Sony CDX-CA850: Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Location of controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

DAB (optional)

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Overview of DAB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Basic operations of DAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Presetting DAB services automatically

Getting Started

— BTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Resetting the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Presetting DAB services manually

Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

— Preset Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Tuning in DAB programme through

a list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

CD Player

Switching multi-channel audio and

CD/MD Unit (optional)

DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Locating a DAB service by programme type

Display items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

(PTY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Other Functions

Playing tracks in random order

Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . . 24

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 26

Labelling a CD

Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . 26

— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Changing the sound and display settings

Locating a disc by name

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting the equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Selecting specific tracks for playback

Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

— Bank*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

(DSO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

* Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

Selecting the spectrum analyzer . . . . . . . . . 28

Labelling a Motion Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Radio

Storing stations automatically

Additional Information

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 13

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Receiving the stored stations. . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 14

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Tuning in a station through a list

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Error displays/Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Receiving traffic announcements

— TA/TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Setting the clock automatically

— CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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