Sony CMT-CQ1 manual

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    ©2003 Sony Cor poration 4-244-819- 11 (2) Micr o Hi-Fi Component System Oper a t ing Inst ructions Owner’s Record The m odel and serial num b ers are located o n the bottom . Record the serial num ber in the space provid ed bel ow. Refe r t o them whenever you call upon your Sony deal er r egardi ng t his product . Mo d el N o. Serial N o. CMT -[...]

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    2 GB To pre vent f i re or shoc k hazar d, do not expos e the uni t to ra in or moist ur e. To preve nt f ire , do not cover the ven til at ion of the appara t us with n ews pap ers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. And don’t plac e li ghted c andle s on th e appar at us. To preve nt fi re or shock ha zard, do not plac e obje cts filled with liquids,[...]

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    3 GB How to use this ma nu al ............. .... .......... 2 Getting Started Hooking up the sy stem........... ........... ...... 4 Setting the cloc k ............. ........... ........... ... 5 CD – Pl ay Loading a disc ...... ... .... ... ........... ........... ... 6 Playing a disc .......... ........... ........... .......... 6 — Normal Pl[...]

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    4 GB Perform the followin g pr oc ed ures 1 to 3 to hook up you r s yste m usin g the s uppli e d cords an d acce ssor ies . 1 Connect the speakers. Connect the r ight and left spea ker co rds t o the S P EA K ER te rmin a ls as s h o wn b elo w. 2 Connect the FM and AM antennas. Set up the AM loop ant enna, t hen con nect it. Note Kee p the antenn[...]

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    Getting Started 5 GB Inserting two R6 (size AA) batteries into the re mote Note If y ou do not use the r emote for a lon g per iod of ti me, remove the batt er ies t o avoi d possi bl e damage fr om batt er y leak age a nd corr osi on. Tip When the re mote no longe r o pera tes th e s yst em, replace bo th batteries w ith new ones . Use bu tton s o[...]

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    6 GB 1 Pres s OP EN/CL O SE Z . 2 Place a disc with the l abel side up o n the disc tray. 3 Pres s OP EN/CL O SE Z again to close the disc tray. Note s • Do n ot use a disc w ith tape, seals or paste on it as this may caus e mal fun cti on. • Do not fo rci bly pr ess t he dis c tr ay cl osed wit h your finger, as this m a y cause m alfun ction [...]

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    CD – Play 7 GB You can play all the t rac ks or a si ngl e tr ack on a disc . Press REPEAT on t he remote during playback until “REP” or “REP1” appears. REP: For al l the t ra cks on t he di sc up to fi ve times. REP1: For a si ngle tr ack only . To cancel Repeat Play Pre ss R E PEA T on the remo te rep e a t e d ly un ti l both “REP”[...]

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    8 GB Other operations Tips • The pr ogra m you made r emains af ter Prog ram Play finishes. To p lay th e sam e program again, press CD N . However, t he pro gram i s cl ea red when you ope n the d is c tra y . • I f you se lec t “CD AL” in st ep 3, you can se lect al l tracks on the d isc at o n ce. You can p res et up to 20 FM st ati o ns[...]

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    T uner 9 GB 5 Press ENTER. 6 Repeat steps 1 through 5 to preset other stations. Tip Press TUNING MO DE to st op sc anni ng. Manual tuni ng pre set You can manual l y tu ne i n a nd s tore t he r adi o frequ enc y of the desired stations . 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly to select FM or AM . 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly u ntil “AUTO” and the pre[...]

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    10 GB You can li s ten t o a r adio sta tio n ei the r by sel ect ing a pr eset st ati on, or by man uall y tu ning in th e statio n . Use butt ons on the r emote f or th e oper ati on. Listen ing to a p reset sta tion — Preset Tuning Preset radio stations in the tuner’s me m ory first (see “Pr esetting radio s tation s” on page 8). 1 Press[...]

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    Tim er 11 GB Y ou ca n set th e system to tu rn off a fter a cer tain time, so that you can fall asl eep t o music. Us e bu ttons o n the rem o te for th e oper ation . Press SLEEP repeatedly. Each t ime you pr ess the bu tt on, the mi nute disp lay ( the t ur n-of f ti me) chang es cy clic al ly as follows: OFF t AUTO* t 90 t 80 t … t 10 * The s[...]

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    12 GB Other operations Note s • If you use the D aily Time r and the Sleep T imer at the same time , the Sleep Timer has priority. • Do not opera te the s y stem from the ti m e the sy s tem tur ns on unti l the pla y st art s (a bout 15 s econds b efor e the preset ti m e). • If the syst em is o n about 15 se conds before the p rese t ti me,[...]

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    Displa y 13 GB You can cha nge th e bri ght ness of t he di spla y’s ba ckligh t. Press DIMMER on the unit repeatedly. The bac kli ght ’s br i ghtn ess ch anges cycl ical l y. Tip Th e br igh tne s s level is fa ctor y se t at h igh. You can ch eck t he pla ying ti me and remai nin g ti me of the cu rren t tr ack or t hat o f the d isc. Chec ki[...]

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    14 GB To enhan ce your syst em, yo u can co nnect opti onal componen ts. Refer to the ope ra tin g ins tr ucti ons provide d w ith each com ponent. A PC/MD/TAPE OUT jack Use an aud io cor d (no t supp li ed) to conn ect an opt ional component ( MD deck , et c. ) to thi s j ack. You can th en out put sound t o t hat co mponent from th is system. B P[...]

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    T r oubles hooting 15 GB Shoul d you enco unte r a pr obl em with you r syst em, do the foll owin g: 1 Make sure the power co rd and speak er cords are correctly and firm ly connected. 2 Find your problem in the troubleshooting checklist b elow and tak e the indicated corr ectiv e acti on. If the problem persists after doing all of th e above, cons[...]

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    16 GB Tuner Sever e hum or noi s e/ stat i ons cannot b e received. • Set the pr oper band a nd fre quency ( page 1 0). • Connec t t he ant enna pr oper ly ( page 4) . • Find a pl ace and an ori enta ti on t hat p rovi de good rece pt ion , the n set up the a nte nna agai n. If you cannot obt ain good re cept ion, we re commend you conne ct a[...]

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    Additional I n formation 17 GB On oper ating volt age Befo re o pe rating th e system , check that the op erating volt age of your s ystem i s i dent i cal with t he volt age o f your loc al power suppl y. On sa fet y • The unit i s not di sconne cte d from the AC pow er sourc e (mai ns) as l ong as i t is connec ted t o th e wall outlet, even if[...]

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    18 GB Note o n CD-R /CD-R W play back Discs recorded on CD -R /CD -R W drives m ay not be play ed bac k becaus e of scra tche s, dir t, rec ordi ng condi ti on or t he dr iv e’s char act er is ti cs. Besi des , the dis cs, whic h are not yet fi nal ize d at t he end of reco rdi ng, cannot be pl ayed bac k. Music disc s en coded wit h cop yrig ht [...]

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    Additional I n formation 19 GB Inputs PC /MD /T APE IN (stereo m inijack): Sensi ti vit y 250 mV, impedance 47 kil ohms Out pu t s PC /M D/T A PE O U T (stereo m inijack): Sensi ti vit y 250 mV, impedance 1 kil ohm PH ONE S (stereo m inijack): Accepts headph ones with an impe dance of 8 oh ms or mor e SPEAK ER: Accepts impeda nce of 6 t o 16 ohms. [...]

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    20 GB Main unit DIMMER 1 (13) Displ ay window 8 FUNCT ION 2 (6 , 7, 1 4 , 16 ) Remote se nsor 0 TUNI NG +/ – 4 (8, 10) VOLUME +/ – 3 ( 11) ?/1 (pow e r) 9 (4, 5, 9, 11, 14, 16) ./ > (go back/go fo rward ) 4 (5, 6, 7, 9 , 11) x ( stop) 5 ( 6, 14, 16) NX ( pl ay/pa use) 6 (6, 7) Z (ope n/cl ose ) 7 (6) List of button location s and reference p[...]

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    Additional I n formation 21 GB Remote control BALANCE 0 (10) BA SS 6 (10) CENT ER 7 (10) CLE AR wh (8) CLOCK/TIMER SELECT wj (12) CLOCK/TIMER SET qg ( 5, 11) DIS PLAY qd (1 2, 13) DSG 8 (10) ENTER qh ( 5, 7, 9, 11) EQ + 5 ( 10) EQ – 9 ( 10) FM MODE qk (10) FUNCT ION ws (6, 7, 14, 16) PLAY MODE wd (6, 7) REPEAT qk (7) SLEEP qf (11) TREBLE 4 (10) T[...]

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