Sony MegaStorage CDP-CX355, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...SON Compact Disc Player Operating Instructions cQ D DIGITAL AUDIO I TEXT I CDP CX355 2002 Sony Corporation 4 238 111 11 1 ...

Page 2: ...io communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Incre...

Page 3: ...y 17 Creating Your Own Program Program Play 18 Playing Using a Timer 20 Controlling Another CD Player Advanced Mega Control 21 Fading In or Out 22 Playing Alternately No Delay Play X Fade Play 23 Controlling the Player by Another unit 23 Storing Information About CDs Custom Files What You Can Do With the Custom Files 24 Labeling Discs Disc Memo 24 Storing Custom File Information Using a Keyboard 2...

Page 4: ...teries supplied by matching the and on the batteries to the diagram inside the battery compartment Insert the negative end first then push in and down until the positive end clicks into position When using the remote point it at the remote sensor 11 on the player Q When to replace batteries With normal use the batteries should last for about six months When the remote no longer operates the player...

Page 5: ...2 3 switch on the remote supplied for each player accordingly When using the player not equipped with the COMMAND MODE selector The command mode of the player without the COMMAND MODE selector is set to CD 1 Set the COMMAND MODE selector of this player to CD 2 and set the CD 1 2 3 switch on the remote to CD 2 Connecting the AC power cord Connect the AC power cord to a wall outlet Note on placement...

Page 6: ...and Playing Alternately on page 23 What cords willi need Audio cord 1 Use the cord supplied with the player to be connected Monaural 2P mini plug cord 1 not supplied 2 Connect the players with a monaural 2P mini plug cord 1 Connect the players with an audio cord see also Hookups on page 5 CD 4 Connect the AC power cord of both players to AC outlets 3 Set the COMMAND MODE selector of this player to...

Page 7: ...20 DiSC t DI SC 20 ALL DISCS The disc number at the loading position appears in the display If the disc has the Disc Memo see page 24 the Disc Memo appears instead of the disc number As you turn the JOG dial the disc number or the Disc Memo changes Rotary table Playing position loading position L J 2 Open the front cover by pressing OPEN CLOSE 1 Press 1 6 to turn on the player You can classify dis...

Page 8: ...ny dealer When transporting the player remove all discs from the player Make sure to insert the disc at a right angle to the rotary table otherwise damage to the player and or the disc could result If the disc is not inserted into the slot completely reinsert the disc Make sure the rotary table comes to a complete stop before inserting or removing discs The front panel closes automatically when yo...

Page 9: ...ve discs easily After following steps 1 to 3 of Inserting CDs on page 7 press DISC EJECT The disc in the selected slot moves up and you can remove the disc easily When you press again the disc returns back to the normal position If the disc does not return back to the normal position reinsert the disc Getting Started gus ...

Page 10: ...indicated on pages 7 8 You can play all the tracks on a disc in the original order Continuous Play You can also play up to 300 discs consecutively 9 You can turn on the player by pressing If 9 on the remote 1 2 3 When you select The player plays ALL DISCS All discs in the player consecutively in the order of disc number Empty disc slots are skipped 1 DISC Only one disc you have selected 4 Turn the...

Page 11: ...d disc is set to the playing position and the player plays all the discs from the selected one ALL DISCS or all the tracks once 1 DISC Adjust the volume on the amplifier 5 To Pause Resume playing after pause Go to the next disc W Go to the next track Go back to the preceding disc CiJ Go back to the preceding track Stop playing and remove the disc To stop playback Press When you turn off the player...

Page 12: ...I CD TEXT appears in the display If yOll want to check the information in another language refer to Selecting the language of the CD TEXT information on page 13 Display information in stop mode The display shows the disc title When you press TIME TEXT the artist name scrolls in the display If you press TIME TEXT again the display shows the current disc number total number of tracks and total playi...

Page 13: ... number and playing time appear The current track title appears Notes If the disc title and track title have more than 13 characters only the first 13 characters appear in the display The track title appears only when the current disc is a CD TEXT disc or the current title has a HIT TITLE only when the player is in the Hit List mode see page 31 3 Turn the JOG dial until the language you want appea...

Page 14: ...ou cannot use this function in the ALL DISCS Shuffle Play mode 1 Press MEMO SCAN MEMO SCAN appears in the display and the Disc Memos scroll in the display 2 Press C when the Disc Memo of the desired disc to play appears The disc is set to the playing position and the player starts playing In Program Play mode the disc will be added to the end of the program if you press ENTER instead ofC Note If N...

Page 15: ...the end of the program To cancel Memo Search Press MEMO SEARCH again Playing CDs Specifying the Next Disc to Play You can specify the next disc to play while playing a disc in Continuous or 1 DISC Shuffle Play mode While playing a disc turn the JOG dial NEXT DISC appears in the display and the disc number or Disc Memo see page 24 changes as you turn the JOG dial When the desired disc number or Dis...

Page 16: ...ay You need to Turn the Il 4 J AMS l l II dial clockwise until you find the track Turn the Il 4 J AMS l l II dial counterclockwise until you find the track Press the number button of the track on the remote When you directly locate a track numbered over 10 press 10 first then the corresponding number buttons Press backward forward on the remote and hold down until you find the point Press backward...

Page 17: ...10 1 DISC Continuous Play page 10 ALL DISCS Shuffle Play page 17 1 DISC Shuffle Play page 18 Program Play page 18 To cancel Repeat Play Press REPEAT twice All tracks on the current disc All tracks on all discs in random order All tracks on the current disc in random order The same program DISC __ Number buttons ENTER Repeating the current track You can repeat only the current track While the track...

Page 18: ...4 You can go to the next disc during 1 DISC Shuffle Play lI Press DISC SKIP You can specify the next disc to play during 1 DISC Shuffle Play Turn the JOG dial to specify the next disc After all the tracks on the current disc are played in random order the next disc starts playing If you want to skip to the next disc right away push the JOG dial while playing the current disc 1 2 C CLEAR Press PROG...

Page 19: ...mber button of the disc If you program a whole disc press ENTER and go to Step 6 If you program a desired disc press 10 CD DISC 20 STEP 1 CD I RACK DISC 20 PROGRAM PROGRAM 4 Q When you press PROGRAM to select Program Play during Continuous or Shuffle Play The program will be played after the current track Q The program remains until erased Even if you replace discs the programmed disc and track nu...

Page 20: ...ammed order You can change your program before you start playing 1 Press one of the play mode buttons to select the desired play mode 2 Set TIMER on the player to PLAY 3 Set the timer to the desired time The player turns off When the set time comes the player turns on and starts playing 4 After you have used the timer set TIMER on the player to OFF To Erase a track or disc Erase the last track or ...

Page 21: ...using the supplied remote Set CD 1 2 3 on the remote to CD 3 which is the same position as the COMMAND MODE selector on the rear panel of the second player This unit can control a second CD player see Connecting Another CD Player on page 6 Even when a second CD player is connected the controls on both of the units will function When you press the play button on either unit the operating player sto...

Page 22: ...rst 13 characters of that Disc Memo is loaded into this player To Start play fading in End play fading out Press FADER During pause FADE appears in the display and the 11 indication flashes The play fades in When you want to start fading out FADE appears in the display and the 11 indication flashes The play fades out and the player pauses Labeling discs of the second CD player You can label discs ...

Page 23: ...rted X Fade play you can start X Fade manually at any point you like Note that you cannot do this operation while the sound from both players is mixed Notes o The play starts from the second player if you start play while the MEGA CONTROL button is lit o When one player has played all the discs tracks in the player ahead of the other player the play stops o Do not use the controls on the second pl...

Page 24: ...the CD TEXT disc is also stored automatically Note that you cannot change the Disc Memo of the CD TEXT disc Q You can label discs while the front cover is open Labeling discs on the player Where are Custom Files stored Custom Files are stored not on the disc but in the player S memory Therefore you cannot use Custom Files when you play the disc on other players If you replace discs you have filed ...

Page 25: ...e to be input To add characters Push the JOG dial The new blank space appears next to the selected character then turn the JOG dial until the desired character appears in the display ALL DISCS CD A8 To erase characters Press CLEAR The selected character disappears To make a correction Press CLEAR and begin again by inputting the correct characters 6 Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to input more characters To...

Page 26: ...the disc you want to assign a Disc Memo and then ENTER D Press 3 E Press 3 F J 3 Press MEMO INPUT The flashing cursor L J appears Press 3 To insert a space press SPACE once 4 Press CAPS to find the letter type you want Each time you press the button the letter type changes cyclically among capital letters AB small letters ab and numbers 12 To select a symbol you have to select the capital or small...

Page 27: ...insert and enter a blank space 2 Move the cursor to the blank space you have just entered and enter a character 1 Connect a keyboard to the keyboard jack on the front panel of the player o 0 000 o 0000 o 0000 b Q You can label discs of the second CD player See Labeling discs of the second CD player on page 22 2 After selecting the disc you want on the player press the Enter key 3 Input the charact...

Page 28: ...2 Turn the JOG dial to select the disc you want to assign to a group DISC 20 T Aq llllllll 1 ON 3 Press GROUP FILE Select Gl GS appears in the display 4 Press CLEAR DELETE FILE and OFF appear in the display ALL DISCS CD 20 4 Press one of the GROUP 1 8 buttons to which you want to assign the disc GROUP FILE and the group number appear in the display and the disc is assigned to that group DISC 20 T ...

Page 29: ...change When the cursor position is on the character the character flashes and the cursor position is on the blank space the cursor LJ appears in the display To change characters Turn the JOG dial until the desired character appears in the display To add characters Push the JOG dial The new blank space appears next to the selected character then turn the JOG dial until the desired character appears...

Page 30: ...c You can jump to the next or preceding Disc Memo while scanning Turn the I1 1 l AMS jj dial Storing Your Favorite Tracks Hit List You can store the tracks you play frequently and select those tracks by checking the track numbers or titles see page 31 in the Hit List You can put up to 32 tracks in the Hit List HIT LIST I1 1 l AMS jj MENU NO JOG I I I I I I _ I L J I b o 0 0 0 0 bd o 0 0 0 C C c J ...

Page 31: ... MENU NO while playing a track in the Hit List HIT MEMO appears in the display 2 Push the JOG dial The flashing cursor L J appears in the display 3 Turn the JOG dial until the desired character appears in the display The selected character for the Hit Title flashes As you turn the JOG dial clockwise the characters appear in the following order Turn the JOG dial counterclockwise to go in reverse or...

Page 32: ... a very damp room moisture may condense on the lenses inside the player Should this occur the player may not operate properly In this case leave the player turned on for about an hour until the moisture evaporates On adjusting volume Do not turn up the volume while listening to a portion with very low level inputs or no audio signals If you do the speakers may be damaged when a peak level portion ...

Page 33: ...ge 32 The remote does not function Remove obstacles in the path of the remote and the player Point the remote at the remote sensor iJ on the play er Replace all the batteries in the remote with new ones if they are weak Set the CD 1 2 3 switch on the remote according to the position of the COMMAND MODE selector displayed in the front panel display see page 5 Frequency response Signal to noise rati...

Page 34: ... Shuffle Play 17 Program changing 20 checking 20 erasing 20 R Remote control 4 Repeating 17 Rotary table 7 S Selecting the language 13 Shuffle Play on all discs 17 on 1 disc 18 Specifying the next disc 15 Storing specific tracks 28 T Timer Play 20 Total playing time 12 Troubleshooting 33 u V W Unpacking 4 X Y Z X Fade Play 23 Names of controls Buttons CAPS 26 CHECK 20 28 CLEAR 18 28 CONTINUE 10 20...

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Page 37: ...atibility as the Control System is upgraded to handle new functions In this case however older components will not be compatible with the new functions Do not operate a 2 way remote control unit when the CONTROL AlII jacks are connected via a PC interface kit to a personal computer running MO Editor or similar application Also do not operate the connected component in a manner contrary to the func...

Page 38: ...ys so there is no distinction of IN and OUT jacks If a component has more than one CONTROL AlII jack you can use either one or connect different components to each jack Jacks and connection examples CONTROLAlll 4 CONTROL Am CD player O 1 I 1 0 1 I 1 MD deck On CONTROL A1 jacks and connections It is possible to make connections between CONTROL Al and CONTROL AlII jacks For details regarding particu...

Page 39: ...ion buttons In this case refer to the Operating Instructions supplied with the receiver When recording do not play any components other than the recording source It will cause the automatic function selection to operate Synchronized recording This function lets you conduct synchronized recording between the selected source and recorder components 1 Set the function selector on the amplifier or rec...

Page 40: ...ay the labor charges to any Sony autho rized service facility After the Warranty Period you must pay for all labor charges Sony Electronics Inc Sony warrants this Product including any accessories against defects in material or workmanship as follows Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages or allow limitations on how long an implied warranty last...

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Page 42: ...tions completely before operating the appliance and keep this manual for future reference Carefully observe all warnings precautions and instructions on the appliance and in the operating instructions and adhere to them I _____________ J Sony Corporation 2000 Printed In Malaysia ...