CMT -EH15.GB.3-294-218-14(1)
WARNING
T o reduce the risk of r e or elec tric shock,
do not expose this appara tus to rain or
moisture.
T o reduce the risk o f re or electric shock, do not expose
this appa ratus to drip ping or splashin g, and do not place
objects lled with liquids, such as vases, on the a pparatu s.
T o reduce the risk o f re, do not cov er the ventilation
opening of the a pparatu s with newspapers, tablecloths,
curtains, etc.
Do not place the naked ame sour ces such as lighted
candles on the a pparatus.
As the main p lug is used to disconnect the unit from the
mains, co nnec t the unit to a n easily accessible AC o utlet.
Should yo u notice an abno rmality in the unit, disconnect
the main plug fr om the AC ou tlet immediately .
Do not install the ap pliance in a conned space, such as a
bookcase or built-in cab inet.
Do not expose batteries or a pparat us with battery-
installed to excessive hea t such as sunshine, r e or the
like.
Hooking up the syst em sec urely
CA UTION
e use of op tica l instruments wi th this product will
increase eye hazar d.
Ex cept for customers in the U .S.A.
and Canada
is ap pliance is classied
as a CLASS 1 LASER
product. is ma rking
is located on the r ear
exterior .
European model only
Excessive sound p ressure fro m earphones and
headpho nes can cause hearing loss.
Notice f or the customer in the
countries applying EU Dir ec tives
e man ufacturer of this pr o duct is Son y C orpora tion,
1-7-1 Ko nan Minato-k u T okyo , 108-0075 Japa n. e
A uthorized Represen tative for EMC a nd product safety is
Sony Deutschland G mbH, Hedelng er Strasse 61, 70327
Stu ttgart, Germany . For an y ser vice or guaran tee matters,
please refer to the addr esses given in separate serv ice or
guaran tee doc uments.
Disposal of Old Electric al & Electronic
Equipment
(Applicable in the Eur opean Union and
other European coun tries with separate
collection systems)
is symbol on the pr oduct or on its packaging in dicates
that this pr oduct shall not be treated as househo ld
waste. I nstead it shall be handed over t o the applicable
collection point fo r the recycling of electrical and
electronic equip ment. By ens uring this product is
disposed of correctly , you will help pr e ven t potential
negativ e consequences for the en vironmen t and human
health, which could otherwise b e caused by in appr opriate
waste handlin g of this product. e recycling o f materials
will help to con ser ve natural r es our ces. For mor e detailed
informa tion about recycling o f this product, please
con tac t your local Civic Oce, yo ur household waste
disposal ser vice or the shop where y ou purchased the
product.
A pplicable accessories: Remo te commander
Disposal of waste batteries
(applicable in the European
Union and other European
countries with separa te
collection systems)
is symbol on the ba tter y or on the packa ging indicates
that the bat ter y pro vided with this product shall not be
treated as ho usehold waste. By en suring these b at teries
are dis p osed of corr ec tly , you will help p revent poten tially
negativ e consequences for the en vironmen t and human
health which could otherwise b e caused by in appr opriate
waste handlin g of the battery . e recycling o f the
materials will help to co nser ve nat ural resources.
In case of p roducts that for saf ety , performance or da ta
integrity r easons require a permanen t connection with an
incorporat ed battery , this battery should be replaced by
qualied ser vice sta only . T o ensure tha t the battery wil l
be treated pr operly , hand over the pr oduct at end-of-life
to the ap plicable collection point fo r the recycling of
electrical and electronic equipm ent.
Fo r al l other ba tteries, please view t he section on how
to remo ve the battery from the prod uct s afel y . Ha nd the
battery over t o the applicable co lle ction point f or the
recycling of was te batteries.
Fo r more detailed informa tion about recycling o f this
product o r battery , please contact yo ur lo cal Civic Oce,
your ho usehold waste disposal ser vice or the shop wher e
you pur chased the product.
Note on DualDiscs
A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates
DVD reco rded material on on e side with digital
audio ma terial on the other side. Ho wever , since the
audio ma terial side do es not co nform to the Compact
Disc (CD) standard , playback on this product is no t
guaran teed.
Music discs encoded with cop yright
protection technologies
is prod uct is desig ned to pla y back discs that co nform
to the Compact Disc (CD) standar d. Recently , various
music discs encoded with cop yrig ht p rotection
technologies ar e marketed by som e record com panies.
Please be aware tha t among those discs, there ar e some
that do no t conform to the CD standar d and may no t be
playab le by this product.
MPEG Layer -3 audio coding technology and pat ents
licensed from Fra unhofer IIS and o mson.
Antennas
Find a locatio n and an orienta tion that pr ovide
good reception, and then set u p the antenna.
Keep the an tenna awa y from the speaker cords
and the power co rd to avo id picking up no ise.
FM lead antenna
(Extend it horizontally .)
AM loop antenna
Po wer
Fo r models with a voltage selector , set VOL T A GE
SELECTOR t o the lo cal power line vo ltage.
Connect the power cord t o a wal l socket.
If the pl ug do es not t the wall s ocket, detach the
supp lied plug adapto r (only for models equi pped
with an adap tor).
Right speaker
W all socket
Speakers
Insert only the stripped por tion of the cord.
Speaker cor d (Red/ )
Speaker cor d (Black/ )
Left speaker
Basic Operations
Open the tape
section lid.
is man ual mainly explains operatio ns using the
remot e, but the same opera tions can also be per formed
using the bu ttons on the uni t having the same or similar
names.
Before using the syst em
T o use the remote
Slide and r emove the batt er y compartmen t lid
, and
insert the two R6 (size AA) batteries (no t supplied),
side rst, ma tching the polarities shown belo w .
Notes on using the remote
W ith normal use, the batteries should last fo r about six mon ths.
Do not mix an old ba tter y with a new one or mix di erent types of
batteries.
If you do n ot use the remote for a lo ng perio d of time, r emove the
batteries to a void damage fro m battery lea kage an d corrosion.
T o set the clock
U se butto ns on the remo te to set the clock.
1 T urn on the system.
Press (o n/standby)
.
2 Select the clock set mode.
Press CL O CK/TIMER SET
. If the curren t mode
appears, p ress /
repeatedly to select
“ CLOCK, ” and then press ENTER
.
3 Set the time.
Press /
repeatedly to set the ho ur , and
then press ENTER
. U se the same procedur e to set
the minut es.
e clock settings ar e lost when you disconnect the
power cor d or if a power failur e occurs.
Selec ting a music source
Press the f ollowing but tons (or p ress FUNCTION
repeatedly).
T o selec t Press
CD
CD
.
T uner
TUNER/BAND
.
T ape
FUNCTION
repeatedly un til “ T APE”
appears.
Componen t* (connected
using an a udio cord)
A UDIO IN
.
* If the com ponent has the A VLS (Au tomatic V olume Limiter Sys tem)
or BA SS B OOST function, turn o the function to avo id distorted
sound from the speakers.
Adjusting the sound
T o adjust the volume
Press V OL UME +/ (o r turn the VOL UME co ntrol on
the unit)
.
T o add a sound eect
T o Press
Generate a mo re dynamic
sound (Dynamic Sound
Generato r X-tra)
DSGX on the unit.
Set the sound eect
EQ .
Playing a CD/MP3 disc
1 Select the CD func tion.
Press CD (o r FUNCTION repeat edly)
.
2 Place a disc.
Press PUS H OPEN/CLOSE o n the unit, and place a
disc with the label side up on the CD com partment.
T o close the CD compa r tment, p ress PUSH OPEN/
CLOSE o n the unit.
PUSH OPEN/CL OSE
3 Start playback.
Press (p lay) (or CD/ (play/pa use) on the unit)
.
T o Press
Pa use playback
(pause) (or CD/ o n the
unit) . T o resume play , press
it again.
Sto p playback
(stop) .
Select a folder on an
MP3 disc
+/ (select folder)
.
Select a track or le
/ (go back/go fo r ward)
( / on the unit) .
Find a poin t in a
track or le
Ho ld down / (rewind/
fast forward) d uring playback,
and release i t at the desired point.
Select Rep eat Pla y
REPEA T repeatedly until
“REP” o r “REP1” appears.
T o change the play mode
Press P L A Y MODE
repeatedly while the play er is
stop p ed. Y ou can select normal pla y (“ ” for all MP3
les in the folder on the disc), sh ue play (“ SHUF” or
“ S HUF*”), or program pla y (“PGM”).
* When pla ying a CD-DA disc, (S HUF) Play performs the same
operation as S HUF Play .
Notes on Repeat Play
All tracks or les on a disc are pla yed repeatedly up to v e times.
“REP1” indicat es that a single track or le is repeated un til you stop
it.
Notes on playing MP3 discs
Do not save o ther typ es of tracks or les o r unnecessar y folders o n a
disc that has MP3 les.
Folders tha t have no MP3 les are ski pped.
MP3 les are pla yed back in the order that they are r ecorded onto
the disc.
e system can only p lay MP3 les that have a le exten sion of
“ .MP3” .
If there ar e les on the disc that have the “ .MP3” le extension,
but tha t are not MP3 les, the unit may p roduce noise or ma y
malfunction.
e maximum n umber of:
folders is 150 (incl uding the root folder).
MP3 les is 255.
MP3 les and folders tha t can be contained on a single disc is 256.
folder levels (the tree structure o f les) is 8.
Compatib ility with all MP3 encoding/writing soware, recor ding
device, and recor ding media cannot be guaranteed. I ncompatible
MP3 discs may pr oduce noise or interrupt ed audio or may not p lay
at all.
Notes on playing multisession discs
If the disc begins with a CD-D A (or MP3) session, it is recognized
as a CD-D A (or MP3) disc, and playback contin ues until another
session is encoun tered.
A disc with a mixed CD forma t is recognized as a CD-DA (audio)
disc.
Listening to the radio
1 Select “FM ” or “ AM. ”
Press TUNER/B AND
repeatedly .
2 Select the tuning mode.
Press TUNIN G MODE
repeatedly un til “ A UTO ”
appears.
3 T une in the desired station.
Press +/ (o r TUNING +/ on the unit)
.
Scanning stops a utoma tical ly when a statio n is tuned
in. When yo u tune in a station tha t provides RDS
ser vices, the station na me appears.
Tip
T o stop auto matic scanning, press (s top)
.
T o tune in a station with a weak signal
Press TUNIN G MODE
repeatedly un til “MANU AL ”
appears, a nd then press +/ (or TUNIN G +/ on the
unit)
repeatedly to t une in the desired station.
T o reduce static noise on a w eak FM stereo
station
Press FM M ODE
repeatedly un til “MONO ” ap pe ars
to turn o st ereo reception.
Playing a tape
U se butto ns on the unit to p lay a tape.
1 Select the tape func tion.
Press FUN CTION
repeatedly .
2 Inser t a tape.
Press (s top/eject)
, and insert the tape into the
cassette holder . Make sure ther e is no slack in the tape
to av oid damaging the tape or the ta p e deck.
3 Start playback.
Press (p lay)
.
T o Press
Pa use playback
(pause) . T o resume play , press
it again.
Sto p playback
(stop/eject) .
Rewind or fast
forward*
/ (rewind/fast fo r ward) .
* Be sure to press (s top/eject)
aer the tape has been wound
or rewoun d to the end.
Note
Do not turn o the system d uring playback or recor ding.
Changing the display
T o change Press
Info rmation on
the display
1)
DISPLA Y repeatedly when the
system is on.
Display m ode
(Clock)
DISPLA Y when the system is
off
2)
. e clock is displa yed for eight
seconds.
1)
Fo r example, yo u can view CD/MP3 dis c informa tion, such as the
track or le number o r folder name during normal pla y , or the total
play time while the player i s stopped.
2)
e ST ANDBY indicator
lights up when the system is t urned o.
Notes on the display informa tion
e following a re not display ed;
total playing time f or a CD-DA disc depending on the p lay mode.
total playing time f or an MP3 disc.
remaining p laying time for a track and an MP3 le .
e following a re not display ed correctly ;
elapsed playing time o f an MP3 le encoded using VBR (variable
bit ra te).
folder and le nam es that do not follow ei ther ISO9660 Le vel 1,
Level 2 or Joliet in the expan sion format.
e following a re displayed;
ID3 tag informatio n for MP3 les when ID3 version 1 and
version 2 tags ar e used.
up to 15 character s of ID3 tag information usin g uppercase letters
(A to Z), numbers (0 t o 9), and symbols (‘< > * + , – / @ [ \ ] _).
Using optional audio components
T o connect an optional headphones
Connect headphones t o the PHONES jack
on the
unit.
T o connect an optional component
Connect additional audio sour ce componen t to the
A UDIO IN jack
on the unit usin g an audio analog
cord (no t supplied). T urn down the volume on the
system, and then select the A UDIO IN function.