Sony CDX-MP40 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

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

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

CD Player

CD/MD Unit (optional)

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

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Playing tracks in random order

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

— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Locating a disc by name

— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

*Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

Radio

Storing stations automatically

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

— Station Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Tuning in a station through a list

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

Other Functions

Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Adjusting the balance and fader . . . . . . . . . 19 Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 19 Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting the equalizer (EQ3). . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3