Sony CDX-GT878US - Getting Started

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Table of Contents
Welcome ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started
Resetting the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Preparing the card remote commander . . . . . . . 5
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Attaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Inserting the disc in the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ejecting the disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Location of controls and basic
operations
Main unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Card remote commander RM-X156 . . . . . . . 8
Searching for a track
— Quick-BrowZer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Searching by skip items — Jump mode . . . 11
CD
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Repeat and shuffle play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Radio
Storing and receiving stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Storing automatically — BTM . . . . . . . . . . 12
Storing manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tuning automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Receiving a station through a list
— LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
USB devices
USB device playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Listening to music on a Mass Storage Class
type audio device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Listening to music on a “Walkman”
(ATRAC Audio Device). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Other functions
Changing the sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 15
Customizing the equalizer curve
— EQ3 Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting setup items — MENU . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using optional equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Auxiliary audio equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CD/MD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Rotary commander RM-X4S . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Additional Information
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
About USB devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playback order of MP3/WMA/AAC files
(CD-R/RW or Mass Storage Class) . . . . . . 20
About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About WMA files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About AAC files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About ATRAC files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Error displays/Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24