as speakers and check the connections first. If everything is in amplifiers, as erasure or distorti
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Table of Contents With Optional Equipment This Unit Only Location of controls ................................................. 5 CD/MD Unit Playing a CD or MD ......................................... 12 Getting Started Playing tracks repeatedly — Repeat Play .............................................. 13 Resetting the unit ................................................ 6 Playing tracks in random order Detaching the front panel .................................. 6 — Shuffle Play ..........
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Location of controls DIR SOURCE SRC MBP D-BASS MODE D SEEK AMS SEL OFF DISC REP SHUF ATA ATT SENS 1 2 3 4 5 6 BTM DSPL RELEASE XR-CA300/CA305 Refer to the pages listed for details. 1 Volume +/– button 7 qf RESET button (located on the front side of the unit behind the front panel) 6 2 MODE button qg Frequency select switch* During radio reception: (located on the bottom of the unit) BAND select 8, 9 See “Frequency select switch” in the During CD/MD playback: Installation/Connections manual. C
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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. Remove the front panel and press the RESET A button with a pointed object, such as a ball- B point pen. Notes • Be sure not to attach the front panel upside down. • Do not press the front panel too hard agains
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Setting the clock Cassette Player The clock uses a 12-hour digital indication. Example: To set the clock to 10:08 1 Press (DSPL) for two seconds. Listening to a tape Insert a cassette. The hour indication flashes. Playback starts automatically. 1 Press either side of the volume button to set the hour. to go forward to go back The side facing up is played. The side facing down is played. 2 Press (SEL). Tip The minute indication flashes. To change the tape‘s playback direction, press m and M. 3 Pr
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Radio reception during Radio fast-forwarding or rewinding of a tape — Automatic Tuner Activation (ATA) Memorizing stations When fast-forwarding or rewinding with the m or M button, the tuner will turn on automatically automatically. — Best Tuning Memory (BTM) During playback, press (6) (ATA) The unit selects the stations with the strongest repeatedly until “ATA-ON” in the display signals and memorizes them in the order of appears. their frequencies. You can store up to 6 stations ATA-ON y ATA-OF
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If you cannot tune in a preset Memorizing only the station — Automatic tuning/ Local Seek Mode desired stations Automatic tuning: You can preset up to 18 FM stations (6 each for Press either side of (SEEK/AMS) to search FM1, 2, and 3) and up to 12 AM stations (6 for the station. each for AM1 and 2) in the order of your Scanning stops when the unit receives a choice. station. Press either side of (SEEK/AMS) repeatedly until the desired station is 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the received
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Changing the sound and Other Functions display settings The following items can be set: •A.SCRL (Auto Scroll)* (page 12). •M.DSPL (Motion Display) Adjusting the sound – the demonstration mode which appears when the tape is ejected and no source is characteristics selected (e.g., tuner is turned off). •BEEP – to turn the beep sound on or off. You can adjust the bass, treble, balance, and fader. You can store the bass and treble levels 1 Press (SEL). independently for each source. 2 Press the pres
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Boosting the bass sound Selecting the sound — D-bass position — “My Best sound Position” You can enjoy a clear and powerful bass When you drive without passengers, you can sound. The D-bass function boosts the low enjoy comfortable sound environment by “My frequency signal and high frequency signal Best sound Position.” with a sharper curve than conventional bass “My Best sound Position” has two presets, boost. which adjusts the sound level of balance and You can hear the bass line more clearly
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Automatically scrolling a disc name With Optional Equipment — Auto Scroll CD/MD Unit If the disc name, artist name, or track name on a CD TEXT disc or MD exceeds 8 characters and the Auto Scroll function is on, information This unit can control external CD/MD units. automatically scrolls across the display as If you connect an optional CD unit with the follows: CD TEXT function, the CD TEXT information • The disc name appears when the disc has changed (if the disc name is selected). will appear
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Locating a specific track — Automatic Music Sensor (AMS) Playing tracks repeatedly — Repeat Play During playback, press either side of (SEEK/AMS) momentarily for each track You can select: you want to skip. •REP-1 – to repeat a track. To locate succeeding tracks •REP-2 – to repeat a disc. SEEK AMS During playback, press (3) (REP) To locate preceding tracks repeatedly until the desired setting appears. Locating a specific point in a track B REP-1 B REP-2 — Manual Search REP-OFF
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Cleaning the connectors Additional The unit may not function properly if the connectors between the unit and the front Information panel are not clean. In order to prevent this, open the front panel by pressing (RELEASE), then detach it and clean the connectors with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol. Do not apply too much force. Otherwise, the connectors may Maintenance be damaged. Fuse replacement When replacing the fuse, be sure to use one matching the amperage rating stated on the original fuse
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Dismounting the unit 1 Release key (supplied) 2 3 4 15
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Specifications AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION 22 watts per channel minimum continuous average power into 4 ohms, 4 channels driven from 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 5 % total harmonic distortion. Other specifications Power amplifier section Cassette player section Outputs Speaker outputs Tape track 4-track 2-channel stereo (sure seal connectors) Wow and flutter 0.13 % (WRMS) Speaker impedance 4 – 8 ohms Frequency response 30 – 15,000 Hz Maximum power o
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Troubleshooting guide The following checklist will help you remedy the problems you may encounter with your unit. Before going through the checklist below, check the connections and operating procedures. General Problem Cause/Solution No sound. •Cancel the ATT function (page 10). •Set the fader control to the centre position for two-speaker systems. •Adjust the volume with (+). The contents of the memory • The power cord or battery has been disconnected. have been erased. • The RESET button was
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Error displays (when an optional CD/MD unit is connected) The following indications will flash for about five seconds, and an alarm sound will be heard. Display Cause Solution The disc magazine is not inserted in Insert the disc magazine in the CD/ NO MAG the CD/MD unit. MD unit. No disc is inserted in the CD/MD unit. Insert discs in the CD/MD unit. NO DISC A CD is dirty or inserted upside Clean or insert the CD correctly. 2 down.* 1 * An MD does not play because of some Insert another MD. 2 ERR
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