Sony XR-CA800 operating instructions Table of Contents

Table of Contents

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

Getting Started

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

Cassette Player

Listening to a tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Playing a tape in various modes . . . . . . . . . . 9

Radio

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 10 Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 11 Tuning in a station through a list

— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Receiving traffic announcements

— TA/TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA set-

ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Setting the clock automatically

— CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Other Functions

Using the rotary commander . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . . 18 Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Selecting the sound position

— My Best sound Position (MBP) . . . . . 19 Setting the equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

CD/MD Unit (optional)

Playing a CD or MD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Labelling a CD

— Disc Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Locating a disc by name

— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Selecting specific tracks for playback

— Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Error displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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