Sony CDX-CA850: Setting the clock DAB (optional) automatically Overview of DAB
Setting the clock DAB (optional) automatically Overview of DAB: 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
Setting the clock
DAB (optional)
automatically
You can connect an optional DAB tuner to this
— CT
unit.
The CT (Clock Time) data from the RDS
transmission sets the clock automatically.
1
During radio reception, press
(MENU)
,
Overview of DAB
then press either side of
(DISC)
repeatedly until “CT off” appears.
DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) is a new
multimedia broadcasting system that transmits
audio programmes with a quality comparable to
that of CDs. This is made possible by the use of a
microcomputer in the DAB tuner which uses the
radio signals sent from multiple aerials and
multi-path signals (reflected radio waves) to
boost the strength of the main signal. This makes
2 Press the (+) side of (SEEK) repeatedly
DAB almost immune to radio interference even
until “CT on” appears.
in a moving object such as a car.
The clock is set.
3 Press (ENTER) to return to the normal
Each DAB station bundles radio programmes
display.
(services) into an ensemble which it then
broadcasts. Each service contains one or more
To cancel the CT function, select “CT off” in step
components. All ensembles, services, and
2.
components are identified by name, so you can
access any of them without having to know their
Notes
frequencies.
• The CT function may not work even though an RDS
station is being received.
• There might be a difference between the time set by
DAB programme
the CT function and the actual time.
Ensemble
Service
Service
Service
Component
Component
Component
Notes
• The DAB system is still in a testing phase. Some
services have not been sufficiently defined or are
presently being tested. At present, such services are
not supported by the optional DAB tuner unit XT-
100DAB.
• DAB programmes are broadcast in Band-III (174 to
240 MHz) and L-Band (1,452 to 1,492 MHz), with
each band divided into channels (41 in Band-III and
23 in L-Band). One ensemble is broadcast per
channel by each DAB station.
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