Sony CDX-M770 RU: Troubleshooting CD/MD playback General Radio reception
Troubleshooting CD/MD playback General Radio reception: Sony CDX-M770 RU
Table of contents
- Welcome !
- Table of Contents
- Location of controls Card remote commander RM-X111
- Main display panel Operation side
- Precautions
- Notes on CDs
- Notes on MDs
- Detaching the main display Getting Started window Resetting the unit
- Setting the clock
- CD/MD Playing a disc
- Display items Playing tracks repeatedly 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
- Tuning up for your best sound Setting the equalizer (EQ7)
- Setting the soundstage menu
- Adjusting the sound characteristics Listening to each programme source in its registered DSO
- Selecting the listening Adjusting the balance position (CDX-M770 only) Adjusting the bass (CDX- M670, MDX-M690 only)
- Adjusting the treble (CDX- Adjusting the front and rear M670, MDX-M690 only) volume (CDX-M770 only) Adjusting the balance (FAD) (CDX-M670, MDX-M690 only)
- Adjusting the volume of the subwoofer(s) Other adjustable items (CDX- M670, MDX-M690 only)
- Other Functions Using the rotary commander
- Quickly attenuating the sound Selecting the spectrum analyzer
- Changing the sound and display settings
- Labelling a Motion Display Connecting auxiliary audio equipment (CDX-M770 only)
- Additional Information Maintenance
- Removing the unit
- Specifications
- Troubleshooting CD/MD playback General Radio reception
- DSP functions (CDX-M770 only) RDS
- Error displays/Messages

The rotary commander RM-X5S cannot be
Troubleshooting
operated.
Rotate the dial at the bottom of the rotary
The following checklist will help you remedy
commander until it can be operated.
problems you may encounter with your unit.
Before going through the checklist below, check
CD/MD playback
the connection and operating procedures.
A disc cannot be loaded.
• Another CD/MD is already loaded.
General
• The CD/MD is forcibly inserted upside down
No sound.
or in the wrong way.
• Press the (+) side of (VOL) to adjust the
Playback does not begin.
volume.
• Dirty or defective disc.
• Cancel the ATT function.
• CD-R that is not finalized, or a CD-RW.
• Set the fader control to the centre position for
• You tried to playback a CD-R not designed
a 2-speaker system.
for audio use.
The message “LP” appears in the display.
• Some CD-Rs may not play due to its
MDLP tracks cannot be played back. (MDX-
recording equipment or the disc condition.
M690 only)
A disc is automatically ejected.
An optional MD unit does not conform to
The ambient temperature exceeds 50°C.
MDLP play back.
t Use this unit to playback the MDLP tracks.
CD will not be ejected.
The operation buttons do not function.
The contents of the memory have been
Press the reset button.
erased.
• The reset button has been pressed.
The sound skips from vibration.
• Store again into the memory.
• (CDX-M770, CDX-M670)
• The power cord or battery has been
The unit is installed at an angle of more than
disconnected.
60°.
• The power connecting cord is not connected
(MDX-M690)
properly.
The unit is installed at an angle of more than
20°.
No beep sound.
• The unit is not installed in a sturdy part of
The beep sound is cancelled (page 34).
the car.
Indications disappear from/do not appear in
The sound skips.
the display.
Dirty or defective disc.
• The clock display disappears if you press
(OFF) for 2 seconds.
Cannot turn off the “--------” indication.
t Press (OFF) again for 2 seconds to
You entered the name edit mode.
display the clock.
t Press (LIST) for 2 seconds.
• Remove the front panel and clean the
connectors. See “Cleaning the connectors”
Radio reception
(page 36) for details.
Preset tuning is not possible.
Stored stations and correct time are erased.
• Store the correct frequency in the memory.
The fuse has blown.
• The broadcast signal is too weak.
Makes noise when the ignition key is in the
ON, ACC, or OFF position.
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The leads are not matched correctly with the
car’s accessory power connector.
No power is being supplied to the unit.
• Check the connection. If everything is in
order, check the fuse.
• The car does not have an ACC position.
t Press (SOURCE) (or insert a disc) to turn
on the unit.
The power is continuously supplied to the
unit.
The car does not have an ACC position.
The power aerial does not extend.
The power aerial does not have a relay box.
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