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3-810-423-11(1)
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Operating Instructions
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Mode d’emploi
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Bedienungsanleitung
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Manual de instrucciones
CDP-X5000
1996 by Sony Corporation
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On operation WARNING • Use your hand to open or close the Precautions disc lid. • Do not touch the rotating parts (a To prevent fire or shock On safety disc, etc.) during operation. hazard, do not expose the unit • Caution - The use of optical • If the player is brought directly from a instruments with this product will to rain or moisture. cold to a warm location, or is placed increase eye hazard. in a very damp room, moisture may • Should any solid object or liquid fall condense on the lense
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome! Thank you for purchasing the Sony Compact Disc Player. Before operating Getting Started the unit, please read this manual Unpacking 4 thoroughly and retain it for future Hooking Up the System 4 reference. Playing a CD 7 Playing CDs About This Manual Using the Display 9 Locating a Specific Track 10 Conventions Locating a Particular Point in a Track 10 • Instructions in this manual describe Playing Tracks Repeatedly 11 the controls on the remote. Playing in Random Order
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Getting Started Unpacking Hooking Up the System Check that you received the following items: • Audio connecting cord (1) Overview • Remote commander (remote) (1) This section describes how to hook up the CD player to • Sony SUM-3 (NS) batteries (2) an amplifier. Be sure to turn off the power to all • Stabilizer (1) components before making the connections. • Felt (1) • Mains lead (1) OPTICAL COAXIAL BALANCED switch switch switch LINE OUT CDP-X5000 Inserting batteries into the remote DIGITAL OUT
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Getting Started After making connections, set the DIGITAL OUT Hookups OPTICAL switch on the rear to ON. When not using p When making analog hookups the optical output, set the switch to OFF. When connecting an audio cord, be sure to match the color-coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the • If you have a digital component (such as an amplifier) components: Red (right) to Red and White (left) to with a balanced input connector White. Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid Connect the com
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Getting Started Connecting the mains lead 1 Connect the supplied mains lead to the AC IN (230 V) terminal on the rear of the player. 2 Connect the other end of the mains lead to a wall outlet. Where do I go next? Now you’re ready to use your player. Then, go to the following sections to play a CD. GB 6
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Basic Operations Basic Operations Playing a CD 3, 4 5 1 If you turn on the player Press POWER to turn on the player. with a CD in the player 1 Playback starts about 10 seconds after the power is turned on. If you connect a Turn on the amplifier and select the CD player. commercially available timer, 2 you can start playing a CD any time you want. To start Open the disc lid with your hand, take out the stabilizer, and playback even more quickly, place a CD. press P or · while 3 “PAUSE” blinks.
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Basic Operations Supplied stabilizer Place the stabilizer on the CD, and then close the disc lid with 4 your hand. (Illustration shows a side view of the stabilizer.) top bottom ÷ Note After placing a CD, put the supplied stabilizer on the CD. Place the supplied stabilizer on the CD. (Be careful not to place the stabilizer upside-down.) You can also start playback by pressing · and then close the disc lid. Press ·. 5 If play doesn’t start from The · indicator lights, and playing starts from the
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Playing CDs Playing CDs Checking the remaining time Using the Display Press TIME on the remote while playing a disc. Each time you press TIME, the display changes as You can check information about the disc using the shown in the chart below. display. Playing time and number INDEX MIN SEC DISPLAY TIME of the current MODE track Press Remaining time on the INDEX MIN SEC current track Press Remaining Æ Pp MIN SEC time on the = + 0 ) disc C c 0 ) If the remaining time exceeds 100 minutes in progra
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Playing CDs Locating a Specific Track Locating a Particular Point in a Track You can quickly locate any track while playing a disc by using the =/+ (AMS: Automatic Music You can also locate a particular point in a track while Sensor) buttons or the number buttons on the remote. playing a disc. MUSIC SCAN Number buttons >20 Pp · Æ Æ Pp = + 0 ) = / + = + 0 ) 0 / ) C c 0 ) C c 0 ) C / c 0 / ) SLOW To locate Press To locate a point Press The next or + repeatedly during playback until While monitorin
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Playing CDs Repeating the current track Playing Tracks Repeatedly You can repeat only the current track. You can play tracks repeatedly in any play mode. While the track you want is being played, press REPEAT on the remote repeatedly until “REPEAT 1” appears in the display. To cancel the repeating the current track Press REPEAT. Note You cannot repeat the current track while the disc is played in Custom Index Play mode (see page 19). A ˜ B REPEAT Æ Pp Repeating a Specific Portion (A˜B = + 0 )
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Playing CDs Playing in Random Order Creating Your Own Programme (Shuffle Play) Z (Programme Play) Z You can have the player “shuffle” the tracks and play You can arrange the order of the tracks on a disc and them in a random order. create your own programme. The programme can contain up to 24 tracks. SHUFFLE PROGRAM CONTINUE Number buttons >20 CLEAR CHECK Pp Æ · p = + 0 ) Æ Pp · C c 0 ) = + 0 ) C c 0 ) 1 Press SHUFFLE on the remote. 1 Press PROGRAM on the remote. “SHUFFLE” and the music calenda
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Playing CDs When tracks, which aren’t numerically consecutive on the disc, are programmed consecutively (i.e. 1, 3, Playing Only Specific Tracks 5, etc.) A one-second access time blank is added between the (Delete Play) tracks. You can delete unwanted tracks and play only the remaining tracks. The programme remains even after the Programme Play ends When you press ·, you can play the same programme again. SHUFFLE Notes CONTINUE • “––.––” appears instead of the total playing time in the display
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Playing CDs You can play the tracks in random order (Delete Shuffle Play) Just skip Step 3 in the above procedure. You can delete a track while playing Press CLEAR while the track is being played. The player deletes the track and starts playing the next track. You can store the deleted tracks of each disc See “Storing Specific Tracks of a Disc” on page 20. GB 14
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Recording From CDs Recording From CDs You can automatically insert a blank space of 3 seconds between each track Recording Your Own Use the Auto Space function (see page 17). Programme You can check the total playing time while You can record the programme you’ve created on a programming (Programme Edit) tape, DAT or MD. The programme can contain up to 24 This feature helps you find the last track that will fit on tracks. one side of the tape. By inserting a pause during programming, you can 1
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Recording From CDs Fading In or Out Useful Tips for Recording You can manually fade in or out to prevent tracks from Using these functions makes recording CDs more starting or ending abruptly. convenient. Note that you cannot use this effect when using the DIGITAL OUT connections. Number buttons PEAK SEARCH SPACE FADER Æ Pp p = + 0 ) Æ Pp C c 0 ) = + 0 ) 0 / ) C c 0 ) Adjusting the Recording Level (Peak Search) To Press FADER The player locates the highest level among the tracks to in pause mo
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Recording From CDs Locating each track on a tape using the AMS function (Auto Space) The auto space function inserts a blank space of 3 seconds between each track while playing, and enables you to locate each track using the tape deck’s AMS function. Before you start playing, press SPACE. “AUTO SPACE” appears in the display. To cancel Auto Space Press SPACE until “AUTO SPACE” disappears in the display. Note If you use the Auto Space function when recording, for example, a medley or symphony, th
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Storing Information About CDs (Custom Files) You can check how many discs you can file What You Can Do With the 1 Remove the disc from the player. Custom Files 2 Close the disc lid. 3 Press TIME while the music calendar is not being The player can store 2 types of information called displayed. “Custom Files” for each disc. Once you have stored The number of Custom Files you can file appears Custom Files for a disc, the player automatically recalls in the display. what you have stored whenever yo
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Storing Information About CDs (Custom Files) 5 Press FILE again to store the Custom Index. “INDEX” in the Custom File indication lights up in Indexing a Disc (Custom Index) the display. 6 To mark more Custom Indexes, repeat Steps 3 to 5. You can index a disc at up to 8 points (for a disc with 32 tracks or less) or 5 points (for a disc with over 32 When you’ve already decided where to index tracks) so that you can easily locate a desired point. You can directly mark an index without adjusting the
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Storing Information About CDs (Custom Files) Playing using the Delete Bank Erasing the Custom Index 1 Press CONTINUE. 1 Place a disc. The Delete Bank is recalled and the selected track numbers appear on the music calendar. 2 Press C.INDEX. “CUSTOM INDEX” appears in the display. 2 Press · to start playing. 3 Press CHECK repeatedly until the Custom Index number you want to erase flashes. To cancel playing using the Delete Bank Press p. 4 Press ERASE while the number is flashing to erase the Cust
