Sony CDX-M3DI - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
General top menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Getting Started
Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the clock and the calendar . . . . . . . . 10
CD Player
CD/MD Unit (optional)
Playing a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Playing tracks repeatedly
— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playing tracks in random order
— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Labeling 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
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Storing only desired stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Storing station names
— Station Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tuning in a station through a list
— List-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Image Settings
Selecting the display mode
and display pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Clearing display characters automatically
— AutoClear (Spectrum analyzer/
Panorama/Screen Saver mode) . . . . . . . . 21
Changing the translucence ratio of the
characters
—BlendLevel (Spectrum analyzer/
Panorama/Screen Saver mode) . . . . . . . . 21
Setting a Plaque
— Plaque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setting the character color
— Color Sel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting the display period of the images
— AutoImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Other Functions
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . . 24
Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the sound and display settings
— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer
(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the equalizer (EQ7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the front and rear volume . . . . . . 27
Adjusting the volume of
the subwoofer(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting auxiliary audio equipment . . . . 29
Additional Information
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Removing the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34