Sony LBT-XB3, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ... 1997 by Sony Corporation Operating Instructions 3 859 537 12 1 Compact Hi Fi Stereo System LBT XB3 LBT XB5 LBT XB6 ...

Page 2: ...s lead are coloured in accordance with the following code Blue Neutral Brown Live As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with letter N or coloured black The wire which is coloured brown mus...

Page 3: ...in random order 19 Programming CD tracks 20 Playing CDs without interruption 21 The Tape Deck Recording on a tape manually 22 Recording CDs by specifying the track order 23 DJ Mix Looping part of a CD 25 Flashing part of a CD 25 Waving the equalizer 26 Sound Adjustment Adjusting the sound 27 Selecting the audio emphasis 28 Adjusting the audio emphasis 29 Making a personal audio emphasis file 30 Ot...

Page 4: ...s away from the aerials to prevent noise The colour of your speaker cords might be different See the speakers manual for details 2 Insert only the stripped portion of the cord Inserting the vinyl portion will interfere with the speaker connection and no sound will come from the speaker Note The speakers for LBT XB3 XB5 do not have the speaker jacks Connect the speaker cords to the speaker jacks on...

Page 5: ... long period of time remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage When carrying this system Do the following to protect the CD mechanism 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until CD appears in the display 2 Hold down PLAY MODE and press POWER to turn off the power 2 Connect the FM AM aerials Set up the AM loop aerial then connect it 3 Connect the mains lead to mains The demonstration...

Page 6: ...nutes indication flashes 4 Press TUNING to set the minutes 5 Press ENTER NEXT The clock starts Tip If you make a mistake start over from step 1 You must set the time before using the timer functions LBT XB3 only 1 Press t CLOCK SET The hour indication flashes 2 Press TUNING to set the hour The clock uses the 24 hour system 3 Press ENTER NEXT The minutes indication flashes 4 Press TUNING to set the...

Page 7: ...atedly until the band you want appears in the display Each time you press this button the band changes as follows The bands you can select depend on the kind of tuner built into your system Confirm the bands by pressing TUNER BAND repeatedly 3 band model FM n MW n LW 4 band model FM n MW n LW n UKV When you select this band STEREO PLUS appears in the display 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until AU...

Page 8: ...do the following 1 Keep some distance between the speakers and the turntable 2 Stop using the surround effect 3 Install the speakers or the turntable on a firm and stable surface 4 Press DBFB repeatedly until DBFB disappears from the display LBT XB3 XB5 only Press SUPER WOOFER repeatedly until the indicator on this button goes off LBT XB6 only Connecting surround speakers LBT XB5 XB6 only You can ...

Page 9: ...o 15 meter 20 to 50 feet insulated wire to the AM aerial terminal Leave the supplied AM loop aerial connected Important If you connect an outdoor aerial connect a ground wire to the y terminal with the screw clamp To prevent a gas explosion do not connect the ground wire to a gas pipe IEC standard socket not supplied Screw clamp Ground wire not supplied FM 75 COAXIAL AM Insulated wire not supplied...

Page 10: ...ess one of the DIRECT PLAY buttons Playback starts If you press or CD on the remote playback starts from the CD in the playing position With the label side up When you play a CD single place it on the inner circle of the tray ª ª 6 P r 0 6 ª P p ª ª p 6 0 p 0 AMS p 0 DISC SKIP VOLUME 1 2 3 4 CD p P 0 1 ALL DISCS VOLUME Jog dial P POWER 1 ALL DISCS PLAY MOD E R E P E R T E D I T AMS Disc number in ...

Page 11: ...c Source Selection If there is no CD in the player NO DISC appears in the display You can change the CD in the loading position during playback Do this Press p Press P Press again to resume playback During playback or pause turn the jog dial clockwise to go forward or anticlockwise to go backward and release it when you reach the desired track Or press AMS to go forward or AMS to go backward on th...

Page 12: ...from the front side If you start from the reverse side recording stops at the end of the reverse side When you want to reduce the hiss noise in low level high frequency signals press DOLBY NR before step 7 so DOLBY NR B appears in the display To record with the surround effect press SURROUND so SUR appears in the display The equalizer settings will not be recorded Note You cannot listen to other s...

Page 13: ...T on the remote to tune in the desired preset station To Do this Turn off the radio Press POWER Adjust the volume Turn VOLUME or press VOLUME on the remote To listen to non preset radio stations Press TUNING MODE repeatedly in step 2 until MANUAL appears then press TUNING to tune in the desired station Tips Pressing TUNER BAND while the power is off automatically turns on the power and tunes to th...

Page 14: ...on deck B You can record a radio programme on a tape by tuning in a preset station You can use TYPE I normal or TYPE II CrO2 tapes The recording level is automatically adjusted 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly until the band you want appears in the display 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until PRESET appears in the display 4 5 7 6 1 2 3 SURROUND DOLBY NR p POWER ª With the side you want to record on f...

Page 15: ...duce the hiss noise in low level high frequency signals press DOLBY NR before step 7 so DOLBY NR B appears in the display To record with surround effect press SURROUND so SUR appears in the display The equalizer settings will not be recorded If noise is heard while recording from the radio move the appropriate aerial to reduce the noise Playing a tape You can play any type of tape TYPE I normal TY...

Page 16: ...y to play both decks in succession 3 Press Press ª to play the reverse side The tape starts playing The deck stops automatically after playing both sides five times Relay Play always plays according to the following sequence Deck A front side Deck A reverse side Deck B front side Deck B reverse side To Do this Stop play Press p Pause Deck B only Press P Press again to resume play Fast forward Pres...

Page 17: ... reverse together You don t have to set DOLBY NR since the tape in deck B is automatically recorded in the same state as the tape in deck A Note You cannot record the surround effect Recording from a tape High speed Dubbing You can use TYPE I normal or TYPE II CrO2 tapes The recording level is automatically adjusted 1 Press 6 EJECT and insert a recorded tape in deck A and a blank tape in deck B 2 ...

Page 18: ...current track or the whole CD Press DISPLAY DEMO during playback Each time you press this button in Normal Play the display changes as follows nElapsed time on the current track Remaining time on the current track Remaining time on the current CD 1 DISC mode or PLAY ALL DISCS mode Clock display for a few seconds Effect P FILE name or EFFECT ON OFF To check the total playing time and the number of ...

Page 19: ...peatedly until SHUFFLE appears in the display To skip a track turn the jog dial clockwise or press AMS on the remote You can play all the tracks on one CD or all the CDs in random order 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until CD appears in the display 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until SHUFFLE appears in the display 3 Press 1 ALL DISCS to choose 1 DISC or ALL DISCS All DISCS shuffles the tracks on all t...

Page 20: ...ng order appear followed by the total playing time You can create a programme of up to 32 tracks from all the CDs in the order you want them to be played LBT XB3 Total playing time Track number Disc number LBT XB5 XB6 Track number Disc number Total playing time DOLBY NR OFF PROGRAM DISC DISC PROGRAM DOLBY NR OFF 1 Place CDs and close the front cover CHECK CLEAR 2 1 4 5 p 3 6 p 8 LBT XB3 LBT XB5 XB...

Page 21: ...amme again If appears instead of the total playing time while programming this means you have programmed a track numbered over 20 or the total playing time has exceeded 100 minutes Press CHECK on the remote repeatedly After the last track CHECK END appears CLEAR on the remote in stop mode CHECK on the remote repeatedly until the number of the track to be cleared lights up then press CLEAR 1 Press ...

Page 22: ...or the front side lights up green 4 Press DIRECTION repeatedly to select A to record on one side or ß or RELAY to record on both sides Recording on a tape manually The Tape Deck 5 Press P on deck B Recording starts 6 Start playing the source to be recorded To Press Stop recording p on deck B Pause recording P on deck B Tips If you want to record on the reverse side press ª so the indicator on the ...

Page 23: ...to deck B 3 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until CD appears in the display 4 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until PROGRAM appears in the display 5 Press DISC SKIP to select a CD 6 Turn the jog dial until the desired track appears in the display 3 12 2 1113 5 4 7 6 1 p CHECK 9 p EDIT Total playing time including selected track LBT XB3 Track number Disc number LBT XB5 XB6 Track number Disc number Total playi...

Page 24: ...des A and B Note You cannot use this function when Programme Play mode has been set After clearing the entire programme see To clear the entire programme on page 21 follow the above procedure 7 Press PLAY MODE once The track is programmed STEP and the programmed playing order appear followed by the total playing time 8 Repeat steps 5 through 7 to programme additional tracks to be recorded on side ...

Page 25: ...t loop lengths With the flash function you can flash the CD sound during playback This lets you create original recordings Press and hold FLASH during playback at the point you want to start the Flash function and release to resume normal playback To adjust the flash length Turn the jog dial while holding FLASH or press MUSIC MENU B b while holding FLASH on the remote to select different flash len...

Page 26: ... to a source This effect can be used with any source but it cannot be recorded Press and hold WAVE while listening to a source at the point you want to start the Wave function and release to resume normal playback To adjust the wave length Turn the jog dial while holding WAVE to select different wave lengths WAVE Jog dial ...

Page 27: ...ing to the music so you can monitor the effect of the adjustment Cancelling GROOVE cancels the equalizer curve and bass level Adjust the equalisation to obtain the effect you desire To listen through the headphones Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack No sound will come from the speakers You can reinforce the bass create a more powerful sound and listen with headphones To reinforce the bass D...

Page 28: ...the remote repeatedly to select the audio emphasis you desire The audio emphasis name appears in the display To cancel the audio emphasis Press EFFECT or MUSIC MENU ON OFF on the remote repeatedly so the indicator on the EFFECT button goes off Music menu options SUR appears if you select an audio emphasis with a surround effect Press To select GEQ V v MENU 1 MENU 2 GEQ B b ROCK MOVIE POP GAME JAZZ...

Page 29: ...5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust the other frequency bands 6 Press ENTER when finished Note If you choose another audio emphasis other than EFFECT OFF the adjusted sound effect is lost To retain the adjusted sound effect for future use store it in a personal file see Making a personal audio emphasis file Activating the surround effect You can enjoy the surround effect Press SURROUND so SUR appears...

Page 30: ...ou can create personal files of audio patterns surround effect and graphic equalizer and store them in the unit s memory Later call up an audio pattern to play a favourite tape CD or radio programme You can create up to five audio files Before operation first select the basic audio emphasis you want for your sound 1 Create the sound effect you want by using the graphic equalizer and surround effec...

Page 31: ...repeatedly until h disappears from the display You can sing along with any stereo CD or tape by turning down the singer s voice You need to connect an optional microphone 1 Turn MIC LEVEL to MIN to turn down the microphone level 2 Connect an optional microphone to the MIC jack 3 Press KARAOKE PON MPX repeatedly to obtain the desired karaoke effect Each time you press this button the display change...

Page 32: ...y The singer s voice may not be reduced when only a few instruments are playing a duet is being sung the source has strong echoes or chorus the singer s voice deviates from the centre the voice on the source is singing high soprano or tenor notes Singing along Karaoke continued Mixing and recording sounds 1 Prepare the microphone and the karaoke effect Then insert a blank tape in deck B 2 Press FU...

Page 33: ...ce To change the remaining time Press SLEEP repeatedly to select the time you want To cancel the Sleep Timer function Press SLEEP repeatedly until SLEEP OFF appears in the display N N SLEEP Waking up to music Wake up Timer You can wake up to music at a preset time every day Make sure you have set the clock see Step 2 Setting the time 1 Prepare the music source you want to play CD Insert a CD To st...

Page 34: ... Wake up Timer will not turn on the system until the Sleep Timer turns it off You cannot activate the Wake up Timer and Timer recording at the same time n 4 Press TUNING to select DAILY 1 or DAILY 2 then press ENTER NEXT ON appears and the hour indication flashes in the display 5 Set the time to start playing Press TUNING to set the hour then press ENTER NEXT The minutes indication flashes Press T...

Page 35: ...to start recording Press TUNING to set the hour then press ENTER NEXT The minutes indication flashes Press TUNING to set the minutes then press ENTER NEXT The hour indication flashes again 5 Set the time to stop recording following the above procedure The start time the stop time the recording source and the preset station appear in turn before the original display returns 6 Insert a blank tape in...

Page 36: ...ears in the display Notes The system turns on 15 seconds before the preset time If the power is on at the preset time the recording will not be made You cannot set the timer if the timer on and off times are the same When you set the Sleep Timer the Timer recording will not start until the Sleep Timer turns off the system You cannot activate the Wake up Timer and Timer recording at the same time R...

Page 37: ...solvents such as benzene thinner commercially available cleaners or antistatic spray intended for vinyl LPs Do not expose the CD to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts nor leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight Additional Information Cleaning the cabinet Use a soft cloth slightly moistened with mild detergent solution To save a tape permanently To prevent a tape from being a...

Page 38: ...phone volume Make sure the microphone is connected to the MIC jack correctly There is severe hum or noise A TV or VCR is placed too close to the stereo system Move the stereo system away from the TV or VCR 0 00 flashes in the display A power interruption occurred Reset the clock and timer settings The timer does not function Set the clock correctly DAILY 1 DAILY 2 and REC do not appear when you pr...

Page 39: ...k heads are magnetised Demagnetise them see page 37 The tape does not erase completely The record playback heads are magnetised Demagnetise them see page 37 There is excessive wow or flutter or the sound drops out The capstans or pinch rollers are dirty Clean them see page 37 Noise increases or the high frequencies are missing The record playback heads are magnetised Demagnetise them see page 37 T...

Page 40: ...EC 0 1 W RMS NAB 0 2 W Peak DIN Amplifier section DIN power output LBT XB3 55 55 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz DIN LBT XB5 100 100 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz DIN LBT XB6 100 100 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz DIN Continuous RMS power output LBT XB3 65 65 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz 10 THD LBT XB5 120 120 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz 10 THD LBT XB6 120 120 watts 6 ohms at 1 kHz 10 THD Music power output LBT XB3 100 100 watts LBT XB5...

Page 41: ...cally shielded type Speaker units Super Woofer 17 cm dia cone type Woofer 17 cm dia cone type Tweeter 6 cm dia cone type Rated impedance 8 ohms Dimensions w h d Approx 260 525 415 mm 10 1 4 20 3 4 16 3 8 in Mass Approx 13 0 kg 28 lb 11 oz net per speaker For LBT XB3 XB5 See the speakers manual for details General Power requirements 220 230 V AC 50 60 Hz Power consumption LBT XB3 130 watts LBT XB5 ...

Page 42: ... recording 35 Repeat Play 18 Resetting the system 41 S Saving recordings 37 Setting the time 6 Shuffle Play 19 Sleep Timer 33 Sound adjustment 27 Speakers 4 8 Surround effect 29 T U V Tape Select Edit 24 Timer falling asleep to music 33 timer recording 35 waking up to music 33 Troubleshooting 38 Tuner 7 13 14 Turntable 8 W X Y Z Wake up timer 33 Wave 26 A Adjusting the audio emphasis 29 the sound ...

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