Sony XR-CA610X manual

Opera ti ng Inst ru ctions US Owner’s Record The model and serial numbers are locat ed on the bottom of th e unit. Record these num bers in the space provided belo w . Refer to these numbers whene ver you call upon your Sony dealer r egarding this product. Model No. XR-CA610X/CA600X Serial No. XR-CA610X XR-CA600X For installation and connections,[...]

2 War ni n g This eq uipme nt has bee n t es ted an d fo und to comply wit h the limits f or a Class B digital device, pursua nt to Part 15 of the FCC R ul es . These limit s are desig ned to pro vide reasonable protec tion again st har mful inte rferen ce i n a residentia l in sta lla tion. This equipment gene rates , uses , and can r adiat e radi[...]

3 T able of Content s Location of c ontrols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Notes on Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Getting S tarted Resetti ng the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Detaching t he front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7[...]

4 Location of controls Refer t o the pages l isted f or details. : During tape pla yb ack : Duri ng r adio rec ep tion : Dur i ng m e nu mo de : During CD/MD playback (optional) : Durin g TV reception ( optional) a MBP bu tton 16 b MENU butt on 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 , 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 2 1, 22 c V olume co ntrol dial d LIST button 11, 12 19, 20 e Rece[...]

5 r DISC/PRESET buttons (+/ – ) 10, 11, 12 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 , 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 17, 19, 20 21 s SEEK buttons ( – /+) 9 10, 11 8, 9, 14 , 1 5, 16, 17, 21 17, 19, 20 22, 23 The correspond ing buttons of the card remote comman der control the same functions as those on this unit. a DSPL button b MENU button c SOURCE button d SEEK ( < /[...]

6 Pr ecaut ions • If your car was par ked in direc t sunli ght, al l ow the unit to cool of f befor e operating it . • If no p ower is being s upplied to t he unit, c heck the conn ection s first. If everythin g i s i n or de r , check th e fus e. • If no sou nd c om e s from the spe akers of a two- speak er syst em, set t he fade r cont rol [...]

7 Getting St arted Resetting the unit Before operat ing the unit f or the f irst time or after r epl a ci ng the car batte ry , you must re se t the unit. Remo ve t he f ront panel and pr ess t he RESE T butto n with a pointed object, such as a ball-poin t pen. Note Pressing the RESET button will erase the clock setting and some stored conten ts. D[...]

8 Attachin g the fron t panel Place ho le A o f the front pa nel onto the s pindle B on the unit, then lightly push t he left si de in. Note Do not put anything on th e inner sur face of the fr ont panel. Setting t he clock The cloc k uses a 12 -hou r digit al in dicati on . Examp le : T o set the cloc k to 10: 08 1 Pres s (MENU) , then pre ss e it[...]

9 Cassette Player Listeni ng to a tape 1 Press (OPEN) and ins er t a c asset te. Playback sta rts automatical ly . 2 Close the front panel. If a c assett e is alre ady insert ed, pre ss (SOU RCE ) repeat edly unt i l “ FOR W ARD ” or “ REVERSE ” appe ar s t o star t pla ybac k. FORW ARD : Th e si de facin g up is pla ye d. REVERSE : The si [...]

10 Radio The un i t ca n store up to 6 station s per band (FM1, F M 2, FM 3, AM 1, and AM 2). Caution When tu ning in s ta ti on s while driving, use Bes t T uning Me mory t o pre vent accide nts. Storing sta tions automati cally — Best T uni ng M emor y (BTM) The unit selects the stati ons with the strongest signal s with in th e selec ted b and[...]

11 Storing only t he desired statio ns Y ou can m an ually pr ese t the d esired stati ons on any chosen n umb er button. 1 Press (SOURCE ) repea tedly to se l ect the radio. 2 Press (MODE) repeated ly to select the ban d. 3 Press ei t her si de of (SEEK ) to tune i n the station that you want to store . 4 Press t he de sire d numb er button ( (1) [...]

12 Displa ying th e station nam e Switch th e display i tem to freque ncy or s tation name*. * If the stati on n ame is n ot stored, “ NO NAME ” appears i n the di splay for one seco nd. Eras in g t he s ta tion nam e 1 During radio r eception, pres s (M E NU) , then pre ss ei t h er si de of (DISC/PRESET) repe atedly until “ NA ME DEL ” ap[...]

13 Other Fun ct ions Y ou ca n al so cont ro l the u ni t (and op tion al C D / MD/ TV u n it s ) wi th a ro ta ry c o m m a n d er (opti onal) . Using the rot ar y comma nder Firs t, at tach th e appr opri ate lab el dep ending on how you want to mo un t the rot ar y c omma nde r . The ro ta ry com m ander wor ks by press in g buttons an d/or rota[...]

14 Changi ng the operativ e directio n The operat i ve d irecti on of contro ls is fact ory- set as shown below . If you need to mount the rotary commande r on the righ t hand sid e of th e ste erin g colu mn, yo u can reverse the ope ra tive directi on. Press (S OU ND) for 2 seconds w h il e pushing the V OL control. Tip Y o u can a lso chan ge th[...]

15 Changing th e sound a nd display set tings — Menu The follo wing items can be set: SET (Set Up) • CLOCK (page 8) • BEEP — to turn th e beeps on o r off . • RM (Rotar y Co mman de r) — t o ch ange the operat ive dire ct io n of th e co ntro l s of th e rot ar y commander . – Sele ct “ NORM ” to use the ro tary commander as the f[...]

16 Selecting the soun d positi on — My Best sound Pos itio n (MB P) When you drive with out passen gers , y ou c an enjoy the most comforta ble sound en vironment with “ My Be st so un d Positio n. ” “ My Be st so und Pos itio n ” has two pr esets, wh ich adjust th e so und level of ba l anc e and fad er . Y ou can sele ct one very e as i[...]

17 4 Select the desired freq uency an d level. 1 Press eit her side of (SEEK) to select the desi re d fr equ ency . Each time you pre ss (SEEK) , the freque ncy ch anges . 62 (Hz) y 157 (Hz) y 396 (Hz) y 1k (Hz) y 2.5k (Hz) y 6.3k (Hz) y 16k (Hz) 2 Press eith er side of (DISC/PRESET) to adjust the desire d volume le vel. The vo lume lev e l is adju[...]

18 Display items When the disc /trac k ch anges, any p rereco rded title* 1 of the ne w disc/trac k is automatic ally displa ye d (if the Aut o Sc rol l fu ncti o n is se t t o “ ON, ” name s exceedi n g 8 char acte rs will b e scro ll ed (p age 15)) . *1 “ NO NAME ” indicates there is no Disc Memo (page 19) or p rerec orde d nam e to disp [...]

19 Labeling a CD — Disc Memo (For a CD unit with the CUSTOM FILE fu nction) Y ou can la bel each disc with a cus tom nam e (Dis c M emo ). Y ou ca n ente r up to 8 chara cte rs for a d isc. If yo u la be l a CD, yo u ca n loc ate the disc by na me (pag e 20). 1 Star t playing the disc y ou want to label. 2 Press (MENU) , then press eith er si de [...]

20 Locating a d isc by name — List- up ( For a CD uni t w i th the CD TEX T/ CUSTO M FI LE f unc tio n, or an MD unit ) Y ou can use t his f unctio n for d iscs t hat have bee n assign ed c usto m nam es* 1 or for C D TE X T discs* 2 . *1 Locating a di sc by its custom name: when you assign a name for a C D (pa ge 19) or an MD. *2 Locating discs [...]

21 Play ing specific tracks only Y ou ca n se lect: •“ BA N K - O N ” — to pla y the tracks wi th the “ PLA Y ” setting. •“ BA N K - I N V ” (In verse) — to play the tracks with the “ SK IP ” sett ing. 1 During p layback, press (ME NU ) , then press ei t her si de of (DISC/PRES ET) repeat edly u ntil “ BANK-ON, ” “ B A[...]

22 Storing TV ch annels automati cally The unit selects the TV channels with the strong est s ig na ls and st ores th em in th e or de r of thei r fre qu ency. Caution When tu ning in a s ta t io n w hi l e driving, use Best T uning Me mory t o pre vent accide nts. 1 Press (S OU RCE ) rep eated ly until “ TV ” appe ars. 2 Press (M E NU) , then [...]

23 5 Press (+) side of (SEEK) . 6 Press (SOURCE) repe atedly to sele ct a TV or video. 7 Press (ENTER) . Sim ul ta ne ous Play starts . If you ar e al r eady wa t chi n g the TV or video an d want t o listen to a t ape, CD or MD as well , follo w the same steps. Returning to normal mode T o cance l the C D or M D, select “– – –” in step 4[...]

24 Notes • For safety , tur n off the i gnition before cleani ng the connector s, and rem ove the key from the ign ition switch. • Nev er touch th e conne ctors dir ectly with your fingers or with any metal d evice. Replacing the lithium ba ttery Unde r norma l cond itions, batt eries will la st appr oximat ely 1 y ear . (Th e servi ce life may[...]

25 Specificatio ns A UDIO POW ER SPECIFICA TIONS PO WER OUTPUT AND TO T AL HAR MONIC DIST OR TION 23.2 w atts (for XR-CA61 0X)/23 wa tts (fo r XR-CA600X) per c hannel minimum continuo us a v era ge po wer i nto 4 ohms, 4 channels dr i v en fro m 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no mor e than 5% tot al harmonic di stortion. Cass ette Pl ayer sect io n T ape tra[...]

26 T rou bles hootin g The follo wing checklist will help you remedy proble m s yo u may enc ount er w it h y our un it. Before go i ng t hr ou gh the che cklis t be low , check the con nect i o n and oper atin g proced ures . General No sound. • Rotate th e volume control dial c lockwise to adju st th e vol u m e. • Canc el th e A TT fu ncti o[...]

27 Error displays (when an opt io na l CD/M D un it i s co nnect ed ) *1 When an error occ urs duri ng playback of a C D or MD , t he disc num ber o f the CD or M D does not appear in the display . *2 The disc number of the di sc caus ing the error appears in the di splay . If the se solutions d o not help improv e the situa tion , con sult you r n[...]

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