Sony MDX-F5800 - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on MDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About the MD group function . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Getting Started
Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MD Player
MD/CD Unit (optional)
Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Playing tracks repeatedly
— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Playing tracks in random order
— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Labelling a CD
— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Locating a disc by name
— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
* Functions available with optional MD/CD unit
Radio
Storing stations automatically
— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 14
Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 15
RDS
Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Automatic retuning for best reception results
— AF (Alternative Frequencies) . . . . . . 16
Receiving traffic announcements
— TA (Traffic Announcement)/
TP (Traffic Programme). . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Presetting RDS stations with the AF and TA
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tuning in stations by programme type
— PTY (Programme types) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the clock automatically
— CT (Clock Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Other Functions
Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 21
Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changing the sound and display
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setting the equalizer (EQ3). . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer
(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Additional Information
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28