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FM/MW/LW
Cassette Car
Stereo
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Operating Instructions
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Manual de instrucciones
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Manual de instruções
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manual.
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XR-C540RDS
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Welcome! Thank you for purchasing the Sony Cassette Car Stereo. This unit lets you enjoy a variety of features by using a rotary remote. In addition to the tape playback and the radio operation you can expand your system by connecting optional CD/MD changer. EN 2
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Table of contents This Unit Only With Optional Equipment Getting Started CD/MD Changer Resetting the unit ................................................ 4 Playing a CD/MD ............................................. 14 Detaching the front panel .................................. 4 Scanning the tracks — Intro scan .................................................. 15 Preparing the rotary remote .............................. 4 Playing tracks repeatedly Setting the clock .......................
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FILE MODE SEL DSPL MODE SEL Attaching the front panel Attach part A of the front panel to part B of the unit as illustrated and push until it clicks. Getting Started Resetting the unit Before operating the unit for the first time or after replacing the car battery, you must reset A the unit. B Press the reset button with a pointed object, such as a ball-point pen. Notes • Make sure the front panel is the right way up when attaching it to the unit as it cannot be attached upside down. Reset butto
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Getting Started/Cassette Player Setting the clock Cassette Player The clock has a 24-hour digital indication. For example, setting it to 10:08 1 Press (OFF) or (DSPL) during operation. Listening to a tape 2 Press (DSPL) for two seconds. Insert a cassette.
100 The hour digit blinks. 1 Set the hour digits. Playback will start automatically. to go backword to go forward If a cassette is already inserted, press
(SOURCE) repeatedly until “PLAY” is
1000 displayed. 2 Press (SEL) momentarily.
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Locating the beginning of a track Switching to the radio while fast- — Automatic Music Sensor (AMS) winding a tape You can skip up to nine tracks at one time. — Automatic Tuner Activation (ATA) Press (5) during playback. During playback, press either side of “ATA” appears on the display. (SEEK/AMS) momentarily. When fast-forwarding or rewinding with SEEK AMS (SEEK/AMS) for two seconds, the tuner will To locate the To locate the turn on automatically. preceding tracks succeeding tracks To cancel
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Cassette Player/Radio Memorizing only the Radio desired stations Up to 6 stations on each band (FM1, FM2, FM3, MW and LW) can be stored on the preset number buttons in the order of your choice. Memorizing stations Therefore, 18 FM stations can be memorized. If you try to store another station on the same automatically preset number button, the previously stored — Best Tuning Memory (BTM) station will be erased. This function selects from the currently received band the stations with the stronges
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If FM stereo reception is poor — Monaural mode RDS Press (SENS/BTM) momentarily until “MONO” lights up on the display. The sound will improve, but it will become monaural. (The “ST” indication will disappear.) Overview of the RDS Changing the displayed items function Each time you press (DSPL), the display Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting changes between the frequency and the clock. service that allows FM stations to send additional digital information along with the If you cannot tune
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Radio/RDS Listening to a regional programme Re-tuning the same The “REG” (regional on) function of this unit lets you stay tuned to a regional programme programme automatically without being switched to another regional station. (Note that you must turn the AF —Alternative Frequencies (AF) function on.) The unit is factory preset to The Alternative Frequencies (AF) function “REG“ but if you want to turn off the function, automatically selects and re-tunes the station do the following. with the
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Tip When the traffic announcement starts while you are Presetting the RDS listening to another programme source, the unit automatically switches to the announcement and goes back stations with AF and TA to the original source when the announcement is over. data Notes • “NO TP” flashes for five seconds if the received station When you preset the RDS stations, the unit doesn’t broadcast traffic announcements. Then, the unit stores each station’s data as well as its starts searching for a station t
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RDS 1 Press (PTY) during FM reception until “PTY” lights up on the display. Locating a station by
programme type
INFO 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 Note not an RDS station or if the RDS data has If the countries or regions where EON data is not not been received. transmitted, you can use this function
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Rotate the control momentarily and release it to: •Locate the beginnings of the tracks on the Other Functions tape. Rotate and hold the control, and release it to fast-wind the tape. To playback, rotate and hold the control again, and release it. •Locate a specific track on a disc. Rotate Using the rotary remote and hold the control to locate the specific point in a track, then release it to start The rotary remote works by pressing buttons playback. and/or rotating controls. •Tune in the statio
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Other Functions Changing the operative direction The operative direction of controls is factory Changing the sound and preset as in the illustration below. beep tone To increase Boosting the bass sound — D-bass You can enjoy clear and powerful bass sound. The D-bass function boosts the low frequency signal with a sharper curve than conventional bass boost. To decrease You can hear the bass line more clearly even if the vocal sound is the same volume. You can If you need to mount the rotary remot
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Muting the beep tone With Optional Equipment Press (6) while pressing (SEL). CD/MD Changer To obtain the beep tone again, press these buttons once more. You can control up to five CD/MD changers Note with this unit. If you connect an optional power amplifier and do not use the built-in amplifier, the beep tone will be disabled. Changing the illumination color Playing a CD/MD Press (1) while pressing (SEL). Press (SOURCE) until the desired You can choose the color between amber and changer indica
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Other Functions/CD/MD Changer Locating a specific point in a track To repeat all the discs in the — Manual Search current changer During playback, press and hold either Press (2) repeatedly during CD/MD side of (SEEK/AMS). Release the button playback until “REP 3” is displayed. when you have found the desired part. Each time you press (2) the display changes as SEEK AMS follows: To search backward To search forward REP 1 REP 2 (Track repeat) (Disc repeat) Switching to other discs During playback
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3 To return to the normal CD playback mode, press (PTY/FILE) for two seconds. Labeling a CD (XR-C540RDS only) — Disc Memo Tip (CD changer with custom file function) To erase/correct a name, enter “_” (under-bar) for each character. You can label each disc with a personalized name. You can enter up to 8 characters for a disc. If you label a CD, you can locate a disc by Displaying the disc memo name and select the specific tracks for playback. Press (DSPL) during CD playback. If you connect only a
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CD/MD Changer/Additional Information 1 Start playing the disc and press Additional (PTY/FILE) for two seconds. Then press (PTY/FILE) momentarily. Information Bank edit mode DISC TRACK CD2
5 1 Precautions Note If you have not labeled the disc, you cannot use this function. For more information on “Labelling a CD”, •If your car was parked in direct sunlight refer to page16. resulting in a considerable rise in temperature inside the car, allow the unit to cool off before operating it. 2 Press eit
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Notes on Cassettes Cassette care Maintenance •Do not touch the tape surface of a cassette, as any dirt or dust will contaminate the heads. Fuse Replacement •Keep cassettes away from equipment with When replacing the fuse, be sure to use one built-in magnets such as speakers and matching the amperage rating stated on the amplifiers, as erasure or distortion on the fuse. If the fuse blows, check the power recorded tape could occur. connection and replace the fuse. If the fuse •Do not expose casset
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Additional Information Dismounting the unit 1 Release key (supplied) 2 3 EN 4 19
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Location of controls INTRO REPEAT SHUF/ MODE SOURCE OFF 1 23 ATA BL.SKIP SEEK DSPL AMS 4 56 FILE SEL D-BASS PTY AF/TA 1 OFF 2 PRESET 3 BTM RELEASE DISC MUTE SENS Refer to the pages for further details. (6) BL.SKIP (Blank Skip) button 6 EN 1 SEL (control mode select) button 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 0 (+)(Ð) (volume/bass/treble/balance/ 2 SOURCE button (TAPE/TUNER/CD/MD) 5, fader control) button 5, 13, 16 7, 14, 16 !Á RELEASE (front panel release) button 4, 3 MODE (*) button 18 During Tuner recep
