Sony CDX-M730 User Manual

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Table of Contents

Location of controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

CD Player
CD/MD Unit (optional)

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Locating a disc by name

— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 14

Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 15
Tuning in a station through a list

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

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Automatic retuning for best reception results

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

Receiving traffic announcements

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

Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Tuning in stations by programme type

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

Setting the clock automatically

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

Other Functions

Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . .  20
Adjusting the sound characteristics  . . . . . .  21
Quickly attenuating the sound  . . . . . . . . . .  22
Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Setting the equalizer (EQ7). . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Selecting the spectrum analyzer (SA). . . . . 25
Labelling a Motion Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
Troubleshooting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30