Sony CDX-F7700 - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
Location of controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Getting Started
Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CD Player
CD/MD Unit (optional)
Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playing tracks repeatedly
— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Playing tracks in random order
— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Labelling a CD
— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Locating a disc by name
— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
* Functions available with optional CD/MD unit
Radio
Storing stations automatically
— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 17
Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 18
Tuning in a station through a list
— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
RDS
Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Automatic retuning for best reception results
— AF (Alternative Frequencies) . . . . . . 19
Receiving traffic announcements
— TA (Traffic Announcement)/
TP (Traffic Programme). . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Tuning in stations by programme type
— PTY (Programme types) . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setting the clock automatically
— CT (Clock Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other Functions
Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 24
Changing the BBE MP setting . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 25
Changing the sound and display settings
— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting the equalizer (EQ7). . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer
(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting the display mode and display
image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting auxiliary audio equipment . . . . 29
Additional Information
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34