Sony CDX-MP80

Sony

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Table of Contents

Location of controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Precautions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on discs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About MP3 files  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

CD Player
CD/MD Unit (optional)

Playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Playing tracks in random order

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

— Disc Memo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Locating a disc by name

— List-up* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Functions available with optional CD/MD unit

Storing stations automatically

— Best Tuning Memory (BTM). . . . . . . 16

Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Storing only desired stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tuning in a station through a list

— List-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

RDS

Overview of RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Automatic retuning for best reception results

— AF function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Receiving traffic announcements

— TA/TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Presetting RDS stations with AF and TA

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Tuning in stations by programme type

— PTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Setting the clock automatically

— CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Other Functions

Using the rotary commander. . . . . . . . . . . .  22
Adjusting the sound characteristics  . . . . . .  23
Quickly attenuating the sound  . . . . . . . . . .  23
Changing the sound and display settings

— Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Setting the Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

(DSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting the equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adjusting the front and rear volume . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the volume of the

subwoofer(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Selecting the spectrum analyzer . . . . . . . . . 28
Labelling a Demo display

— Appearing Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting auxiliary audio equipment . . . . 29

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
Troubleshooting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33