Sony XR-CA440X: MP3 playable CD Unit (optional)

MP3 playable CD Unit (optional): Sony XR-CA440X

Display items

MP3 playable CD Unit

(optional)

Displayable items

Music source

This unit can control external MP3 playable CD

•Function

units. If you connect optional MP3 playable CD

units, you can play a disc containing MP3 files.

1

Album*

(Disc) number

Listening to an MP3 file

1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select

“CD.

Displayable items

2 Press (MODE) repeatedly until the

•Clock

appropriate indication for the MP3

Elapsed playback time

playable CD unit (“CD1,” “CD2,” etc.)

2

Disc name

*

2

appears.

Album name*

2

Playback starts.

Track title*

2

•ID3 tag*

To Press

Stop playback (OFF)

To Press

Skip discs

(1) (–)

Switch display

(DSPL)

Disc selection

(2) (+)

item

Skip albums

(5) (–)

album selection

(6) (+)

Selecting “A.SCRL-ON”

Skip tracks

(SEEK/AMS) (./>)

Automatic

[once for each track]

During playback, press (SEL) and (3)

Music Sensor

simultaneously.

In two seconds the normal display

Fast-forward/

(SEEK/AMS) (m/M)

automatically appears.

reverse

[hold to desired point]

Manual Search

To select “A.SCRL-OFF”, press (SEL) and (3)

simultaneously again.

When the last file on the disc is over

*1 While displaying an ID3 tag, the album number

The file number indication returns to “1,” and

does not appear.

playback restarts from the first file of the disc.

*2 When pressing (DSPL), “NO NAME” indicates that

Notes

there is no disc name, album name, or track title,

If a disc with no MP3 files (tracks) is inserted, “CD

and “NO ID3” indicates that there is no ID3 tag.

appears in the disc type display to start playback but

Notes

there will be no sound.

Some characters cannot be displayed. Characters

Before playing a track, this unit reads all track and

and signs which cannot be displayed appear as “ *.”

album information on the disc. Depending on the

For some ID3 tags with very many characters,

track structure, it may take more than a minute

information may not scroll.

before play begins. During this time, “READ” is

This unit cannot display the artist name for each

displayed. Please wait for play to start automatically

track of an album.

when the reading is complete.

Tip

When Auto scroll is set to OFF and the album/track

name is changed, the album/track name does not

scroll.

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Locating a specific track

— Automatic Music Sensor (AMS)

Playing tracks repeatedly

During playback, press either side of

— Repeat Play

(SEEK/AMS) momentarily for each

You can select:

track you want to skip.

REP-TRACK — to repeat a track.

1

REP-ALBM*

— to repeat an album.

To locate succeeding tracks

2

REP-DISC*

— to repeat a disc.

SEEK

AMS

*1 Available only when optional CD unit with the MP3

file control function is connected.

To locate preceding tracks

*2 Available only when one or more optional CD/MD

units are connected.

During playback, press (3) (REP)

Locating a specific point in a track

repeatedly until the desired setting

— Manual Search

appears in the display.

Repeat Play starts.

During playback, press and hold either

side of (SEEK/AMS). Release when you

To return to normal play mode, select “REP-

have found the desired point.

OFF.

To search forward

SEEK

AMS

Playing tracks in random

To search backward

order

— Shuffle Play

Switching to other discs

You can select:

1

SHUF-ALBM*

— to play the albums in the

During playback, press (1) (DISC –) or

current optional CD unit with the MP3 data

(2) (DISC +) button.

control function in random order.

The desired disc in the current unit begins

2

SHUF-DISC*

— to play the tracks on the

playback.

current disc in random order.

(1) (DISC –): For preceding discs

2

SHUF-CHGR*

— to play the tracks in the

(2) (DISC +): For succeeding discs

current optional CD (MD) unit in random

order.

3

SHUF-ALL*

— to play all the tracks in all the

Switching to other albums.

connected CD (MD) units (including this unit)

During playback, press (5) (ALBM –)

in random order.

or (6) (ALBM +) button.

The desired album in the current unit begins

*1 Available only when optional CD unit with the MP3

file control function is connected.

playback.

*2 Available only when one or more optional CD (MD)

(5) (ALBM –): For preceding albums

units are connected.

*3 Available only when two or more optional CD units,

(6)

(ALBM +): For succeeding albums

or two or more optional MD units are connected.

Album (Disc) number

During playback, press (4) (SHUF)

repeatedly until the desired setting

appears in the display.

Shuffle Play starts.

Track number

To return to normal play mode, select “SHUF-

OFF.

Note

“SHUF-ALL will not shuffle tracks between CD units

and MD units.

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