Sony ST-SDB900 manuale d’uso

©2004 Sony Cor poration 4-255-834- 12 (1) DAB/FM/AM T uner Oper a ti ng Inst ructions ST -SDB900[...]

2 GB 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 , such as vases, on the apparat u s. Don’t throw a way bat te ries with general hou [...]

3 GB Overview of D AB DAB (D igital A ud io Bro ad cast i ng) is a new multimedia broadcasting system that replaces the curr en t F M/AM b ro adca st to transmit a u dio programmes with a quality comparabl e to that of CDs * . Each DAB multiple x radio statio n converts progra mmes (services) in to an ensemble, which it then bro adcas ts. E ach ser[...]

4 GB Getting Started Unpac king .......... ....... ........... ........ ........... 5 Hookin g up the sys tem.. .... ....... .... ... ........ 5 Basic m enu oper ation ........... ........... ........ 9 Before yo u can recei ve DAB station s ..... 9 — DAB INIT SCAN Stor ing FM sta tions automatically ........ 10 — AUTOBETICAL Rece iving Broa dc[...]

Getting Started 5 GB Check that you received the foll owing items with the tuner: • Audi o c ord (1) •A M l o o p a e r i a l ( 1 ) • FM wire aerial (1) • DAB wire aerial (1) • Remo te com m and er (1 ) • R6 (s ize AA) ba tte ries (2) Before you get started • Tur n off the power to al l com ponen ts befo re makin g any conn ecti ons. [...]

6 GB 2 Assemble the supplied aerial as shown below. 3 Connect the AM loop aerial to the AM terminals on the back of this unit. 4 Adjust the aerial direction for the best reception. The A M loop aer ial ha s a d irect ivity whic h detect s the sign al fr om s ome ang les m or e strongly than other s. Set th e aerial t o the orientat ion which prov i[...]

Getting Started 7 GB DAB ae rial hook ups With a DAB ou tdoor aerial, you can obta in a higher DA B broad ca st sound qual ity. W e recom men d that you use th e sup plied DAB wi re aerial o nly temporaril y until y ou install a DAB outdoor ae rial . For the sp ec ific lo ca tio n of the DAB ANTENNA terminal, see the illu stration below . What wi l[...]

8 GB MD/DAT hookup s Th is s ec tio n d esc ri bes how to co nn ec t th e tune r to a DAT de ck or MD record er for digi tal-to- digital reco rding. With this co nnecti on, y ou can obta i n the high est po ssibl e soun d qu alit y when record ing DAB dig ital broa dcast s, e ven if you use th e an alog outp uts fo r l ist enin g purpos es. For spe[...]

Getting Started 9 GB This tune r uses a menu entry syste m which allows you t o oper at e v ariou s fun ctions by follow ing mes sage s on th e di sp lay. U s e the follow ing co ntro ls fo r ba sic me nu ope rati on . Before yo u can re ceiv e DAB, you mus t regis te r the co ntents of broadc asts (ser vice comp onents ) so that th ey can be re ce[...]

10 GB This func tion lets y ou s tore up t o 30 FM a nd F M RDS st at i ons in alphabe tical ord er with out redund ancy . Addi tion ally, it onl y store s t he stat ions w ith th e cl earest sign als. If you wa nt to store FM or AM s ta tio ns one by one, see “Stori ng stati ons manu ally” on page 12. 1 Press POWER to turn on the tuner. 2 Pres[...]

Receiving Broa dcasts 11 GB Receivi ng broad casts by scan ning stati ons (Aut omatic T uning) With au tomati c tuning you can quic kly tune in a sta tion withou t ha ving to kno w it s freq uency. 1 Press BAND repeatedly to select DAB, FM or AM for the de s ir e d type of broadcast. When sele cting DAB, “DA B T unin g” wi ll appear in the disp[...]

12 GB This sect io n sh ows you h ow to st or e up t o 99 of your fa vorite D A B , 30 o f FM or 30 o f AM statio ns ma nually onto pre set nu mbers . 1 Press BAND repeatedly to select DAB, FM or AM for th e desired type of broadcast. 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedl y so that the tu ner is set to automa tic or manual tuning mode. Manua l tuni ng mode[...]

Receiving Broa dcasts 13 GB To sto re st atio ns usi ng the remote Using th e remo te’s num ber bu ttons. 1 Press DAB, FM o r AM to select the desir e d br oa d cast type . 2 Press MEMORY. “MEM ORY” fl ashe s in t he dis play . 3 Press the number button for which you want to store the preset. The tune r sto re s t he s tatio n at the pres et [...]

14 GB To rece ive a pres et statio n by using the remote Sele ct th e desi red broa dcast b and by pr essin g the correspond in g butt ons on the remote, then speci fy the desi red pr es et nu m be r using t he number butt on on the remote . You ca n also sw i t ch to the nex t/prev ious pr es et numbe r b y pr essing PRESET + / – in st e ad of s[...]

Receiving Broa dcasts 15 GB Description of program types for DAB and FM RDS Prog ram type indicati on Description News News programs Current Affai rs Topical pro gr am s tha t expand on cur r ent news Informatio n Programs of fering infor mation on a wide s pectrum of subj ects, includi ng con sum er affairs a nd medica l advice Sport Sports pr ogr[...]

16 GB You ca n as sign a na me of up t o 16 chara cters long to each pr eset sta tion excep t DAB and FM RDS stations. When the station is tuned in , the statio n na me wi ll ap pear . 1 Press TUNING MODE to display “PRES ET”. 2 Tune in t he preset s tation you wan t to name. 3 Press MENU. 4 Turn TUNING/SEL E CT to display NAME. 5 Press EN TER [...]

Adv anced T uner Op erations 17 GB If the FM s tereo programme you are list ening to is distor t ed, sw itch to mona ural m ode. The tuner st or es the f ollow i ng a djustm e nts, tog et her wi th the fr eque nc y when yo u m ak e a sta tion pr eset . The following se ttings do not change even if the freque ncy c hang es. Switching to monaural mod[...]

18 GB — DAB TUNE AID (DAB only) Allows you to check the DAB rece ption status. A num er i cal va lue is di s play ed a s a gu ide f or aeri al adj ustm ent. A higher nume rica l value indicate s better r eception. ( Maximum value: 100) 1 Press BAND repeatedly to select DAB. 2 Press MENU. 3 Turn TUNI NG/SELECT to di splay “DAB TUNE AID”. 4 Pre[...]

Adv anced T uner Op erations 19 GB When tuning in an FM RDS station Each time you pre ss DISPLAY, the display chan ge s as fo llows : Freque ncy a) t PTY (P rogr am Type ) b) t Radio Text c) t Time d) (i n 24 -hour syst em ) t Freque ncy t ... a) This information a lso appe a rs for non-R D S FM stations . b) Type of prog ram being b roadcast ( see[...]

20 GB 1 RDS: Lights whe n recei vi ng R DS inform ation. Th is is only avai lable wi th FM recept io n (pa ge 1 4). 2 SECONDARY: L ights w hen a second ary servic e componen t is be ing rec eived. Th is is only avai labl e w ith DAB rec epti o n. 3 STEREO : Lights dur ing stereo broadc ast recept io n. Ho w ev er, th is in dicator doe s not light w[...]

Additio nal Inf ormati on 21 GB If you ex peri ence a ny of the f oll owing difficu ltie s while using the tuner, use this troubles hoot in g gu ide to he lp you re med y th e proble m . Sh ou ld any pr obl em per sist, co nsul t your n ear es t Son y deal er . There’s no so und. • Conn ec t the aerial s . • Set t he sou rce set tin g on the [...]

22 GB DAB tuner section Frequency r ange 174.928 (5A) – 239.200 (13F ) M Hz For d et ails , se e “DA B frequency ta ble” below. Sensit ivity –99 d Bm Signal-to- noise r atio 97 dB THD+N 0.009% (1 kHz) Channel se pa r ation 87 dB (1 kHz) Selecti vity 4 0 dB (at adjacent channel) Frequency respon se +0.5/–0.5 dB (5 Hz – 20 kHz) Digital ou[...]

Additio nal Inf ormati on 23 GB Main unit 1 (remote sen sor) (21) 2 POWER switch (9, 13) 3 BAND (11-13) 4 Display window (20) 5 MENU (9, 10, 16) 6 TUNING/SELEC T (9-1 3, 16, 17) 7 ENTER (9, 10, 12, 16-18) 8 MEMOR Y (12 , 16 ) 9 DISPLAY (18) q; TUNING MODE (11-13) List of button locati ons and reference pages How to use this page Use th is pa ge to [...]

24 GB Remote 1 FM MODE (17) 2 >10 (14) 3 FM (11, 12, 14) 4 PRESET +/– (14) 5 DISPLAY (14, 18, 19) 6 Number button s (13) 7 ENTER (9, 10, 12, 16-18) 8 MEMOR Y (12 , 16) 9 DAB (11, 14) 0 AM (11, 12, 14) qa AUTO TUNING +/– (11, 14) DISPLA Y ENTER MEMORY FM MODE > 10 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 10/0 7 DAB FM AM PRESET AUTO TUNING 5 1 7 2 6 8 9 0 3 qa 4[...]

25 GB Additional Info rmation A Automa tic tuni ng 11 C Changing inform ation in d isplay 18 Conn ecti ng AC power cord 8 aerial 5 Amplifier 7 MD/DAT 8 D DAB (Digi ta l Aud io Broadc ast ing) DAB INIT SCAN 9 DAB tune ai d 18 Dynamic la be l seg m ent 18 Frequency ta bl e 22 Overview 3 DRC (D ynamic Range Control ) 17 E Ensemble 18 I Indication s in[...]

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