Sony CMT-CP500MD

Loading the CD

Press CD EJECT

The disc tray slides out.

Load a CD onto the disc tray.

Press CD EJECT

again to close the

disc tray.

Notes

• The disc cannot be viewed through the front

window when a CD single (8 cm CD) is loaded.

• The characters printed on the disc appear upside

down when viewed through the front window.

• If you press CD EJECT Z to open or close the disc

tray while listening to another sound source, the CD
icon lights even if there is no CD in the tray.
To turn off the CD icon, press FUNCTION
repeatedly to switch the function to CD.

Tip

You can stand a CD case upright in the groove on top
of the system.

Load with the
label side up.
When you play
a CD single
(8 cm CD),
load it onto the
inner circle of
the tray.

Conserving power in
standby mode

Even if the system is off, the unit consumes
power to power the clock and to stay
responsive to commands from the remote.
Power saving mode was introduced to reduce
the amount of power consumed during standby.

In this mode, the clock is not displayed.

To change to power saving mode, press
DISPLAY on the remote repeatedly
while the system is off until
demonstration mode and the clock
disappear from the display.

To change the display

Press DISPLAY on the remote repeatedly
while the system is off.

The display changes as follows:

Demonstration mode

t Clock display t

Power saving mode

t Demonstration mode

t …

Tip

The timer continues to operate during power saving
mode.

To cancel power saving mode

Press DISPLAY on the remote repeatedly
while the system is off until demonstration
mode or the clock display appears in the
display.