Sony CDX-CA690X - Manual (Page 18)

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Adjusting the sound
characteristics
You can adjust the bass, treble, balance, and
fader.
The bass and treble levels can be stored
independently for each source.
1
Select the item you want to adjust by
pressing (SOUND) repeatedly.
Each time you press (SOUND), the item
changes as follows:
BAS (bass) t TRE (treble) t
BAL (left-right) t FAD (front-rear)
2
Adjust the selected item by pressing
either side of (SEEK).
When adjusting with the rotary
commander, press (SOUND) and rotate the
VOL control.
Note
Adjust within 3 seconds after selecting the item.
Quickly attenuating the
sound
(With the rotary commander or the card
remote commander)
Press (ATT) on the rotary commander or
card remote commander.
After “ATT-ON” momentarily appears, the
“ATT” appears in the display.
To restore the previous volume level, press
(ATT) again.
Tip
When the interface cable of a car telephone is
connected to the ATT lead, the unit decreases the
volume automatically when a telephone call comes
in (Telephone ATT function).
Changing the sound and
display settings
— Menu
The following items can be set:
SET (Set Up)
•CLOCK (page 9)
•BEEP — to turn the beeps on or off.
•RM (Rotary Commander) — to change the
operative direction of the controls of the
rotary commander.
— Select “NORM” to use the rotary
commander as the factory-set position.
— Select “REV” when you mount the rotary
commander on the right side of the
steering column.
DSPL (Display)
•D.INFO (Dual Information) — to display the
clock and the play mode at the same time
(ON).
•M.DSPL (Motion Display) — to select the
Motion Display mode from “1,” “2,” and
“OFF.”
— Select “1” to show decoration lines in the
display and activate Demo display.
— Select “2” to show decoration lines in the
display and deactivate Demo display.
— Select “OFF” to deactivate the Motion
Display.
•A.SCRL (Auto Scroll)
— Select “ON” to scroll all automatically
displayed names exceeding 8 characters.
— When Auto scroll is set to off and the
disc/track name is changed, the disc/
track name does not scroll.
SND (Sound)
•LOUD (Loudness) — to enjoy bass and treble
even at low volumes. The bass and treble will
be reinforced.
P/M (Play Mode)
•LOCAL-ON/OFF (Local seek mode)
(page 14)
— Select “ON” to only tune into stations
with stronger signals.
•MONO-ON/OFF* (Monaural mode)
(page 14)
— Select “ON” to hear FM radio/TV stereo
broadcast in monaural. Select “OFF” to
return to normal mode.
•IF AUTO/WIDE (page 14)
* This function cannot change the TV sound
setting if the optional TV tuner XT-40V is
connected.