Sony RDHGTK37IP manual

4-449-198- 14 (1) FST-GTK37iP/GTK17iP RDH-GTK37iP/GTK17iP PERSONAL AUDIO SYSTEM Operating Instructions Getting Started Bluetooth Tuner Sound Adjustment Other Operations Basic Operations Additional Information[...]

2 GB To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not e xpose this apparatus to rai n or m oisture . To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover the ventilati on opening of the appl iance with newspapers , tablecloth s, curtains , etc. Do not expose the ap pliance to naked flame sources (fo r exam ple, light ed candl es). To reduce t he risk of fi[...]

3 GB 9) Do not defeat the safety pur pose of the polariz ed or groun ding-type p lug. A polariz ed plug has two blades with one wider th an the ot her . A grounding type plug has two blade s and a third grounding pr ong. The wide blade or the third prong are provide d for your safety . If the pr ovided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an[...]

4 GB CAUTION You are cautioned that any change s or modifica tions not e xpressly appr oved in this manual c ould void your authority to ope rate this equip ment. Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used f or connecti on to host co mputers a nd/or perip herals in or der to meet FC C emi ssion limit s. Per sonal Audio System[...]

5 GB By ensuring th ese batterie s are disposed of correc tly, you wi ll help preve nt potentia lly negativ e consequences for the environment and human he alth which could otherwis e be caused by inappropr iate waste handli ng of the batter y. The re cycling of the mater ials will help to conse rve natural resou rces. In case of produc ts that for[...]

6 GB Licens e a nd Tr adema rk No tice • iPhone, i Pod, iPod class ic, iPod nano, a nd iPod to uch are t rademark s of Appl e Inc., registe red in t he U.S. and other countries. Lightning is a trademark of Apple Inc. • “Made for iPod” and “Made for iPho ne” mean that an electr onic ac cessory has been designed to connect specif ically t[...]

7 GB Table of Contents Guide to parts and controls ........ .. 8 Getting Started Hookin g up the syste m securely ..... ........ .......... ........ ....... 11 Using t he iPod /iPhone ........ ....... 12 Setting the cl ock ...... ........... ....... 13 Basic Op erati ons Playin g the iP od/iPho ne......... .... 14 Playin g a USB d evice ......... .[...]

8 GB Guide to parts and controls This manual mainly expla ins oper ations using the remote control, bu t the same oper ations can also be perfor med using the bu ttons on the unit havin g the same or simila r names. Unit – Top vi ew – Front view[...]

9 GB Remote control R M-AMU166 1 "/1 (on/standby) Turn on the system, or set it t o standby m ode. B LED SPEAKER (page 22) Change th e light il lumina tion. C VERTICAL SOUND indi cator Light s up when vert ical sound ef fect is turned on. D BLUETOOTH indicator (page 16) Show the Bluetoot h status of the system. E BLUETOOTH (pag e 16, 18) Press[...]

10 GB P (N-Mark) (page 18) Near Field Com munication (NFC) touchp oint indica tion. Q Uni t: FU NCT ION Remote control: FUNCTI ON +/– Select a fu nction. R Display panel S Remote con trol sensor T +/– (select folder) Select a fol der on a USB dev ice. U Unit: NX (p lay/pause) Remote con trol: N * (play), X (pause) Start or p ause playba ck. To [...]

11 GB Getting St ar ted Hooking up the system secure ly A Ante nnas Find a loc atio n and an or ientat ion that provide go od receptio n when you set up the a ntenn as. Keep the an tenna s away from th e power cord an d the USB cab le to avoi d picking up noise. B DVD/PC IN L/R j acks Use a n audio cord ( not supplie d) to connec t to the audio out[...]

12 GB Insert the two supplied R6 (size AA) batteries, matching the po larities shown below. Notes • Do not mix an old battery with a new one or mix different types of batteries. • If you do not use the remote control for a long period of time, re move the bat teries to avoid damage from battery leakage and corrosion. The syst em can be instal l[...]

13 GB Getting St ar ted Note for iPod nano model users Do not install the system vertica lly when using iPod nano models with this system. iPod nano models cannot be secured with the holding arm because of thei r height. Inst all the syst em horizontally. Note on carrying the system Do not carry the system with the iPod/iPhon e connected. Otherwise[...]

14 GB Playing the iPod/ iPhone x When co nnecti ng to t he Ter minal for Apple Device 1 Press FUNCTION +/– repeatedly to select th e iPod fun ction. 2 Place the iPo d/iPhone onto the Terminal for Apple Device. 3 Press the PUSH button and secure the iPod/iPhone. 4 Press N . x When conn ectin g to the port 1 Press FUNCTION +/– repeatedly to selec[...]

15 GB Basic Oper ation s • Sony cannot accept responsibility in the event that data recorded to iPod/iPhone is lost or damaged when using an iPod/iPhone with this system. Playing a USB de vice The au dio f ormat s that can be p lay ed back by this sys tem ar e as foll ows: – MP3: file e xten sion “.m p3” – WMA: file exten sion “. wma”[...]

16 GB About the Bl uetooth wireless technology Bluetoot h wi reless techno log y is a sho rt- range wir eless technolog y that enables wirele ss data commu nication betw een digital devi ces. Blueto oth wireless techno logy operate s within a ra nge of about 10 me ters (33 feet). Suppor ted Bl ueto oth ve rsion, profi les and co decs Supporte d Blu[...]

17 GB Bluetooth 4 Perfor m the pairin g proce dure on t he Bluetooth device. For details, refe r to the operating instructions of your Bluetoot h device. 5 Select the model number of the unit on the display of the Bluetoot h device. For example, sele ct “SONY FST-GTK37iP” (or FST-GTK17 iP/ RDH-GTK37iP/RDH-GTK17iP). If passkey i s required on th[...]

18 GB 2 Start the app “NFC Easy Connect” on th e smartphone. Make sure that the appl icatio n screen is displayed. 3 Touch the smar tphone t o the N-Mark on the system until the smartphone vibrates. Comp lete th e conn ecti on by fo llowi ng the in stru ction s disp layed on the smartpho ne. When t he Bluetooth connec tion is esta blished, the [...]

19 GB Bluetooth x For an NFC-c ompat ible smar tpho ne Touch th e smartphone to the N-M ark on the sy stem to esta blish t he B luetooth connec tion. Start playba ck of an aud io source on the smartph one. For detai ls on playba ck, refer to t he o perat ing instru ction s o f you r smartph one. To disc onne ct the Blue tooth de vice x For a Blueto[...]

20 GB 3 Press / repeatedly to select “ON” or “OFF”. 4 Press "/1 to turn off the system. When Bluetoot h standby mode is set t o on, the system w ill turn on auto matic ally when you est ablis h the Blueto oth conn ecti on f rom t he Blueto oth devic e. Note The system will not e nter Bluetooth st andby mode if you erase t he pairing in[...]

21 GB T uner/Sound Adjustme nt To chan ge the AM tu ning inte rval (except for European, Russian and Saud i Arabia n mode ls) The de fault setti ng for AM tuning int erval is 9 kHz (or 10 kHz for some area s). Use t he butt ons on the uni t to pe rfor m this operation . 1 Press FUNCTION re peatedly to select AM band. 2 Press "/1 to turn off th[...]

22 GB Notes • T he DJ EFFECT is automa tically turned off when you turn off the system or change the function or tuner band. • Yo u cannot use VOLUME/DJ C ONTROL +/– to adjust the volume when the DJ EFFECT is activated. Press VOLUME +/– on the remote contr ol to adjust the volume. Sele ctin g the verti cal sound effect You can sele ct the s[...]

23 GB Other Op erati ons 1 Prepar e the sound sour ce, then press VOLUME +/– to adjust the volume. 2 Press TIMER MENU. 3 Press / repeatedl y to select “PLAY S ET”, then press . 4 Set the time to start playback. Press / repe atedly to set the hour/minut e, then press . 5 Use the same procedure as in step 4 to set the time to stop playback. 6 P[...]

24 GB Notes • Total playing time for a USB device is not dis pla yed. • The f ollowing are not displayed correctly: – e lapsed playing time of an MP3 file encoded using VBR (variable bit rate). – f older and fil e names that do not follow either the ISO9660 Level 1, Level 2 or Joliet in the expansion format. • ID3 tag information for MP 3[...]

25 GB Additional Inf ormation Notes • Th e mess age “Aut oSTBY ” fla she s in the d isplay ab out 2 mi nutes befo re entering st andby mode. • The automa tic standby fun ction does not work duri ng tuner fun ction. • The system may n ot enter st andby mode automa tically in th e follo wing c ases: – when an au dio signal is detec ted. ?[...]

26 GB Genera l The system has entered standby mode. • This is not a malfunction. The system enters standby mode a utomatica lly in about 30 minutes whe n there is no oper ation or audi o signal out put (pa ge 24). The clock or timer setting i s canceled . • The power co rd is disconnect ed or a power fail ure occurr ed. Se t the cl ock (pag e 1[...]

27 GB Additional Inf ormation • You m ay not be ab le to ope rate the i Pod/ iPhone usi ng buttons on the remote control or unit due to the ope ration of the s ystem and i Pod/i Phone are different . In this case, use the control buttons on the i Pod/iPhon e. The iPod/iPhone ca nnot be charged. • If the batte ry of the iPod/iPh one is empt y, t[...]

28 GB Playback d oes not sta rt from the f irst file. • Set the play m ode to Normal Play (pa ge 15). Audio file ca nnot be played back. • MP3 files in MP3 PRO format cannot b e played back . • So me AAC files m ay not be played bac k correct ly. • An A AC file wh ich has v ideo stream cannot be played back . • WMA fi les in Windows Me di[...]

29 GB Additional Inf ormation • Turn d own t he vol ume of the c onnecte d Bluetoot h device . Tuner Severe hu m or noise, or stations cannot be recei ved. (“TUNED” or “ST” flashes in the display panel.) • Connec t the antenn a prope rly. • Cha nge ante nna loca tion and its orient ation to obtain good re ception. • Conn ect a comme[...]

30 GB • AC power cord must be changed only at the qualified service shop. On placem ent • Do not place the system in an inclined position o r in location s that are extre mely hot, cold, dusty, dirty, or hu mid or lacking adequate ventilation, or subject to vibration, direct sunlight or a bright light. • Be careful when placing the system on [...]

31 GB Additional Inf ormation Specificati ons AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: (USA model onl y) With 3.5 ohm load s, both cha nnels drive n, from 120 – 10,000 Hz ; rated 50 watts pe r channel minimum R MS power, wi th no more than 0. 7% total har monic disto rtion fro m 250 mi lliw atts to rated outpu t. Amp[...]

32 GB USB se ction Supporte d format MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3): 32 kbps – 320 kbps, VBR WMA: 48 kbps – 192 kbps AAC: 48 kbps – 320 kbps WAV: 16 bit PCM Samplin g frequenc ies MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3): 32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz WMA: 32 kHz/44. 1 kHz/48 kHz AAC: 32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz WAV: 8 kHz – 48 kH z Supported USB device Mass S torage Cl[...]

33 GB Additional Inf ormation Mass (A pprox.) FST-GTK37iP/RDH-GTK37iP: 14.0 kg (30 lb 14 oz) FST-GTK17iP/RDH-GTK17iP: 12.0 kg (26 lb 8 o z) Supplied accessories Remo te con trol ( 1) R6 (Size AA) batteries ( 2) FM lead/AM lo op antenna (1) Design and spe cific ations are su bject to change wi thout noti ce.[...]

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