Troubleshooting - Sony MHC-GX470 Operating Instructions Manual

Troubleshooting
1
Make sure the power cord and speaker
cords are correctly and firmly connected.
2 Find your problem in the checklist below,
and take the indicated corrective action.
If the issue persists, cuntact yuur nearest
Sony dealer.
If the STANDBY indicator flashes
Immediately unplug the pu'_er curd, and
check the lbllowing item.
If your system has a voltage selector, is the
voltage selector set to the correct voltage?
Are the + and - speaker curds short-
circuited?
Are you using only the supplied speakers'?
ls anything blocking the ventilation holes
on the back of the system?
Xfter the STANDBY indicator [_ stops
flashing, reconnect the power cord, and turn
on tile system. If tile issue persists, cuutact
your
nearest Sony
dealer.
General
The display starts flashing as soon as
you plug in the power cord even though
you have not turned on the system.
• Press DISPLAY [_ twice while tile system is
uff. The demunstration disappears.
Sound comes from one channel, or the
left and right volumes are unbalanced.
• Place the speakers as symmetrically as
possible.
• Connect only the supplied speakers.
Sound lacks bass.
• Check that the striped (ur solid) curd is
connected tu the speaker's - (or +)jack
correctly.
Severe hum or noise.
• Move tile system away ['roul sources of
noise.
• Connect the system to a different wall
socket.
• Install a noise filter (available separately) to
tile puwer cord.
The remote does not function.
• Remove any obstacles between tile remote
and the remute sensor [] un tile unit, and
position the unit away from fluorescent
lights.
• Point the remote at the system's sensor.
• Move the remote closer to the system.
CD/MP3player
The sound skips, or the disc will not
play.
• Wipe tile disc clean, and replace it.
• Muve the system tu a location away fl'om
vibration (1or example, on top of a stable
stand).
• Muve the speakers away from the system,
or place them on separate stands. At high
vulume, speaker vibration may cause the
suund to skip.
Play does not start from the first track.
• Press PLAY MODE [] repeatedly until both
"PGM" and "SHUF' disappear to return to
nomml play.
Starting playback takes more time than
usual.
• Tile folluwing disc's take a longer time to
start playback.
- a disc recorded with a complicaled tree structure.
a disc recorded in multisession mode.
a disc that has not been finalized(a disc to which
data can be added).
- a disc that has many lolders.
Tuner
Severe hum or noise, or stations cannot
be received. ("TUNED" or "STEREO"
flashes on the display.)
• Connect the :mtenua properly.
• Find a location and an orientation that
provide good reception, and then set up tile
antelula again.
• Connect a commercially available external
antelula.
• Turn uff nearby electrical equipment.
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