Sony CDX-CA680X User Manual

Sony

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Table of Contents

Location of controls  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Notes on discs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

CD Player
CD/MD Unit (optional)
(CDX-CA680X)

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Locating a disc by name

— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

CD Player (CDX-L580X)

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 15

Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 16

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF (Alternative Frequencies) . . . . . . 17

Receiving traffic announcements

— TA (Traffic Announcement)/
TP (Traffic Programme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY (Programme types) . . . . . . . . . . 19

Setting the clock automatically

— CT (Clock Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Other Functions

Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . .  20
Adjusting the balance and fader . . . . . . . . .  22
Quickly attenuating the sound  . . . . . . . . . .  22
Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Setting the equalizer (EQ3). . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
Troubleshooting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
Error displays  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29