Sony CMT-EP315 manual

©2003 Sony Cor poration 4-246-166- 12 (1) Micr o Hi-Fi Component System Oper a t ing Inst ructions Owner’s Record The model and serial n u m bers are located at th e r ear. R e co rd th e serial nu m ber in the spa ce provid ed bel ow. Refe r t o them whenever you call upon your Sony deal er r egardi ng t his product . Mo d el N o. Serial N o. C[...]

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 til at ion of the appara t us with n ews pap ers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. And don’t plac e li ghted c andle s on th e appar at us. To preve nt fi re or shock ha zard, do not plac e obje cts filled with liquids,[...]

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

4 GB Perform the followin g pr oc ed ures 1 to 3 to hook up you r s yste m usin g the s uppli e d cords an d acce ssor ies . 1 Connect the speakers. Connect the r ight and left spea ker co rds t o the S P EA K ER te rmin a ls as s h o wn b elo w. 2 Connect the FM and AM antennas. Set up the AM loop ant enna, t hen con nect it. Getting St ar ted Hoo[...]

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 socket , de tach th e supp lied pl u g adap tor (on ly for models eq uipp ed wit h an ada ptor ). To turn on the syst em, pr ess ?/1 . Inserting two R6 (size AA) batteries into the re mote Not[...]

6 GB 1 Press Z PUSH OPEN /CLOSE on the unit. 2 Place a disc with the l abel side up o n the CD compartment. 3 Press Z PUSH OPEN /CLOSE on the unit again to cl ose the 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 syst em let s you pl ay th e dis c in di ffer ent play m[...]

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 “REP” or “REP 1” appears. REP: For al l the t ra cks on t he di sc up to fi ve times. RE P 1: For a sin g le trac k only. To cancel Repeat Play Pre ss R E PEA T/F M M O DE re peate d ly unti l both “REP” and “REP[...]

8 GB Other operations Tip The progr am you made remains af ter Program Play fi nis hes. To pla y the same progr am agai n, pr es s CD N . H o wev er, the p ro g ram is cleared w h en y o u op e n the lid of the C D com partment. You can pres et u p to 32 stat i ons f or F M and AM. Yo u can then tune in a n y o f th os e s tation s simply by sel ec[...]

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[...]

10 GB 1 Press xZ on the unit. 2 Load a recorded/recordable tape into the cassette hol der. Yo u can us e TY P E I (norm al) tape. 1 Load a record ed tape. 2 Press N on the unit. Other operations Tip You can se l ect the tape fun cti on by pres si ng TAPE nN on the remote, but you cannot st art tape playba ck w ith this button. Tape – Play Loadi n[...]

Ta p e – R e c o r d i n g 11 GB Yo u can re co rd a who le C D on a tape. Yo u can us e TY PE I (norma l) tape. 1 Load a recordable tape. 2 Load a CD yo u want to record. 3 Press CD N to switch the function t o CD, then press x . 4 Press z on the unit. After the sy ste m has creat ed a bl ank s pace of abo ut 10 seco nds on the ta pe, the CD sta[...]

12 GB You c an adjust the bass and treble to enjoy more pow erful so und. Gener ating a m ore d ynamic sound ( Dynamic Sound Generator) Press DSG. To ca ncel the D SG , press D S G again . Adju stin g the b ass an d tre ble Using buttons on the remote Press BASS +/– repeatedly to adjust the bass, or TREBLE +/– repeatedly to a djust the treble. [...]

Timer 13 GB You can wake up to musi c at a pr eset ti me. Make sure you ha ve set the clock (see “S etting the cloc k” on pa ge 5). 1 Prepare the sound source you want to play. • CD : L oad a disc . To start f rom a sp ecif ic tr ack, make a pr ogra m (see “Cre ati ng your own progr am” on pag e 7). • TUN ER: Tu n e in a radio station ([...]

14 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 o de). Press D IS PLAY. To cancel Power Saving Mode Pre ss DI SPLAY. Tips • T he STANDB Y in di ca t or l i gh t s up eve n in th e P owe r Savin g Mode. • The ti mer cont in ues to ope rat e in Power Saving Mode. Yo u ca n[...]

Optional Com ponents 15 GB To e nh an ce yo u r sy stem , you c an co nn ec t o ptio n al c o m po n en ts. Re fer to th e 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 deck, e tc.) t o thes e jack s. You can then l ist en to t[...]

16 GB Shoul d you enc ount er a probl e m with your system , do the fo llow i ng: 1 Make sure the power cord and speaker cords are c orrectly 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 oblem per sis ts afte r d oing a ll of th e above, co nsul t your nea[...]

T r oubles hooting 17 GB The sound ski ps. • W ip e th e disc clean (p ag e 19). • 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 , or placing them on separate stands. W hen y ou list en to a t rack with ba ss sound s at [...]

18 GB One of t he fol lo wing mess ages may ap pear or fl ash in the di spla y duri ng ope ra ti on. CD no Cd There is no disc in th e C D com p ar tm ent. On oper ating volt age Befo re o pe rating th e sy stem , check that the opera 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 • The[...]

Additiona l Inform ation 19 GB In case color irregularity is observed on nearby a TV scre en W ith the m agnetically shielded type of sp eaker s ystem, the spea ke r s can be in stalled n ear a T V set. H o w ever, color irr e g ular ity m ay still be o b se rv ed o n the TV scree n depe ndin g on t he t ype o f yo ur TV set . If color irregularity[...]

20 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 instructions o f the de magnetisin g cassette. Main unit Amplifier section AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS: (U.S[...]

Additiona l Inform ation 21 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 durat io 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 -chan n el stereo Frequenc y res ponse 50 – 13,000 Hz (±3 dB) , usi ng Sony[...]

22 GB Main unit BAS S/ T REBL E 5 (12) Cassette co m partmen t qa DIS PL AY wd (9, 14) Displ ay window 2 DSG 4 (12) MD 6 ( 15) PHONES j ac k qk PLAY MODE qj (6, 7) PRESET +/ – 8 (9) Remote se nsor 1 TUNER BAND 7 (8, 9) TUNI NG +/ – 0 (8, 9) VOLUME 9 (13) ?/1 (pow e r) wa (5, 9, 13) m/ M (fast fo rward/ rew ind) 0 (6) ./ > (go back/go fo rwar[...]

Additiona l Inform ation 23 GB Remote control BA SS +/– 0 (12) CLE AR 8 (8, 9) CLOCK/TIMER SELECT w; (13) CLOCK/TIMER SET wa ( 5, 13) DIS PLAY 2 (9, 14) DSG qa (12) MD qk (15) PLAY MODE/ DI RE CTI ON qd (6, 7) PRESET +/ – 5 (9) REP EAT/ FM MODE qf (7, 9) SLEEP ql (12) TREBLE +/– 9 (12) TUNER B AND qh (8, 9) TUNE R MEMORY qs (8) TUNI NG +/ –[...]

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