Getting Started

If you have an analog power amplifier

Connect the amplifier via the VARIABLE LINE OUT jacks using the supplied audio cord. You can adjust the output level with the LINE OUT/PHONE LEVEL control on the player or the LINE OUT LEVEL buttons on the remote.

CD player

Amplifier

LINE OUT

INPUT

VARIABLE

CD

L

L

R

R

If you have a digital component such as a digital amplifier, D/A converter, DAT or MD

Connect the component via the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) connector using the optical cable (not supplied). Take off the cap and plug in the optical cable.

Note that you cannot use fading in or out (page 13) and Level File (CDP-CA9ES only, page 17) functions when making this connection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Optical cable (not supplied)

CD player

 

 

Digital component

DIGITAL OUT

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL INPUT

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

When you connect via the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) connector, noise may occur when you play CD software other than music, such as a CD-ROM.

If you have a Sony CD player, receiver or amplifier with the CONTROL S OUT connector

Connect the component via the CONTROL S IN connector using the CONTROL S cable (not supplied). You can remotely control this player through the other component.

CD player

Other component

CONTROL S

CONTROL S

 

IN

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connecting the AC power cord

Connect the AC power cord to a wall outlet.

Where do I go next?

Now you’re ready to use your player.

If you aren’t familiar with how to play CDs, go to the section “Playing a CD” on page 4.

Then, go to the following sections for other operations.

Transporting the player

Before transporting the player, follow the procedure below to return the internal mechanisms back to their original position.

1Remove all the discs from the disc tray.

2Press ¤Ê OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc tray. “–NOÊ DISC–” appears in the display.

3Wait for 10 seconds, then press POWER to turn off the player.

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Sony CDP-CA9ES Connecting the AC power cord, Transporting the player, If you have an analog power amplifier