Sony CDX-M3DI User Manual

Sony

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Table of Contents

Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
General top menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the clock and the calendar . . . . . . . . 10

CD Player
CD/MD Unit (optional)

Playing a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

— Disc Memo* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Locating a disc by name

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

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Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM) . . . . . . . 15

Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Storing only desired stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Storing station names

— Station Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tuning in a station through a list

— List-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Image Settings

Selecting the display mode

and display pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Clearing display characters automatically

— AutoClear (Spectrum analyzer/
Panorama/Screen Saver mode) . . . . . . . . 21

Changing the translucence ratio of the

characters
—BlendLevel (Spectrum analyzer/
Panorama/Screen Saver mode) . . . . . . . . 21

Setting a Plaque

— Plaque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Setting the character color

— Color Sel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Selecting the display period of the images

— AutoImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Other Functions

Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . . 24
Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Setting the equalizer (EQ7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the front and rear volume . . . . . . 27
Adjusting the volume of

the subwoofer(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting auxiliary audio equipment . . . . 29

Additional Information

Maintenance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Removing the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Error displays/Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34