Sony CDX-GT550 User Manual
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Model Name Using Similar Mechanism
CDX-A250/A250EE
CD Drive Mechanism Type
MG-611WA-186//Q
Optical Pick-up Name
KSS1000E
SERVICE MANUAL
US Model
CDX-GT50W/GT500
Canadian Model
AEP Model
UK Model
CDX-GT500
E Model
CDX-GT550
East European Model
CDX-GT500EE
Chinese Model
CDX-GT550
CDX-GT50W/GT500/
GT500EE/GT550
SPECIFICATIONS
• The tuner and CD sections have no adjustments.
Sony Corporation
eVehicle Division
Published by Sony Engineering Corporation
9-887-003-01
2005L04-1
© 2005. 12
FM/MW/LW COMPACT DISC PLAYER
CDX-GT500: AEP, UK MODEL
FM/AM COMPACT DISC PLAYER
CDX-GT50W/GT500: US, Canadian MODEL/GT500EE/GT550
AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS (US Model)
POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION
23.2 watts per channel minimum continuous average power into
4 ohms, 4 channels driven from 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no more
than 5% total harmonic distortion.
23.2 watts per channel minimum continuous average power into
4 ohms, 4 channels driven from 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no more
than 5% total harmonic distortion.
CD player section
Signal-to-noise ratio:
120 dB
Frequency response:
10 – 20,000 Hz
Wow and flutter:
Below measurable limit
Tuner section
FM
Tuning range:
CDX-GT50W/GT500: US Canadian model
87.5 – 107.9 MHz
CDX-GT500: AEP, UK model
87.5 – 108.0 MHz
CDX-GT500EE:
FM1/FM2: 87.5 – 108.0 MHz (at 50 kHz step)
FM3: 65 – 74 MHz (at 30 kHz step)
CDX-GT550:
87.5 – 108.0 MHz (at 50 kHz step)
87.5 – 107.9 MHz (at 200 kHz step)
87.5 – 107.9 MHz
CDX-GT500: AEP, UK model
87.5 – 108.0 MHz
CDX-GT500EE:
FM1/FM2: 87.5 – 108.0 MHz (at 50 kHz step)
FM3: 65 – 74 MHz (at 30 kHz step)
CDX-GT550:
87.5 – 108.0 MHz (at 50 kHz step)
87.5 – 107.9 MHz (at 200 kHz step)
FM tuning interval (CDX-GT550 only):
50 kHz/200 kHz switchable
Antenna terminal:
External antenna connector
Intermediate frequency:
10.7 MHz/450 kHz
Usable sensitivity:
9 dBf
Selectivity:
75 dB at 400 kHz
Signal-to-noise ratio:
67 dB (stereo), 69 dB (mono)
Harmonic distortion at 1 kHz:
0.5 % (stereo), 0.3 % (mono)
Separation:
35 dB at 1 kHz
Frequency response:
30 – 15,000 Hz
AM (CDX-GT50W/GT500: US, Canadian model/GT500EE/GT550)
Tuning range:
CDX-GT50W/GT500: US, Canadian model:
530 – 1,710 kHz
CDX-GT500EE:
531 – 1,602 kHz
CDX-GT550:
531 – 1,602 kHz (at 9 kHz step)
530 – 1,710 kHz (at 10 kHz step)
530 – 1,710 kHz
CDX-GT500EE:
531 – 1,602 kHz
CDX-GT550:
531 – 1,602 kHz (at 9 kHz step)
530 – 1,710 kHz (at 10 kHz step)
AM tuning interval (CDX-GT550 only):
9 kHz/10 kHz switchable
Antenna terminal:
External antenna connector
Intermediate frequency:
10.7 MHz/450 kHz
Sensitivity:
30 µV
MW/LW (CDX-GT500: AEP, UK model)
Tuning range:
MW: 531 – 1,602 kHz
LW: 153 – 279 kHz
LW: 153 – 279 kHz
Aerial terminal:
External aerial connector
Intermediate frequency:
10.7 MHz/450 kHz
Sensitivity:
MW: 30 µV, LW: 40 µV
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Photo: CDX-GT500