Sony CDX-CA850 - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
Location of controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Getting Started
Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
CD Player
CD/MD Unit (optional)
Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Playing tracks repeatedly
— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Playing tracks in random order
— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Labelling a CD
— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Locating a disc by name
— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting specific tracks for playback
— Bank* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
* Functions available with optional CD/MD unit
Radio
Storing stations automatically
— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 13
Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 14
Tuning in a station through a list
— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
RDS
Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Automatic retuning for best reception results
— AF function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Receiving traffic announcements
— TA/TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tuning in stations by programme type
— PTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the clock automatically
— CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
DAB (optional)
Overview of DAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Basic operations of DAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Presetting DAB services automatically
— BTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Presetting DAB services manually
— Preset Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Tuning in DAB programme through
a list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Switching multi-channel audio and
DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Locating a DAB service by programme type
(PTY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Other Functions
Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 26
Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing the sound and display settings
— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer
(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting the spectrum analyzer . . . . . . . . . 28
Labelling a Motion Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Additional Information
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33