Sony MDX-C5970 Attenuating the sound, Changing the sound and display settings, Adjusting the sound characteristics, Changing the operative direction, 1 Press (SHIFT)

Changing the operative direction

The operative direction of controls is factory- set as in the illustration below.

To increase

To decrease

If you need to mount the rotary commander on the right hand side of the steering column, you can reverse the operative direction.

Attenuating the sound

Press (ATT) on the optional rotary commander.

“ATT on” flashes momentarily.

To restore the previous volume level, press (ATT) again.

Tip

The unit decreases the volume automatically when a telephone call comes in (Telephone-ATT function).

Press (SOUND) for two seconds while pushing the VOL control.

Tip

You can also change the operative direction of these controls with the unit.

Adjusting the sound characteristics

You can adjust the bass, treble, balance and fader.

Each source can store the bass and treble levels independently.

1 Select the item you want to adjust by pressing (SOUND) repeatedly.

VOL (volume) nBAS (bass) n

TRE (treble) nBAL (left-right) n

FAD (front-rear)

2 Adjust the selected item by rotating the dial.

Adjust within three seconds after selecting the item. (After three seconds, the dial functions reverts to volume control.)

Changing the sound and display settings

You can set:

•Clock (page 7).

•D.Info (dual information) – to display the clock and the play mode at the same time (on) or to display the information alternately (off).

•Dimmer – to change the brightness of the display.

—Select “Auto” to dim the display only when you turn the lights on.

—Select “on” to dim the display.

—Select “off” to deactivate Dimmer.

•Contrast – to adjust the contrast if the indications in the display are not recognizable because of the unit's installed position.

•Beep – to turn the beep tones on or off.

•RM (Rotary Commander) – to change the operative direction of the controls of the optional rotary commander.

—Select “norm” to use the optional rotary commander as the factory-set position.

—Select “rev” when you mount the rotary commander on the right of the steering column.

•M.dspl (Motion display) – to turn the motion display 1, 2, or off.

•A.Scrl (Auto Scroll) (page 8, 15).

1 Press (SHIFT).

2 Press (2) (SET UP) repeatedly until the desired setting mode appears.

Each time you press (2) (SET UP), the item changes as follows:

Clock nD.Info* nDimmer nContrast n Beep nRM nM.dspl n A.Scrl*

*When no MD or CD is playing, this item will not appear.