Sony CDX-GT290 user manual Radio reception, Sound is hampered by noises

CD playback

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Radio reception	The display items do not scroll.
The stations cannot be received.	• For discs with very many characters, those may not
	scroll.
The sound is hampered by noises.
	• “A.SCRL” is set to “OFF.”
• The connection is not correct.
	T Set “A.SCRL-ON” (page 10).
T Connect a power antenna (aerial) control lead
	T Press and hold (DSPL/SCRL).
(blue) or accessory power supply lead (red) to the
	The sound skips.
power supply lead of a car’s antenna (aerial)
booster (only when your car has built-in FM/	• Installation is not correct.
MW/SW antenna (aerial) in the rear/side glass).	T Install the unit at an angle of less than 45° in a
T Check the connection of the car antenna (aerial).	sturdy part of the car.
T If the auto antenna (aerial) will not go up, check	• Defective or dirty disc.
the connection of the power antenna (aerial)	The disc will not eject.
control lead.	Press Z (eject) (page 6).
Preset tuning is not possible.
• Store the correct frequency in the memory.
• The broadcast signal is too weak.

Automatic tuning is not possible.

•Setting of the local seek mode is not correct. T Tuning stops too frequently:

Set “LOCAL-ON” (page 11). T Tuning does not stop at a station:

Set “LOCAL-OFF” (page 11).

•The broadcast signal is too weak.

T Perform manual tuning.

During FM reception,winautothe “ST” indication flashes.

• Tune in the frequency accurately.

• The broadcast signal is too weak. T Set “MONO-ON” (page 11).

An FM program broadcast stereo is heard in monaural.

The unit is in monaural reception mode.

T Set “MONO-OFF” (page 11).

RDS

PTY displays “- - - - - - - -.”

• The current station is not an RDS station.

• RDS data has not been received.

• The station does not specify the program type.

The disc cannot be loaded.

•Another disc is already loaded.

•The disc has been forcibly inserted upside down or in the wrong way.

The disc does not playback.

•Defective or dirty disc.

•The CD-Rs/CD-RWs are not for audio use (page 12).

MP3/WMA files cannot be played back.

The disc is incompatible with the MP3/WMA format and version (page 12).

MP3/WMA files take longer to play back than others.

The following discs take a longer time to start playback.

–a disc recorded with a complicated tree structure.

–a disc recorded in Multi Session.

–a disc to which data can be added.

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