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FM/MW/LW Cassette Car Stereo XR-M500R
3-047-783-11 (1)
FM/MW/LW
Cassette
Car Stereo
GB
Operating Instructions
ES
Manual de instrucciones
SE
Bruksanvisning
PT
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, Supplied accessory check the connections first. If everything is Card remote commander RM-X96 in order, check the fuse. Optional accesso
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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 Playing a CD or MD ......................................... 26 Playing tracks repeatedly Getting Started — Repeat Play .............................................. 28 Resetting the unit ................................................ 8 Playing tracks in random order Security release settings ..................................... 8 — Shuffle Play .......
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Location of controls Card remote commander RM-X96 OPEN/CLOSE OFF D-BASS MENU DISC LIST SEEK SEEK SOURCE DISC SOUND ENTER PTY DSPL AF/TA MODE ATT VOL Refer to the pages listed for details. 1 OFF button 9, 11 qs ENTER button 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36 2 MENU button 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36 qd AF/TA button 16, 17, 18 3 SOURCE (TUNER/TAPE/CD/MD) button qf MODE button 9, 11, 13, 14, 25, 26, 30, 32, 33 11, 12, 13, 14
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LIST SOUND M L O P Y T D Location of controls Security side Operation side DISC SOURCE D-BASS REP SHUF DISC 12 3 4 5 6 OFF AF TA CLOSE XR-M500R 6 S P E D ENTER MENU
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The corresponding buttons of the unit qk TA button 16, 17, 18 control the same functions as those on ql SOUND button the card remote commander. w; PRST/DISC +/– (cursor up/down) buttons SEEK/AMS –/+ (cursor left/right) buttons 10 Reset button 8 13 2 Main display window wa ENTER button 3 OPEN button 38 ws CLOSE button 4qa Receptor for the card remote wd D-BASS button commander * Warning when installing in a car 5 Volume adjust buttons without ACC (accessory) position on 6 DSPL/PTY (display mod
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Security release settings Getting Started Do the following initial settings before you operate the unit for the first time, after replacing the car battery, or after resetting the unit. Be sure to make these settings, otherwise the Resetting the unit front panel remains disabled and you will be unable to operate the unit. Before operating the unit for the first time or after replacing the car battery, you must reset the unit. 1 Press the reset button. Press the reset button with a pointed object
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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 unit. To select, first enter the menu mode and For details on operation, refer to page 11 choose M/m (up/down), or choose
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Tips • You can use the convenient CT function to set Setting the clock the clock automatically (page 20). • When the D.Info mode is set to “on,” the time is The clock uses a 24-hour digital indication. always displayed (except for some functions of SA mode) (page 23). Example: To set the clock to 10:08 1 Press (MENU), then M or m repeatedly until “Clock” appears. 1 Press (ENTER). The hour indication flashes. 2 Press M or m to set the hour. 3 Press ,. The minute indication flashes. 4 Press M or m
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Fast-winding the tape During playback, press and hold Cassette Player m or M. DISC SEEK SEEK m : M : SOURCE Fast-forward Rewind Listening to a tape DISC 1 Press (OPEN/CLOSE) of the card remote To start playback during fast-forwarding or commander and insert a cassette. rewinding, press (MODE) (o). Playback starts automatically. Locating a specific track — Automatic Music Sensor (AMS) During playback, press . or > momentarily for each track you want to skip. You can skip up to nine tracks at one
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Playing tracks repeatedly Playing a tape in various — Repeat Play 1 During playback, press (MENU). modes You can play the tape in various modes: 2 Press M or m repeatedly until “Repeat” •Repeat (Repeat Play) repeats the current appears. track. •NR (Dolby NR) lets you select the Dolby* NR 3 Press , repeatedly until “Repeat on” in B system. the display appears. •Metal lets you play a metal or CrO2 tape. •B.Skip (Blank Skip) skips blanks longer than Repeat on y Repeat off eight seconds. •ATA (Autom
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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 M or m repeatedly until “Mono” appears. 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the tuner. 2 Press , until “Mono on“ appears. The sound improves, but becomes 2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select the monaural (“ST” disappears). band. 3 Press (ENTER). 3 Press M (preset up) or m (preset down) repeatedly to receive the stations in the To return to normal mode, select order
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In the Motion Display mode, all the items are scrolled in the display one by one in order. RDS Tip The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See “Changing the sound and display settings” on page 23.) Overview of the RDS function Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service that allows FM stations to send additional digital information along with the regular radio programme signal. Your car stereo offers you a variety of services. Here are just a few: retuning the same programme automatica
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Changing the display item Retuning the same Each time you press (AF/TA), the item changes as follows: programme automatically B AF on B TA on B AF TA on* — Alternative Frequencies (AF) AF TA off b The Alternative Frequencies (AF) function * Select this to turn on both the AF and TA automatically selects and retunes the station functions. with the strongest signal in a network. By using this function, you can continuously Tips listen to the same programme during a long- • Each time
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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 (AF/TA). 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 (AF/TA) until “TA off” appears. 1 Press a number button of the unit that has a local station stored on it. Presetting the volume of traffic announcements 2 Within five seconds, press the number You can p
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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/TA) repeatedly to select either When you preset RDS stations, the unit stores “AF on,” “TA on” or “AF TA on” (for both each station’s data as well as its frequency, so AF and TA functions). you don’t have to turn on the AF or TA function every time you tune in the preset Tip station. You can select a different setting (AF, If
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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 below. The current programme type name appears if the station is transmitting the PTY data. Programme types Display “- - - - -” appears if the received station is News News not an RDS station, or if the RDS data has Current Affairs Affairs not been received. Information Info Sports Sport 2 Press M or m repeatedly until
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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 (optional). 1 During radio reception, press (MENU), then press M or m repeatedly until “CT” appears. Labelling the rotary commander Depending on how you mount the rotary commander, attach the appropriate label as shown in the illustration below. 2 Press , repeatedly until “CT on” appears. The cloc
