Sony EX User Manual

Table of Contents

Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
General top menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Basic operations

Listening to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Listening to ATRAC3 files in

“MG Memory Stick” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Listening to radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Selecting the display mode

and display pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Displaying/storing a static image from a

“Memory Stick”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Setting the clock and the calendar . . . . . . . .18

CD/MG-MS Player
CD/MD Unit (optional)

Playing a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Playing an “MG Memory Stick” . . . . . . . . .20
Playing the tracks in “MG Memory Stick”

automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Labelling a CD

— Disc Memo* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Locating a track/disc by name

— List-up*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

* Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

Radio

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM) . . . . . . .24

Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Storing only desired stations . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Tuning in a station through a list

— List-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

RDS

Overview of RDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Receiving traffic announcements

— TA/TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Setting the clock automatically

— CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Image Settings

Customising a wall paper

— Wall Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting a panorama image

— Panorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setting a jacket picture

— Jacket Pic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting a clip motion

— ClipMotion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Displaying an image as a slide show

— Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Deleting the picture data

— Picture Del . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting the display characters

— Char Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Other Functions

Adjusting the sound characteristics. . . . . . . 41
Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organiser

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Setting the equaliser (EQ7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting the front and rear volume . . . . . . 44
Adjusting the volume of

the subwoofer(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Connecting auxiliary audio equipment . . . . 45
Setting the security code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Additional Information