Adjusting the sound characteristics

You can adjust the bass, treble, balance, and fader.

The bass and treble levels can be stored independently for each source.

1 Select the item you want to adjust by pressing (SOUND) repeatedly.

Each time you press (SOUND), the item changes as follows:

BAS (bass) tTRE (treble) t

BAL (left-right) tFAD (front-rear)

2 Adjust the selected item by pressing either side of (SEEK).

When adjusting with the rotary commander, press (SOUND) and rotate the VOL control.

Note

Adjust within 3 seconds after selecting the item.

Quickly attenuating the sound

(With the rotary commander or the card remote commander)

Press (ATT) on the rotary commander or card remote commander.

After “ATT-ON” momentarily appears, the “ATT” appears in the display.

To restore the previous volume level, press (ATT) again.

Changing the sound and display settings — Menu

The following items can be set:

SET (Set Up)

•CLOCK (page 9)

•BEEP — to turn the beeps on or off.

•RM (Rotary Commander) — to change the operative direction of the controls of the rotary commander.

Select “NORM” to use the rotary commander as the factory-set position.

Select “REV” when you mount the rotary commander on the right side of the steering column.

•P.OUT-4.0V/P.OUT-5.5V — to change the pre-out of the power amplifier to 4.0 V or

5.5V. Selectable only when the unit is turned off. (CDX-CA660X only)

Note

If the volume is turned up very high when connected to a power amplifier, the sound may be distorted. In this case, set P.OUT to “4.0V.”

DSPL (Display)

•D.INFO (Dual Information) — to display the clock and the play mode at the same time (ON).

•M.DSPL (Motion Display) — to select the Motion Display mode from “1,” “2,” and “OFF.”

Select “1” to show decoration lines in the display and activate Demo display.

Select “2” to show decoration lines in the display and deactivate Demo display.

Select “OFF” to deactivate the Motion Display.

•A.SCRL (Auto Scroll)

Select “ON” to scroll all automatically displayed names exceeding 8 characters.

When Auto scroll is set to off and the disc/track name is changed, the disc/ track name does not scroll.

SND (Sound)

•LOUD (Loudness) — to enjoy bass and treble even at low volumes. The bass and treble will be reinforced.

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