The FM reception is poor.

•Use a 75-ohm coaxial cable (not supplied) to connect the receiver to an outdoor FM antenna as shown below. If you connect the receiver to an outdoor antenna, ground it against lightning. To prevent a gas explosion, do not connect the ground wire to a gas pipe.

Outdoor FM antenna

Receiver

ANTENNA

AM

Ground wire (not supplied)

To ground

Radio stations cannot be tuned in.

•Check that the antennas are connected securely. Adjust the antennas and connect an external antenna if necessary.

•The signal strength of the stations is too weak (when tuning in with automatic tuning). Use direct tuning.

•Make sure you set the tuning interval correctly (when tuning in AM stations with direct tuning).

•No stations have been preset or the preset stations have been cleared (when tuning by scanning preset stations). Preset the stations (page 20).

•Press DISPLAY repeatedly so that the frequency appears in the display.

RDS does not work.*

•Make sure that you are tuned to an FM RDS station.

•Select a stronger FM station.

The RDS information that you want does not appear.*

•Contact the radio station and find out whether they actually provide the service in question. If so, the service may be temporarily out of order.

*Models of area code CEL, CEK only.

Remote controlThe remote does not function.

• Point the remote at the remote sensor

on the

receiver.

 

• Remove any obstacles in the path between the

remote and the receiver.

 

• Replace all the batteries in the remote with new

ones, if they are weak.

 

• Make sure you select the correct input on the

remote.

 

• To activate the buttons with orange printing, press

TV and the button you want simultaneously.

• Before you use the V/v/B/b button for receiver

operation, press MAIN MENU. To operate other

components, press TOP MENU/GUIDE or AV

MENU after pressing the input button.

 

 

 

Error messages

If there is a malfunction, the display shows a

Additional

message. You can check the condition of the

 

receiver by the message. Refer to the following

 

table to solve the problem.

 

 

 

DEC. EROR

Information

Appears when the signal which the receiver cannot

 

decode (ex. DTS-CD) is input when “DEC. XXXX”

 

is set to “DEC. PCM”. Set to “DEC. AUTO”.

 

 

 

PROTECT

 

Irregular current is output from the speakers. The

 

receiver will automatically turn off after a few

 

seconds. Check the speaker connection and turn on

 

the power again. If this problem persists, consult

 

your nearest Sony dealer.

 

 

 

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