Sony CDX-M3DI Table of Contents, Radio, CD Player, Image Settings, Getting Started, Other Functions, CD/MD Unit (optional), Additional Information

Table of Contents

Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 General top menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting the clock and the calendar . . . . . . . . 10

CD PlayerCD/MD Unit (optional)

Playing a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Labeling a CD

— Disc Memo* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Locating a disc by name

— List-up*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

*Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

Radio

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM) . . . . . . . 15 Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Storing only desired stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Storing station names

— Station Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Tuning in a station through a list

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

Image Settings

Selecting the display mode

and display pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Clearing display characters automatically

— AutoClear (Spectrum analyzer/ Panorama/Screen Saver mode) . . . . . . . . 21

Changing the translucence ratio of the characters

—BlendLevel (Spectrum analyzer/ Panorama/Screen Saver mode) . . . . . . . . 21

Setting a Plaque

— Plaque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Setting the character color

— Color Sel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Selecting the display period of the images

— AutoImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Other Functions

Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . . 24 Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Setting the equalizer (EQ7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Adjusting the front and rear volume . . . . . . 27 Adjusting the volume of

the subwoofer(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Connecting auxiliary audio equipment . . . . 29

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Removing the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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