Sony CMT-HX7BT manual

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) Micro HI-FI Component S ystem © 2007 Sony Corporation CMT -HX7B T 3-095-517- 11 (1) Operating Instructions Owner ’ s Record e model and serial numbers a re located on the rear o f the unit. Record these numbers in the space pr ovided below . Refer to them whenever you call upon yo ur S o ny dealer regar ding thi[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 2 GB WARNING T o reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to r ain or moisture. CAUTION e use of op tica l in struments with this product will increase eye hazar d. Notice for the customers in the U.S.A. is symbol is in tended to alert the user to the presence o f uninsulated “ [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 3 GB CAUTION Y ou ar e cautioned tha t any chan ges or modications no t expressly a ppro ved in this manual could v oid your au thority to operate this equi pment. is equip ment must no t be co-lo cated or operated in co njunction with an y other ant enna or transmitt er . is equip ment comp lies with FCC rad[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 4 GB T able of Contents Guide to parts and controls ............. 5 Information on the display ............... 9 Getting Started Hooking up the system securely .................................................. 10 Setting the clock ................................13 Basic Operations Playing a CD/MP3 disc .............[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 5 GB Guide to parts and controls Guide to parts and controls is man ual mainly explains operatio ns using the remot e, but the same opera tions can also be per formed using the b uttons o n the unit having the same o r similar names. Unit (HCD-HX7/Compac t D isc Receiver) Front panel T op panel Continued [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 6 GB Remote (RM-SCR32)   /  (power) button (page 13, 28, 31) Press t o turn on the system.  ST ANDBY indicator (page 25, 29) Lights up when the system is t urned o.  BL UE T OOTH indicator (page 22, 23) Lights up when the Bl uetooth funct ion is active.  Remote sensor (page 29)  BL UE T OOTH OP[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 7 GB Guide to parts and controls  Playback buttons and function buttons Unit: BL UE T OOTH  (play/ pause) button (page 19, 20) Press t o selec t the Bluetooth function. Press t o start or pause playback of the music o n the Bluetooth device (Bluetooth mobile pho ne, etc.). Unit: CD  (play/pause) button [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 8 GB  DISPLA Y button (page 20, 25) Press t o change the info rmation on the display .  Satellite radio buttons XM button (page 16) Press t o selec t XM band. SIRIUS button (page 16) Press t o selec t SIRIUS band.  TUNER MEMORY button (page 27) Press t o preset the radio station.  FM MODE button (page 15) [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 9 GB Guide to parts and controls Informa tion on the display  Play/P ause  DSGX (page 24)  T uner reception mode (page 15) T uner reception (page 15)  T ex t information  Audio format  Play mode (page 14)  Timer (page 28)[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 10 GB Getting Star ted Hooking up the syst em sec urely  SiriusConnect Home tuner (not supplied)  Satellite Radio Home Antenna (not supplied)*  AC pow er adaptor (not supplied)*  DIN cable (not supplied)*  XM Mini-T uner and Home D ock (not supplied)  FM lead antenna (Extend it horizontally .)  Wh[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 11 GB Getting Star ted  XM antenna Connect the XM Mini-T uner and Ho me Dock. For details, see “T o receive the XM Satelli te R adio ” (page 12).  SIRIUS Tuner Connect the SiriusConnect Ho me tuner . When yo u use the SiriusConnect Home tuner with this system, be sur e to connect the AC po wer adapto r suppl[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 12 GB T o receive the XM Satellite Radio ABOUT XM SA TELLITE R ADIO XM oers o ver 170 digital radio channels: the most commer cial-f ree music ch annels, premier news, sports, talk, and trac and weather in 21 metro mark ets. XM’ s on-a ir hosts broadcast live from st udios in W ashin gton, D.C., N ew Y ork Cit[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 13 GB Getting Star ted Setting the clock U se butto ns on the remot e to set the clock. 1 Press  /   t o turn on the system. 2 Press CL OCK/TIMER SET  . If the curren t mode appears on the display , press  /   repeatedly to select “ CLOCK SET?” and then pr ess ENTER  . 3 Press  /  [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 14 GB Basic Operations Playing a CD/MP3 disc 1 Select the CD func tion. Press CD  . 2 Place a disc. Press O PEN/CLOSE   , and place a disc with the label side up on the disc tray . T o close the disc tray , pr ess OPEN/ CLOSE   aga in. Do not for ce the disc tray closed with your ng er , as this may [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 15 GB Basic Operations Notes on playing MP3 discs  Do not save other types of les or unnecessary folders on a disc that has MP3 les.  Folders that h ave no MP3 les are skip ped.  MP3 les are played back in the o rder that they are recor ded onto the disc.  e system can only pla y MP3 les [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 16 GB Listening to sa tellite radio Y ou can o perate and listen t o XM or SIRIUS sate llite radio by connecting an option al antenna or t uner . Before using the system, connect the XM Mini-T uner and H ome Dock or the SiriusConnect Ho me tuner to the system. See “H ooking up the system securely” (pag e 10) for d[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 17 GB Basic Operations T o delete the numbers you ha ve entered Press CLEAR  r epeatedly . T o change the password 1 Press SIRIUS  (or TUNER/BAND  repeatedly) to select “SIRIUS. ” 2 Press TUNER MEMORY  r epeatedly until “Edit Code?” appears, then press ENTER  . “ OLD Co de ” appears. 3 Enter[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 18 GB Using the Bluetooth func tion is system su pports Bluetooth A2DP and A VRCP pr oles. For details o n Bluetooth wire less technology , see “Bl uetooth wireless technology” (page 36). Check the website s b elow fo r the latest informa tion about com patible devices. For cus tomers in the U .S.A.: <htt[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 19 GB Basic Operations Pairing this system with a Bluet ooth device Pairin g is an operation where B luetooth devices register with each other beforeh and. U se the procedure below to pair the system with y our Bluetooth device. Once a pairing operatio n is performed, it does not need to be performed again. I f pairin[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 20 GB T o erase all the pairing registration information 1 Press BL UETOO TH   on the unit. When the system i s connected with a Bluetooth device (when the Bluet o oth device name or other inf ormation appears in the sys tem display), pr ess and hold BL UETOOTH OPR  o n the unit fo r about 2 seconds to pu [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 21 GB Basic Operations Notes on connections with Bluetooth devices  If you canno t connect with a paired Bluetooth device, perform the pairing operation between the system a nd the Bluetooth device again.  Depending on the type of Bluetooth device, you can ad just the volume using the co ntrols of the Bluetoo th[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 22 GB Pairing this system with Bluet ooth headphones Pairin g is an operation where B luetooth devices register with each other beforeh and. U se the procedure below to pair the system with y our Bluetooth headpho nes. Once a pairing operation is performed, it does not n ee d to be performed again. I f pairing is alre[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 23 GB Basic Operations Playing music on this syst em Y ou can o perate this system from Bluetooth head phones by co nnect ing the system and B luetooth headphone s using A VRCP . 1 Select a func tion other than the Bluetooth function. Press FUN CTION  repeatedly . 2 Establish a connection with the Bluetooth headpho[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 24 GB Using optional audio components 1 Connect additional audio component to the A UDIO IN jack  on the unit using an audio analog cord (not supplied). 2 T urn down the volume. Press V OL UME  (or t urn the V OLU ME contro l on the unit)  . 3 Select the AUDIO IN function. Press A UDIO IN  . 4 Start playin[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 25 GB Basic Operations Changing the display T o Press Change informa tion on the display 1)2) DISPLA Y  repeatedly when the system is on. Check the clock when the system is o DISPLA Y  when the system is o 3) . e clock is displa yed for 8 seconds. 1) For exa mple, you can view CD/MP3 disc informa tion, [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 26 GB Other Op erations Creating your o wn program (Prog ram Play) 1 Press CD  t o selec t the CD function. 2 Press PLA Y MODE  repeat edly until “PGM” appears while the system is stopped . 3 Press  /   r epeatedly until the desired track or le number appears. When pr ogramming les, pres s +/ [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 27 GB Other Operations Presetting radio stations Y ou can p reset your fav orite radio station s and tune them in instan tly by selecting the correspon ding preset number . U se butto ns on the remot e to preset station s. 1 T une in the desired station (see “Listening to the radio ” (page 15)). 2 Press TUNER MEMO[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 28 GB Using the Timers e system o ers two timer functions. If yo u use t he Play T imer with the Sleep Timer , the Sleep Timer has priority . Sleep Timer: Y ou can fall asleep to m usic. is function works even if the clock is n ot set. Press SLEEP  r epeatedly . If yo u selec t “ A UTO , ” the system a[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 29 GB Others Others T roubleshooting 1 Make sure the power cor d and speaker cords are c orrectly and r mly connected. 2 Find y our problem in the checklist below , and take the indicated corrective action. If the issue persis ts, contact your nearest Son y dealer . If the ST ANDB Y indicator ashes Immedia tely [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 30 GB Play does not start from the rst track.  Press PLA Y MO DE  repeatedly until both “PGM” a nd “SHUF” disap pear to return to no rmal play . Starting playback takes more time than usual.  e following discs take a longe r time to start playback.  a disc recorded with a com plicated tree st[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 31 GB Others Tuner Severe hum or noise , or stations cannot be received . (“ TUNED” or “ST” ashes on the display .)  C onnect the antenn a properly .  Find a lo cation a nd an orientatio n that pro vide good reception, and then set up the an tenna again.  Keep the antenna s, SiriusConnect Ho me tun[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 32 GB Messages CD/MP3 play er , Tuner Complete! : e p reset operation ended normally . Invalid : Y ou pres s ed an invalid b utton. L OCKED : e disc tray does not open. Contact your near est Sony dealer . No Disc : ere is no disc in the system, or you h ave loaded a disc that canno t be played. No Step : All [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 33 GB Others Invalid : Y ou have en tered an in valid channel n umber . e channe l to be tuned-in is vo id due to the change b y the broadcast service, or the receiving conditio n is not good. SUB UPDT : Y ou hav e not subscribed for S IRIUS or the channel is no t autho rized. Y ou need to subscribe for SIRIUS. UPD[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 34 GB On safety  C omplet ely disconnect the power cord (ma ins lead) from the wall socket (mains) if i t is not going to be used for an ext ended per iod of time. When unpl ugging the unit, always grip the plug. N ever pull the cord itself.  Should any solid ob jec t or liquid get into the syst em, unplug the s[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 35 GB Others Specic ations Main unit (HCD-HX7/Compac t Disc Receiver) A UDIO PO WER SPECIFICA TIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TO T AL H ARMONIC DIST ORTIO N: (e U nited Stat es model only) W ith 6 ohm loads, both channels driven, from 120  10,000 Hz; ra ted 50 watts per channel minim um RMS power , with no more tha n [...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 36 GB General Po wer requireme nts: 120 V AC, 60 Hz Po wer consum ption: 40 watts Dimension s (w/h/d) (excl. speakers): A pprox. 285 × 120 × 215 m m Mass (ex cl. speakers): 2.6 kg Sup plied accessories: Remote Commander (RM-SCR32) (1), R6 (Size AA) batt eries (2), AM loop ant enna (1), FM lead antenna (1), Speaker p[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 37 GB Others Eective communication range Bluetooth devices sho uld b e used within app roxima tely 10 meters (unobstructed distance) of each o ther . e eective comm unication range ma y become shorter under the fo llowing conditio ns.  When a perso n, metal objec t, wall or other obs tr uction is between t[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 38 GB Play able Bluetooth devices Y ou can c heck the websites below f or the Bluetooth co mpatible devices. For cus tomers in the U .S.A.: <htt p://ww w .son y .com/shelfsu pport> For cus tomers in Canada: English <ht tp://ww w .son y .ca/ ElectronicsSu pport/> Fren ch <http://fr .son y .ca/ Electronic[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) 39 GB Others[...]

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    CMT -HX7BT .GB.3-095-517-11(1) Printed in China[...]