Sony CDX-M8800 Table of Contents, Getting Started, CD Player, CD/MD Unit (optional), Radio, Other Functions, Additional Information

Table of Contents

Location of controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

CD Player

CD/MD Unit (optional)

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Playing tracks repeatedly

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

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Labelling 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 Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 16 Tuning in a station through a list

— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF (Alternative Frequencies) . . . . . . 18 Receiving traffic announcements

— TA (Traffic Announcement)/

TP (Traffic Programme). . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY (Programme types) . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting the clock automatically

— CT (Clock Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Other Functions

Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 23 Changing the BBE MP setting . . . . . . . . . . 23 Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 23 Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Setting the equalizer (EQ7). . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Selecting the display mode and display

image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Connecting auxiliary audio equipment . . . . 27 Setting the security code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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