Sony CA440 - English; Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Notes on Cassettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Getting Started
Resetting the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cassette Player
Listening to a tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Playing a tape in various functions . . . . . . . . 9
Radio
Storing stations automatically
— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . . 9
Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 10
Receiving the stored stations. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
RDS
Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Automatic retuning for best reception results
— AF (Alternative Frequencies) . . . . . . 11
Receiving traffic announcements
— TA (Traffic Announcement)/
TP (Traffic Programme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Presetting RDS stations with AF and
TA setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tuning in stations by programme type
— PTY (Programme types) . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting the clock automatically
— CT (Clock Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Other Functions
Using the rotary commander
(XR-CA440 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting the sound characteristics. . . . . . . 16
Quickly attenuating the sound. . . . . . . . . . . 16
Changing the sound and display settings
— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting the sound position
— My Best sound Position (MBP). . . . . 17
Boosting the bass sound
— D-bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CD/MD Unit (optional)
Playing a CD or MD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing tracks repeatedly
— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing tracks in random order
— Shuffle Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
MP3 playable CD Unit (optional)
Listening to an MP3 file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing tracks repeatedly
— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing tracks in random order
— Shuffle Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Additional Information
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Error displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26