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3-859-801-11 (1)
Operating Instructions
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CDP-CX55
1997 by Sony Corporation
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For the customers in Canada However, there is no guarantee that WARNING interference will not occur in a particular CAUTION installation. If this equipment does cause TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, To prevent fire or shock harmful interference to radio or DO NOT USE THIS POLARIZED AC television reception, which can be PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION hazard, do not expose determined by turning the equipment off CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER the unit to rain or and on, the user is encouraged to try to OUTLET UNLES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Started Unpacking............................................................................................................................ 4 Hooking Up the System ..................................................................................................... 4 Connecting Another CD Player ........................................................................................ 6 Inserting CDs ......................................................................
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Getting Started Getting Started Unpacking Hooking Up the System Check that you received the following items: • Audio 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 of each • CD booklet holder (1) component before making the connections. DIGITAL OUT COMMAND S-LINK/ How to use the CD booklet holder (OPTICAL) MODE CONTROL A1 The CD booklet holder helps you locate the
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Getting Started Getting Started Playing CDs When using another Sony CD player together with Hookups this player When connecting the audio cord, be sure to match the You can make the supplied remote effective only for this color-coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the player. components: Red (right) to Red and White (left) to • When using the player equipped with the COMMAND MODE selector: White. Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid Set the COMMAND MODE selector of this player to hum a
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Getting Started What cords will I need? • Audio cord (1) (Use the cord supplied with the player to be Connecting Another CD Player connected.) • CONTROL A1 cord (1) (not supplied) If you have a Sony CD player equipped with the CONTROL A1 jack and the command mode of that 1 Connect the players with an audio cord (see also player can be set to CD 3, you can control that player as “Hookups” on page 5). the second player with this unit. After connecting this unit and an amplifier, follow the procedu
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Getting Started Getting Started Playing CDs 3 Turn the JOG dial until you find the disc slot where you want to insert a disc, while checking the Inserting CDs disc number (written beside every slot and also You can insert up to 51 discs into this player. indicated in the display). POWER Front cover JOG Disc number Disc slot at the loading position The disc number at the loading position appears in the display.* If the disc has the Disc Memo (see page 22), the Disc Memo appears instead of the Pla
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Getting Started The supplied CD booklet holder helps you locate a 4 Insert a disc with the label side facing right. disc You can store up to 50 CD booklets. Notes • Make sure you have inserted the disc into each slot at Notes a right angle to the rotary table. If the disc is not put • Do not insert an empty 8 cm (3-inch) CD adaptor (CSA-8). It in straight, it may damage the player or the disc. may damage the player. • Make sure the rotary table comes to a complete stop • Do not attach anything s
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Getting Started Getting Started Playing CDs Removing CDs After following Steps 1 to 3 of “Inserting CDs” on page 7, remove the discs. Then close the front cover. Note The disc being played does not come to the loading position if you open the front cover during playback. (The disc number flashes in the display.) If you want to remove the disc being played, push the JOG dial after opening the front cover. The disc comes to the loading position. Remove the disc after the rotary table comes to a co
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Basic Operations Playing a CD 23 4/5 PUSH OPEN DISC/CHARACTER TIME/TEXT POWER INPUT SEARCH PUSH ENTER X-FADE CONTINUE SHUFFLE PROGRAM REPEAT CHECK CLEAR NO DELAY PLUS ONE MEGA CONTROL • See pages 4 – 5 for the hookup Turn on the amplifier and select the CD player position. information. 1 • Make sure you have inserted the Press POWER to turn on the player. discs correctly as indicated on page 7. 2 • You can play all the tracks on a Press CONTINUE to select ALL DISCS or 1 DISC Continuous disc in
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Basic Operations Basic Operations Basic Operations Push the JOG dial to start playing. The selected disc is set to the playing position, and the player 5 plays all the discs from the selected one (ALL DISCS) or all the tracks once (1 DISC). Adjust the volume on the amplifier. When you turn off the player To stop playback The player remembers the Press p. last playing disc and the play mode (Continuous, Front cover á Shuffle (see page 16) or JOG Program (see page 17)). When you turn on the player
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Playing CDs Playing CDs Display information while playing a disc Using the Display While playing a disc, the display shows the current disc number, track number, playing time of the You can check information about the disc using the track and the next disc number. display. JOG TIME/TEXT Current disc number Next disc number ALL DISCS CD1 DISC TRACK MIN SEC NEXT DISC 2O 1 O.28 38 Playing time of the track Current track number p Checking the information of CD-TEXT discs CD-TEXT discs have inform
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Getting Started Playing CDs Playing CDs Display information while playing a disc Each time you press TIME/TEXT, the display shows Locating a Specific Disc the information as shown below. SEARCH JOG The current disc ALL DISCS CD-TEXT CD1 number, track DISC TRACK MIN SEC number and 12 1 1.52
playing time appear. Press TIME/TEXT. ALL DISCS CD-TEXT CD1 /± The current track TRACK title appears. HitechBlues
This information also appears when the player locates the track. Press TIME/TEXT. DISC
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Playing CDs Each time you press /±, the characters Locating a disc by scanning each Disc appear in the following order. Memo (Memo Scan) Z You can locate a disc you want to play quickly by A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X scanning the Disc Memos (see page 22) in the display Y Z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and start playing. Note that you cannot use this function in the ALL If “NOT FOUND” appears in the display while DISCS Shuffle Play mode. inputting the first character with the /± butt
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Getting Started Playing CDs Playing CDs Specifying the Next Disc to Play You can specify the next disc to play while playing a disc in Continuous or 1 DISC Shuffle Play mode. While playing a disc, turn the JOG dial until the disc Number buttons number or Disc Memo (see page 22) you want appears in the display. >10 Next disc number ALL DISCS CD1 DISC NEXT DISC =/+ *DISC-2O* 38 0/) After the current disc is played, the next disc you have To locate Press specified starts playing. the next or ± rep
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Playing CDs Playing Repeatedly Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play) You can play discs/tracks repeatedly in any play mode. You can have the player “shuffle” the tracks and play REPEAT in random order. The player shuffles all the tracks on all discs or on the disc you specified. á JOG SHUFFLE Press REPEAT while playing a disc. “REPEAT” appears in the display. The player repeats the discs/tracks as follows: 1 Press SHUFFLE to select ALL DISCS or 1 DISC When the disc is played in The player repea
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Getting Started Playing CDs Playing CDs You can go to the next disc during 1 DISC Shuffle Play 1 Press PROGRAM until the program number you Press DISC SKIP +. want (PROGRAM 1, 2 or 3) appears in the display. If a program is already stored in the selected program number, the last step of the program You can specify the next disc to play during 1 DISC appears in the display. When you want to erase the Shuffle Play whole program, hold down CLEAR until “ALL Turn the JOG dial to specify the next dis
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Playing CDs The programs remain even after Program Play ends 4 To program a whole disc, skip this step and go to When you press á, you can play the same program Step 6. Press >10. again. CD1 PROGRAM1 When you press PROGRAM during Continuous or DISC TRACK STEP Shuffle Play 2O -- 1 2O The program will be played after the current track. 5 Press the number button of the track. The programs remain until you erase them The number you pressed is entered into the If you replace discs, the programmed
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41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Getting Started Playing CDs Playing CDs Press and hold LOOP during playback at the point you Changing the programmed order want to start the Loop function, and release to resume You can change your program before you start playing. normal play. To You need to To adjust the loop length Erase a track or disc Press DISC SKIP +/– while holding LOOP on the remote to Press CHECK until the track or disc you do not want appears in select different loop lengths (LOOP 1–20).
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Playing CDs 3 Insert a disc into the PLUS ONE slot. Controlling Another CD Player 4 Close the front cover. (Mega Control) “P1” appears in the display instead of the disc number, and the player starts playing the disc in This unit can control a second CD player (see the PLUS ONE slot. “Connecting Another CD Player” on page 6). Even when a second CD player is connected, the CD1 controls on both of the units will function. When you DISC TRACK MIN SEC press the play button on either unit, the operat
