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Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft subsidiary. This label is located on the bottom of the chassis. ZAPPIN is a trademark of Sony Corporation. Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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Content providers are using the digital rights Warning if your car’s ignition has no management technology for Windows Media ACC position contained in this device (“WM-DRM”) to protect Be sure to set the Auto Off function (page 19). the integrity of their content (“Secure Content”) so The unit will shut off completely and that their intellectual property, including copyright, automatically in the set time after the unit is...
Table of Contents Getting Started Other functions Playable discs on this unit ....6 Changing the sound settings ....17 Resetting the unit .
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Support site If you have any questions or for the latest support information on this product, please visit the web site below: Customers in Latin America: http://esupport.sony.com/ES/LA/ Customers in Pan Asia: http://www.sony-asia.com/section/support http://www.sony-asia.com/caraudio/ Provides information on: • Models and manufacturers of compatible digital audio players...
Getting Started Preparing the card remote commander Playable discs on this unit Remove the insulation film. This unit can play CD-DA (also containing CD TEXT) and CD-R/CD-RW (MP3/WMA/AAC files (page 22)). Type of discs Label on the disc CD-DA For how to replace the battery, see page 23. Resetting the unit Before operating the unit for the first time, or after replacing the car battery or changing the...
Setting the clock Attaching the front panel Place the hole A of the front panel onto the The clock uses a 12-hour digital indication. spindle B on the unit, then lightly push the left side in. Press and hold the select button. Press (SOURCE) on the unit (or insert a disc) to The setup display appears.
Location of controls and basic operations Main unit OPEN SEEK SOURCE MODE SHUF ALBUM PAUSE SCRL DSPL SEEK Front panel removed This section contains instructions on the location of controls and basic operations. For details, see qk ql the respective pages. The corresponding buttons on the card remote commander control the same functions as those on the unit.
K MODE button page 12, 16, 17 The following buttons on the card remote commander have also different buttons/functions Press to: Select the radio band (FM/AM)/ from the unit. Remove the insulation film before select the play mode of iPod. use (page 6).
Searching by skip items Searching for a track — Jump mode When many items are in a category, you can search the desired item quickly. Searching a track by name 1 Press (SEEK) + in Quick-BrowZer mode. — Quick-BrowZer The following display appears. You can search for a track in a CD or USB device easily by category.
Press (ZAP) during playback. Searching a track by listening to Playback starts from a passage of the next track passages — ZAPPIN™ track. The passage is played for the set time, then a While playing back short track passages in a CD click sounds and the next passage starts.
Radio Tuning automatically Select the band, then press (SEEK) +/– Storing and receiving stations to search for the station. Scanning stops when the unit receives a Caution station. Repeat this procedure until the When tuning in stations while driving, use Best desired station is received.
Repeat and shuffle play During playback, press (1) (REP) or Playing a disc (2) (SHUF) repeatedly until the desired setting appears. Press (OPEN). Select To play Insert the disc (label side up). Repeat Track track repeatedly. Close the front panel. Playback starts automatically.
Support site Notes Customers in Latin America: • Do not use USB devices so large or heavy that they http://esupport.sony.com/ES/LA/ may fall down due to vibration, or cause a loose Customers in Pan Asia: connection. • Do not detach the front panel during playback of the http://www.sony-asia.com/section/support...
• During playback or fast-forward/reverse of a VBR Customers in Latin America: (Variable Bit Rate) MP3/WMA/AAC file, elapsed http://esupport.sony.com/ES/LA/ playing time may not display accurately. • Playback of the following MP3/WMA/AAC files is not Customers in Pan Asia: supported.
Display items We recommend the RC-100IP USB cable (not supplied) to connect the dock connector. To change display items, press (DSPL). The tracks on the iPod start playing automatically from the point last played. If an iPod is already connected, to start playback press (SOURCE) repeatedly until “USB”...
Skipping albums, podcasts, genres, Other functions playlists and artists Changing the sound settings Press (3)/(4) (ALBUM –/+) Skip [press once for each] Adjusting the sound (3)/(4) (ALBUM –/+) characteristics Skip continuously [hold to desired point] Press the select button. Rotate the control dial until the Repeat and shuffle play desired menu item appears, then press the select button.
Setting the equalizer curve. Fader & Balance You can adjust the equalizer center frequency, Fader volume level and bandwidth in each range Adjusts the relative level: “Front:15”– “Center” from “Low,” “Mid”, or “Hi.” – “Rear:15.” Balance 1 Rotate the control dial until the desired Adjusts the sound balance: “Right:15”–...
Display Adjusting setup items — SET Demo (Demonstration) Activates the demonstration: “on,” “off.” Press and hold the select button. The setup display appears. Image Sets various display images. Rotate the control dial until the – “All”: to display all images. desired menu item appears, then –...
Using optional equipment CD changer Selecting the changer Auxiliary audio equipment 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly until “CD” By connecting an optional portable audio device appears. to the AUX input jack (stereo mini jack) on the 2 Press (MODE) repeatedly until the desired unit and then simply selecting the source, you changer appears.
Changing the operative direction Rotary commander RM-X4S The operative direction of the controls is factory- set as shown below. Attaching the label Attach the indication label depending on how To increase you mount the rotary commander. To decrease If you need to mount the rotary commander on the right hand side of the steering column, you D S P L SE L...
(Joliet)/64 (Romeo) your unit that are not covered in this manual, consult • If the multi-session disc begins with a CD-DA your nearest Sony dealer. session, it is recognized as a CD-DA disc, and other sessions are not played back.
If the fuse blows, check the power connection and replace the fuse. If the fuse blows again after replacement, there may be an internal malfunction. In such a case, Fuse (10 A) consult your nearest Sony dealer. continue to next page t...
Remove the unit. USB Player section Interface: USB (Full-speed) 1 Insert both release keys simultaneously Maximum current: 500mA until they click. Power amplifier section Output: Speaker outputs (sure seal connectors) Hook facing Speaker impedance: 4 – 8 ohms inwards. Maximum power output: 52 W × 4 (at 4 ohms) General Outputs: Audio outputs terminal (front/rear)
• The CD changer is incompatible with the disc (MP3/ • The disc has been forcibly inserted upside down or in WMA/AAC). the wrong way. t Play back with a Sony MP3 compatible CD The disc does not playback. changer, or this unit. • Defective or dirty disc.
The sound skips. A beep sounds. • Installation is not correct. During playback, the USB device has been t Install the unit at an angle of less than 45° in a disconnected. sturdy part of the car. t Before disconnecting a USB device, make sure to •...
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*2 The disc number of the disc causing the error appears in the display. If these solutions do not help improve the situation, consult your nearest Sony dealer. If you take the unit to be repaired because of CD playback trouble, bring the disc that was used at the...
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