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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) Micro HI-FI Component S yst em © 2007 Sony Corporation CMT -HX3R 3-095-515- 11 (1) Operating Instructions[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 [...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 wit[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 6 GB Remote   /  (power) button (page 12, 23, 27) Press t o turn on the system.  ST ANDBY indicator (page 20, 24) 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 24) [...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 8 GB  CL OCK/TIMER SELEC T button (page 23) CL OCK/TIMER SET button (page 12, 23) Press t o set t he clock and the Pla y Timer .  REPEA T/FM MODE button (page 13, 14, 18) Press t o listen to a disc, an USB device, a single track or le repea tedly . Press t o selec t the FM reception mode (mona ural or stereo). [...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 9 GB Guide to parts and controls Informa tion on the display  Play/P ause  CD-USB Recording (page 15)  T uner reception mode (page 14) T uner reception (page 14)  DSGX (page 19)  T ext information  Audio format  Play mode (page 13, 18)  Timer (page 23)[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 pow[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 s[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 se[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(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 tune[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 15 GB Basic Operations Recording from a disc onto an USB device Y ou can connect an o ptional USB device (Digital music pla yer or USB st orage media) to the (USB) port  on the unit and r ecord music fro m a disc to the USB device. Y ou can recor d from a CD-D A disc or MP3 disc only . e audio f ormat of les re[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 16 GB 1 Connect a recordable USB device to the (USB) port  . 2 Select the CD func tion, then load the disc you want to record . 3 Select the track or MP3 le you want to rec ord, then start play. 4 Press CD-USB SYNC/REC1  on the unit while the selected track or MP3 le is being played back. “REC” ashes,[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 17 GB Basic Operations Notes  Do not remove the US B device during recordin g or erase operations. Doin g s o may corrup t the data on the USB device or damage the USB device itself.  Do not connect the system and the USB device through an USB h ub.  When recordin g from a CD, the tracks are reco rded as 128 kb[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 18 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   . T o resume pla y , pres s  (or USB  on the unit)  1) . T o cancel res ume play , pres s   again. Select a folder +/   . Select a le  / ?[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 19 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  o[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 20 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) F or example, y ou can view CD/MP3 disc informa tion or the USB device inf[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 21 GB Other Operations Other Op era tions Creating your o wn program (Prog ram Play) U se butto ns on the remot e to create yo ur own pr ogram. 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” appe[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 22 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 -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 23 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 -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 24 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 th[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 25 GB Others 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 plicated tree structure.  a disc recorded in m ultisession mode.  a disc that has not been nalized (a disc to which data can be added).  a disc that has [...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 26 GB Are you using a supported USB device?  If yo u connect an unsuppo r ted USB device, the following p roblems ma y occur . See “Playable/Recor dable USB devices ” (page 32) for the sup p orted device types.  e USB device is not recognized.  File or folder na mes are not display ed on this system. [...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 27 GB Others Play does not start from the rst track.  Set the play mode to N ormal Play mode. MP3 le cannot be played back.  The MP3 file does not have the extension “ .MP3” .  The data is no t stored in MP3 forma t.  USB sto rage media format ted with fi le systems o ther than F A T16 or F A T32 a[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 28 GB Messages CD/MP3 play er , Tuner Complete! : e p reset operation ended normally . Invalid : Y ou p ressed an invalid bu tton. L OCKED : e disc tray does not open. Contact your near est Sony dealer . No Disc : ere is no disc in the system, or you h ave loaded a disc that canno t be played. No Step : All of [...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 29 GB Others Prec autions Discs that this system CAN play  A udio CD  CD-R/CD-R W (audio data/MP3 les) Discs that this system CANNO T play  CD-ROM  CD-R/CD-R W other than those recor ded in music CD forma t or MP3 forma t conforming to ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2, Joliet o r multisession  CD-R/CD-R W recor[...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 30 GB On the speaker system is speaker system is no t magnetical ly shielded, and the p icture on nearb y T V sets may become magnetically disto rted. In this sit uation, turn o the TV , wait 15 to 30 minu tes, and turn it back o n. If there is n o impro vement, mo ve the speakers far awa y from the TV . Cleaning [...]

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    CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) 31 GB Others CD play er sec tion System: Com pact disc and digital audio system Laser Diode Properties Emission d uration: contin uous Laser Output*: Less than 44.6µW * is out put is the value measuremen t at a distance o f 200mm from the objective lens surface on the Optical Pick-up Block wi th 7mm aperture. Freq u[...]

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    Printed in China CMT -HX3R.GB.3-095-515-11(1) Play able/Recordable USB devices Y ou can use the followin g S on y USB devices on this system. Other USB devices are not p layable/recor dable on this system. Veried Sony digital music pla yer (as of April 2007) Product name Model name W alkman ® NWD-B103 / B103F / B105 / B105F Veried Sony USB s[...]