Using the Player with Another Component

What cords will I need?

Connecting Another CD Player

If you have a Sony CD player in which 5, 50, 200, 300, or 400 discs can be inserted and which is equipped with the CONTROL A1II (or CONTROL A1) jack and the command mode of that player can be set to CD3, you can control that player as the second player with this player. After connecting this player and an amplifier, follow the procedure below.

Be sure to turn off the power of each player before making this connection.

To ANALOG OUT

CDP-M400CS

To 2ND CD IN

To an AC outlet

To audio output

CDP-CX355, etc.

To

CONTROL A1II

To an AC outlet

To audio input

Amplifier

: Signal flow

To an AC outlet

•Audio cord (1) (Use the cord supplied with the player to be connected.)

•Monaural (2P) mini-plug cord (1)

1Connect the players with an audio cord.

CDP-M400CS

CDP-CX355, etc.

 

 

2ND CD ANALOG

L

L

IN

OUT

 

 

R

R

L

L

 

 

IN

OUT

R

R

2ND CD

ANALOG

 

 

2Connect the players with a monaural (2P) mini- plug cord.

CDP-M400CS

CDP-CX355, etc.

 

CONTROL A1II

CONTROL A1

 

For details on this connection, see “Using the CONTROL A1II Control System” on page 32.

3Set the command mode of this player to CD1 (factory setting) or CD2, and set that of the second player to CD3.

Check the display for the current command mode of this player, if the mode is CD3, change the mode as described on page 29.

2nd NEXT DISC ART. HIT TRACK

GROUP ART. MIN STEP

SEC

* D I S C - 1 * * * * * *

ALL 1 DISCS SHUFFLE REPEAT 1 GROUP

PROGRAM 1 2 3 X-FADE DELETE

MULTI CD TEXT NO DELAY CD1 CD2 CD3

Current command mode

For details on how to operate the second player, see “Controlling Another CD Player” on page 29 and “Playing Alternately” on page 30.

4Connect the AC power cord of both players to an AC outlet.

Note

This method cannot be used with the CAV-M1000 ES system.

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