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FM/AM
Compact Disc
Player
EN
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. CDX-C780 Serial No.
For installation and connections, see the supplied installation/connections
manual.
CDX-C780
1998 by Sony Corporation
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Warning Welcome ! This equipment has been tested and found to Thank you for purchasing the Sony Compact comply with the limits for a Class B digital Disc Player. This unit lets you enjoy a variety device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. of features by using either an optional rotary These limits are designed to provide commander or an optional wireless remote. reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This In addition to the CD playback and radio equ
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Table of Contents This Unit Only With Optional Equipment Location of controls ................................................. 4 CD/MD Unit Playing a CD or MD ......................................... 19 Scanning the tracks Getting Started — Intro Scan ................................................ 20 Resetting the unit ................................................ 6 Playing tracks repeatedly Detaching the front panel .................................. 6 — Repeat Play .....................
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S M A / Location of controls OPEN SOUND MODE DSPL LIST SOURCE SHIFT 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 OFF CDX-C780 Refer to the pages for details. EN 1 SEEK/AMS (seek/Automatic Music !ª Reset button (located on the front side Sensor/manual search) control of the unit behind by the front panel) 6 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 25, 31 !£ Receptor for the optional wireless 2 MODE (band/unit select) button remote 13, 19, 21, 24, 31 !¢ SHIFT button 3 6 (eject) button (located on the front of PLAY MODE 9, 10, 11,
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Optional wireless remote (RM-X47) OFF MODE SOURCE DIR SEEK AMS – PRESET + REW DISC FF – SOUND SEL ATT DSPL EN The buttons of the wireless remote work the same functions as those on this unit. 1 OFF button 7 PRESET/DISC button You cannot do manual search and manual 2 SEEK/AMS button tuning with the remote. 3 (Ð) (+) buttons 8 SOURCE button 4 ATT button 9 MODE/DIR button (MODE) controls the same function on this 5 SOUND/SEL button unit. 6 DSPL button When the POWER SELECT switch is set to the B po
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Attaching the front panel Place the hole a in the front panel onto the spindle b on the unit as illustrated, then push Getting Started the left side in. Resetting the unit a Before operating the unit for the first time or b after replacing the car battery, you must reset the unit. Press the reset button with a pointed object, such as a ball-point pen. Reset button Notes • Pressing the reset button will erase the clock and µ some memorized functions. • When you connect the power supply cord to th
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Getting Started 3 Press (SHIFT). After the mode setting is complete, the Setting the clock display goes back to normal playback The clock uses a 12-hour digital indication. mode. Example: Set the clock to 10:08 Note If the POWER SELECT switch on the bottom of the 1 Press (SHIFT), then press (3) (SET UP). unit is set to the B position, turn the power on first, then set the clock. SET UP 1 Press (5) (n). SET UP The hour digit flashes. 2 Set the hour. to go backward EN to go forward SET UP SET UP 3
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Changing the displayed item Each time you press (DSPL), the item changes as follows: CD Player $ Elapsed playback time $ 1 2 Disc name* /Artist name* Listening to a CD $ 1 Track name* 1 Press (OPEN) and insert the CD. $ Clock Labeled side up $ 3 MOTION DISPLAY* 6 1 * If you inserted a non-CD TEXT disc, “NO D.Name” or “NO T.Name” appears in the display. 2 * If you play a CD TEXT disc, the artist name appears in the display after the disc name. (Only for CD TEXT discs with the artist name.) 3 * Al
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CD Player If you press (DSPL) to change the display item, the disc or track name of the CD TEXT Playing a CD in various disc is scrolled automatically whether you set the function on or off. modes 1 During playback, press (SHIFT). You can play CDs in various modes: •Intro (Intro Scan) lets you play the first 10 2 Press (3) (SET UP) repeatedly until seconds of all the tracks. “A.Scrl” appears. •Repeat (Repeat Play) repeats the current track. 3 Press (5) (n) to select “A.Scrl on.” •Shuf (Shuffle P
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Playing tracks repeatedly — Repeat Play Creating a program — CD Program Memory 1 During playback, press (SHIFT). You can play the tracks in the order you want 2 Press (7) (REP) repeatedly until ”Repeat by making your own program. You can make 1“ appears. two programs: Program 1 and Program 2. You DSPL can select up to 12 tracks for each program. A You can store the programs in memory. SET UP PLAY MODE REP SHUF SHIFT 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Press (SHIFT), then press (4) (PLAY MODE) for two seconds.
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CD Player Playing the stored program Erasing an entire program You can select: 1 Press (SHIFT), then press (4) (PLAY •PGM 1 to play Program 1. MODE) for two seconds. •PGM 2 to play Program 2. •PGM 1+2 to play Programs 1 and 2. TRACK 1 Press (SHIFT). PLAY MODE ENTER “P 1” shows Program 1 is selected. 2 Press (4) (PLAY MODE) repeatedly until “PGM” appears. 2 Press (2) (N) repeatedly until “DEL” appears. 3 Press (5) (n) repeatedly until the desired program appears. Program 1 playback PLAY MODE ENTE
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Adding tracks to a program Erasing tracks in a program 1 Press (SHIFT), then press (4) (PLAY 1 Press (SHIFT), then press (4) (PLAY MODE) for two seconds. MODE) for two seconds. TRACK TRACK PLAY MODE ENTER PLAY MODE ENTER “P 1 ” shows Program 1 is selected. “P 1” shows Program 1 is selected. To select Program 2, press (5) (n) To select Program 2, press (5) (n) repeatedly until “P 2” appears. repeatedly until “P 2” appears. 2 Press (2) (N) or (5) (n) to select the 2 Press (2) (N) or (5) (n) to sel
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CD Player/Radio Memorizing only the Radio desired stations You can store up to 10 stations on each band (20 for FM1 and FM2, 10 for AM) in the order of your choice. Memorizing 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 memorizes them in the order of band (FM1, FM2 or AM). their frequencies. You can store up to 10 stations on each band (FM1,
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If you cannot tune in a preset If interference occurs during FM station reception If there is interference from neighboring Push the SEEK/AMS control up or down stations, follow the steps below and select momentarily to search for the station “Narrow”. If interference is not a problem, (automatic tuning). select “Wide” to maximize signal reception Scanning stops when the unit receives a and improve sound quality or “IF Auto ”to station. Push the SEEK/AMS control up or switch between “Narrow” and
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Radio 3 Enter the characters. Erasing the station name 1 Rotate the dial clockwise to select the 1 Tune in any station and press (LIST) for desired characters. two seconds. (A n B n C n ··· Z n 0 n 1 n 2 n ··· 9 n + n – n * n / n \ n > n < n . n _ ) 2 Press (DSPL) for two seconds. The station name appears in the display. 3 Rotate the dial to select the name you want to erase. If you rotate the dial counterclockwise, the characters appear in the reverse 4 Press (6) (ENTER) for two seconds. order.
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By rotating the control (the SEEK/ AMS control) Other Functions You can connect an optional rotary commander (RM-X4S) with this unit. Using the rotary commander Rotate the control momentarily and The rotary commander works by pressing release it to: buttons and/or rotating controls. •Locate a specific track on a disc. Rotate You can control an optional CD or MD unit and hold the control until you locate the with the rotary commander. specific point in a track, then release it to start playback.
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Other Functions Press (SOUND) to adjust the volume and sound menu. Adjusting the sound characteristics You can adjust the bass, treble, balance and fader. Each source can store the bass and treble levels respectively. 1 Select the item you want to adjust by Press (LIST) to display the memorized names. pressing (SOUND) repeatedly. VOL (volume) n SUB (subwoofer volume) n BAS (bass) n TRE (treble) Changing the operative direction n BAL (left-right) n FAD (rear-front) The operative direction of cont
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3 Press (5) (n) to select the desired setting (for example: on or off). Changing the sound and For the “Contrast” setting, pressing (5) display settings (n) makes the contrast higher, and pressing (2) (N) makes the contrast lower. You can set: •Clock (page 7). 4 Press (SHIFT). •D.Info (Dual Information) to display the After the mode setting is complete, the clock and the play mode at the same time display goes back to normal playback (ON) or to display the information mode. alternately (OFF). •A
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Other Functions/CD/MD Unit You can label CD and CD TEXT discs with a With Optional Equipment personalized name using the disc memo function, refer to “Labeling a CD” (page 23). CD/MD Unit However, if you use personalized labels, they will always take priority over the original CD TEXT information when such information is You can control up to 7 CD and MD units with displayed. this unit. If you connect an optional CD unit with the Tips CD TEXT function, the CD TEXT information • If the name of th
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Locating a specific track — Automatic Music Sensor (AMS) Playing tracks repeatedly — Repeat Play During playback, push the SEEK/AMS control up or down once for each track You can select: you want to skip. •Repeat 1 to repeat a track. To locate succeeding •Repeat 2 to repeat a disc. tracks To locate preceding 1 During playback, press (SHIFT). tracks 2 Press (7) (REP) repeatedly until the Locating a specific point in a track desired setting appears. — Manual Search z Repeat 1 z Repeat 2 Dur
