Sony CMT-HPR99XM Manual

CMT-HPR99XM.GB.2-668-125-11(1)

WARNING

The use of optical instruments with this product will 
increase eye hazard.

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Hooking up the system securely

This symbol is intended to alert the 
user to the presence of uninsulated 
“dangerous voltage” within the 
product’s enclosure that may be of 
sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk 
of electric shock to persons.

This symbol is intended to alert the 
user to the presence of important 
operating and maintenance (servicing) 
instructions in the literature 
accompanying the appliance.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply 
with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant 
to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed 
to provide reasonable protection against harmful 
interference in a residential installation. This equipment 
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy 
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the 
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio 
communications. However, there is no guarantee that 
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If 
this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio 
or television reception, which can be determined by 
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged 
to try to correct the interference by one or more of the 
following measures:
– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
– Increase the separation between the equipment and 

receiver.

– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit 

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV 

technician for help.

You are cautioned that any changes or modifications 
not expressly approved in this manual could void your 
authority to operate this equipment.

This reminder is provided to call the CATV system 
installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC 
that provides guidelines for proper grounding and, 
in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be 
connected to the grounding system of the building, as 
close to the point of cable entry as practical.

ENERGY STAR

®

 is a U.S. registered 

mark. As an ENERGY STAR

®

 partner, 

Sony Corporation has determined that 
this product meets the ENERGY STAR

®

 

guidelines for energy efficiency.

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.

• ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and their logos are 

trademarks of Sony Corporation.

• SonicStage and SonicStage logo are trademarks or 

registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

• MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and patents 

licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

• The XM name and related logos are registered 

trademarks of XM Satellite Radio Inc.

Antennas

Find a location and an orientation that provide good 
reception, and then set up the antenna.
Keep the antennas away from the speaker cords and 
the power cord to avoid picking up noise.

FM lead antenna

(Extend it horizontally.)

AM loop antenna

Power

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

Basic Operations

Before using the system

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.

XM Radio is the satellite radio service with millions of listeners 
across the U.S. Broadcasting live daily. XM Radio offers 160 
digital radio channels offering music, news, sports, comedy, talk, 
entertainment, traffic and weather reports, with high quality digital 
sound.

XM $12.95 monthly service subscription sold separately. XM 
Connect and Play (TM) antenna required to receive XM service (sold 
separately). Installation costs and other fees and taxes, including a 
one-time activation fee may apply. Subscription fee is consumer only. 
All fees and programming subject to change. Channels with frequent 
explicit language are indicated with an XL. Channel blocking is 
available for XM radio receivers by calling 1-800-XMRADIO. 
Subscriptions subject to Customer Agreement available  
at xmradio.com. XM service only available in the 48 contiguous 
United States. XM Ready and XM Connect-and-Play are trademarks 
of XM Satellite Radio Inc. (C)2005 XM Satellite Radio Inc. All rights 
reserved.

Find the 8-character XM Radio ID of the Connect-and-Play antenna. 
With the Connect-and-Play antenna connected to the unit, the Radio 
ID can be found by selecting channel 0 on the radio. Press >10, 10/0, 
10/0, 10/0 

 on the remote in that order to select channel 0.

Record the Radio ID here for reference: _______________________.  
(NOTE: The XM Radio ID does not use the letters I, O, S, or F.)
Activate your XM Satellite Radio service online  
at http://activate.xmradio.com or by calling 1-800-XMRADIO  
(1-800-967-2346). You will need a major credit card.
XM will send a signal from the satellites to activate the full channel 
lineup. Activation normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, but during peak 
busy periods, you may need to keep your player on for up to an hour. 
When you can access the full channel lineup on your player, you’re 
done.

• To ensure optimal reception of XM’s satellite signal, move your 

antenna to various window locations around your home to see 
where the best reception will be received. Most XM customers 
place the antenna in a south-facing window with a clear view to the 
sky.

• Residents in Canada please see information about XM Canada at 

the following webpage: (http://www.xmradio.ca/)

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.
When you turn off the system after setting the clock, 
the clock display appears instead of the demonstration 
display.
The clock settings are lost when you disconnect the 
power cord or if a power failure occurs.

Selecting a music source

Press the following buttons (or press FUNCTION  on 
the remote repeatedly).

CD

CD  on the remote.

Tuner

TUNER/BAND .

Component (connected 
using an audio cord)

AUDIO IN .

Adjusting the sound

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  on the remote 
repeatedly to select “BASS” 
or “TREBLE,” and then 
press +/–  on the remote 
repeatedly to adjust the level.

Playing a CD/ATRAC/MP3 disc

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 “ATRAC” disc or 
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 
“GROUP” 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  repeatedly until 
“REP” or “REP1” appears.

Select a disc

DISC SKIP  on the remote (or 
DISC 1 – 5  or DISC SKIP  
(in stop mode) on the unit).

Switch to CD 
function from 
another source

DISC 1 – 5  on the unit 
(Automatic Source Selection).

Exchange other 
discs while playing

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 “ATRAC” 

files and 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.

Press the number buttons  on the remote during 
normal play. For example, to enter 20, press >10, 2, 10/0, 
in that order.

You can create an “ATRAC” disc and MP3 disc with the 
SonicStage software. SonicStage can be 
downloaded free of charge from the following sites and 
installed on your computer.
For customers in the U.S.A.:
<http://www.sony.com/shelfsupport>
For customers in Canada:
<http://www.sony.ca/ElectronicsSupport/>
Please see the instructions at the sites or SonicStage Help 
of the software for how to install and how to create an 
“ATRAC”/MP3 disc.

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 “ATRAC” and MP3 files.

• Folders that have no “ATRAC” and MP3 files are skipped.
• “ATRAC” and 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:

– “ATRAC” folders is 255.
– “ATRAC” files is 999.
– MP3 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 “ATRAC” files and MP3 files are recorded on the same disc, this 

system plays the “ATRAC” files first.

• If the disc begins with a CD-DA (or “ATRAC”/MP3) session, it is 

recognized as a CD-DA (or “ATRAC”/MP3) disc, and other sessions 
are not played back.

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

disc.

Listening to the radio

To listen to FM or AM

Select “FM” or “AM.”
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” and “STEREO” (for 
stereo programs) appear. 

Press 

 (stop) .

If “TUNED” does not appear and 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.

Press FM MODE  repeatedly until “MONO” appears 
to turn off stereo reception.

To listen to XM

You can operate and listen to the XM satellite Radio by 
connecting your XM Connect-and-Play antenna. Before 
using the system, connect the XM Connect-and-Play 
antenna to the XM jack of the system (see “Hooking up 
the system securely”).

Select “XM.”
Press XM on the remote (or TUNER/BAND 
repeatedly) .

Select the All Channel mode.
Press TUNING MODE  repeatedly until “CAT” 
and “PRESET” disappear.

Tune in the desired channel.
Press +/– on the remote (or TUNING+/– on the unit) 

 repeatedly.

Press XM on the remote (or TUNER/BAND 

repeatedly) .

Press TUNING MODE  repeatedly until “CAT” 

appears.

Press CATEGORY +/– on the remote (or CAT 

+/– on the unit)  repeatedly.

Press +/– on the remote (or TUNING +/– on the 

unit)  repeatedly.

Press the number buttons  on the remote. For example, 
to enter 20, press >10, 10/0, 2, 10/0, in that order. You 
cannot enter 255 or more.

• If you select a channel that is not broadcasted, “OFF AIR” appears 

and the previous channel is selected.

• If you select a channel using the number buttons in Category mode, 

the tuning mode changes to All Channel mode automatically.

Changing the display

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/“ATRAC”/MP3 disc information, 

such as the track or file number or folder name during normal play, 
or the total play time while the player is stopped. You can also view 
XM radio information, such as the channel name, song title and 
artist name.

The system offers the following display modes.

Demonstration

The clock display is replaced by 
lighting and flashing of the display 
window.

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 AM tuning interval
– 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 “ATRAC”/MP3 disc.
– remaining playing time for an MP3 file.

• The following are not displayed correctly;

– elapsed playing time of an “ATRAC” file or 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 “ATRAC” files and 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 (" $ % ’ ( ) * + , – . / < = 
> @ [ \ ] _ ` { | } ! ? ^).

Using optional audio 

components

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  on the remote repeatedly to select 
the AUDIO IN function.

When carrying this system

Remove all discs to protect the CD mechanism.

Press CD  on the remote to select the CD 

function.

Hold down 

 (stop)  on the unit, and press  

DISC 1  until “LOCK” appears.

Unplug the power cord.

or

Brown side for 

other regions

White side for North 

American model

Speakers

Owner’s Record

The model and serial numbers are located on the rear of the unit. Record these numbers in the space 
provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product.
Model No. ______________  Serial No. ______________

XM Connect-and-Play 

antenna (not supplied)

XM antenna

Connect the XM Connect-and-Play antenna. 
For details, see “To receive the XM Satellite Radio.”