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Operating Instructions

3-859-539-13(1)

Compact Hi-Fi
Stereo System

LBT-XB8AV

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Page 1: ... 1997 by Sony Corporation Operating Instructions 3 859 539 13 1 Compact Hi Fi Stereo System LBT XB8AV ...

Page 2: ...oloured in accordance with the following code Blue Neutral Brown Live As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with letter N or coloured black The wire which is coloured brown must be connect...

Page 3: ...rogramming CD tracks 24 Playing CDs without interruption 25 The Tape Deck Recording on a tape manually 26 Recording CDs by specifying the track order 27 DJ Mix Looping part of a CD 29 Flashing part of a CD 29 Waving the equalizer 30 Sound Adjustment Adjusting the sound 31 Selecting the audio emphasis 32 Adjusting the audio emphasis 33 Making a personal audio emphasis file 35 Enjoying Dolby Pro Log...

Page 4: ...ystem Getting Started Follow steps 1 through 4 to hook up your system using the supplied cords and accessories Left front speaker Right front speaker AM loop aerial FM aerial Left rear speaker Right rear speaker Centre speaker ...

Page 5: ...n of the cord Inserting the vinyl portion will interfere with the speaker connection and no sound will come from the speaker 2 Connect the FM AM aerials Set up the AM loop aerial then connect it 3 Connect the mains lead to mains The demonstration appears in the display 4 Deactivate the demonstration mode by pressing DISPLAY DEMO while the system is off To attach the centre speaker feet Attach the ...

Page 6: ...anism 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until CD appears in the display 2 Hold down PLAY MODE and press POWER to turn off the system Step 2 Setting up the speakers By connecting the supplied speakers you can enjoy Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound Dolby Pro Logic Surround is a decoding system standardised in TV programmes and movies Dolby Pro Logic Surround improves the sound image by using four separate c...

Page 7: ...ce the centre speaker so it is placed at about the same height as the front speakers A Align the centre speaker with the front speakers or place it a little behind the front speakers position B A B 3 Place the rear speakers facing each other at about 60 to 90 cm above your listening position Front speaker L Front speaker R Centre speaker Rear speaker L Rear speaker R 45 Centre speaker Rear speaker...

Page 8: ...remote to adjust the volume levels The volume levels from each speaker should be the same 4 Press T TONE ON OFF when you are done adjusting The test tone is turned off Note The test tone feature works only for Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound Tip If you turn VOLUME or press VOLUME on the remote all the speaker volumes change Step 2 Setting up the speakers continued Adjusting the speaker volume To en...

Page 9: ...ING to set the hour The clock uses the 24 hour system 3 Press ENTER NEXT The minutes indication flashes 4 Press TUNING to set the minutes 5 Press ENTER NEXT The clock starts Tip If you make a mistake start over from step 1 You must set the time before using the timer functions 3 5 1 2 4 ...

Page 10: ...ges as follows The bands you can select depend on the kind of tuner built into your system Confirm the bands by pressing TUNER BAND repeatedly 3 band model FM n MW n LW 4 band model FM n MW n LW n UKV When you select this band STEREO PLUS appears in the display 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until AUTO appears in the display 3 Press TUNING The frequency indication changes and scanning stops when t...

Page 11: ...To tune in a station with a weak signal Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until MANUAL appears in step 2 then press TUNING to tune in the station Note The preset stations are cancelled when you disconnect the mains lead or a power failure occurs for half a day ...

Page 12: ...g 1 Keep some distance between the speakers and the turntable 2 Stop using the surround effect 3 Install the speakers or the turntable on a firm and stable surface 4 Press SUPER WOOFER repeatedly until the indicator on this button goes off To the audio output of the turntable To the audio output of the TV VCR To enhance your system you can connect optional components Refer to the instructions incl...

Page 13: ...to 15 meter 20 to 50 feet insulated wire to the AM aerial terminal Leave the supplied AM loop aerial connected Important If you connect an outdoor aerial connect a ground wire to the y terminal with the screw clamp To prevent a gas explosion do not connect the ground wire to a gas pipe IEC standard socket not supplied Screw clamp Ground wire not supplied FM 75 COAXIAL AM Insulated wire not supplie...

Page 14: ...e of the DIRECT PLAY buttons Playback starts If you press or CD on the remote playback starts from the CD in the playing position With the label side up When you play a CD single place it on the inner circle of the tray ª ª 6 P r 0 6 ª P p ª ª p 6 0 p 0 Disc number in the playing position Track number Elapsed time DISC ALL DOLBY NR OFF S You can play up to five CDs in a row AMS p 0 D SKIP VOLUME 1...

Page 15: ...tion If there is no CD in the player NO DISC appears in the display You can change the CD in the loading position during playback Do this Press p Press P Press again to resume playback During playback or pause turn the jog dial clockwise to go forward or anticlockwise to go backward and release it when you reach the desired track Or press AMS to go forward or AMS to go backward on the remote Press...

Page 16: ... front side If you start from the reverse side recording stops at the end of the reverse side When you want to reduce the hiss noise in low level high frequency signals press DOLBY NR before step 7 so DOLBY NR B appears in the display To record with the surround effect press DSP or DSP MODE on the remote so SUR appears in the display The equalizer settings will not be recorded Note You cannot list...

Page 17: ...this Turn off the radio Press POWER Adjust the volume Turn VOLUME or press VOLUME on the remote To listen to non preset radio stations Press TUNING MODE repeatedly in step 2 until MANUAL appears then press TUNING to tune in the desired station Tips Pressing TUNER BAND while the system is off automatically turns on the system and tunes to the last received station One Touch Play You can switch from...

Page 18: ... front side lights up green 6 Press DIRECTION repeatedly to select A to record on one side or ß or RELAY to record on both sides 7 Press P on deck B Recording starts To stop recording Press p on deck B You can record a radio programme on a tape by tuning in a preset station You can use TYPE I normal or TYPE II CrO2 tapes The recording level is automatically adjusted With the side you want to recor...

Page 19: ...ise in low level high frequency signals press DOLBY NR before step 7 so DOLBY NR B appears in the display To record with the surround effect press DSP or DSP MODE on the remote so SUR appears in the display The equalizer settings will not be recorded If noise is heard while recording from the radio move the appropriate aerial to reduce the noise Playing a tape You can play any type of tape TYPE I ...

Page 20: ...ay to play both decks in succession 3 Press Press ª to play the reverse side The tape starts playing The deck stops automatically after playing both sides five times Relay Play always plays according to the following sequence Deck A front side Deck A reverse side Deck B front side Deck B reverse side To Do this Stop play Press p Pause Deck B only Press P Press again to resume play Fast forward Pre...

Page 21: ... reverse together You don t have to set DOLBY NR since the tape in deck B is automatically recorded in the same state as the tape in deck A Note You cannot record the surround effect Recording from a tape High speed Dubbing You can use TYPE I normal or TYPE II CrO2 tapes The recording level is automatically adjusted 1 Press 6 EJECT and insert a recorded tape in deck A and a blank tape in deck B 2 ...

Page 22: ...current track or the whole CD Press DISPLAY DEMO during playback Each time you press this button in Normal Play the display changes as follows nElapsed time on the current track Remaining time on the current track Remaining time on the current CD 1 DISC mode or PLAY ALL DISCS mode Clock display for a few seconds Effect P FILE name or EFFECT ON OFF To check the total playing time and the number of ...

Page 23: ...peatedly until SHUFFLE appears in the display To skip a track turn the jog dial clockwise or press AMS on the remote You can play all the tracks on one CD or all the CDs in random order 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until CD appears in the display 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until SHUFFLE appears in the display 3 Press 1 ALL DISCS to choose 1 DISC or ALL DISCS All DISCS shuffles the tracks on all t...

Page 24: ...rder appear followed by the total playing time 7 To programme additional tracks repeat steps 4 through 6 Skip step 4 to select tracks from the same disc 8 Press All the tracks play in the order you selected To cancel Programme Play Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until PROGRAM or SHUFFLE disappears from the display You can create a programme of up to 32 tracks from all the CDs in the order you want the...

Page 25: ...e programme you created remains in the CD player s memory even after it has been played Press to play the same programme again If appears instead of the total playing time while programming this means you have programmed a track numbered over 20 or the total playing time has exceeded 100 minutes Press CHECK on the remote repeatedly After the last track CHECK END appears CLEAR on the remote in stop...

Page 26: ...or the front side lights up green 4 Press DIRECTION repeatedly to select A to record on one side or ß or RELAY to record on both sides Recording on a tape manually The Tape Deck 5 Press P on deck B Recording starts 6 Start playing the source to be recorded To Press Stop recording p on deck B Pause recording P on deck B Tips If you want to record on the reverse side press ª so the indicator on the ...

Page 27: ...urn the jog dial until the desired track appears in the display 7 Press PLAY MODE once The track is programmed STEP and the programmed playing order appear followed by the total playing time 8 Repeat steps 5 through 7 to programme additional tracks to be recorded on side A Skip step 5 to select tracks from the same disc 9 Press P to insert a pause at the end of side A P appears in the display and ...

Page 28: ...e see To clear the entire programme on page 25 follow the above procedure 10Repeat steps 5 through 7 to programme the tracks to be recorded on side B Skip step 5 to select tracks from the same disc 11Press CD SYNC Deck B stands by for recording the CD player stands by for playback and the indicator on the button for the front side lights up green 12Press DIRECTION repeatedly to select A to record ...

Page 29: ...t loop lengths With the flash function you can flash the CD sound during playback This lets you create original recordings Press and hold FLASH during playback at the point you want to start the Flash function and release to resume normal playback To adjust the flash length Turn the jog dial while holding FLASH or press MUSIC MENU B b while holding FLASH on the remote to select different flash len...

Page 30: ... to a source This effect can be used with any source but it cannot be recorded Press and hold WAVE while listening to a source at the point you want to start the Wave function and release to resume normal playback To adjust the wave length Turn the jog dial while holding WAVE to select different wave lengths WAVE Jog dial ...

Page 31: ...ress GROOVE The volume switches to power mode the equalizer curve changes the bass level SUPER WOOFER changes to HIGH and the indicator on the GROOVE button lights up Press GROOVE again to return to the previous volume GROOVE SUPER W MODE PHONES SUPER WOOFER Notes The music sound will be distorted when you use the SUPER WOOFER system with the graphic equalizer if the bass is too strong Adjust the ...

Page 32: ... Press GEQ B b or MUSIC MENU B b on the remote repeatedly to select the audio emphasis you desire The audio emphasis name appears in the display To cancel the audio emphasis Press EFFECT or MUSIC MENU ON OFF on the remote repeatedly so the indicator on the EFFECT button goes off Music menu options SUR appears if you select an audio emphasis with a surround effect Press To select GEQ V v MENU 1 MEN...

Page 33: ...phasis 2 Press GEQ CONTROL The frequency range appears and the level value flashes in the display 3 Press GEQ B b repeatedly to select a frequency band 4 Press GEQ V v to adjust the level 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust the other frequency bands 6 Press ENTER when finished Note If you choose another audio emphasis other than EFFECT OFF the adjusted sound effect is lost To retain the adjusted soun...

Page 34: ...duces the acoustics of a concert hall THEATER Reproduces the acoustics of a movie theatre Adjusting the Audio Emphasis continued n Adjusting the DSP level Press DSP LEVEL on the remote to select the DSP level Each time you press this button the level changes as follows LEVEL 1 n 2 n 3 Notes If you choose other sound effects the surround effect will be cancelled To retain the effect store it in a p...

Page 35: ...esired personal file You can create personal files of audio patterns surround effect and graphic equalizer and store them in the unit s memory Later call up an audio pattern to play a favourite tape CD or radio programme You can create up to five audio files Before operation first select the basic audio emphasis you want for your sound 1 Create the sound effect you want by using the graphic equali...

Page 36: ...e indicator on the PRO LOGIC button lights up 2 Play a programme source To turn off the Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound Press PRO LOGIC or PRO LOGIC ON OFF on the remote so the indicator on the PRO LOGIC button goes off Notes You cannot use the Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound and Surround Menu functions at the same time When you record the sound turn off the Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound The audio ...

Page 37: ...ation that provides RDS services the station name appears in the display To check the RDS information Each time you press DISPLAY DEMO the display changes as follows n Station name Frequency Programme type Clock display Effect P FILE name or EFFECT ON OFF If the RDS broadcast is not received the station name and the programme type may not appear in the display Locating a station by programme type ...

Page 38: ... consumer affairs medical advice and weather LIGHT MUSIC Classical music M O R MUSIC Easy listening middle of the road music NEWS News programmes OTHER MUSIC Music such as jazz rhythm and blues and reggae POP MUSIC Popular music programmes ROCK MUSIC Rock music programmes SCIENCE Programmes about the natural sciences CLASSICS Performances of major orchestras chamber music opera etc SPORT Sports pr...

Page 39: ...onnect the microphone from MIC then press KARAOKE PON MPX repeatedly until h disappears from the display You can sing along with any stereo CD or tape by turning down the singer s voice You need to connect an optional microphone 1 Turn MIC LEVEL to MIN to turn down the microphone level 2 Connect an optional microphone to the MIC jack 3 Press KARAOKE PON MPX repeatedly to obtain the desired karaoke...

Page 40: ...rophone away from the speakers or change the direction of the microphone If you want to record your voice through the microphone only you can do so by selecting the CD source and not playing a CD Notes If you press EFFECT or select a sound effect The karaoke mode is cancelled The instrumental sound may be reduced as well as the singer s voice when the source sound was recorded monaurally The singe...

Page 41: ...time changes as follows AUTO n 90min n 80min n 70min OFF N 10min 50min N 60min When you choose AUTO The system turns off when the current CD or tape finishes playback up to 100 minutes The system turns off if you manually stop playing a CD or tape To check the remaining time Press SLEEP once To change the remaining time Press SLEEP repeatedly to select the time you want To cancel the Sleep Timer f...

Page 42: ...e start time the stop time and the music source appear in turn before the original display returns 9 Turn off the system DISC ALL DOLBY NR OFF S 1 DISC ALL DOLBY NR OFF S 1 Waking up to music Wake up Timer You can wake up to music at a preset time every day Make sure you have set the clock see Step 3 Setting the time 1 Prepare the music source you want to play CD Insert a CD To start from a specif...

Page 43: ...e When you set the Sleep Timer the Wake up Timer will not turn on the system until the Sleep Timer turns it off You cannot activate the Wake up Timer and Timer recording at the same time Timer recording radio programmes To timer record you must preset the radio station see Step 4 Presetting radio stations and set the clock see Step 3 Setting the time beforehand 1 Tune in the preset radio station s...

Page 44: ...s TUNING to set the hour then press ENTER NEXT The minutes indication flashes Press TUNING to set the minutes then press ENTER NEXT The hour indication flashes again 5 Set the time to stop recording following the above procedure The start time the stop time the recording source and the preset station appear in turn before the original display returns 6 Insert a blank tape in deck B 7 Turn off the ...

Page 45: ...solvents such as benzene thinner commercially available cleaners or antistatic spray intended for vinyl LPs Do not expose the CD to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts nor leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight Additional Information Cleaning the cabinet Use a soft cloth slightly moistened with mild detergent solution To save a tape permanently To prevent a tape from being a...

Page 46: ...e stereo system away from the TV or VCR 0 00 flashes in the display A power interruption occurred Reset the clock and timer settings The timer does not function Set the clock correctly DAILY 1 DAILY 2 and REC do not appear when you press t CLOCK SET Set the timer correctly Set the clock The remote does not function There is an obstacle between the remote and the unit The remote is not pointing in ...

Page 47: ...d level The heads are dirty Clean them see page 45 The record playback heads are magnetised Demagnetise them see page 45 The tape does not erase completely The record playback heads are magnetised Demagnetise them see page 45 There is excessive wow or flutter or the sound drops out The capstans or pinch rollers are dirty Clean them see page 45 Noise increases or the high frequencies are missing Th...

Page 48: ...ntermediate frequency 10 7 MHz AM tuner section Tuning range MW 531 1 602 kHz with the tuning interval set at 9 kHz LW 153 279 kHz with the tuning interval set at 3 kHz Aerial AM loop aerial External aerial terminal Intermediate frequency 450 kHz Amplifier section DIN power outputs FRONT SPEAKER 100 100 watts 8 ohms at 1 kHz DIN CENTER SPEAKER 35 watts 8 ohms at 1 kHz DIN REAR SPEAKER 17 5 17 5 wa...

Page 49: ...pprox 345 116 185 mm 13 5 8 4 5 8 7 3 8 in Mass Approx 1 8 kg 3 lb 15 oz net per speaker SS SR120 Speaker system Full range bass reflex type Speaker unit 10 cm dia cone type Rated impedance 16 ohms Dimensions w h d Approx 175 127 185 mm 7 5 7 3 8 in Mass Approx 1 3 kg 2 lb 14 oz net per speaker General Power requirements 220 230 V AC 50 60 Hz Power consumption 270 watts Dimensions w h d Approx 355...

Page 50: ... 21 CDs by specifying the track order 27 selecting tape length automatically 28 timer recording 43 Repeat Play 22 Resetting the system 47 S Saving recordings 45 Setting the time 9 Shuffle Play 23 Sleep Timer 41 Sound adjustment 31 Speakers 5 6 Surround effect 34 Surround menu 34 T U V Tape Select Edit 28 Test tone 8 Timer falling asleep to music 41 timer recording 43 waking up to music 42 Troubles...

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