Sony CDX-CA850, Operating Instructions Manual

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Adjusting the sound
characteristics
You can adjust the bass, treble, balance, fader,
and subwoofer volume.
The bass and treble levels and subwoofer volume
can be stored independently for each source.
1
Select the item you want to adjust by
pressing
(SOUND) repeatedly.
Each time you press
(SOUND)
, the item
changes as follows:
BAS (bass) t TRE (treble) t
BAL (left-right) t FAD (front-rear) t
SUB (subwoofer volume)
2
Adjust the selected item by pressing
either side of
(SEEK) .
When adjusting with the rotary commander,
press
(SOUND)
and rotate the VOL control.
Note
Adjust within 3 seconds after selecting the item.
Quickly attenuating the
sound
Press
(ATT)
.
“ATT on” appears in the display momentarily.
To restore the previous volume level, press
(ATT)
again.
Tip
When the interface cable of a car telephone is
connected to the ATT lead, the unit decreases the
volume automatically when a telephone call comes in
(Telephone ATT function).
Changing the sound and
display settings
— Menu
The following items can be set:
Set Up
• Clock (page 9)
• CT (Clock Time) (page 19)
• Beep — to turn the beeps on or off.
• Multi language (language selection) — to
change the display language to English,
German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish,
Portuguese, Swedish, Polish, Czech, or
Turkish.
Display
• D.Info (Dual Information) — to display the
clock and the play mode at the same time (on).
Functions only when SA is not set to B-1 – B-5.
• SA (Spectrum Analyzer) (page 28) — to
change the display pattern of the equalizer
display.
• M.Dspl (Motion Display) — to select the
Motion Display mode from “1,” “2,” and “off.”
– Select “1” to show decoration patterns in the
display and activate Demo display.
– Select “2” to show decoration patterns in the
display and deactivate Demo display.
– Select “off” to deactivate the Motion Display.
The Demo display in the M.Dspl 1 mode will
appear about 10 seconds after the unit is turned
off.
• Dimmer — to change the brightness of the
display.
– Select “Auto” to dim the display only when
you turn the lights on.
– Select “on” to dim the display.
– Select “off” to deactivate the Dimmer.
• Contrast — to adjust the contrast if the
indications on the display are not recognisable
because of the unit’s installation position.
• A.Scrl (Auto Scroll)
– Select “on” to scroll all automatically
displayed names exceeding 8 characters.
– When Auto scroll is set to off and the disc/
track name is changed, the disc/track name
does not scroll.
Sound
• HPF (High pass filter) — to select the cut-off
frequency to “off,” “78 Hz,” or “125 Hz.”
• LPF (Low pass filter) — to select the cut-off
frequency to “78 Hz,” “125 Hz,” or “off.”
• Loud (Loudness) — to enjoy bass and treble
even at low volumes. The bass and treble will
be reinforced.