Sony D-E504 Operating Instructions

3-860-779-21 (1)
Compact Disc
Compact Player
Operating Instructions
About area code
The area code of the player you purchased is shown on upper left of the bar
code label on the package.
For accessories supplied with your player, check the area code of your model
and refer to "Supplied accessories" toward the end of this manual.
D-E500
D-E504
Sony Corporation 1997
For the customers in Australia
Welcome!
The supply cord of the AC power adaptor cannot
be replaced; if the cord is damaged, the AC
Thank you for purchasing the Sony power adaptor should be discarded.
Compact Disc Compact Player.
For the customers not in Poland
Before operating your player, please
The mark on the unit is valid only for
read this manual and retain it for
products marketed in Poland.
future reference.
For the customers not in Europe
About this manual
The CE mark on the unit is valid
The instructions in this manual are for the
only for products marketed in the
D-E500 and D-E504. Before you start reading,
European Union.
check your model number.
For the customers not in Russia
The mark on the unit and package is valid
WARNING
only for products marketed in Russia.
To prevent fire or shock
hazard, do not expose
the unit to rain or
moisture.
To avoid electrical
shock, do not open the
cabinet. Refer servicing
to qualified personnel
only.
CAUTION
The use of optical instruments with this product
will increase eye hazard.
Playing a CD right
away!
If you want to play a CD right now, choose to use your player on house
current. Other choices are the following three: rechargeable battery, dry
batteries (see "Power Sources" on the reverse side) and car battery.
1
Connect
When using
to a wall
earphones
outlet
AC power adaptor
Earphones
PHONES/REMOTE
DC IN 4.5 V
For models supplied with the AC plug adaptor
If the AC power adaptor does not fit the wall outlet, use the AC plug adaptor.
For models supplied with the remote control
• Connect the microplug of the earphones to the remote control, not to the PHONES/
REMOTE jack of the player.
• Connect the earphones to the remote control firmly. A loose connection may cause noise
during playback.
2
Place a CD
Label side up
OPEN
1 Slide OPEN to open the lid. 2 Fit the CD to the pivot.
3
Play
To use the remote control
2
1 Press ^ . Adjust the volume.
1
Press ^ .
2 Note
Adjust the volume.
The shape of the remote control
supplied with the CED, CEK and E92
models is different from this one.
To stop play, press p . To start play, press ( .
z Other Operations
To Press
Pause ^ *
Playing tracks repeatedly
Resume play after (Repeat Play)
^
pause
You can play tracks repeatedly in normal,
Find the beginning (= side of
=
INTRO PGM, shuffle or RMS (Random Music
of the current track on the RM-
(
Sensor) play modes. Repeat all the tracks or
(AMS**) DM23 remote
only one track.
control) once***
PLAY REPEAT/
Find the beginning = (= side of
MODE ENTER
of previous tracks
( ) repeatedly***
(AMS)
Find the beginning
+ (+ side of
of the next track ( ) once***
(AMS)
Find the beginning (+ side of
+
To repeat all the tracks
of succeeding ( ) repeatedly***
Press REPEAT/ENTER during play.
tracks (AMS)
The "REPEAT" indication appears.
Go forward Hold down
quickly + (+ side of
( ) ***
Go backwards Hold down
quickly = (= side of
( ) *** To cancel repeat play, press REPEAT/ENTER
again.
*You cannot set the player in pause using the
To repeat a single track
remote control (RM-DM23) supplied with the
1 Press REPEAT/ENTER while the track you
CED, CEK and E92 models.
want to repeat is playing.
**AMS = Automatic Music Sensor
The "REPEAT" indication appears.
***These operations are possible during both
play and pause.
To remove the CD
Remove the CD while pressing the pivot.
2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until "1"
appears.
To repeat another track, press = or + .
Notes on controlling the volume with
the remote control To cancel repeat play, press REPEAT/ENTER
again.
Set the VOL (volume) control on the remote
control to MAX. Then adjust the volume on
the player to the level that you want to be the
maximum volume of the remote control.
Notes on display
• When you press ^ or ( (when RESUME Playing only the tracks
is set to OFF), the total number of tracks in
you want
(INTRO PGM Play)
the CD and the total playing time appear for
about 2 seconds.
• During play, the track number and the
You can choose and play your favorite tracks
elapsed playing time of the current track
by scanning through the beginning of each
appear.
track in a CD.
• During pause, the elapsed playing time
flashes in the display.
• Between tracks, the time to the beginning of
PLAY
the next track will appear with the "–" REPEAT/
MODE
ENTER
indication.
Notes on handling CDs
• To keep the CD clean, handle it by its edge. ^
+
Do not touch the surface.
• Do not stick paper or tape onto the CD.
• Do not expose the CD to direct sunlight or
1
heat sources such as hot air ducts. Do not
During play, press PLAY MODE
leave the CD in a car parked under direct
repeatedly until "INTRO PGM" flashes.
sunlight.
Flashing
2
Press ^ to start scanning .
The player plays about the first 15
seconds of each track and "INTRO PGM"
flashes faster.
3
Press REPEAT/ENTER while the track
you want is playing. To skip the track,
press + or just wait for the next track.
Not these ways
After you have gone through the CD,
"INTRO PGM" stops flashing and the tracks
you have chosen play automatically.
To finish programming before going through
the whole CD, press ^ . The selected tracks
will be played.
To cancel INTRO PGM play, press PLAY
MODE repeatedly until the play mode
indication disappears from the display.
Playing tracks in random Using other functions
order
(Shuffle Play)
To enjoy more powerful bass sound
You can enjoy a powerful bass-boosted sound.
You can play the tracks in a CD in random
order.
Digital
MEGA BASS
PLAY
MODE
Press Digital MEGA BASS to select BASS
or BASS . BASS is more effective.
During play, press PLAY MODE repeatedly
until "SHUFFLE" appears.
For the customers using the remote control
The tracks play in random order.
with the SOUND button
Press SOUND to select "BASS" or "BASS MAX."
"BASS MAX" is more effective.
Note
• If the sound is distorted when emphasizing
bass, turn down the volume.
To cancel shuffle play, press PLAY MODE
repeatedly until the play mode indication
To prevent sound from skipping
disappears from the display.
(ESP)
The ESP (Electronic Shock Protection)
Note
function prevents the sound from skipping by
• During shuffle play, you cannot return to
using a buffer memory that stores music data
previous tracks by pressing = .
for about 10 seconds. Use this function when
listening in a car or during a walk.
ESP
Playing tracks in the order
you want
(RMS play)
You can program up to 22 tracks to play in
any order you choose.
Press ESP.
The ESP indication appears.
PLAY REPEAT/
MODE ENTER
To release the ESP function, press ESP again.
/+ ^
=
Notes
1
During play, press PLAY MODE
• Playing may stop when the player gets a strong
repeatedly until "RMS" flashes.
shock even with the ESP function on.
• You may hear a noise or sound skip when:
— listening to a dirty or scratched CD,
— listening to an audio test CD or,
— the player receives continuous shock.
• Sound may drop for a while if you press ESP
during play.
Flashing
• When you use an optical digital connecting
cord, the ESP function will be disabled.
2
Press = or + to choose a track.
To lock the buttons
The track number and the playing order
You can lock your player against any
appear.
accidental operations.
Track number Flashing You can still operate the player with the
remote control.
Playing order
3
Press REPEAT/ENTER to program the
HOLD
track.
4
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to program the
remaining tracks.
Slide HOLD in the direction of the arrow.
5
When you press any button, "Hold " appears in
Press ^ .
the display and you cannot operate the player.
"RMS" stops flashing and the tracks you
have chosen play in the order you
To unlock, slide HOLD back.
specified.
To cancel RMS play, press PLAY MODE until
"RMS" disappears.
To check the program
During programming:
Press REPEAT/ENTER before step 5.
During RMS play:
Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until "RMS"
flashes, then press REPEAT/ENTER.
Each time you press REPEAT/ENTER, the
track number and the playing order appear in
the order you specified.
Note
• If you program another track after the 22nd
track, the first track programed is cleared and
the new track is programed instead.
To protect your hearing (AVLS)
Using the optical digital
The AVLS (Automatic Volume Limiter
connecting cord
System) function keeps down the maximum
volume to protect your ears.
NORM LIMIT
AVLS
OPTICAL
(AUTO VOLUME LIMITER SYSTEM)
(DIGITAL)/
LINE OUT
Optical digital
connecting cord
(rear)
POC-5B
(not supplied)
Set AVLS to LIMIT.
OPTICAL
The AVLS indication appears.
(DIGITAL) IN*
MiniDisc recorder
DAT deck, etc.
Note
• If the sound is distorted when you listen to the *If the OPTICAL (DIGITAL) IN jack is square-
bass-boosted sound with the AVLS function,
shaped, use the POC-5AB optical digital
turn down the volume. connecting cord instead.
To resume playing from the point Notes on connecting to other stereo
you stopped the CD (Resume Play) equipment
Normally, every time you stop and play, • Before you play the CD, turn down the volume
playing starts from the beginning of the CD. of the connected equipment so as not to
damage the connected speakers.
The resume play function, however, let you
• The beep sound is not output from the
listen to from the point at which you last
OPTICAL (DIGITAL)/LINE OUT jack.
turned off the player.
• You cannot adjust the volume of the equipment
connected to the OPTICAL (DIGITAL)/LINE
OUT jack using the VOLUME control of this
player.
• When you record a CD on a cassette tape using
a tape recorder that has the blank search
function, release the ESP function. If the ESP
function is on, the blank search function does
not work.
RESUME
ON OFF Recording with optical digital
connection
Record a CD on a MiniDisc, DAT, etc., according
Set RESUME to ON.
to the following procedure.
To cancel resume play, set RESUME to OFF.
1 Press ^ on the player to start play.
2 Press ^ again to pause.
Notes
3 Press = /+ to select the track you want to
• Even if RESUME is set to ON, playing starts
record.
from the beginning when you open the lid.
4 Press r (record) on the MiniDisc recorder,
• The resume point may be inaccurate by about
DAT recorder, etc.
30 seconds.
5 Press ^ on the player to release pause.
To turn off the beep
Notes
You can turn off the beep that sounds as you
• Connect the optical digital connecting cord
operate your player.
while the player is in stop mode.
Disconnect the power source (AC power If you make connection just after stopping the
player, optical signals may not be output.
adaptor, rechargeable battery or alkaline
• If you record without pausing the player, some
batteries). While you press and hold down p ,
CD may have problem with recording the first
connect the power source again. To make the
track number correctly.
beep sound again, disconnect the power
• When you use digital equipment with your
source, and then connect it without pressing
player, use the AC power adaptor. If you use a
p .
rechargeable battery or alkaline batteries, the
optical digital signal will not be output from
the player. (Unexpected phenomena may
occur, for instance, you cannot record a CD on
connected equipment.)
• Digital MEGA BASS can be output from the
Connecting to other
PHONES/REMOTE jack, but not from the
OPTICAL (DIGITAL )/LINE OUT jack.
stereo equipment
• When use an optical digital connecting cord,
the ESP function will be disabled.
You can listen to the CD through other stereo
equipment or record a CD on a cassette tape or
a MiniDisc. Refer to the instruction manual of
the other equipment for details. Before making
connections, turn off each piece of equipment.
Continue to the reverse side m
Using the connecting cord
OPTICAL
(DIGITAL)/
LINE OUT
Connecting cord
RK-G129HG
Left (white)
Right (red)
LINE IN or
REC IN
Stereo system,
cassette recorder,
radio cassette
recorder, etc.
Note
• When you use a connecting cord, the Digital
MEGA BASS function will be disabled.