Sony MDX-CA680, MDX-CA680X Table of Contents, Getting Started, MD Player, CD/MD Unit (optional), Radio, RDS, Other Functions, Additional Information

Table of Contents

Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Notes on MDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

MD Player

CD/MD Unit (optional)

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Labelling a CD— Disc Memo* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Locating a disc by name

— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Selecting specific tracks for playback

— Bank* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

*Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

Radio

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM) . . . . . . 13 Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 14 Tuning in a station through a list

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

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Receiving traffic announcements

— TA/TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Setting the clock automatically

— CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Other Functions

Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 20 Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 20 Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Selecting the sound position

— My Best sound Position (MBP) . . . . 22 Boosting the bass sound

— D-bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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