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Storing Information About CDs (Custom Files)

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Assigning discs to groups

1

Press CONTINUE or SHUFFLE before you start
playing.

2

Turn the JOG dial to select the disc you want to
assign to a group.

3

Press GROUP FILE.
“Select G1 – G8” appears in the display.

4

Press one of the GROUP 1 – 8 buttons to which
you want to assign the disc.
“GROUP FILE” and the group number appear in
the display and the disc is assigned to that group.

Deleting discs from a group

• To delete a disc from a group

1 Turn the JOG dial until the disc number you want

to delete from the group appears in the display.

2 Press GROUP FILE.

“Select G1 – G8” appears in the display.

3 Press CLEAR.

“GROUP ERASE” appears in the display.

• To delete all discs from a group, press CLEAR while

holding down whichever GROUP 1 – 8 button you
want to clear.

Grouping Discs (Group File)

You might find that too many discs make it hard to
find the disc you want. This player has a feature that
lets you classify discs into eight groups. One disc can
be put into only one group.
Once you classify discs, you can enjoy Continuous,
Shuffle, or Repeat Play within a certain group (Group
Play).

4

Press CLEAR.
“DELETE FILE” and “OFF” appear in the display.

If you want to recover the track, press CLEAR
again.

5

Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to delete more tracks.

You can recover all the tracks you have deleted

Hold down CLEAR until “ALL ON” appears in the
display.

Note

The deleted tracks are skipped even in the Shuffle or Program
Play mode (when the whole disc containing a Delete Bank is
programmed as one step).

JOG

SHUFFLE

CHECK

1

Press CONTINUE or SHUFFLE before you start
playing.

2

Turn the JOG dial to select the disc.

3

Press CHECK repeatedly until the track you want
to delete appears in the display.

CLEAR

Storing Specific Tracks
(Delete Bank)

You can delete unwanted tracks and store only the
tracks you want. When you select the disc containing a
Delete Bank, the player will play only the remaining
tracks.

CONTINUE

ALL DISCS

CD1

DISC

TRACK

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2 0

1

O N

ALL DISCS

CD1

DISC

TRACK

2 0

2 0

1

O F F

JOG

MENU/NO

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GROUP 1 – 8

CLEAR

GROUP FILE

SHUFFLE

CONTINUE

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Summary of Contents for CDP-CX300 - MegaStorage 300-CD Changer

Page 1: ...3 866 362 14 1 1999 by Sony Corporation CDP CX300 CDP CX691 Compact Disc Player Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...aler or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION You are cautioned that any changes or modification not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment Owner s Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the unit Record the serial number in the space provided below Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding th...

Page 3: ...le Play 17 Creating Your Own Program 18 Playing Using a Timer 20 Controlling Another CD Player Advanced Mega Control 21 Fading In or Out 22 Playing Alternately No Delay Play X Fade Play 23 Controlling the Player from Another unit 23 Storing Information About CDs Custom Files What You Can Do With the Custom Files 24 Labeling Discs Disc Memo 24 Storing Custom File Information Using a keyboard 27 Sto...

Page 4: ...nsert two size AA R6 batteries supplied by matching the and on the batteries to the diagram inside the battery compartment Insert the negative end first then push in and down until the positive end clicks into position When using the remote point it at the remote sensor g on the player What cords will I need Audio cord 1 supplied White L Red R White L Red R When to replace batteries With normal us...

Page 5: ...ion of audio systems composed of separate Sony components For details refer to the supplementary CONTROL A1 Control System instructions When using another Sony CD player together with this player You can make the supplied remote effective only for this player When using the player equipped with the COMMAND MODE selector Set the COMMAND MODE selector of this player to CD 1 and that of another playe...

Page 6: ...230 etc To an AC outlet To an AC outlet Signal flow To audio input To LINE OUT Amplifier CDP CX300 CDP CX230 etc CDP CX300 For details on this connection refer to the supplementary CONTROL A1 Control System instructions 3 Set the COMMAND MODE selector of this player to CD 1 or CD 2 and set the command mode of the second player to CD 3 To an AC outlet For details on how to operate the second player...

Page 7: ...disc has the Disc Memo see page 24 the Disc Memo appears instead of the disc number As you turn the JOG dial the disc number or the Disc Memo changes Disc number or the Disc Memo You can classify discs into eight groups by using the Group File function This feature lets you easily find the disc you want to play For details see Grouping Discs on page 28 3 Turn the JOG dial until you find the disc s...

Page 8: ...er of the disc slot where you have inserted the disc Notes Do not insert an empty 8 cm 3 inch CD adaptor CSA 8 It may damage the player Do not attach anything such as seals or sleeves to CDs It may damage the player or the disc If you drop a disc into the player and or the CD won t go into the slot correctly consult your nearest Sony dealer When transporting the player remove all discs from the pl...

Page 9: ...n close the front cover To remove discs easily After following steps 1 to 3 of Inserting CDs on page 7 press p DISC EJECT The disc in the selected slot moves up and you can remove the disc easily When you press p again the disc returns back to the normal position If the disc does not return back to the normal position reinsert the disc ...

Page 10: ...1 DISC appears alternately in the display 3 When you select ALL DISCS 1 DISC The player plays All discs in the player consecutively in the order of disc number Empty disc slots are skipped Only one disc you have selected Turn the JOG dial until the disc number or the Disc Memo see page 24 you want appears in the display to select the first disc ALL DISCS or the disc you want 1 DISC 4 4 5 5 ALL D I...

Page 11: ... CLOSE P p To Pause Resume playing after pause Go to the next disc Go back to the preceding disc Go to the next track Go back to the preceding track Stop playing and remove the disc You need to Press P Press P or Press DISC SKIP once Hold down the button to skip discs Press DISC SKIP once Hold down the button to skip discs Turn the AMS dial clockwise by one click Turn the AMS dial counterclockwise...

Page 12: ...e information of CD TEXT discs CD TEXT discs have information such as the disc titles or artist names memorized in a blank space on the discs where on normal discs there is no information The display shows the CD TEXT information of the disc so that you can check the current disc title artist name and track title When the player detects a CD TEXT disc CD TEXT appears in the display If your CD TEXT...

Page 13: ... TEXT information when you select a CD TEXT disc with multi language information Once you select the language the display shows the information in the selected language until you turn off the player If the player cannot read the language memorized in a CD TEXT disc other lang appears 1 Press MENU NO in stop mode Select lang flashes 2 Push the JOG dial The current operating language flashes Display...

Page 14: ...ER to start play Locating a disc by scanning each Disc Memo Memo Scan Z You can locate a desired disc to play quickly by scanning the Disc Memos see page 24 in the display Note that you cannot use this function in the ALL DISCS Shuffle Play mode 1 Press MEMO SCAN MEMO SCAN appears in the display and the Disc Memos scroll in the display 2 Press when the Disc Memo of the desired disc to play appears...

Page 15: ... Disc Memos starting with the input character appear in the display ALL DISCS CD1 S S O N Y H I T S Specifying the Next Disc to Play You can specify the next disc to play while playing a disc in Continuous or 1 DISC Shuffle Play mode While playing a disc turn the JOG dial NEXT DISC appears in the display and the disc number or Disc Memo see page 24 changes as you turn the JOG dial When the desired...

Page 16: ...ing the display Z You need to Turn the AMS dial clockwise until you find the track Turn the AMS dial counterclockwise until you find the track Press the number button of the track on the remote When you directly locate a track numbered over 10 press 10 first then the corresponding number buttons Press 0 backward forward on the remote and hold down until you find the point Press 0 backward forward ...

Page 17: ...e Play page 18 Program Play page 18 To cancel Repeat Play Press REPEAT twice Repeating the current track You can repeat only the current track While the track you want is being played press REPEAT repeatedly until REPEAT 1 appears in the display To cancel Repeat 1 Press REPEAT The player repeats All tracks on all discs All tracks on the current disc All tracks on all discs in random order All trac...

Page 18: ...r appears in the display When using the remote press DISC first and then press the number button of the disc 3 Push the JOG dial or press When using the remote press ENTER 1 DISC Shuffle Play starts appears in the display while the player is shuffling the tracks To cancel Shuffle Play Press CONTINUE You can start Shuffle Play while playing Press SHUFFLE and Shuffle Play starts from the current tra...

Page 19: ... play the same program again When you press PROGRAM to select Program Play during Continuous or Shuffle Play The program will be played after the current track The program remains until erased Even if you replace discs the programmed disc and track numbers remain Therefore the player will play the new existing disc and track numbers However the programmed disc and track numbers that are not found ...

Page 20: ... your program before or after you start playing Press CHECK Each time you press this button the display shows the disc and track number of each step in the programmed order When a whole disc is programmed as one step ALL appears instead of the track number After the last step in the program the display shows END and returns to the original display Repeat Steps 2 to 4 5 2 to 5 Erasing the program s...

Page 21: ...nding on the player you may not be able to operate all the functions of the second CD player The controls indicated in the illustration below are effective while the MEGA CONTROL button is lit 2 Select the desired play mode To program tracks use the controls on the second player 3 Press on this player to start playing The play starts and the display shows the current disc track numbers and the pla...

Page 22: ...ing discs of the second CD player You can label discs of the second CD player or change the Disc Memos loaded from the second CD player 1 Press MEGA CONTROL The MEGA CONTROL button lights up 2 Turn the JOG dial to select the disc you want to assign a Disc Memo to If the disc slot you select does not have any disc NO DISC appears in the display and you cannot assign a Disc Memo 3 Press MENU NO MEMO...

Page 23: ... 60 sec N 3 Press to start playing The MEGA CONTROL button lights up while the track in the second player is selected To cancel No Delay X Fade Play Press the corresponding button repeatedly until NO DELAY or X FADE disappears from the display The current player continues playing You can change the method No Delay or X Fade during play Press the corresponding button NO DELAY or X FADE following th...

Page 24: ...XT disc You can label discs while the front cover is open Labeling discs on the player 1 Turn the JOG dial until the disc number to which you want to assign a Disc Memo appears in the display When you label a disc with the front cover closed the disc number of the disc at the playing position appears When you label a disc with the front cover open the disc number at the loading position appears 2 ...

Page 25: ...ly while input characters Press TIME TEXT in step 4 above The character on the cursor changes to the first character of each character type Each time you press TIME TEXT the character type changes as follows ALL DISCS CD1 DISC A B S ALL DISCS CD1 DISC 2 0 S O N Y H I T S Erasing the Disc Memo 1 Follow Steps 1 to 3 in Labeling discs on the player on page 24 to select the Disc Memo you want to erase...

Page 26: ...utton of the disc you want to assign a Disc Memo and then ENTER 3 Press MEMO INPUT The flashing cursor appears 4 Press CAPS to find the letter type you want Each time you press the button the letter type changes cyclically among capital letters AB small letters ab and numbers 12 To select a symbol you have to select the capital or small letter type The selected letter type appears in the upper rig...

Page 27: ...ntil the cursor moves next to the incorrect character Storing Custom File Information Using a Keyboard You can store the Disc Memo for one disc sequentially using an IBM compatible PC keyboard not supplied Power consumption must be 120 mA or less 1 Connect a keyboard to the keyboard jack on the front panel of the player Keyboard jack 2 After selecting the disc you want on the player press the Ente...

Page 28: ...y discs into eight groups One disc can be put into only one group Once you classify discs you can enjoy Continuous Shuffle or Repeat Play within a certain group Group Play 4 Press CLEAR DELETE FILE and OFF appear in the display If you want to recover the track press CLEAR again 5 Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to delete more tracks You can recover all the tracks you have deleted Hold down CLEAR until ALL ON...

Page 29: ...aracters 5 Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to input more characters See also Labeling discs on the player on page 24 for details 6 Press YES to store the Group Memo Changing the Group Memo 1 Follow Steps 1 and 2 in Labeling groups to select the Group Memo you want to change 2 Turn the AMS dial to move the cursor to the position you want to change When the cursor position is on the character the character fla...

Page 30: ...el Group Play press GROUP You can specify the disc to play when starting Group Play After selecting the group turn the JOG dial to select the disc then push the JOG dial or press When using the remote press DISC SKIP repeatedly until the disc number you want appears in the display then press ENTER Note If NO ENTRY appears in the display no disc has been put into the selected group Locating a disc ...

Page 31: ... in the Hit List Hit Title You can label tracks in the Hit List in either of two methods described below Labeling tracks while in play mode 1 Press MENU NO while playing a track in the Hit List HIT MEMO appears in the display 2 Push the JOG dial The flashing cursor appears in the display 3 Turn the JOG dial until the desired character appears in the display The selected character for the Hit Title...

Page 32: ...lation to prevent heat build up in the player Do not place the player on a soft surface such as a rug that might block the ventilation holes on the bottom Do not place the player in a location near heat sources or in a place subject to direct sunlight excessive dust or mechanical shock On operation If the player is brought directly from a cold to a warm location or is placed in a very damp room mo...

Page 33: ...y problem persist consult your nearest Sony dealer There is no sound Check that the player is connected securely Make sure you operate the amplifier correctly The CD does not play There is no CD in a slot NO DISC appears Insert a CD Insert the CD with the label side facing right Clean the CD see page 32 Moisture has condensed inside the player Open the front cover and leave the player turned on fo...

Page 34: ...Delay Play 23 P Q Playback Continuous Play 10 Easy Play 15 Group Play 29 Program Play 18 Repeat Play 17 Shuffle Play 17 Program changing 20 checking 20 erasing 20 R Remote control 4 Repeating 17 Rotary table 7 S Searching See Locating Selecting a disc 14 Selecting the language 13 Shuffle Play on all discs 17 on one disc 18 Specifying the next disc 15 Storing information about CDs 24 specific track...

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