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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-12(1) Micro HI-FI Component S yst em © 2007 Sony Corporation CMT -HX3 3-095-514- 12 (1) Operating Instructions[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 2 GB WARNING T o reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to r ain or moisture. T o reduce the risk of r e, do not cover the ventilatio n of the appara tus with newspapers, tableclo ths, cur tains, etc. And do not place ligh ted candles on the appa ratus. T o reduce the risk of r e o[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 3 GB Note on DualDiscs A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates D VD recorded ma terial on one side with digital a udio material on the other side. H owever , since the audio material side does not co nform to the Compact Disc (CD) standar d, playback on this product is no t guaranteed. Music discs encoded with[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 4 GB T able of Contents Guide to parts and controls ............. 5 Information on the display ............... 9 Getting Started Hooking up the system securely .................................................. 10 Setting the clock ................................12 Basic Operations Playing a CD/MP3 disc ................[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 5 GB Guide to parts and controls Guide to parts and controls is man ual mainly explains operatio ns using the remot e, but the same opera tions can also be per formed using the b uttons o n the unit having the same o r similar names. Unit Front panel T op panel Continued [...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 6 GB Remote   /  (power) button (page 12, 21, 24, 25) Press t o turn on the system.  ST ANDBY indicator (page 18, 22) Lights up when the system is t urned o.  USB MEMORY indicator Lights up when an o ptional USB device (Digital music pla yer or USB st orage media) is connected.  Remote sensor (page 2[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 7 GB Guide to parts and controls Unit: CD  (play/pause) button (page 13) Press t o selec t the CD function. Press t o start or pause playback of a disc. Remote: CD button (page 13) Press t o selec t the CD function. Remote:  (play) button,  (pause) button Press t o start or pause playback. TUNER/BAND button ([...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 8 GB  CL OCK/TIMER SELEC T button (page 21) CL OCK/TIMER SET button (page 12, 21) Press t o set t he clock and the Pla y Timer .  REPEA T/FM MODE button (page 13, 14, 16) Press t o listen to a disc, a single track or le repeatedly . Press t o selec t the FM reception mode (mona ural or stereo).  Battery compa[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 9 GB Guide to parts and controls Informa tion on the display  Play/P ause  DSGX (page 17)  T uner reception mode (page 14) T uner reception (page 14)  T ext information  Audio format  Play mode (page 13, 16)  Timer (page 21)[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 10 GB Getting Star ted Hooking up the syst em sec urely  FM lead antenna (Extend it horizontally .)  White side for North American model  Brown side for other r egions  AM loop antenna  Po wer For m odels with a voltage selector , set V OL T AGE SELECTOR t o the loc al power line vo ltage. Connect the powe[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 11 GB Getting Star ted When carr ying this system 1 Remove a disc to prot ec t the CD mechanism. 2 Press CD  t o selec t the CD function. 3 Hold down SEARCH  on the unit, and press   on the unit until “ST ANDBY” appears. 4 After “LOCK” appears, unplug the power cor d. Speaker pads A ttach the su[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 12 GB Setting the clock U se butto ns on the remot e to set the clock. 1 Press  /   t o turn on the system. 2 Press CL OCK/TIMER SE T  . If the curren t mode appears on the display , press  /   repeatedly to select “ CLOCK SET?” and then pr ess ENTER  . 3 Press  /   r epeatedly to set[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 13 GB Basic Operations Basic Operations Playing a CD/MP3 disc 1 Select the CD func tion. Press CD  . 2 Place a disc. Press   o n the unit, and place a disc with the label side up on the disc tray . T o close the disc tray , press   on the unit again. Do not for ce the disc tray closed with your ng er , [...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 14 GB Listening to the radio 1 Select “FM” or “ AM. ” Press TUNER/B AND  repeatedly . 2 Select the tuning mode. Press TUNIN G MODE  repeatedly until “ A UTO” a ppears. 3 T une in the desired station. Press +/  (o r TUNE +/  on the unit)  . Scanning sto ps aut omatically when a station i s tuned[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-12(1) 15 GB Basic Operations Listening to music of an USB device Y ou can connect an op tional USB device (Digital music pla yer or USB sto rage media) to the (USB) port  on the unit and li sten to music st ored in the USB device. See “Playable US B devices” (page 29) for a list o f USB devices that can be connected to [...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 16 GB Other operation T o Press Pa use playback  (or USB  o n the unit)  . T o resume play , press the b utton again. Stop p layback   . Select a folder +/   . Select a le  /   . Select a folder and le while viewing the folder an d le names on the system displa y* SEARCH  . Pr[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 17 GB Basic Operations Using optional audio components 1 Connect additional audio component to the A UDIO IN jack  on the unit using an audio analog cord (not supplied). 2 T urn down the volume. Press V OL UME  (or t urn the V OLU ME contro l on the unit)  . 3 Select the AUDIO IN function. Press A UDIO IN  on[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 18 GB Changing the display T o Press Change informa tion on the display 1) DISPLA Y  repeatedly when the system is on. Check the clock when the system is o DISPLA Y  when the system is o 2) . e clock is displa yed for 8 seconds. 1) For exa mple, you can view CD/MP3 disc informa tion or the USB device infor[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 19 GB Other Operations Other Op era tions Creating your o wn program (Prog ram Play) 1 Select the desired function. CD Press CD  t o selec t the CD function. USB Press US B  to select the USB function. 2 Press PLA Y MODE  repeatedly until “PGM” appears while the system is stopped . 3 Press  /   r ep[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 20 GB Presetting radio stations Y ou can pr eset your favorit e radio station s and tune them in instan tly by selecting the correspon ding preset number . U se butto ns on the remot e to preset station s. 1 T une in the desired station (see “Listening to the radio ” (page 14)). 2 Press TUNER MEMORY  . 3 Press +/ [...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 21 GB Other Operations Using the Timers e system o ers two timer functions. If yo u use t he Play T imer with the Sleep Timer , the Sleep Timer has prio rity . Sleep Timer: Y ou can fall asleep to music. i s function works even if the clock is n ot set. Press SLEEP  r epeatedly . If yo u selec t “ AUT O, ?[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 22 GB Others T roubleshooting 1 Make sure the power cor d and speaker cords are c orrectly and r mly connected. 2 Find y our problem in the checklist below , and take the indicated corrective action. If the issue persis ts, contact your nearest Son y dealer . If the ST ANDBY indicator ashes Immedia tely unpl ug the[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 23 GB Others Play does not start from the rst track.  Press P LA Y MODE  r ep eatedly un til both “PGM” a nd “SHUF” disap pear to return to no rmal play . Starting playback takes more time than usual.  e follo wing discs ta ke a long er time to start playback.  a disc recorded with a com plicate[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 24 GB “Reading” is displayed for a long time.  I t may take a while to nish readin g the USB device if there ar e many fol ders or les on i t. us, we recomm end followin g these guidelines.  T otal folders on US B device: 100 or less  T otal les per folder: 100 or less Erroneous display  Send [...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 25 GB Others T o improve tuner reception T urn o CD play er power by using the CD power mana gement function. By default, CD po wer is turned on. 1 Press FUNCTION  repeatedly to select the CD function, and then turn o the system. 2 After “ST ANDBY” stops ashing, press  /   on the unit while holdi[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 26 GB No Step : All of the pr ogrammed tracks or les hav e been eras ed. No T rack : No pla yable le is loaded in the system. Not Supported : An unsupported USB device is connected. Please Wait : e sys tem is readying for usage of an US B device. Reading : e system is r ecog nizing the USB device. Removed : ?[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 27 GB Others On safety  Complete ly disconnect the power cord (ma ins lead) from the wall socket (mains) if i t is not going to be used for an ext ended per iod of time. When unpl ugging the unit, always grip the plug. N ever pull the cord itself.  Should an y solid object or liquid get into the syst em, unplug the[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 28 GB Specic ations Main unit Amplier section Canadian model: DIN power o utput (ra ted): 40 + 40 watts (6 o hms at 1 kHz, DIN) Continuo us RMS power out put (refer ence): 50 + 50 watts (6 ohms a t 1 kHz, 10% THD) Eur opean model: DIN power o utput (ra ted): 40 + 40 watts (6 o hms at 1 kHz, DIN) Continuo us RMS pow[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 29 GB Others General Po wer requireme nts Canadian model: 120 V A C, 60 Hz Eur opean model: 220  240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Po wer consum ption: 40 watts Dimension s (w/h/d) (excl. speakers): A pprox. 285 × 120 × 215 m m Mass (ex cl. speakers): 2.6 kg Sup plied accessories: Remote Commander (1), R6 (Size AA) batt eries (2),[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 30 GB Veried Sony USB storage media (as of January 2007) Product name Model name MICRO V AUL T USM512EX / 1GEX / 2GEX USM128J / 256J / 512J / 1GJ / 2GJ / 4GJ / 8GJ USM512JX / 1GJX / 2GJX / 4GJX USM256H / 512H / 1GH / 2GH / 4GH USD2G / 4G / 5G / 8G Check the website s b elow f or the latest informa tion about com patib[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) 31 GB Others[...]

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    CMT -HX3.GB.3-095-514-11(1) Printed in China[...]