Sony CDX-CA850: Error displays/Messages Error displays RDS Messages
Error displays/Messages Error displays RDS Messages: Sony CDX-CA850
Table of contents
- Welcome !
- Table of Contents
- Location of controls Card remote commander RM-X113
- Main unit
- Precautions Notes on discs
- Getting Started Resetting the unit
- Detaching the front panel
- Setting the clock CD Player CD/MD Unit (optional) Playing a disc
- Playing tracks repeatedly Display items Playing tracks in random order
- Labelling a CD
- Locating a disc by name Selecting specific tracks for playback
- Radio Storing stations automatically
- Receiving the stored stations Storing only the desired stations
- Tuning in a station through a RDS list Overview of RDS
- Automatic retuning for best reception results
- Receiving traffic Presetting RDS stations with announcements AF and TA setting
- Tuning in stations by programme type
- Setting the clock DAB (optional) automatically Overview of DAB
- Basic operations of DAB
- Presetting DAB services Presetting DAB services automatically manually
- Tuning in DAB programme through a list
- Locating a DAB service by programme type (PTY) Switching multi-channel audio and DRC
- By pressing buttons Other Functions Using the rotary commander Inserting the supplied lithium battery
- By rotating the control Changing the operative direction By pushing in and rotating the control
- Adjusting the sound Changing the sound and characteristics display settings Quickly attenuating the sound
- Setting the equalizer Adjusting the equalizer curve
- Selecting the spectrum analyzer Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer (DSO)
- Labelling a Motion Display Additional Information Maintenance
- Removing the unit
- Specifications
- CD/MD playback Troubleshooting General Radio reception
- Error displays/Messages Error displays RDS Messages

The “ST” indication flashes.
• Tune in the frequency accurately.
Error displays/Messages
• The broadcast signal is too weak.
t Set to the monaural reception mode (page
Error displays
27).
(For this unit and optional CD/MD changers)
A programme broadcast in stereo is heard
The following indications will flash for about 5
in monaural.
seconds, and an alarm sound will be heard.
• The unit is in monaural reception mode.
1
Blank*
t Cancel monaural reception mode (page
2
No tracks have been recorded on an MD.*
27).
t Play an MD with recorded tracks on it.
1
Error*
RDS
2
• A CD is dirty or inserted upside down.*
The Seek starts after a few seconds of
t Clean or insert the CD correctly.
listening.
• A CD/MD cannot play because of some
2
The station is non-TP or has weak signal.
problem.*
t Press (AF) or (TA) repeatedly until “AF
t Insert another CD/MD.
off” or “TA off” appears.
High Temp
No traffic announcements.
The ambient temperature is more than 50°C.
• Activate “TA.”
t Wait until the temperature goes down
• The station does not broadcast any traffic
below 50°C.
announcements despite being TP.
NO Disc
t Tune in another station.
No disc is inserted in the CD/MD unit.
PTY displays “--------.”
t Insert discs in the CD/MD unit.
• The current station is not an RDS station.
NO Mag
• RDS data has not been received.
The disc magazine is not inserted in the CD/
• The station does not specify the programme
MD unit.
type.
t Insert the magazine in the CD/MD unit.
Not Ready
The lid of the MD unit is open or the MDs are
not inserted properly.
t Close the lid or insert the MDs properly.
Push Reset
The CD/MD unit cannot be operated because
of some problem.
t Press the RESET button on the unit.
*1 When the CD/MD changer is connected to the unit,
the disc number of the CD or MD appears in the
display.
*2 The disc number of the disc causing the error
appears in the display.
If these solutions do not help improve the
situation, consult your nearest Sony dealer.
Messages
LCL Seek +/–
The Local Seek mode is on during automatic
tuning (page 14).
NO AF
There is no alternative frequency for the
current station.
“” or “”
You have reached the beginning or the end of
the disc and you cannot go any further.
33



