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3-856-825-13(1)
CD Radio
Cassette-Corder
Operating Instructions
CFD-646
CFD-C646
CFD-656
1996 by Sony Corporation
CFD-646/656.E.3-856-825-1X.U/CA
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Information Warning For customers in the United States To prevent fire or shock hazard, do This equipment has been tested and found to not expose the player to rain or comply with the limits for a Class B digital moisture. device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordan
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Basic Operations Table of contents Basic Operations 4 Playing a CD 6 Listening to the radio 8 Playing a tape 10 Recording on a tape The CD Player Setting Up 12 Using the display 21 Hooking up the system 13 Locating a specific track 24 Adjusting the audio emphasis (Sound Mode/MEGA BASS) 14 Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat Play) Additional Information 16 Playing tracks in random order (Shuffle Play) 25 Precautions 17 Creating your own program 27 Troubleshooting (Program Play) 29 Maintenance 30 Sp
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Basic Operations Playing a CD 4 2 1,3 For hookup instructions, see pages 21 – 23. 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE (direct power-on) and place the CD on the CD tray. Be sure to align the center of the CD with the center of the CD tray. Notes • You can’t play 3-inch (8 cm) CDs even with an adaptor for single-CDs. With the label side up • Place one CD each only on the CD tray. If you place one CD over another and close the CD tray, you will not be able to pull out the tray. 2 Press DISC CHANGE to turn the CD tr
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Basic Operations Display 4 Press ^ . The player plays all the tracks of all the CDs in the CD tray once. CD Track Playing number number time Use these buttons for additional operations POWER DISC OPEN/CLOSE 1 – 3 VOLUME +/– AMS/SEARCH =/+ p ^ Tips To Press • You can change a CD while playing another. Adjust the volume VOLUME +/– Press OPEN/CLOSE to Stop playback p pull out the CD tray and change the CD. Pause playback ^ Press OPEN/CLOSE Press again to resume play again to close the CD after paus
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Listening to the radio 12 For hookup instructions, see pages 21 – 23. Display 1 Press BAND until the band you want appears in the display (direct power-on). 2 Hold down TUNING +/– until Indicates an FM stereo broadcast. the frequency digits begin to change in the display. The player automatically scans the radio frequencies and stops when it finds a clear station. If you can't tune in a station, press the button once at a time. 6 Basic Operations CFD-646/656.E.3-856-825-1X.U/CA
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations POWER PLAY MODE/ VOLUME +/– MONO/ST Tips To Press • If the FM broadcast is noisy, press PLAY Adjust the volume VOLUME +/– MODE/MONO/ST Turn on/off the radio POWER until “Mono” appears in the display and the radio will play in To improve broadcast reception monaural. Reorient the aerial for FM. • Next time you want to listen to the radio, just Reorient the AM loop aerial (supplied). Locate it press RADIO or BAND. away from the player du
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Playing a tape 21 2 1 For hookup instructions, see pages 21 – 23. 1 Press p6 to open the tape compartment and insert a recorded tape. Close the compartment. With the side you want to play facing forward Display 2 Press (. The player turns on (direct power-on) and starts playing. 8 Basic Operations CFD-646/656.E.3-856-825-1X.U/CA
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Basic Operations Use these buttons for additional operations POWER VOLUME +/– 0/) p6 P 0/) p6 P Note To Press During playback, do not press buttons on Adjust the volume VOLUME +/– the other deck. Stop playback p6 Otherwise the playback speed may change. Fast-forward or rewind the tape ) or 0 Pause playback P Tips Press the button again to • Next time you want to resume play after pause. listen to a tape, just press (. The player Eject the cassette p6 turns on automatically Turn on/off the player
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Recording on a tape 2 2 31 2 For hookup instructions, see pages 21 – 23. 1 Press p6 to open the tape compartment on deck B and insert a blank tape. With the side you want to record on facing forward 2 Select the program source you Display want to record. To record from the CD player, insert a CD (see page 4) and press p on the CD section. To record from the radio, press BAND and tune in the station you want (see page 6.) Deck A To record from a tape, insert a recorded tape into deck A and press
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Basic Operations Deck B 3 Start recording. To record, press r on deck B (( is depressed automatically). Tips Use these buttons for additional operations • Adjusting the volume or the audio emphasis POWER p6 P (see page 24) will not affect the recording level. • For the best results, use TYPE I (normal) tape for recording. • When recording from two or three CDs, the player pauses recording and makes a blank between the tracks while CDs are being changed, When changing of CDs is finished, recordin
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The CD Player Using the display DISPLAY You can check information about the CD using the display. Tip Checking the total track numbers and playing When two or three CDs time of the current CD are placed, select the Press DISPLAY in stop mode. CD you want to check information about by pressing DISC 1, DISC 2 or DISC 3. Current CD number Total track numbers Total playing time Checking the remaining time of the current CD Press DISPLAY while playing a CD. To display Press DISPLAY The current track
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The CD Player Locating a specific track You can quickly locate any track using DISC 1 – 3 the number buttons. You can also find a specific point in a track while playing a CD. Number buttons = / + Note To locate Press You cannot locate a a specific track directly one of the DISC 1 to 3 specific track if buttons to select the CD “SHUF” or “PGM” is lit and a number button of the in the display. Turn off track. the indication by pressing p. a point while listening to + (forward) or = the sound (ba
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Playing tracks repeatedly (Repeat Play) PLAY MODE/ REPEAT ^ DISC MONO/ST 1 – 3 You can play tracks repeatedly in normal, shuffle or program play modes (see pages 16 – 18.). Playing a single CD repeatedly 1 Press REPEAT to display “REPEAT” in the display. 2 Press DISC 1, 2, or 3 to select the CD to be played. Playing two or three CDs repeatedly 1 Press REPEAT to display “ALL DISCS REPEAT” in the display. 2 Press ^ to start repeat play. Playing tracks of a single CD in random order repeatedly 1 Pr
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The CD Player Playing tracks of two or three CDs in random order repeatedly 1 Press PLAY MODE/MONO/ST until “ALL DISCS SHUF” appears in the display. 2 Press REPEAT to display “REPEAT” in the display. 3 Press ^ to start repeat play. Playing programmed tracks repeatedly 1 Program tracks (see page steps 1 – 3 on page 17). 2 Press REPEAT to display “REPEAT” in the display. 3 Press ^ to start repeat play. To cancel repeat play Press REPEAT until “REPEAT” disappears in the display. The CD Player 15 CF
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Playing tracks in random order (Shuffle Play) PLAY MODE/ DISC 1 – 3 ^ MONO/ST You can play tracks in random order. Playing tracks of a single CD in random order 1 Press PLAY MODE/MONO/ST until “SHUF” appears in the display. 2 Press DISC 1, 2, or 3 to select the CD to be played. Playing tracks of two or three CDs in random order 1 Press PLAY MODE/MONO/ST until “ALL DISCS SHUF” appears in the display. 2 Press ^ to start shuffle play. To cancel shuffle play Press PLAY MODE/MONO/ST until “SHUF” disa
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The CD Player Creating your own program (Program Play) MODE DISC 1– 3 You can make a program of up to 20 tracks from all the CDs in the order you want them to be played. Number buttons CLEAR ( Tips 1 Press MODE until “ALL DISCS PGM” appears in • You can select the track the display. on the player. Press AMS/SEARCH =/ 2 Press DISC 1 to 3 to select the CD. + then press 3 Press the number buttons for the tracks you want ENTER/ MEMORY to program in the order you want. You can instead of the number b
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Creating your own program (Program Play) (continued) To cancel Program Play Press MODE until “PGM” disappears in the display. To check the order of tracks before play Press ENTER/MEMORY on the player. Every time you press the button, the track number appears in the programed order. To change the current program To Do this Erase the last track in 1 Press CLEAR. Every time you the program press the button, the last track in the program is cleared. 2 Re-enter the track numbers. Change the whole Pre
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The Radio The Radio Presetting radio stations You can store radio stations into the player's memory. You can preset up to 20 radio stations, 10 for each FM or AM in any order. Number buttons TUNE +/– BAND Tip 1 Press BAND until the band you want appears in To preset radio stations the display. on the player, proceed as follows: 2 Tune in a station you want. 1 Select the band and 3 Hold down the number buttons that you want to tune in a station you preset the new station for about 2 seconds. want
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Playing preset radio stations Once you've preset the stations, use the number buttons to tune in your favorite stations. Number buttons BAND Tip 1 Press BAND to select FM or AM. You can tune in a preset station with the 2 Press the number buttons to tune in a stored player. Use PRESET station. +/– instead of the number buttons. 20 The Radio CFD-646/656.E.3-856-825-1X.U/CA
