Sony CDX-CA680X, CDX-L580X Getting Started, CD Player, CD/MD Unit (optional), (CDX-CA680X), CD Player (CDX-L580X), Radio, Other Functions, Additional Information

Table of Contents

Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

CD Player

CD/MD Unit (optional)

(CDX-CA680X)

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Labelling a CD

— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Locating a disc by name

— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

*Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

CD Player (CDX-L580X)

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Radio

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 15 Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 16

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF (Alternative Frequencies) . . . . . . 17 Receiving traffic announcements

— TA (Traffic Announcement)/

TP (Traffic Programme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY (Programme types) . . . . . . . . . . 19 Setting the clock automatically

— CT (Clock Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Other Functions

Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Adjusting the balance and fader . . . . . . . . . 22 Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 22 Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Setting the equalizer (EQ3). . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Error displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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