Sony XR-CA600X User Manual

Sony

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Table of Contents

Location of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Getting Started

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

Cassette Player

Listening to a tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Playing a tape in various modes . . . . . . . . . . 9

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 10

Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Storing only the desired stations . . . . . . . . . 11
Tuning in a station through a list

(XR-CA600X/CA600V/CA600 only)
— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Receiving traffic announcements

— TA/TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Presetting RDS stations with

AF and TA setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Setting the clock automatically

— CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Other Functions

Using the rotary commander . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . . 17
Quickly attenuating the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Selecting the sound position

— My Best sound Position (MBP) . . . . . 19

Setting the equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

CD/MD Unit (optional)
(XR-CA600X/CA600V/CA600 only)

Playing a CD or MD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Playing tracks in random order

— Shuffle Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

— Disc Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Locating a disc by name

— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Selecting specific tracks for playback

— Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
Troubleshooting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
Error displays  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28