Sony CDX-L550V - 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)
Press (ATT) on the rotary 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 8)
• CT (Clock Time) (page 16)
• 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).
• AMBER/GREEN — to change the
illumination colour to amber or green (CDX-
L550 only)
• DIM (Dimmer) — to change the brightness of
the display (CDX-L550V only).
– Select “ON” to dim the display.
– Select “OFF” to deactivate the Dimmer.
• 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.