Sony CMT-SPZ90DB Leaflet

CMT-SPZ90DB.GB.2-688-578-13(1)

To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover the ventilation of 

the apparatus with newspapers, tablecloths, curtains, etc. 

And do not place lighted candles on the apparatus.
To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not place 

objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on the apparatus.
Connect the unit to an easily accessible AC outlet. Should 

you notice an abnormality in the unit, disconnect the 

main plug from the AC outlet immediately.
Do not install the appliance in a confined space, such as a 

bookcase or built-in cabinet.
Do not expose batteries or apparatus with battery-

installed to excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the 

like.

2-688-578-13(1)

GB

© 2006 Sony Corporation 

Printed in China

This appliance is classified 

as a CLASS 1 LASER 

product. This marking 

is located on the rear 

exterior.

Excessive sound pressure from earphones and 

headphones can cause hearing loss.

The manufacturer of this product is Sony Corporation, 

1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan.

The Authorized Representative for EMC and product 

safety is Sony Deutschland GmbH, Hedelfinger Strasse 

61, 70327 Stuttgart, Germany.

For any service or guarantee matters please refer to 

the addresses given in separate service or guarantee 

documents.

This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates 

that this product shall not be treated as household 

waste. Instead it shall be handed over to the applicable 

collection point for the recycling of electrical and 

electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is 

disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potential 

negative consequences for the environment and human 

health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate 

waste handling of this product. The recycling of materials 

will help to conserve natural resources. For more detailed 

information about recycling of this product, please 

contact your local Civic Office, your household waste 

disposal service or the shop where you purchased the 

product.

Applicable accessories:  Remote commander

A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates 

DVD recorded material on one side with digital 

audio material on the other side. However, since the 

audio material side does not conform to the Compact 

Disc (CD) standard, playback on this product is not 

guaranteed.

This product is designed to playback discs that conform 

to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various 

music discs encoded with copyright protection 

technologies are marketed by some record companies. 

Please be aware that among those discs, there are some 

that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be 

playable by this product.

MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and patents 

licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

Find a location and an orientation that provide good reception, and then set up 

the antenna. 

Keep the antenna away from the speaker cords and the power cord to avoid 

picking up noise.
Before unplugging the FM/DAB antenna, make sure the system is turned off to 

preserve your own FM and DAB settings.

FM/DAB lead antenna

(Extend it horizontally.)

Connect the power cord to a wall socket.

If the plug does not fit the wall socket, detach the supplied plug 

adaptor (only for models equipped with an adaptor).

Right speaker

Wall socket

Left speaker

Slide and remove the battery compartment lid , and 

insert the two supplied R6 (size AA) batteries,  side 

first, matching the polarities shown below. 

• With normal use, the batteries should last for about six months.

• Do not mix an old battery with a new one or mix different types of 

batteries.

• If you do not use the remote for a long period of time, remove the 

batteries to avoid damage from battery leakage and corrosion.

Turn on the system.
Press  (power) .

Select the clock set mode.
Press CLOCK/TIMER SET  on the remote. If the 

current mode appears on the display, press / 

 on the remote repeatedly to select “CLOCK SET” 

and then press ENTER  on the remote.

Set the time.
Press /  on the remote repeatedly to set 

the hour, and then press ENTER  on the remote. 

Use the same procedure to set the minute.

The clock settings are lost when you disconnect the 

power cord or if a power failure occurs.

When you turn on the system for the first time after 

you purchase the system, DAB Automatic Scan starts 

automatically and creates a list of available services.

If you want to run the DAB Automatic Scan again, 

perform the procedure below.

Press DAB AUTO SCAN  on the unit.
“AUTO SCAN” and “PUSH ENTR” appear.

Press PUSH ENTER on the unit (or ENTER on the 

remote) .
Scanning begins. The scanning progress is indicated 

by advancing asterisks. Depending on the DAB 

services available in your area, scanning may take a 

few minutes.

When scanning is complete, a list of available services 

is created.

• If your country or region does not support DAB broadcast, “NO 

SERV” appears.

• Do not press any button on the unit or the remote during DAB 

Automatic Scan. Scanning is interrupted and service list may not be 

created properly. In this case, run the DAB Automatic Scan again.

• If you move to another area, repeat this procedure to store the 

stations for your new area.

• This procedure clears all previously stored presets.

• Before unplugging the DAB antenna, make sure the system is turned 

off to preserve your own DAB settings.

• This tuner does not support data services.

Press the following buttons (or press FUNCTION  

repeatedly).
To select

CD

CD  on the remote.

Tuner

TUNER/BAND .

Tape

TAPE  on the remote.

Component (connected 

using an audio cord)

FUNCTION  repeatedly 

until “AUDIO IN” appears.

Press VOLUME +/– on the remote (or turn the 

VOLUME control on the unit) .

Generate a more 

dynamic sound 

(Dynamic Sound 

Generator X-tra)

DSGX  on the unit.

Set the sound effect

EQ  repeatedly to select 

“BASS” or “TREBLE,” and 

then press +/–  on the 

remote (or EQ LEVEL +/–  

on the unit) repeatedly to 

adjust the level.

Select the CD function.
Press CD  on the remote.

Place a disc.
Press  (CD open/close)  on the unit, and place a 

disc with the label side up on the disc tray.

To insert additional discs, slide the disc tray with your 

finger as shown below.

To close the disc tray, press  (CD open/close)  on 

the unit again.

Do not force the disc tray closed with your finger, as 

this may damage the unit.

Start playback.
Press  (play)  on the remote (or CD/ (play/

pause)  on the unit).

Pause playback

 (pause)  on the remote (or 

CD/ (play/pause)  on the 

unit). To resume play, press the 

button again.

Stop playback

 (stop) .

Select a folder on an 

MP3 disc

 +/– (select folder) . Or 

turn the jog dial  on the unit 

and press PUSH ENTER  on 

the unit (turn the jog dial  on 

the unit during playback until 

“FOLDER” appears, and then 

press PUSH ENTER  on the 

unit to select the desired folder).

Select a track or file

/ (go back/go forward) 



. Or turn the jog dial  on 

the unit and press PUSH ENTER 



 on the unit. To cancel, press 

CANCEL  on the unit.

Find a point in a 

track or file

Hold down / (rewind/

fast forward)  during playback, 

and release the button at the 

desired point.

Select Repeat Play

REPEAT  on the remote 

repeatedly until “REP” or “REP1” 

appears.

Select a disc

Press DISC SKIP  on the 

remote (or DISC 1 – 3  or 

DISC SKIP  (in stop mode) on 

the unit).

Switch to CD 

function from 

another source

Press DISC 1 – 3  on the unit 

(Automatic Source Selection).

Exchange other discs 

while playing

Press EX-CHANGE  on the 

unit.

Press PLAY MODE  repeatedly while the player is 

stopped. You can select normal play (“ALL DISCS” for 

all discs, “1DISC” for a disc, or “ *” for all MP3 files in 

the folder on the disc), shuffle play (“ALL DISCS SHUF,” 

“1DISC SHUF,” or “  SHUF*”), or program play 

(“PGM”).

* When playing a CD-DA disc, 

 (SHUF) Play performs the same 

operation as 1DISC (SHUF) Play.

Only the first 6 characters are displayed when performing the folder 

search, track search, or file search.

• 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.

• “REP 1” indicates that a single track or file is repeated until you stop 

it.

• 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 255 (including the root folder).

– MP3 files is 511.

– MP3 files and folders that can be contained on a single disc is 512.

– 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.

• If the disc begins with a CD-DA (or MP3) session, it is recognized as 

a CD-DA (or MP3) disc, and other sessions are not played back.

• A disc with a mixed CD format is recognized as a CD-DA (audio) 

disc.

Before you can receive DAB, you must complete the 

DAB Automatic Scan procedure (see “Before using the 

system”). 

Select “DAB” or “FM.”
Press TUNER/BAND  repeatedly. 

Select the tuning mode.
Press TUNING MODE  repeatedly until “AUTO” 

appears. 

Tune in the desired station.
Press +/– on the remote (or TUNING +/– on the 

unit) . Scanning stops automatically when a station 

is tuned in, and then “TUNED” (DAB only) and 

“STEREO” (for stereo programs) appear. When you 

tune in a DAB station or an FM station that provides 

RDS services, the service name or station name 

appears on the display.

Press  (stop) .

If the scanning does not stop, press TUNING MODE  

repeatedly until “AUTO” and “PRESET” disappear, and 

then press +/– on the remote (or TUNING +/– on the 

unit)  repeatedly to tune in the desired station.
Notes on listening to DAB stations

• When tuning in a DAB station, it may take a few seconds before you 

hear any sound.

• Primary service is automatically received when secondary service 

ends.

Select the tape function.
Press TAPE  on the remote.

Insert a tape.
Press  PUSH OPEN/CLOSE  on the unit, and 

insert the TYPE I (normal) tape into the cassette 

holder with the side you want to play facing forward. 

Make sure there is no slack in the tape to avoid 

damaging the tape or the tape deck. Press  PUSH 

OPEN/CLOSE  on the unit again to close the 

cassette holder.

Start playback.
Press  (play)  on the remote (or TAPE/ 

(play/pause)  on the unit). 

Pause playback

 (pause)  on the remote (or 

TAPE/ (play/pause)  on 

the unit). To resume play, press the 

button again.

Stop playback

 (stop) .

Rewind or fast 

forward

/ (rewind/fast forward) .

Information on 

the display*

DISPLAY  repeatedly when the 

system is on.

Display mode

(See below.)

DISPLAY  repeatedly when the 

system is off.

* For example, you can view:

– CD/MP3 disc information such as the track or file number, folder 

name (during normal play), or the total play time (while the player 

is stopped)

– DAB station information such as the service name, channel label, 

preset number, frequency, DLS (Dynamic Label Segment), or 

ensemble label

The system offers the following display modes.
Display mode

Clock

The clock is displayed.

Power Saving 

Mode

2)

The display is turned off to conserve 

power. The timer and clock continue 

to operate.

1)

 The STANDBY indicator lights up when the system is off.

2)

 When the system is in Power Saving Mode, the following functions 

are unavailable:

– setting the clock.

– changing the CD power manage function.

• The following are not displayed;

– total playing time for a CD-DA disc depending on the play mode.

– total playing time for an MP3 disc.

– remaining playing time for an MP3 file.

• The following are not displayed correctly;

– elapsed playing time of an MP3 file encoded using a VBR (variable 

bit rate).

– folder and file names that do not follow either the ISO9660 Level 

1, Level 2 or Joliet in the expansion format.

• The following are displayed;

– ID3 tag information for MP3 files when ID3 version 1 and version 

2 tags are used.

– up to 62 characters of ID3 tag information using uppercase letters 

(A to Z), numbers (0 to 9), and symbols (" $ % ’ ( ) * + , – . / < = > 

@ [ \ ] _ ` { | } ! ? ^).

– up to 8 characters of service name, up to 128 characters of DLS 

(Dynamic Label Segment) and up to 16 characters of ensemble 

label using uppercase letters (A to Z), numbers (0 to 9), and 

symbols (" $ % ’ ( ) * + , – . / < = > @ [ \ ] _ ` { | } ! ? ^).

Connect headphones to the PHONES jack  on the 

unit.

Connect additional audio component to the AUDIO 

IN jack  on the unit using an audio analog cord (not 

supplied). Turn down the volume on the system, and 

then press FUNCTION  repeatedly to select the 

AUDIO IN function.

Remove all discs to protect the CD mechanism.

Press CD  on the remote to select the CD function.

Hold down PLAY MODE/TUNING MODE , and press  

DISC 1  until “LOCK” appears.

Unplug the power cord.