Sony CDX-M850MP - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
Location of controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Getting Started
Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
CD Player
CD/MD Unit (optional)
Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Playing tracks repeatedly
— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playing tracks in random order
— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Labelling a CD
— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Locating a disc by name
— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
* Functions available with optional CD/MD unit
Radio
Storing stations automatically
— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 15
Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 16
Tuning in a station through a list
— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
RDS
Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Automatic retuning for best reception results
— AF function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Receiving traffic announcements
— TA/TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Presetting RDS stations with
AF and TA setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tuning in stations by programme type
— PTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting the clock automatically
— CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Other Functions
Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 23
Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 23
Changing the sound and display settings
— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting the equalizer (EQ7). . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer
(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the display mode
and display image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting auxiliary audio equipment . . . . 27
Setting the security code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Additional Information
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33