Adjusting the sound characteristics

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

The bass and treble levels and subwoofer volume 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) t TRE (treble) tBAL (left-right) t FAD (front-rear) tSUB (subwoofer volume)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.“ATT on” appears in the display momentarily.To restore the previous volume level, press (ATT) again.

Tip

When the interface cable of a car telephone is connected to the ATT lead, the unit decreases the volume automatically when a telephone call comes in (Telephone ATT function).

Changing the sound and display settings

—MenuThe following items can be 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.

•Multi language (language selection) — to change the display language to English, French, or Spanish.

•P.Out 4.0V/5.5V— to change the pre-out of the power amplifier to 4.0V or 5.5V. Selectable only when the unit is turned off. (CDX- CA760X 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.”

Display

•D.Info (Dual Information) — to display the clock and the play mode at the same time (on). Functions only when SA is not set to B-1 – B-5.

•SA (Spectrum Analyzer) (page 20) — to change the display pattern of the equalizer display.

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

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

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

–Select “off” to deactivate the Motion Display. The Demo display in the M.Dspl 1 mode will appear about 10 seconds after the unit is turned off.

•Dimmer — to change the brightness of the display.–Select “Auto” to dim the display only when you turn the lights on.–Select “on” to dim the display.–Select “off” to deactivate the Dimmer.

•Contrast — to adjust the contrast if the indications on the display are not recognizable because of the unit’s installation position.

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