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© 2006 Sony Corporation Owner’ s Record The model and ser ial numbers are located on the bottom of the unit. Record t he ser ial numbe r in th e space p rovided belo w . Refer to these num bers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. CDX-GT31W S erial No. CDX-GT31W T o ca ncel the de mons tratio n (D EMO) di spl[...]
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2 Wa r n i ng W arning if your car’ s ignition has no A CC position Be sure to set the Auto Off functi on (page 10). The unit will s hut of f complete ly and automatical ly in the set time after t he unit is turned of f, which pre vents battery drain. If you do not set t he Auto Off function , press and hold (OFF) until the disp lay dis appear s [...]
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3 T able of Contents Welcome ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Getting S tarted Resetting th e unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Preparing th e card r emote commander . . . . . . . 4 Setting th e clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Detaching t he front panel . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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4 W elcome ! Thank you for purch asing t his Sony Com pact Disc Pla yer . Y ou can enjoy yo ur drive with the following f unctio ns. • CD playbac k Y ou ca n play C D-DA (also cont ainin g CD TEXT*) and CD-R/CD-R W (MP3/WMA files also co ntaini ng Multi Sessio n (pag e 12)). • Radi o recept ion – Y o u ca n stor e up to 6 s tatio ns per band [...]
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5 Detaching the front panel Y ou ca n detach the fron t pane l of this un it to prev ent theft. Caution alarm If yo u tu rn th e ig nit ion sw itc h to the OFF posit ion with out detach ing the front pa nel, the cauti on alarm w ill soun d for a few seconds . The alarm wil l only sound if the b u ilt-in amp lifie r is us ed . 1 Press (OFF) . The un[...]
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6 Location of controls and basic operations Main unit Car d remote commander RM-X151 Refer to the pages liste d for det ails. The correspon ding b uttons on the card remote commander con trol the s ame functi ons as th ose on th e un it. A OFF button T o power off; stop the sou rce. B EQ3 (equa lizer) button 9 T o select an equalizer type (XPLOD, V[...]
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7 K SEEK –/+ buttons CD: T o skip tra cks (press ); skip trac ks conti nuousl y (pre ss, the n press a gain w ithin abou t 1 second and hold) ; reverse/fast- forwa rd a track (pr ess and ho ld). Radio: T o tune in station s automatical ly (pre ss); f ind a statio n man ually (pr ess an d hold). L Rece ptor f or the car d remot e commander M MODE [...]
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8 CD Fo r details on selectin g a CD/MD changer , see page 11. Display items A WMA/MP3 indication B Source C T rack number/Elap sed playing t ime, Disc/ artist name, Alb um number* 1 , Albu m name, T rac k name, T ext info rmati on* 2 , Clock *1 Album number i s displayed only when the album is changed . *2 When playing an MP3, ID3 t ag is displaye[...]
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9 T uning automatically 1 Select th e band, th en press (SEEK) –/+ to search for the station . Scann ing s tops when the unit rece i ves a statio n. Rep eat this p rocedur e until the desi red st atio n is recei ved. Tip If you know the frequency of the station you want to listen to, press a nd hold (SEEK) – /+ to locate the approximate frequen[...]
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10 Tip Oth er eq uali ze r type s ar e also a djustab le. With th e ca rd remo te co mma nder In step 3 , to a djust th e selec ted item , press < , M , , or m . Adjusting setup items — SET 1 Press and hold the selec t button. The s etup disp lay a ppear s. 2 Press th e select button re peate dly unti l the de sire d item appear s. 3 Rotate th[...]
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11 Adjust the volume level Be sur e to ad just th e volume for each con necte d audio devic e befo re playb ack. 1 T urn down th e volu me on the u nit. 2 Press (SOURC E) repeat edly until “ A UX” appears . “ AUX FR ONT IN” appears. 3 Start pla ybac k of the po rtable audio device at a moderate v olume. 4 Set your usual list ening v o lume [...]
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12 Additional Information Precautions • If your car ha s been parked in direc t sunlight, allow the unit to cool off before ope rating it. • Power ant enna (a erial) w ill exten d au tomati cally whil e the u nit is oper ating. Moisture condensation On a rainy day or in a very damp a rea, moi sture condensa tion may occur in side the lense s an[...]
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13 Playbac k order of MP3/WMA files Notes • When n aming an MP3 f ile/WM A file, be s ure to add the file extension “.mp3” /“.wma ” to the file name. • Dur ing playback of a VBR (var iable bit ra te) MP3 / WMA fi le or f ast -f orw ard /re v erse, e laps ed p la yin g time may not display accurately . • When the disc is r ecorded in M[...]
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14 Cleaning the connecto rs The u nit may n ot func tion pro perly if the co nnect ors between the uni t and the fr ont pane l are no t clean. In order to pre vent th is, deta ch t he front panel (page 5) and clean the co nnecto rs wi th a c o tton swab . Do n ot appl y too much f orce. Other wise, the conne ctors may be dama ged. Notes • For saf[...]
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15 Separati on: 35 dB at 1 kHz Fre quency r esponse: 30 – 15 ,000 Hz AM T unin g range: 530 – 1,710 kHz Antenna (aeri al) terminal: Extern al anten na (aerial ) connect or Intermedi ate freque ncy: 10.7 MHz/45 0 kHz Sensit ivity: 30 µV P ower amplifier sec tion Outp uts: Speake r outputs (sure sea l connectors) Speak er impedance : 4 – 8 ohm[...]
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16 Error displ a ys/Me ssages CD/MD playbac k The disc cannot be loaded. • Another disc is already loa ded. • The disc h as been forc ibly inse rted upside down or in the wrong way . The disc does no t playback. • Defectiv e or dirty disc. • The CD-Rs/CD-RWs are not for audio use (page 12). MP3/WMA files ca nnot be pla yed bac k. The dis c [...]
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17 If th ese so luti ons do not he lp im prove t he situ atio n, consult yo ur nearest Sony dealer. If you take the uni t to be repaired be cause of CD playbac k trouble , bring the disc that was used at the time th e problem began. OFFSE T There ma y be an intern al malfuncti on. t Check t he conn ection. I f the e rror i ndication remain s on i n[...]
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2 ertencia Ad verten cia: si el encen did o del automó vil no disponga de un a posición AC C Ase gúr ese de ajus tar l a funció n de descone xión automáti ca (págin a 10). La uni dad se ap aga rá comp leta y automáticame nte en el ti empo establec ido des pués d e ap agarl a la unid ad, l o cu al e vita que se agote la baterí a. Si no aj[...]
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3 T abla de contenido Bienvenido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Procedimientos inici ales Restauración de la unidad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Prepar ación de l contr ol remot o de tarj eta . . . . . 4 Ajuste del r eloj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Extracción del p anel frontal. . . . [...]
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4 Bienvenido Gracias por adqui rir es te repr oductor de disco s comp actos Son y . Mientr as man eja puede disfr utar de las funcio nes siguiente s: • Reproducción d e CD Puede repr oduci r dis cos CD- D A (inc luid os CD TEXT*) y C D-R/CD-R W (arch iv os MP3/ WMA incluido s tamb ién Mul ti Sess ion (pág ina 12 )). • Recepción de r adio ?[...]
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5 Ajuste del reloj El r eloj empl ea un a in dica ción digi tal de 12 horas . 1 Manteng a presionado el botón de sele cció n. Apar ece la pa ntall a de ajuste s. 2 Presi one el botón d e sel ección varias veces ha sta que ap arezca “ CLOCK- ADJ”. 3 Presione (SEEK) +. La indi cación de la ho ra parpa dea. 4 Gire el selector de control de v[...]
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6 Ubicación de los controles y operaciones básicas Unidad principa l Contr ol remoto de tarj eta RM-X151 Consul te las pá ginas ind icad as para ob tener infor mación de talla da. Los bo tones corre spond ientes en el cont rol re moto de tarjeta controla n las mismas funciones que los de la unid ad. A Botón OFF Para apaga r la unid ad; la fu e[...]
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7 J Botón (l iberación del p anel frontal) 5 K Botones SEE K –/+ CD: Para sal tar pi stas (p resi onar ); para salt ar pist as e n forma cont inua (presi onar y v olv er a pr esiona r ante s de qu e tran scu rra 1 se gundo y man tener presiona do); para a van zar o retro ceder un a pista rápidam ente ( man tener presi onado). Radio: Para sinto[...]
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8 CD Pa ra obtener más deta lles sobre cómo sele ccionar un camb iador de CD/MD , cons ulte la pág ina 11 . Elementos de la pantalla A Indi cador de WMA/MP3 B Fuente C Núm ero de pi sta/Tiempo de r eproduc ción trans curri do, Nomb re del disco/ar tist a, Número del ál bum* 1 , No mbr e del álb um, Nombre de la pista, Informació n de texto[...]
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9 Recepción de las emisoras almacenada s 1 Selecc ione la ban da y , a continuac ión, pres ion e un bot ón n umér ico (de (1) a (6) ). Sintoniz ación au tomática 1 Selecc ione la ban da y , a continuac ión, presione (SEEK) –/+ pa ra buscar la emisora . La bú squed a se detien e cuan do la uni dad reci be una em isora. Rep ita este procedi[...]
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10 3 Gire el se lector de control de volumen par a ajus tar el elemen to se lecc iona do. El nivel de volumen pued e ajustar se en inte rv alo s de 1 dB, entr e –1 0 dB y +10 dB. Repita los paso s 2 y 3 pa ra aj usta r la cu rv a de ecual iza dor . Para re stau rar la cu rva de ec ualiza dor ajus tada en fábri ca, ma nten ga pres iona do el bot?[...]
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11 Uso de un equipo opcional Equipo de audio auxiliar Si c onect a un disp ositi vo d e aud io po rtát il opcion al a la to ma de ent rada AUX (minitom a estéreo ) de la unidad y simplemen te selecci ona la fue nte, po drá es cucha r por la s bocina s del aut omóvi l. Pu ede aj ustar cua lqui er di fere ncia en el ni vel de vo lumen entre la un[...]
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12 Información complementaria Precauciones • Si estac iona e l auto móvil bajo la lu z dire cta d el sol, deje que la unidad se enf ríe antes de usar la. • La an tena mo toriz ada se exte nderá auto mátic amente mie ntras la unida d se encu entre en f unc iona mie nto. Condensación de hum edad En días lluvio sos o en zonas muy húm edas,[...]
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13 – archivos MP3/WMA (pis tas) y carpetas conteni das en un disco: 300 (si un nomb re de archi vo o c arpeta conti ene muchos cara cteres , este núme ro puede ser in ferior a 300). – cara cteres que se pueden visualizar en el no mbre de un arch iv o o car peta : 32 (J oliet) o 64 (Ro meo) . • Las versiones 1.0 , 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 y 2.4 del i nd[...]
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14 Limpieza de los conect ores Es posible que la un idad no funcione correctam ente si los cone ctor es entre ésta y el panel fron tal est án sucios. Para evitar es ta sit uación, extraiga e l pane l fron tal (pá gin a 5) y li mpie los c onect ore s con un hisopo de algod ón. No a plique dema siada fu erza, ya que po drí a daña r los co nect[...]
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15 Generales Salidas : T erminal de salidas de audio (inter cambiabl e entre posterior y sub) T erm inal de contr ol del relé de la antena motori zada T erm inal de control del amplifica dor de potencia Entradas: T er mina l de en trad a de con tro l BUS T er mina l de en trad a de au dio BU S T er mina l de en trad a de la antena T oma de entrada[...]
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16 Mensajes/indicaciones de error No es posible uti lizar el con trol rem oto d e tarj eta . Asegúre se de que se re tiró l a pelí cula de aislam iento (página 4). Reproducción de CD/MD No es posib le insertar el disco. • Y a hay un disco in sertado. • El disco se inse rtó a la fuerza al re vés o en forma incorre cta. No se inicia la r e[...]
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17 Si estas solucion es no ayuda n a mejorar l a situación, póngase en c ontacto con el distribuidor Sony más cercan o. Si en tre ga l a uni dad pa ra su repa raci ón a c ausa de problem as en la reprodu cció n de CD, lleve el disco que se utiliz ó cuando se pr odujo e l problema . NO MA G El cargador de disco s no está inserta do en el camb[...]
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Sony Corporation Printed in China http://www .sony .net/ If you have any questions/problems regarding this product, tr y the following: 1 Read T roub leshooting in these Operating Instructions. 2 Reset the unit. Note: Stored data ma y be erased. 3 Please contact (U .S.A. only); Call 1-800-222-7669 URL http://www .SONY .com[...]