Sony CMT-V9 Leaflet

CMT-V9 [GB(Dummy)]  4-423-935-E2 (1)

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

opening of the apparatus with newspapers, tablecloths, 

curtains, etc. Do not place the naked flame sources such 

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

this apparatus to dripping or splashing, and do not place 

objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on the apparatus.
Do not install the appliance in a confined space, such as a 

bookcase or built-in cabinet.
As the main plug of AC adaptor is used to disconnect 

the AC adaptor from the mains, connect it to an easily 

accessible AC outlet. Should you notice an abnormality 

in it, disconnect it from the AC outlet immediately.
Do not expose batteries or apparatus with battery-

installed to excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the 

like.
The AC adaptor is not disconnected from the mains as 

long as it is connected to the AC outlet, even if the main 

unit itself has been turned off.
The nameplate is located on the bottom exterior of the 

main unit and on the surface of the AC adaptor.

The use of optical instruments with this product will 

increase eye hazard.

This appliance is classified 

as a CLASS 1 LASER 

product. This marking 

is located on the bottom 

exterior of the main unit.

This product has been manufactured by or on behalf 

of Sony Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo, 

108-0075 Japan. Inquiries related to product compliance 

based on European Union legislation shall be addressed 

to the authorized representative, Sony Deutschland 

GmbH, Hedelfinger Strasse 61, 70327 Stuttgart, 

Germany. For any service or guarantee matters, please 

refer to the addresses provided in the 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 accessory: Remote commander

This symbol on the battery or on the packaging indicates 

that the battery provided with this product shall not be 

treated as household waste.

On certain batteries this symbol might be used in 

combination with a chemical symbol. The chemical 

symbols for mercury (Hg) or lead (Pb) are added if the 

battery contains more than 0.0005% mercury or 0.004% 

lead.

By ensuring these batteries are disposed of correctly, 

you will help prevent potentially negative consequences 

for the environment and human health which could 

otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of 

the battery. The recycling of the materials will help to 

conserve natural resources.

In case of products that for safety, performance or data 

integrity reasons require a permanent connection with an 

incorporated battery, this battery should be replaced by 

qualified service staff only. To ensure that the battery will 

be treated properly, hand over the product at end-of-life 

to the applicable collection point for the recycling of 

electrical and electronic equipment.

For all other batteries, please view the section on how 

to remove the battery from the product safely. Hand the 

battery over to the applicable collection point for the 

recycling of waste batteries.

For more detailed information about recycling of this 

product or battery, please contact your local Civic Office, 

your household waste disposal service or the shop where 

you purchased the product.

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.

Windows Media is either a registered trademark or 

trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United 

States and/or other countries.

This product is protected by certain intellectual 

property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use or 

distribution of such technology outside of this product 

is prohibited without a license from Microsoft or an 

authorized Microsoft subsidiary.

All other trademarks and registered trademarks are of 

their respective holders. In this manual, 

™

 and 

®

 marks 

are not specified.

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Europe Only

Europe Only

Press   to turn on the system.

Press TIMER MENU  to select the clock set mode.
If “PLAY SET” flashes, press /  repeatedly to 

select “CLOCK,” and then press   (enter) .

Press 

/  repeatedly to set the hour, then press 

 (enter) .

Use the same procedure to set the minutes.

The clock settings are reset when you disconnect the power cord or if 

a power failure occurs.

Press DISPLAY . The clock is displayed for about 

8 seconds.

Select the CD function.
Press CD FUNCTION  on the remote or press 

FUNCTION  on the unit repeatedly.

Open the CD door.
Press  (Open/Close)  on the unit.

 (Open/Close) 

Set a disc.
Push the center part of the disc with two fingers until 

the disc snaps into its mounted position.

Set a disc with the 

label side facing 

forward.

Close the CD door.
Press  (Open/Close)  on the unit.

“READING” appears.

Start playback.
Press   on the remote or press   on the 

unit.

Press  (Open/Close)  on the unit and remove the 

disc by pulling up the edge of the disc while holding one 

finger against the spindle.
Notes

The system will automatically close the CD door  if a few minutes 

elapse of no operation with the CD door open.

Do not set a disc with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart, square, star). 

The disc may fall into the system and cause irreparable damage.

If you press /  with the CD door open, the system will 

automatically close the CD door.

Do not use a disc with tape, seals or paste on it as this may cause a 

malfunction.

When you eject a disc, handle the disc by its edge. Do not touch the 

surface.

Pause playback

 (or   on the unit). To 

resume play, press the button again.

Stop playback

 .

Select a folder on 

an MP3 disc

 +/ .

Select a track or 

file

/ // .

Find a point in a 

track or file 

Hold down /  (or 

/  on the unit) during 

playback, and release the button at 

the desired point.

Select Repeat Play REPEAT  repeatedly until “ ” or 

“ 1” appears.

Eject a disc

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  on the unit.

Press PLAY MODE  repeatedly while the player is 

stopped. You can select Normal Play mode (“Normal” 

or “FLDR” for all MP3 files in the folder on the disc), 

Shuffle Play mode (“SHUF” or “FLDR SHUF*” for folder 

shuffle), or Program Play mode (“PGM”).

* When playing a CD-DA (audio) disc, FLDR (SHUF) Play performs 

the same operation as normal (SHUF) Play.

“

” indicates that all tracks or files will be repeated until you stop 

playback.

“

1” indicates that a single track or file will be repeated until you 

stop playback.

When Shuffle Play mode is set to “SHUF,” the system shuffle-plays 

all tracks or files on the disc. When Shuffle Play mode is set to 

“FLDR SHUF,” the system shuffle-plays all tracks or files in selected 

folder. 

When you turn off the system, the selected Shuffle Play mode 

(“SHUF” or “FLDR SHUF”) is cleared and the play mode returns to 

Normal Play mode (“FLDR”).

Do not save other types of tracks or files, or unnecessary folders on a 

disc that has MP3 files.

Folders that have no MP3 files are skipped.

The system can only play MP3 files that have a file extension of 

“.mp3.”

Even when file name has the “.mp3” file extension, if the actual 

file differs, playing this file may generate a loud noise which could 

damage the system may malfunction.

The maximum number of:

 255* folders (including the root folder)

 512 MP3 files

 512 MP3 files in a single folder

 9 folder levels (in the tree structure of files)

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 Power (DC IN 9.5 V)

Connect the AC adaptor to the unit.

Plug the AC adaptor into a wall outlet.

 AUDIO IN jack

Connect an external audio component.

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.

*  This include folders that have no MP3 or other files. The number 

of folders that the system can recognize may be less than actual 

number of folders, depending on the folder structure.

Select the CD function.
Press CD FUNCTION  on the remote or press 

FUNCTION  on the unit repeatedly.

Select the play mode.
Press PLAY MODE  repeatedly until “PGM” 

appears while the player is stopped.

Select a folder (MP3 disc only).
Press   +/  repeatedly to select the desired 

folder.

Select the desired track or file number.
Press /  repeatedly until the desired track 

or file number appears.

Selected track or file 

number

Total playing time

Total playing time for all the programmed tracks or 

files, including the selected track or file, is displayed at 

right on the panel.

Program the selected track or file.
Press    to enter the selected track or file.

“--.--” appears when the total playing time exceeds 

100 minutes for an CD or when you program MP3 

files.

Repeat steps 3 through 5 to program additional 

tracks or files, up to a total of 25 tracks or files.

To play your program of tracks or files, press   

(or   on the unit).
The program remains available until you remove the 

disc from the disc compartment  or unplug the 

power cord.  

To play the same program again, press   (or  

 on the unit).

Press PLAY MODE  repeatedly until “PGM” 

disappears while the player is stopped.

Press CLEAR  while the player is stopped.

Select the TUNER function.
Press TUNER FM/AM FUNCTION  on the remote 

repeatedly or press FUNCTION  on the unit 

repeatedly.

Perform tuning.

Press TUNING MODE  repeatedly until “AUTO” 

appears, and then press +/ . Scanning stops 

automatically when a station is tuned in, and 

“TUNED” and “STEREO” (for stereo programs only) 

light up in the display.

If “TUNED” does not light up and the scanning does 

not stop, press   to stop scanning, then perform 

manual tuning (below).

When you tune in a station that provides RDS 

services, information such as the service name or 

station name is provided by broadcasts.

Press TUNING MODE  repeatedly until 

“MANUAL” appears, and then press +/  

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.

Tune in the desired station.

Press TUNER MEMORY  to select the tuner 

memory mode.

Preset number

Press +/  or ///  repeatedly to select 

the desired preset number.
If another station is already assigned to the selected 

preset number, the station is replaced by the new 

station.

Press    to register the station.

Repeat steps 1 through 4 to register other stations.
You can preset up to 20 FM and 10 AM stations.

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 To AC Adaptor
 AM loop antenna
 FM lead antenna (Extend it horizontally.)

 Display panel

When the system is powered up, the setting status appears on the display panel.

When the system goes to Standby mode, the setting status disappears from the display panel.

Remote sensor

CD door

(CD compartment)

Remote indicator

 Remote indicator

Lights in amber when a signal is received from the remote.

This manual mainly explains operations using the 

remote, but the same operations can also be performed 

using the buttons on the unit having the same or similar 

names.

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 6 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.

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 Antennas

Find a location and an orientation that provide good 

reception, and then set up the AM antenna.

Keep the antenna away from the power cord to avoid 

picking up noise.

If you registered a radio station to a preset number 1 

to 6, the radio station will be tuned in by just pressing 

the TUNER MEMORY NUMBER (1 to 6)  when the 

system function is set to AM or FM.
If you registered a radio station to a preset number 7 

or higher, press TUNING MODE  repeatedly until 

“PRESET” appears then press +/  repeatedly to 

select the desired preset number.

The audio format that can be played back on this system 

is MP3/WMA*.

*

  Files with DRM (Digital Rights Management) copyright protection 

or files downloaded from an online music store cannot be played 

on this system. If you try to play one of these files, the system plays 

the next unprotected audio file.

Check the websites below for the information about 

compatible USB devices.

For customers in Europe and Russia:

<http://support.sony-europe.com/>
For customers in Latin America:

<http://www.sony-latin.com/index.crp>
For customers in Asia and other countries/regions:

<http://www.sony-asia.com/support>

Select the USB function.
Press USB FUNCTION  on the remote or press 

FUNCTION  on the unit repeatedly.

Connect the USB device to the   (USB) port .

Start playback.
Press   on the remote or press   on the 

unit.

Pause playback

 (or   on the unit). To 

resume play, press the button again.

Stop playback

 . To resume play, press  

*

1

 (or   on the unit). To 

cancel resume play, press   

again*

2

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Select a folder

 +/  repeatedly.

Select a file

/ // .

Find a point in 

a file

Hold down /  or / 

 (or /  on the unit) 

during playback, and release the 

button at the desired point.

Select Repeat Play REPEAT  repeatedly until “ ” or 

“ 1” appears.

*

1

 When playing a VBR MP3/WMA file, the system may resume 

playback from a different point.

*

2

 Resume play returns to the top folder.

Press PLAY MODE  repeatedly while the player is 

stopped. You can select Normal Play mode (playback 

in sequence of all files on the USB device), Folder 

Play mode (“FLDR” for all files in the specified folder 

on the USB device), Shuffle Play mode (“SHUF” or 

“FLDR SHUF” for folder shuffle), or Program Play mode 

(“PGM”).
Note on the play mode

When you turn off the system, the selected Shuffle Play mode 

(“SHUF”) is cleared and the play mode returns to Normal Play mode.

When Shuffle Play mode is set to “SHUF,” the system shuffle-plays 

all audio files on the USB device. When Shuffle Play mode is set to 

“FLDR SHUF,” the system shuffle-plays all audio files in selected 

folder.

When you turn off the system, the selected Shuffle Play mode 

(“SHUF” or “FLDR SHUF”) is cleared and the play mode returns to 

Normal Play mode (“FLDR”).

If you select “

” when the system is in Normal Play mode, the 

system executes repeat play of all audio files in the USB device until 

you stop playback. If you select “

” when the system is in Folder 

Play mode, the system executes repeat play of all audio files in the 

selected folder until you stop playback.

If you select “

1,” the system executes continuous repeat play of 

the selected file until you stop playback. 

The playback order for the system may differ from the playback 

order of the connected digital music player.

Be sure to turn off the system before removing the USB device. 

Removing the USB device while the system is turned on may corrupt 

the data on the USB device.

When USB cable connection is necessary, connect the USB cable 

supplied with the USB device to be connected. See the operation 

manual supplied with the USB device to be connected for details on 

the operation method.

It may take time before “READING” appears, depending on the type 

of USB device connected.

The system does not support a USB hub. Do not connect the USB 

device through a USB hub.

When the USB device is inserted, the system reads all the files on the 

USB device. If there are many folders or files on the USB device, it 

may take a long time to finish reading the USB device.

With some connected USB devices, after an operation is performed, 

there may be a delay before it is performed by this system.

Compatibility with all encoding/writing software cannot be 

guaranteed. If audio files on the USB device were originally encoded 

with incompatible software, those files may produce noise or 

interrupted sound, or may not be played back at all.

This system cannot play audio files on the USB device in the 

following cases:

 when the total number of audio files in a folder exceeds 999

 when the total number of audio files on a USB device exceeds 

3000

 when the total number of folders on a USB device exceeds 1000 

(including the “ROOT” folder and empty folders)

  These numbers may vary depending on the file and folder structure. 

Do not save other types of files or unnecessary folders on a USB 

device that has audio files.

The system can play back to a depth of 9 folders only (including the 

“ROOT” folder).

This system does not necessarily support all the functions provided 

in a connected USB device.

Folders that have no audio files are skipped.

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4-423-935-E2 (1)

Micro HI-FI

Component System

GB

 Operating Instructions

©2012   Sony Corporation     Printed in China

CMT-V9