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Sony CMT-EP515 manual

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  • Page 1

    ©2003 Sony Cor poration 4-246-169- 11 (1) Micr o Hi-Fi Component System Oper a ti ng Inst ructions Owner’s Record The mo d el an d serial nu m bers are located at th e r ear. R e co rd th e serial num b er in the spa ce provi ded bel ow. Refe r t o them whenever you cal l upon your Sony dea ler r egar ding t hi s product . Mo d el N o. Serial N [...]

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    2 GB To pre vent f i re or shoc k hazar d, do not expos e the uni t to ra in or moist ur e. To preve nt f ire , do not cover the ven ti lat i on of th e appara t us with n ews pap ers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. And don’t plac e li ghted c andl es on th e appa rat us. To preve nt fi re or shock ha zard, do not plac e obje cts filled with liquid[...]

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    3 GB How to use this manu al .......... ... .... .... ...... 2 Getting Started Hooking up the sy stem.............. ........... ... 4 Setting the clock............. ........... ........... ... 5 CD – Pl ay Loading a disc ......... .... ... ........... ........... ... 6 Playing a disc .......... ........... ........... .......... 6 — Normal Play[...]

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    4 GB Perform t he fo llow i ng pr oc ed ures 1 to 3 t o hook up your s yst em usin g the s uppl ie d cord s and access or ies . 1 Connect the speakers. Connect the r ight and left spea ker co rds t o the SPE A KE R term i nals as sho wn b elow . 2 Connect the FM and AM antennas. Set up the AM loop ant enna, t hen conne ct it. Getting St ar ted Hook[...]

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    Getting Started 5 GB Note Ke ep the antenn as awa y from the spe aker cords. 3 Connect the po wer cord to a wall outl et. If th e plug does not fit th e wall so cket , de tach the su pp lie d plug a dap tor (on ly for models eq uipp ed wit h an ada ptor ). To turn on the sy stem, pr ess ?/1 . Inserting two R6 (size AA) batteries into the remote Not[...]

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    6 GB 1 Press Z PUSH OP EN/ CLOSE on th e unit. 2 Place a disc with the label side up on the CD compartment. 3 Press Z PUSH OP EN/ CLOSE on th e unit again to close th e lid of the CD compartment. Note Do not use a di sc wit h tap e, seal s or pa st e on it as th is may cause malf uncti on. This s yst em lets you pl ay the di s c in di ffer ent play[...]

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    CD – Play 7 GB You can play all the t rac ks or a si ngl e tr ack on a disc . Press REPEAT/FM MODE d uring playback until “REPEA T ” or “REPEAT 1” appears. R EPE AT : Fo r all the tracks on th e disc up to five times. R E PEA T 1: F or a si n g le trac k only . To cancel Repeat Play Pre ss R E PEA T/FM M O DE re peate d ly unti l both “[...]

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    8 GB Other operations Tip The progr am you ma de remains afte r Progr am Play fi nis hes. To pla y the same pro gram agai n, pr es s CD N . H o w ever, the prog ram is cleared w h en y o u op e n the lid of the C D co m partment. You can pres et u p to 32 st at ions f or FM and AM. Yo u can the n tune in an y o f thos e s tation s simply by sel ect[...]

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    T uner 9 GB Manual tuni ng pre set You can manual l y tu ne i n a nd s tore t he r adi o frequ enc y of the desired stations. 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly to select FM or AM . 2 Press TUNING +/– repeatedly to tune in the desired station. 3 Press TUNER MEMORY. The prese t number appear s. Stat ion st or age star ts with pre set number 1. If pres [...]

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    10 GB What is the Radio Data System? Radi o Dat a Sys te m (RDS) i s a b road cas ti ng serv ice that al low s rad io station s to send add iti on al info rm atio n al on g w i th th e re gu la r pro g ram s ign a l. R D S is a vailab le on ly on F M station s.* Note RDS m ay not work pr operl y i f t he sta ti on you ar e t uned in i s not t ra ns[...]

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    Ta p e – P l a y 11 GB 1 Press Z PUSH OPEN/ CLOSE on the unit . 2 Load a recor ded/recordable tape into the cassette holder. You can us e TYPE I ( normal ) t ape . 1 Load a recorded tape. 2 Press TAPE nN . Press TAPE nN a gain t o pl ay th e reve rs e side . 3 Press PLAY MODE/DIRECTION repeatedly to select “ g ” to play one side, “ h ” to[...]

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    12 GB You can reco rd a whole CD on a tape. You can us e TYPE I ( normal ) t ape . 1 Load a recordab le tape. 2 Load a CD you want to record. 3 Press CD SYNC on t he unit. The t ape dec k st ands by for reco rdi ng an d the CD playe r paus es fo r pl ayba ck. W h en you want to re co rd on th e reve rs e side, pre ss T APE nN . 4 Press PLAY M ODE/D[...]

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    Timer 13 GB Y ou can a djust t he bass and tr eble to enjoy m ore powerfu l s ound. Gener ati ng a mor e dyna mi c soun d (Dyn am ic Sound Generator) Press DSG. To cancel the DSG, pr ess DSG agai n. Adjust ing the bass and treble Using buttons on the remote Press BASS +/– repeatedly to adjust the bass, or TREBLE +/ – repeatedly to adjust the tr[...]

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    14 GB You can wake u p to mus ic at a pres et ti me. Make sur e you ha ve set the cl oc k (se e “Set ti ng th e clo ck” on p age 5) . 1 Prepare the sound source you want to play. • CD: Load a disc. To star t fr om a specif ic track, m ake a pr og ram (see “Cre ating your own p rogr am” o n pa ge 7). • TAPE: Load a ta pe. • TUNER: Tune[...]

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    Timer 15 GB To timer reco rd, y ou m u st first p re set the r a d io sta tio n (s ee “Pr es ettin g ra dio sta tio ns ” on page 8) a nd se t th e cl ock (s ee “S ett in g the cloc k” on page 5) . 1 Tune in the preset radio station (see “Listening to a p reset station” on page 9 ). 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET. 3 Press ./> repeatedly unti[...]

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    16 GB The cloc k disp lay can be turned of f t o minimize the amount of power co nsumed du ri ng st andby (Powe r Saving M ode ). Press D ISPLA Y. To cancel Power Saving Mode Pre ss DISP LAY. Tips • T he STANDB Y in di ca t or l i gh t s up eve n in th e Po we r Savin g Mode. • The ti mer cont in ues t o operat e in Power Saving Mode. Yo u ca n[...]

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    Optional Com ponents 17 GB To e nh an ce yo u r sy stem , you c an co nn ec t o ptio n a l co m po n en ts. R efe r to the ope ra tin g in str uc tio n s provi ded wi th ea ch compone nt . A MD IN jacks Us e au dio cords (no t su pplied) to c o nn ec t an op tiona l anal og comp on ent (M D d ec k, e tc.) t o thes e jack s. You can t hen l ist en t[...]

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    18 GB Shoul d you enc ount er a probl e m with your system , do the follow i ng: 1 Make sure the power cord and speaker cords ar e correctly a nd firmly connected. 2 Find your prob lem in the tr oubleshooting checklist below and take the indicated corrective ac tion. If th e p r ob le m per s is ts afte r do i n g all of th e above, co nsul t your [...]

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    T r oubles hooting 19 GB The sound ski ps. • W ip e th e disc clean (p ag e 21 ). • Rep lace the disc. • Try moving t he sys te m to a place wit hout vibra ti on (e. g. , on t op of a s tabl e sta nd). • Try m oving the spea kers aw ay from the system, o r placing them on separate stands. W hen y ou list en to a t rack with ba ss sound s at[...]

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    20 GB One of th e fol lo wing mess ages may ap pear or fla sh i n the di spla y duri ng ope ra tio n. CD NO DI SC There is no disc in th e C D com p ar tm ent . On oper atin g volt age Befo re o pe rating th e sy stem , check that the o p era ting volt age of your s yst em is ide nti cal wit h t he v olta ge of your loc al power suppl y. On sa fety[...]

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    Additiona l Inform ation 21 GB In case color irregularity is observed on nearby a TV scre en W ith the m agnetica lly shielded type of spea ker system , the spea ke rs can be in stalled near a T V se t. H o w ever, colo r irr eg ular ity m ay still be o b se rv ed o n the T V scree n depe ndin g on t he t ype o f your TV set . If color irregularity[...]

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    22 GB Dema gn etisi ng the tape heads Dem agnetise the tape h ead s an d th e m etal parts that have co nta ct wit h t he tape aft er ever y 20 t o 30 hours of use w ith a sepa rately sold de ma gn etising cas sette. For details, refer to the in struction s o f the dem a g n etisin g cassette. Main unit Amplifier section AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS:[...]

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    Additiona l Inform ation 23 GB CD player section Syste m Compact dis c and digi t al audio s yst em Laser Semicondu ctor l aser ( λ =780 nm) Emissi on dura tio n: conti nuous Frequenc y res ponse 2 Hz – 20 kHz (±0.5 dB) Tape deck section Reco rd in g system 4-track 2 -ch an n el stereo Frequenc y res ponse 50 – 13,000 Hz (±3 dB) , usi ng Son[...]

  • Page 24

    24 GB Main unit BAS S/ T REBL E 5 (13) Cassette co m partment qs CD SYNC qd (12) DI RECT ION qg (11, 12, 15) DIS PL AY ws (9, 10, 1 6) Displ ay window 2 DSG 4 (13) MD 6 ( 17) PHONES j ac k qh PLAY MODE qg (6, 7) PRESET +/ – 8 (9) Remote se nsor 1 TUNER BAND w; (8, 9) TUNI NG +/ – 0 (8, 9) VOLUME 9 (14 , 15) ?/1 (pow er) ql ( 5, 9, 14, 15) m/ M [...]

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    Additiona l Inform ation 25 GB Remote control BA SS +/– 0 (13) CLE AR 8 (8, 9) CLOCK/TIMER SELECT w; (14 , 15) CLOCK/TIMER SET wa ( 5, 14, 15) DIS PLAY 2 (9, 10, 16) DSG qa (13) MD qk (17) PLAY MODE /DI RE CTI ON qd (6, 7, 11, 12, 15) PRESET +/ – 5 (9) REP EAT/ FM MODE qf (7, 9) SLEEP ql (13) TREBLE +/– 9 (13) TUNER B AND qh (8, 9) TUNE R MEM[...]

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