Sony 290 Manual

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Notes on Repeat Play 
• All tracks or files on a disc are played repeatedly up to 
five times.
• You cannot select “REP” and “ALL DISCS SHUF” at 
the same time.
• “REP1” indicates that a single track or file is repeated 
until you stop it.
Notes on playing MP3 discs
• Do not save other types of files or unnecessary folders 
on a disc that has MP3 files.
• Folders that have no MP3 files are skipped.
• MP3 files are played back in the order that they are 
recorded onto the disc.
• The system can only play MP3 files that have a file 
extension of “.MP3”.
• If there are files on the disc that have the “.MP3” file 
extension, but that are not MP3 files, the unit may 
produce noise or may malfunction.
•  The maximum number of:
– folders is 150 (including the root folder).
– MP3 files is 255.
– MP3 files and folders that can be contained on a 
single disc is 300.
– folder levels (the tree structure of files) is 8.
• Compatibility with all MP3 encoding/writing software, 
recording device, and recording media cannot be 
guaranteed. Incompatible MP3 discs may produce 
noise or interrupted audio or may not play at all.
Notes on playing multisession discs
• If the disc begins with a CD-DA (or MP3) session, it is 
recognized as a CD-DA (or MP3) disc, and playback 
continues until another session is encountered.
• A disc with a mixed CD format is recognized as a CD-
DA (audio) disc.
Notes on the Mexican model
• You cannot select the graphic channels of CD-Gs or 
display CD-G images with fading effects.
• Some functions of the unit, when used during CD-G 
disc playback, may cause image distortion in the video 
output .
Listening to the radio
Select “FM” or “AM.”
Press TUNER/BAND 
 repeatedly.
Select the tuning mode.
Press TUNING MODE 
 repeatedly until 
“AUTO” appears. 
Tune in the desired station.
Press +/– (or TUNING +/– on the unit) 
. Scanning stops automatically when a 
station is tuned in, and then “TUNED” and 
“STEREO” (for stereo programs) appear. 
When you tune in a station that provides 
RDS services, the station name appears on 
the display (European model only).
Adjust the volume.
Press VOLUME +/– (or turn the VOLUME 
control on the unit) 
.
To stop automatic scanning
Press 
 
.
To tune in a station with a weak signal
If “TUNED” does not appear and the scanning 
does not stop, press TUNING MODE 
 
repeatedly until “AUTO” and “PRESET” 
disappear, and then press +/– (or TUNING 
+/– on the unit) 
 repeatedly to tune in the 
desired station.
To reduce static noise on a weak FM 
stereo station
Press FM MODE 
 repeatedly until “MONO” 
appears to turn off stereo reception.