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Getting Started

Preparation

Stack the components vertically in the order
shown in the illustration below.

Connect the system cables to the
SYSTEM CONTROL connectors on
each component.

Connect the tuner and
amplifier

Connect the system cable on the amplifier to
the SYSTEM CONTROL 1 (white)
connector on the tuner.

SYSTEM CONTROL 1

Tuner

Amplifier

CD player

Tape deck

Connect the tuner and CD
player

Connect the supplied system cable to the
SYSTEM CONTROL 2 (black) connectors
on the tuner and on the CD player.

Connect the tuner and tape
deck

Connect the supplied system cable to the
SYSTEM CONTROL 3 (red) connectors on
the tuner and on the tape deck.

Notes

• The system cable is used to send signals and

electricity between the components for
interlinked operation.
Be sure to insert the connector horizontally
until it clicks into place. Otherwise the system
will not operate correctly.

• Keep the system cable away from the aerials

to prevent noise or malfunction.

Connect the speakers.

Connect the speaker cords to the SPEAKER
terminals on the amplifier and to the
terminals on the speakers as shown below.

–

R +

L +

–

Clear (

)

Red line (

)

Insert this
portion

continued

Summary of Contents for CMT-SP55TC

Page 1: ...Operating Instructions Micro Hi Fi Component System 4 230 235 11 1 2000 Sony Corporation CMT SP55TC ...

Page 2: ...liance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT MARKING is located on the rear exterior This system is equipped with the Dolby B type noise reduction system Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories ...

Page 3: ... on a tape CD TAPE Synchro Recording 20 Recording your favourite portions on a tape Manual Recording 21 Recording from the radio Manual Recording 22 Tuner Presetting radio stations 24 Listening to the radio Preset Tuning 25 Labelling the preset stations Station Name 27 Using the Radio Data System RDS 28 Timer Other Features Falling asleep to music Sleep Timer 29 Waking up to music Daily Timer 30 T...

Page 4: ...g the supplied cords and accessories Note Be sure to hook up the system with the mains lead unplugged from the mains Hooking up the system with the mains lead plugged in may cause the system to malfunction AM loop aerial Right speaker CMT SP55TC rear panel FM aerial Left speaker Tuner Amplifier CD player Tape deck ...

Page 5: ...nnectors on the tuner and on the CD player Connect the tuner and tape deck Connect the supplied system cable to the SYSTEM CONTROL 3 red connectors on the tuner and on the tape deck Notes The system cable is used to send signals and electricity between the components for interlinked operation Be sure to insert the connector horizontally until it clicks into place Otherwise the system will not oper...

Page 6: ...the mains lead to the mains The supplied speakers can be used as either the left or right speakers Place the speaker connected to the SPEAKER R terminals on the right side and the speaker connected to the SPEAKER L terminals on the left side of the system L left R right Notes Keep the speaker cords away from the aerials to prevent noise Be sure to connect both left and right speakers Otherwise no ...

Page 7: ...mponents side by side Once you have finished the connections you can rearrange the components as desired Inserting two R6 size AA batteries into the remote Tip With normal use the batteries should last for about six months When the remote no longer operates the system replace both batteries with new ones Notes If you do not use the remote for a long period of time remove the batteries to avoid pos...

Page 8: ... indication flashes 3 Press or to set the minute then press ENTER YES The clock starts If you made a mistake Start over from step 1 To change the preset time You can change the preset time while the system is on 1 Press CLOCK TIMER SET 2 Press or repeatedly until SET CLOCK appears then press ENTER YES 3 Repeat steps 2 and 3 Tips The built in clock shows the time in the display while the system is ...

Page 9: ...player repeatedly 2 1 1 Press A on the CD player and place a CD on the disc tray With the label side up When you play a CD single 8 cm CD place it on the inner circle of the tray Press A again to close the disc tray Find a point in a track Keep pressing lm or ML on the CD player during play and release it at the desired point Remove the CD Press A on the CD player Adjust the volume Turn VOLUME Tip...

Page 10: ... until SHUFFLE appears 3 Press N Shuffle Play starts To cancel Shuffle Play Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until SHUFFLE and PROGRAM disappear Tips You can start Shuffle Play during normal play by displaying SHUFFLE All the tracks are played in random order To skip a track press Press to go back to the beginning of the current track However you cannot go back to the previous track ...

Page 11: ...0 1 2 1 3 5 1 Press CD to switch the function to CD 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until PROGRAM appears 4 To programme additional tracks repeat step 3 Each time you programme the total time of the programmes is displayed You can make a programme of up to 25 tracks Total playing time 5 Press N All the tracks play in the order you selected To Do this Last programmed track number Selected track number...

Page 12: ...l the desired track number appears then press ENTER YES The programme you made remains after Programme Play finishes To play the same programme again press N Step Full appears when you try to programme 26 or more tracks m s appears when the total CD programme time exceeds 100 minutes or when you select a CD track whose number is 21 or over All the tracks in random order Programme Play page 11 All ...

Page 13: ...d playing time and the track number on the current track r Remaining time and the track number on the current track r Remaining time on the CD r Track title of the current track r Clock display In stop mode t Total number of tracks and total playing time The number of programmed tracks when programmed r CD disc title r Artist name r Clock display The remaining time of the programme appears during ...

Page 14: ...er of tracks and the total playing time appear in stop mode If SHUFFLE or PROGRAM appears in the display press PLAY MODE repeatedly until both disappear Total number of tracks Total playing time 2 Press NAME EDIT The text input screen appears and the cursor flashes Cursor 3 Press CHARACTER to select the desired type of character Each time you press the button the display changes as follows A Upper...

Page 15: ...ystem memory To cancel labelling Press MENU NO before completing the procedure Note You can label the CD only when the CD player is in stop mode Erasing a disc title 1 Press MENU NO in stop mode 2 Press or repeatedly until Name Erase appears then press ENTER YES The disc title flashes No Name appears if no disc title is labelled 3 Press ENTER YES again Complete appears and the disc title is erased...

Page 16: ... NO in stop mode 3 Press or repeatedly until Name Check appears 4 Press ENTER YES Up to 20 characters of the disc title appear scrolling in the display 5 Press or repeatedly to select the disc titles stored in the system memory between 01 and 50 To cancel checking Press x Tip CD TEXT information is copied to MD in some cases ...

Page 17: ... side you want to record on facing up Press A again to close the cassette tray 2 Press A on the CD player and place a CD on the disc tray With the label side up When you play a CD single 8 cm CD place it on the inner circle of the tray Press A again to close the disc tray 3 Turn FUNCTION until CD appears 4 Press CD SYNC REC The CD SYNC REC indicator lights up The tape deck stands by for recording ...

Page 18: ...recording and the tape reaches the end of the front side part way through a track the entire track is recorded again from the beginning of the reverse side When you want to reduce the hiss noise in high frequency signals recorded at low level press DOLBY NR after step 5 so DOLBY NR appears in the display Turning DOLBY NR on reduces the noise when playing back these types of signals Playing a tape ...

Page 19: ...s to be skipped Find the preceding track AMS Press lm on the tape deck for the front side during playback Press ML on the tape deck for the reverse side during playback Each time you press the button the display shows the number of tracks to be skipped Fast forward Press lm or ML on the tape deck in stop mode Rewind Press lm or ML on the tape deck in stop mode Remove or replace the tape Press A on...

Page 20: ...til PROGRAM appears 3 Press the track number of the track you want to record To select track number 11 and higher Press 10 once and then the number buttons of the track number For example to select track 32 press 10 3 and 2 4 Repeat step 3 to select the tracks to be recorded on the side where recording is to start 5 Press X on the remote Recording pauses at the end of the side where recording star...

Page 21: ...ecording start When the recording is completed the CD player stops and the tape deck pauses automatically To stop recording Press s on the tape deck or CD player If the tape becomes full during recording The CD player and the tape deck automatically stop Tip When you want to reduce the hiss noise in high frequency signals recorded at low level press DOLBY NR after step 10 so DOLBY NR appears in th...

Page 22: ...H on the CD player To Press Stop recording s on the tape deck Pause S on the tape deck Tip When you want to reduce the hiss noise in high frequency signals recorded at low level press DOLBY NR after step 5 so DOLBY NR appears in the display Turning DOLBY NR on reduces the noise when playing back these types of signals Recording from the radio Manual Recording You can make an analogue recording a r...

Page 23: ...s recorded again from the beginning of the reverse side When you start recording from the reverse side the recording stops at the end of the reverse side even though you select h 8 Press S on the tape deck Recording starts To Do this Stop recording Press s on the tape deck Pause Press S on the tape deck Press S again or H on the tape deck to restart recording Remove the tape Press A on the tape de...

Page 24: ... frequency indication changes and the scanning stops when the system tunes in a station TUNED and STEREO for a stereo programme appear When you want to stop scanning press TUNING MODE 5 Press MENU NO then or repeatedly until P Memory appears then press ENTER YES The preset number flashes 6 Press or to select the preset number you want then press ENTER YES The station is stored Select 1 to 20 for F...

Page 25: ...the system While holding down the TUNING button turn the system back on When you change the interval all the AM preset stations are erased To reset the interval repeat the same procedure Tips When a new station is memorized the station formerly memorized at that preset number is erased The preset stations are retained for about a week even if you disconnect the mains lead or if a power failure occ...

Page 26: ...tedly until AUTO appears in step 2 then press m or M The frequency indication changes and the scanning stops when the system tunes in a station Automatic Tuning To cancel Automatic Tuning Press TUNING MODE Listening to the radio continued Tips You can switch from another source to the tuner just by pressing TUNER BAND on the tuner Automatic Source Selection To improve broadcast reception adjust th...

Page 27: ...he text input screen appears and the cursor flashes Cursor 5 Press CHARACTER repeatedly to select the desired type of character Each time you press the button the display changes as follows A Upper cases t a Lower cases t 0 Numbers t Symbols t Blank space t A Upper cases t 6 Press or repeatedly to select the desired character To enter a blank space Go to step 7 without pressing or You cannot enter...

Page 28: ...ons continued Using the Radio Data System RDS European model only What is the Radio Data System Radio Data System RDS is a broadcasting service that allows radio stations to send additional information along with the regular programme signal RDS is available only on FM stations Note RDS may not work properly if the station you are tuned in is not transmitting the RDS signal properly or if the sign...

Page 29: ... turn off after a certain time so that you can fall asleep to music You can preset the time to turn off in 10 minutes increments 1 SLEEP Press SLEEP repeatedly to select a desired time Each time you press the button the minute display the turn off time changes as follows t SLEEP OFF t SLEEP AUTO 10min T T 80min T 90min T The system automatically turns off in 100 minutes or after the current CD or ...

Page 30: ...o display SET DAILY then press ENTER YES The hour indication flashes 5 Set the time to start play Press or repeatedly to set the hour then press ENTER YES The minute indication flashes Press or repeatedly to set the minute then press ENTER YES The hour indication flashes again 6 Set the time to stop play following the procedure in step 5 OFF TIME NG appears if the start time and the stop time sett...

Page 31: ... 30 seconds before the preset time If the system is on at the preset time the set sound source starts playing continued Timer recording radio programmes To timer record you must first preset the radio station see page 24 and set the clock see page 8 You can make a timer recording of a radio programme or the audio signal from a component connected to AUX IN see page 35 1 3 6 3 6 3 6 2 8 1 Prepare t...

Page 32: ...cel the timer Press CLOCK TIMER SELECT and press or repeatedly until TIMER OFF appears Then press ENTER YES 4 Set the time to start recording Press or repeatedly to set the hour then press ENTER YES The minute indication flashes Press or repeatedly to set the minute then press ENTER YES The hour indication flashes again 5 Set the time to stop recording following the procedure in step 4 OFF TIME NG...

Page 33: ...eset time If the system is on about 30 seconds before the preset time the timer recording will not be activated The volume is reduced to minimum during recording Adjusting the sound You can adjust the bass and treble using the DSG Dynamic Sound Generator function DSG FREQUENCY HIGH DSG FREQUENCY LOW DSG ON OFF Generating a more dynamic sound Press DSG ON OFF When DSG is on DSG lights up Adjusting ...

Page 34: ...d system cable from the SYSTEM CONTROL 3 connectors on the tuner and tape deck and connect the system cable supplied with the MD deck in the order of the tuner tape deck and MD deck Connect the supplied digital cable to DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT on the CD player and DIGITAL OPTICAL CD IN 1 on the MD deck Refer to the operating instructions included with the MDS SP55 MD deck for details on the connection...

Page 35: ...he audio input level for the AUX input jacks between two levels If the sound from a connected component is distorted reduce the input level 1 Turn FUNCTION until AUX appears 2 Press 1 to turn off the system 3 While holding down DSG ON OFF press 1 to turn on the system AUX ATT appears in the display When the volume is too low do steps 1 to 3 again to reset to the original level Connecting an MD dec...

Page 36: ... can use a TV aerial instead Jack type A Jack type B 75 ohm coaxial cable not supplied AM aerial Connect a 6 to 15 meter insulated wire to the AM aerial terminal Leave the supplied AM loop aerial connected AM Important If you connect an external aerial connect a ground wire to the U terminal To prevent a gas explosion do not connect the ground wire to a gas pipe Insulated wire not supplied ...

Page 37: ...irectly from a cold to a warm location or is placed in a very damp room moisture may condense on the lens inside the CD player or on the pinch roller and heads inside the tape deck Should this occur the system will not operate properly Remove the CD or the tape and leave the system turned on for about an hour until the moisture evaporates On transportation Make sure you remove a disc and turn off ...

Page 38: ...tructions of the demagnetising cassette Precautions continued Before placing a cassette in the tape deck Take up any slack in the tape Otherwise the tape may get entangled in the parts of the tape deck and become damaged When using a tape longer than 90 minutes The tape is very elastic Do not change the tape operations such as play stop and fast winding frequently The tape may get entangled in the...

Page 39: ...he mains line appears Set the clock again see page 8 The timer cannot be set Set the clock again see page 8 continued The timer does not function Check the set contents and set the correct time see pages 29 33 Connect the optional MD deck MDS SP55 properly see page 34 Refer to the operating instructions included with the connected component and set the timer to the same time as the system s timer ...

Page 40: ...ecord playback heads are magnetised Demagnetise them see page 38 The sound skips Wipe the CD clean see page 37 Replace the CD Try moving the system to a place without vibration e g on top of a stable stand Try moving the speakers away from the system or placing them on separate stands When you listen to a track with bass sounds at high volume the speaker vibration may cause the sound to skip Play ...

Page 41: ...fter performing the above measures reset the system as follows 1 Unplug the mains lead 2 While holding down 1 connect the mains lead to the mains The system is reset to the factory settings All the settings you made such as the preset stations clock timer and CD disc titles are cleared You should set them again Messages One of the following messages may appear or flash in the display during operat...

Page 42: ...ltage 250 mV impedance 47 kilohms Output AUX OUT phono jacks voltage 250 mV impedance 1 kilohm FM tuner section Tuning range 87 5 108 0 MHz 50 kHz step Aerial FM lead aerial Aerial terminals 300 ohms unbalanced Intermediate frequency 10 7 MHz AM tuner section Tuning range European model 531 1 602 kHz with the interval set at 9 kHz Other models 531 1 602 kHz with the interval set at 9 kHz 530 1 710...

Page 43: ... 202 101 306 mm CD player section Approx 202 75 290 mm Tape deck section Approx 202 101 283 mm Speaker Approx 170 275 230 mm Mass Tuner section Approx 1 3 kg Amplifier section Approx 3 9 kg CD player section Approx 1 5 kg Tape deck section Approx 1 9 kg Speakers Approx 3 4 kg net per speaker Supplied accessories Remote 1 R6 size AA batteries 2 AM loop aerial 1 FM lead aerial 1 Speaker cords 2 Syst...

Page 44: ... Manual tuning 26 Messages 41 N Normal Play 9 18 O Optional components 34 P Q Playing a CD 9 a tape 18 tracks in random order Shuffle Play 10 tracks in the desired order Programme Play 11 tracks repeatedly Repeat Play 12 Preset Tuning 25 Presetting radio stations 24 Programme Play 11 Protecting recordings 38 R Radio Data System 28 Radio stations presetting 24 tuning in 25 Recording a CD 17 20 21 a...

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