Sony CMT-SE1 manual

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    ©2003 Sony Cor poration 4-249-164- 11 (1) Micr o Hi-Fi Component System Oper a ti ng Inst ructions CMT -SE1[...]

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    2 GB To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to ra in or m oi st ur e. To prevent fir e , do not cover the ven til ation of the apparatus with ne ws papers, table-clo ths, curta ins, e tc. And don’t pla c e li ghte d c an dle s on the appa r at us. To prevent fire or sho ck haz ard, do not place objects filled wit h liq u ids [...]

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    3 GB How to use this manu 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 P[...]

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    4 GB Perform th e following procedures 1 to 3 to hook up your s yste m us ing the s upplie d cord s and access ori es. 1 Connect the speakers. Conn ect the r ight and left sp eaker cord s to the SPEAKER terminals as shown below. 2 Connect the FM and AM an tennas. Set up th e A M l oop ante nna , then co nnect it. Note To prevent noise pic kup, keep[...]

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    Getting Started 5 GB Attac hing th e speake r pads Attach t he suppl i ed s peake r p ads to th e bottom of the sp eaker s t o sta bi li z e the s pea kers and prevent th em f rom sl ip pi ng . Inserting two R6 (size AA) batteries into the remote Note If you do not use the remot e for a long per iod of ti me, remove the bat te r ie s to av oid pos [...]

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    6 GB 1 Press CD (or FUNCTI ON on the unit repeatedly) to s witch the function to CD. 2 Insert a disc in the disc slot with the label si de up. Note s • When you tur n on the syst em, th e disc is n ot pulle d into th e disc slot until “ CD No Di sc” appe ars in t he displa y. Do not attempt to pus h in the dis c until “CD No Disc” appears[...]

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    CD – Pla y 7 GB You can pl ay all the tr acks or a si ngle trac k on a dis c re peat ed ly. Press REPEAT repeatedly d uring playback until “REPEAT ” or “RE PEAT 1” appea rs. REPEAT: For all the tracks on the disc up to five times. REPEAT 1: For a si ngle track only . To cancel Repeat Play Press REPEAT repeated ly until both “REPEAT ” [...]

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    8 GB You c an pres et up to 20 FM stat ions an d 10 AM statio ns . You ca n then tun e i n an y of thos e statio ns simpl y by select in g t he c orre sp ond ing pres et n umber. Automatic tuning preset You can automat icall y tune in all o f the st ati ons that ca n be rece ived in yo ur ar ea and the n st ore the ra di o frequ ency of the desir e[...]

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    T une r 9 GB To improve tuner reception When tu ner re ce ption i s po or, set CD pl ay er powe r of f by CD power mana ge fun ction . CD power is fac t or y se t to on. 1 Press CD (or FUNCTION on the unit repeatedly) to switch t he function to CD. 2 Pres s ?/1 to turn off th e sy s tem. 3 Pres s ?/1 while holding x . “CD PowerOf f” appears. To[...]

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    10 GB What is t he Radio Data System? Radio Data Syste m (R DS) is a broad casti ng servi c e t h at allow s radio st ation s t o se nd additional information along with the regula r program sig nal. RDS is a vailable only on FM stat ions. * Note RDS may not work properly i f the station you are tun ed in is not trans mitti ng the RDS sig nal prope[...]

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    Sound Adjustme nt/Timer 11 GB You can ad just the bass a nd treble to enjo y more power fu l soun d. Gener ati ng a mo r e d ynami c sound (Dynamic Bass Feed Back ) DBFB is fa ctor y set to on. To cancel the DBFB, press DBFB. Adjust ing the b ass and tr eble You ca n ad just t h e bass and tr eb le. Press BASS +/– o r TRE BLE +/– repeate dly to[...]

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    12 GB You c an wa ke u p to musi c at a preset tim e. M ake sure yo u ha ve set th e cloc k ( se e “Setti ng the clock ” on p age 5). 1 Prepare the so und source yo u want to play. • CD: Inser t a disc. To start from a specific track, ma ke a program ( see “Creat ing your o wn p rogr am” o n pa ge 7). • TUNER : Tu ne in th e pr es et ra[...]

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    Display 13 GB The clock displa y can be turned off to minimize the amount of power consum ed du ring standb y (Powe r Saving Mode ). Press DISPLAY repeatedly while the system is off until the clock display disappears. To ca ncel Po wer Savi ng Mode Press DISP LAY while the s ystem is off. Each time you press the button, the displ ay switches cyclic[...]

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    14 GB To enh an ce your sy stem , you ca n co nnec t optio nal com po nent s. Ref er to the ope rat in g i ns tructi on s provided with each component. A MD (TAPE) IN jack (ster eo mini jack) Use au di o cord (not sup plied) to con ne ct an optio na l analog comp on ent (M D dec k or ta pe deck, etc.) to this jack. Yo u can then listen to the sound[...]

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    Optional Components 15 GB Liste ning to a connec ted MD deck 1 Connect th e audi o cord. See “H ooking up option al com pone nts” on page 14. 2 Press MD (TAP E) (or FUNCTIO N on the unit) repeatedly until “ MD” appears. Sta rt playi n g the co nn ecte d compo ne nt. Liste ning to a conn ected t ape deck 1 Connect th e audi o cord. See “H [...]

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    16 GB Should you encou nter a pr oblem with your syst em, do the fo llow ing: 1 Make sure the mains lead and speaker cords are c orrectly and f irmly connected. 2 Find your prob lem in the troubleshooting checklist below and take the indicated corrective action. If the problem persis ts after d oing all of the above, co nsul t yo ur nea re st So ny[...]

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    T r oubleshooting 17 GB CD “LOCKED” appears. • Contact your So ny dealer or loca l authorized S ony service fac il i ty. The disc does no t eject. • Consult your neare st Sony dea le r. Play d oes n ot s tart. • Check whether a d isc is loaded (T he DISC indicator light s up whe n a dis c is loa de d) . • Wipe t he disc c lean (pag e 19[...]

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    18 GB If the system still d oes not operate properly after performing the above measures, reset the system as follows : 1 Disconnect the m ains lead. 2 Reconnect the m ains lead. 3 Press ?/ 1 to tu r n on th e sy s tem . 4 Move lever on the unit t o x and pres s FUNCTION and ?/1 on t he unit. The system is reset t o the factory se ttings. You shoul[...]

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    Additio nal Inf ormation 19 GB On oper ating voltag e Before operati ng the sys tem, chec k that the operating voltage of your s ystem is ide ntical with t he volta ge of your local power suppl y. On safety • The unit is not disc onne c te d from the AC powe r source (ma ins) as long a s it is connected to the wall outlet, eve n if the u nit itse[...]

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    20 GB Music d iscs enc oded with copyri ght prot ectio n tec hnolo gies This product is designed to pl ay ba ck disc s tha t conform t o the Compact Di sc (CD) stan dard. Recentl y, various mus ic discs enc oded with cop yright prote ction technolo gie s are m arketed by some record com panies . Please be awa re that among th ose discs, t here are [...]

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    Additio nal Inf ormation 21 GB Speaker (SS-SE1) Speaker s ystem 2-way, bass- reflex t ype Speake r u nits Woofer: 13 cm dia., cone type Tweete r: 2.5 cm dia. , soft -d o me- type Nominal im pe da nce 4 ohms General Power requirements 230 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power consumpt ion 45 W 0.3 W (in Power Saving mode) Dimension s (w/h/d) incl. projecting par ts [...]

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    22 GB Main unit AM qa (8, 9) BAS S/TRE BLE qs (11) DBFB 3 (11) Disc sl ot 4 Display win dow 5 FM qa (8, 9) Front cover 7 FUNCTION qf (6, 7, 9, 15, 18) Lever qa qd PHONES jack 9 PRESET +/– qa (8, 9) Remote se nsor 2 VOLUME control 8 (12) ?/1 (power) 1 (4, 9, 12, 15, 18) ./> (go bac k/go forw ard) qd (5, 6, 12) NX (pl ay pause) qd (6) x (stop) q[...]

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    Additio nal Inf ormation 23 GB Remote control BASS +/– w; (11) CD 7 ( 6 , 7 , 9) CLEA R 6 (7 ) CLOCK/TIMER SELE CT 2 (12, 18) CLOCK/TIMER SET 3 (5, 12) DBFB ql (11) DISPLAY wf (10, 13) ENTER 5 (5, 7 , 8, 12 ) FM MODE 9 (9 ) MD (TAPE) wd (15) PLAY MODE qk (6, 7, 18 ) PRESET +/– qj (8, 9) REPEAT qh (7) SLEEP 1 (11 ) TREBLE +/– qd (11) TUNER/BAN[...]

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    Sony Cor poration Printed in Korea[...]