Sony CMT-DX2D manual

©2006 Sony Cor poration 2-674-627- 11 (3) Micr o Hi-Fi Component System Oper ating Inst ructions Owner’ s Record The model and serial numbers are l ocated on the rear of t he unit. Re cord the ser i al number in the space provide d below. Refer to the m whenever you c all upon your Sony deale r regardin g this pro duct. Model No. ________ ______[...]

2 GB To red uce t he r isk of fire or el ectri c shock, do not expo se this appar atus to rain or moisture . To prevent fir e, do not cover the ventilation of the apparatus with ne ws papers, table-clo ths, curta ins, e tc. And don’t pla ce lighted c andles on th e apparatus. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place objects filled wit h liqu[...]

3 GB NOTICE FOR THE CU STOMERS IN CAN ADA CAUTION The use of opt ical inst ruments with this product wi ll incr ease eye ha zar d. Disposal of Old El ectrical & Electroni c Equipment (Applicabl e in the Eur opean Union and other Europ ean countries with separate collecti on systems) This symb ol on the product or on its packagin g indicates tha[...]

4 GB How to use this manual ............ ........... .... 6 Playab le discs ................ .................. ........ 6 Getting Started Hookin g up the system.. ........... ........... .... 9 Settin g the clo ck ............ .................. ...... 13 Selecti ng a lang uage ......... ....... ........... .. 13 Disc – Play Loadi ng a disc ....[...]

5 GB Opti onal Compone nts Controllin g the TV with the remo te ...... 40 Using the THEAT RE SYNC function ............. ........... ........... ....... . 40 Hooking up option al compon ents ........ . 41 Listenin g to audi o from a connect ed componen t ........ ........... .................. . 42 Enjoyin g the 5.1 channe l sound with the optional[...]

6 GB • This manual mainly explai ns operations u sing the remot e, but the s ame operatio ns can also be perf ormed using the button s on th e unit having the s ame or simil ar names. • The O SD (on- screen dis play) m ay va ry depend ing on the count ry mod el. • The En glish O SD scr een (on- screen disp lay) is use d for i llustrat ion pu [...]

7 GB Regi on code of DVDs you can play on this system Your sy ste m has a re gion code pr inted o n the back of the unit and wil l only play DVDs labeled with iden tical region c ode. DVDs labele d will al so be play ed on this system . If you try to play any other DVD, the message “Playback Proh ibited by Area Limit ations.” will appear on the[...]

8 GB Note on DualDi scs A DualDi sc is a two sided di sc pr oduct w hich mates DVD record ed material o n one side with digita l audi o mate rial on the othe r side . Howeve r, sinc e the au dio mate rial side doe s not conform to t he Compact Disc (CD) standard , play back on th is pr oduct is not guaran teed . Cautions when playing a disc that is[...]

Getting Started 9 GB Perfor m the fo llowin g proc edures 1 to 6 to hook up yo ur sy stem us ing the suppl ied cor ds and access orie s. The ter minal s on the rear side vary dep endin g on the cou ntry m ode l. Be sure to chec k th e connect ion p rocedur e. European and Russ ian models Other models Getting Started Hooking up the system AM loo p a[...]

10 GB 1 Connect the speakers. Conn ect the r ight and le ft spea ker co rds t o the SPEAKER jacks as shown below. 2 Connect the FM and AM an tennas. Set up th e AM loop ante nna, then co nnect it. Plug type A Plug type B Plug type C Note Keep the anten nas away from the spea ker cords. 3 Connect a TV. Select one of the fol lowin g conne ctions . Co[...]

Getting Started 11 GB Connection B (For Europe an and Russian models ) Connect the t INPUT jack of your TV to the T LINE-TV jack with the SCART cord (not supplied). M ake sure to set the VIDEO OUT SELECTOR to EURO AV. When yo u con nect us ing th e SCAR T cor d, chec k that t he TV c onforms to RG B sig nals. If the TV confo rms to RGB si gnal s, c[...]

12 GB 6 (Asian and Ocean ian models only) Set the color syste m to PAL or NTSC depending on the color system of your TV. The co lor syst em is factor y set to NT SC for regio n code 3 models , and P AL for ot her regi on cod e model s. Each t ime yo u perfo rm the proced ure below , the color syst em chan ges as fo llow s: NTSC y PAL 1 Press DVD (o[...]

Getting Started 13 GB Use buttons on the remote for the operati on. 1 Press ?/1 to turn on the system. 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET. 3 Press . or > repeatedly to set the hour. 4 Press ENTER. 5 Press . or > repeatedly to set the minute . 6 Press ENTER. The clo ck sta rts work ing. To adjust the clock 1 Pres s CLOCK/ TIMER SET. 2 Pres s . or > to[...]

14 GB Use bu ttons on the un it for the opera tion. 1 Press Z . 2 Place a disc with the label side up on the disc t ray. 3 Press Z again to close the disc tray. Note s • Do not use a d isc with tape, s eals or p aste on it as th is may c ause malfun ction . • Do not fo rcibly pre ss the disc tra y closed wit h your finge r, as this m ay cause m[...]

Disc – Play 15 GB Other operations 1) There may be som e disturbance in the video imag e. 2) For DVDs and VIDEO CDs, no sound is output. 3) You cannot perform Shuffle Pl ay on DVDs and VIDEO CDs with PBC function. 4) DVD only Note s • Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operations m ay be restricted. • Ma ximum n umber of alb ums on a disc[...]

16 GB Note s • You canno t perform Resume Play dur ing Shuffle Play or Program Play. • This func tion may not work properly with some discs. • Depend ing on where you stop th e disc, the syst em may not resume pl ayback fr om exactl y the s ame poin t. • Resume play is can celed when: – you pr ess x in stop mode. – you turn off the syst[...]

Disc – Play 17 GB You can use PBC* menu s on yo ur TV screen to enjoy the disc ’s interactiv e software. The menu forma t and str uctur e may differ depend ing on each dis c. * PBC: Playba ck Control 1 Press DVD (or FUNCT ION + or – rep ea tedly ) to sw itch the fun ction to DV D. 2 Press H (or DVD NX on the uni t) to start playing a VIDEO CD[...]

18 GB You c an pl ay all the tr acks/f iles o r a si ngle t rack / file o n a disc re peat edly. Using t he fron t panel d isplay Press REPEAT during play until “REP” or “REP1” ap pears. REP: For all the tracks/fi les on the disc. REP1: For a si ngle track/ file only . To cancel Repeat Play Pres s REPEAT re peated ly unti l both “R EP” [...]

Disc – Play 19 GB You c an ma ke a pr ogram of up to 12 ste ps. You can sy nchr o recor d the prog ram med tr acks ont o a cassett e tape (page 32). The progr am oper ation ca n only be set using t he TV screen. 1 Press DVD (or FUNCTION + or – repeatedly) to switch the functi on to DVD. 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly in stop mode until the Progra[...]

20 GB You can sea rch for a c hapter (DVD) and track (VIDEO C D, CD) . As ch apte rs and tracks are assig ned u nique num bers on the disc, so you ca n select th e desired one by entering its number. Or, you ca n searc h for a p articu lar point us ing the time co de (Ti me Sear ch). Searc hin g for a c hapte r 1 Press SEARCH. The Se arch Displ ay [...]

Disc – V arious functions 21 GB Changi ng the sound If a DVD i s recorded with multilingua l titles or audi o for mats, yo u can se lect the langu age or audio fo rma t you wa nt whi le play ing the DV D. You can al so output eith er the left or right chann el soun d from both s peake rs whi le p laying a VID EO CD o r CD . No te th at this re su[...]

22 GB Displaying the subti tles (DVD only) With DVDs on whi ch multilingu al subtitle s are recor ded, y ou c an c hange th e su btitle langua ge while play ing a DVD, or turn the subtitles on or off w henev er y ou w ant. Press SUBTITLE repeated ly during play. Each time you p ress the bu tton, the language chang es. To cancel the subtitle setting[...]

Disc – V arious functions 23 GB 1 Press DISPLAY i n stop m ode. The Se tup Di splay ap pear s. 2 Press < or , repeatedly to select “AV,” then press ENTER. 3 Press M or m repeatedl y to select an item, then press ENTER. 4 Press M or m repeatedl y to select a setting, then p ress ENTER. 5 Press DISPLAY to turn off the Setup Display. x TV Typ[...]

24 GB Note For Asian an d Oceanian mo dels, y ou can change the color sy stem of t his unit accordin g to th e connected TV (page 12) . Tip You can re set all th e DVD se ttings ex cept for Parental Control by perform ing the o perations described und er “To return the DVD setup to the defaul t settings *, perform re set as fol lows:” (page 48)[...]

Disc – V arious functions 25 GB Limiti ng playba ck by children You can limit the playback of some DVDs accordi ng to a pr edeter mined level su ch as t he age of the users. When a limited sc ene is played back, th at scene is cut or re plac ed with a pr eset other s cene. 1 Press DISPLAY i n stop m ode. The Se tup Di splay ap pear s. 2 Press <[...]

26 GB Pla ying t he dis c for which Parental Control is set 1 Insert the di sc and press DV D (or FUNCTION + or – rep eatedly) to switch the functio n to DV D. The Ra ting Displ ay appea rs. 2 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, th en press ENTER. Playba ck s tarts. Note s • When you play DVDs which do not have the Parental Co[...]

Disc – V arious functions 27 GB Rating (page 25) Reset (page 48) 1) The defau lt settin g varies, d epending on the coun try model. 2) Asian and Oceanian models only Pass wor d Rating 1 G 2 3 PG 4 PG 13 5 6 R 7 NC 17 8 Reset YE S NO[...]

28 GB You c an pres et up to 20 FM stat ions an d 10 AM statio ns. Yo u can then tune in an y of thos e statio ns simpl y by sele cting t he corre spond ing pres et num ber. Automatic tuning preset You can automat ically tune in all of t he stations that ca n be re ceived in your area and then st ore the ra dio fre quenc y of the de sired stati ons[...]

T une r 29 GB To change the AM tuning interval (except for European and Russian models) The AM tuni ng interv al is fact ory- preset to 9 kH z (or 10 kHz fo r some ar eas) . To cha nge th e AM tuning interval, tu ne in any AM s tation first , then tur n off the syste m. While holding x on the unit, press TUNER/BAND on the unit. When you change the [...]

30 GB Listen ing to no n-preset radio station — Manual Tunin g 1 Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly to select “FM” or “AM.” 2 Press TUNING + or – repeat edly to tune in the desired station. To cut the sound Press MUTING. Press MUT ING again or VOLUME + to restor e sound. To listen to an FM stereo program without stereo effect When a n FM st er[...]

T ap e – Pl ay/T ap e – Re cord ing 31 GB 1 Press Z PUSH OPEN/CLOS E on the unit . 2 Load a recorded/recordable tape into the cassette holder. You ca n use TYP E I (normal ) tape . 1 Load a tape. 2 Press TAPE (or FUNCTION + or – repeatedly) to switch the functi on to TAPE . 3 Press H (or TA PE N on the unit ). Pla yback star ts. Other operati[...]

32 GB To record a CD by specifying track order You ca n reco rd onl y your fa vori te CD trac ks usin g Prog ram Pla y. Betw een s teps 3 and 4, perf orm step s 2 to 5 of “Cr eatin g your ow n progra m” (pag e 19). To stop recording Press x . Note s • CD Sync hro Recording is not available wit h DVD, VIDEO CD, MP3 audio tracks and JPEG ima ge[...]

Sound Adjust ment 33 GB Press PRESET EQ rep eatedly to sel ect the preset you desire. The pr eset na me appe ars in th e displ ay. To cancel the sound effect Press PRESET EQ repeated ly until “FLAT” appears in the di splay. Sound effect options You ca n sing al ong wi th a di sc by co nnecti ng an opti onal micro phone. Adjustin g the micro pho[...]

34 GB Mixi ng an d reco rding sou nds You ca n “mix” sound s by pl aying on e of the comp onents and singi ng or speak ing i nto a micro phone (not su ppli ed). The mi xed soun d can be recorde d on a ta pe. Use bu ttons on the un it for the opera tion. 1 Prepare the so urce you wan t to mix. 2 Load a recordable tape. 3 Press the function butto[...]

Timer 35 GB You can set the syst em to turn off after a certain time, s o that you can fa ll asle ep to mu sic. Press SLEEP. Each time yo u press the b utton, the minu te displ ay (the tu rn-off time ) changes c yclically as follow s: AUTO* t 90 t 80 t 70 t … t 10 t OFF * The system auto matica lly tur ns off in 100 minutes or afte r the cur rent[...]

36 GB Other operations Note s • You cann ot activa te the Pla y Timer and R ec Timer at the same ti me. • If you use the Play Timer and the Slee p Timer at the same tim e, the set ting with th e earlie r end time has prior ity. • The sy stem turn s on 15 seconds bef ore the prese t time . Do not opera te the s ystem fro m the time the system [...]

Displa y 37 GB Other operations Notes • You cannot activate the Play Time r and Rec Tim er at the same tim e. • If yo u use the Rec Ti mer and t he Sleep Timer at the same tim e, the se tting wit h the ea rlier en d time ha s priority. • The system turns on 15 second s before the preset time. Do not oper ate the s ystem fr om the ti me the sy[...]

38 GB You can check t he playing time and remaining time of the current tr ack or that of the disc . Checkin g the d isc inform ation (DVD/VIDEO CD/CD/ MP3/ JPEG) Pres s DIS PLA Y. Each time you press th e button, the display chan ges cy clica lly as fo llo ws: x When playing a DVD Elapsed playing time of the c urrent title t Remaining time of the [...]

Displa y 39 GB You can check the playing time and remaining time of the current t itle, ch apter or tr ack. Press DISPLAY. Each time you pre ss the bu tton, th e disp lay chan ges cycl ically as foll ows: x When playing a DVD Elapsed pla ying time of the curr ent title t Remaining time of the cur rent chapter t Remaining time of the curre nt title [...]

40 GB You c an us e the f ollow ing butto ns on the re mot e to oper ate a Sony TV. THEATRE SYNC al lows yo u to turn on your SONY TV and th is syst em, ch ange the syst em mode to “DVD,” and then switch the TV’s input sourc e you se t with one button push. Use t he remo te fo r the o perat ion. 1 Press and ho ld TV/VIDEO whil e entering the [...]

Optional Compone nts 41 GB To enhance your system, you can connect option al components. Refer to the operating instr uctions provid ed wit h each compone nt. N orth Am eric an mode l is used for i llustra tion purpose . A DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) jack Use a digit al op tical cord (s quar e, not su ppli ed) to conne ct an ampli fier, M D d eck or DAT [...]

42 GB Use bu ttons on the un it for the opera tion. 1 Connect audi o cords. See “H ook ing up opt ional compon ents” (page 4 1). 2 Turn the VO LUME cont rol towards – to turn down th e volume. 3 Press TV to switch the functi on to T V. 4 Start playing the connected component. 5 Turn the VOLU ME control to adjust th e volume. 1 Connect a digit[...]

Optional Compone nts 43 GB 1 Connect audio cords. See “Ho oking up o ptiona l compo nent s” (page 41). 2 Start recording manually. See “ Recor ding on a tap e manua ll y” (page 32). 1 Connect a digital optica l cord . See “H ooking up opti onal co mpon ents” (page 4 1). 2 Press DVD (or FUNCTION + or – repeatedly) to switch the functio[...]

44 GB Should you encou nter a pr oblem with your syst em, do the fo llowi ng: 1 Make sure the power cord 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, consu lt your nearest So ny dea[...]

T roubl eshootin g 45 GB The color irregul arity on a TV screen pers ists. • Turn off th e TV set once, then tu rn it on after 15 to 30 minutes . If th e colo r irregular ity stil l persis ts, plac e the speak ers farthe r away fro m the TV set. Speakers Sound comes fro m one chan nel or unbalanced left and r ight volume. • Check t he speaker c[...]

46 GB The JPEG image file cannot be played. • Th e data CD is not record ed in JPEG format tha t conforms to I SO9660 Level 1/Le vel 2 or Joliet . • The JPEG ima ge file d oes no t have t he extensi on “.JPG” or “.JP EG”. • The data is not format ted in JPEG ev en though it has the exte nsion “.JPG” or “.JPEG”. • Set “Data[...]

T roubl eshootin g 47 GB The subtitle langua ge cannot be c hanged. • Multili ngual sub titles are not reco rded on t he DVD being played. • The DV D prohibi ts cha nging the subti tles. The subtitle cannot be turned off. • The DV D prohibi ts turni ng off s ubtitle s. The angles cannot be changed. • Multi-angles are not r ecorded on the DV[...]

48 GB If the system still d oes not operate properly after performing the above measures, reset the system as follows : Use bu ttons on the un it for the opera tion. 1 Remove the disc if it is loaded. 2 Disconnect the power cord. 3 Reconnect the power cord. 4 Press ?/ 1 to tu rn on the syste m. 5 Press DVD NX to s witc h the fun ctio n to DVD and m[...]

Additiona l Informa tion 49 GB On oper ating voltag e Before operati ng the sys tem, chec k that t he oper ating 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 di sconnecte d from the AC power source (ma ins) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the unit itse lf [...]

50 GB Notes on di scs • Befo re playi ng, clean t he dis c with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the cent er out. • Do not u se solve nts such as benz ine, t hinner, commercial ly availa ble cleaners or anti-static spray intended for v inyl L Ps. • Do not ex pose the disc to direct sunligh t or heat sources such as hot air ducts , nor lea[...]

Additiona l Informa tion 51 GB Amplifier s ection AUDIO POWER SPECIFI CATIONS (CMT-DX2D USA model only) CMT-DX2D POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: With 6 o hm load s, both channe ls driven , from 120 – 10 ,000 Hz: r ated 50 w atts p er chann el minimum RMS power, wi th no more than 10% total harmonic distor tion from 25 0 milliwatts to [...]

52 GB Tape deck sectio n Record ing syst em 4-track 2-c hannel stereo Frequency response 40 – 13,000 Hz , using Sony TYPE I cassett e Wow and flutte r ±0.15% W.P eak (IEC) 0.1% W.RMS (NAB) ±0.2% W.Peak (DIN) Tuner section FM stereo, FM/AM superhe terodyne tuner FM tuner section Tuning range 87.5 – 108.0 MHz (50 kHz step) Antenna FM lead a nte[...]

Additiona l Informa tion 53 GB Albu m Section of a music piece on a data CD contai ning MP 3 audio t racks or JPEG im age files. Auto Paus e An auto matica l pauses accor ding to the sign al enco ded on the di sc whil e playing a VI DEO CD. If the CD/DVD player doe s not resume play for a long time, press H (o r DVD NX on th e unit) to resume pl ay[...]

54 GB Inde x (CD) / Vi deo In dex (VID EO CD) A number that divides a track into s ections t o easily locate the point you want on a VIDEO CD or a CD. Depe nding o n th e disc, n o in dexes m ay be re cord ed. Inte rlace fo rmat (Inte rlaced scanni ng) Inter lace fo rma t show s ever y other l ine o f an image as a s ingle “fi eld” and is th e [...]

Additiona l Informa tion 55 GB Title The longe st sect ions of a pictur e or a mus ic piece on a DVD ; a movie, etc., for a pic ture piece o n vi deo softw are; or an album , et c., f or a music pi ece on audio sof tware. Each titl e is assigned a title number enablin g you to locate the title you want. Track Sect ions of a pictur e or a musi c pie[...]

56 GB Main unit Casse tte c ompar tmen t qh (31 ) CD SYNC 0 (31) Disc tray 5 (1 4) DISPLAY 9 (30, 37, 38, 39) Display win dow 3 MIC j ack* qg (33) MIC LEVEL* qf (33) PHONES jack qk PLAY MODE wd (15, 19, 48) PRESET EQ ws (33 ) PROGRESSI VE wa (24) Remote se nsor 4 TUNER/BAND 7 (28, 29, 32) TUNING +/– qs (28, 30) TV w; (32, 42) VOLUME control qj (4[...]

Additiona l Informa tion 57 GB Remote control ANGLE 5 (22 ) AUDIO 4 (21, 33) CLEA R ef (19, 20 , 25) CLOCK/TIMER SELE CT w; (36, 37) CLOCK/TIMER SET w; (13, 35, 36) DIMMER ej (37 ) DISPLAY qj (30, 37, 38, 39) DVD eh (12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 24, 26, 31 , 43) ENTER qs wg (13, 16, 17, 1 9, 20, 22, 23, 25, 28, 35, 36, 42, 48) FM MODE eg (3 0) FUNCTION +/?[...]

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