Sony CDX-F7700 Table of Contents, RDS, Radio, CD Player, — List-up, — List-up, Getting Started, Other Functions, — CT (Clock Time), CD/MD Unit (optional)

Table of Contents

Location of controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Getting Started

Resetting the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

CD PlayerCD/MD Unit (optional)

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Playing tracks repeatedly

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

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Labelling a CD— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Locating a disc by name— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

*Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

RadioStoring stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 17 Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 18 Tuning in a station through a list

— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF (Alternative Frequencies) . . . . . . 19 Receiving traffic announcements— TA (Traffic Announcement)/

TP (Traffic Programme). . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY (Programme types) . . . . . . . . . . 21 Setting the clock automatically— CT (Clock Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Other Functions

Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 24 Changing the BBE MP setting . . . . . . . . . . 24 Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 25 Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting the equalizer (EQ7). . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Selecting the display mode and display

image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Connecting auxiliary audio equipment . . . . 29

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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