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XES-Z50

Operating Instructions

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1997 by Sony Corporation

3-858-942-11(1)

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Page 1: ...XES Z50 Operating Instructions 1997 by Sony Corporation 3 858 942 11 1 ...

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Page 3: ...d retain it for future reference Owner s Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the CD changer and the bottom of the control unit Record the serial number in the space provided below Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product Model No XES Z50 Serial No ...

Page 4: ...ular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet o...

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Page 6: ...e Play 26 Selecting Specific Tracks for Playback Bank 27 Setting Sound Effects for Each CD MD Disc Sound Memory 29 Labeling a CD Disc Memo 30 Erasing a Disc Title 32 Locating a Disc by Title 33 Viewing CD TEXT Information 35 Selecting the Disc Title Display 35 Scrolling Titles Automatically 36 Listening to Radio Listening to Radio 37 Presetting Radio Stations 38 Specifying the Station Frequency Ma...

Page 7: ...dio Additional Settings On Optional Equipments Appendix Overview 5 Appendix Precautions and Maintenance 54 Wireless Remote 55 Troubleshooting Guide 56 Error Messages on the CD MD Discs 57 Specifications 58 An Example of FIR Filter 4095 tap Frequency Response Table 60 ...

Page 8: ...er refer to the Installation Connection Manual supplied with this system What is a CD TEXT disc A CD TEXT disc is a music CD that also contains text data such as album title track titles and artist name This text data is recorded in areas normally unused on conventional music CDs Text data contained on the CD TEXT discs can be displayed in the XES Z50 CD changer DAC DSP pre amplifier Wireless remo...

Page 9: ...changer The reset button After replacing the car battery press the reset button in the control unit with a pointed object such as a ball point pen Another reset button can be found on the rotary remote holder When you cannot detach the display section because the system does not turn on press the reset button on the rotary remote holder Precautions If your car was parked in direct sunlight resulti...

Page 10: ...he contrast is adjustable in 15 steps Contrast 8 2 Press ENTER The ACC Position indication appears Press or Select yes if your car s ignition switch has an ACC position select no if your car s ignition switch has no ACC position ACC Position yes no Cursor buttons ENTER button Note You can specify the ACC position and cross over network settings only in the initial setting procedure To change these...

Page 11: ...th or South America the Hawaiian Islands or Guam select 9k for all other countries AM step 10k 9k 5 Press ENTER The Initial indication appears Initial Contrast 8 ACC Position Cross over Network yes 3way AM step 10k Exit 6 To complete the initial settings press to select Exit then press ENTER Note If you have a 3 way speaker system selecting F R SUB W may cause damage to your tweeter Useful tips To...

Page 12: ...nst theft Detaching the Display Section 1 Press RELEASE at the bottom left of the display section The system turns off and the left side of the display section pops out 2 Grasp the left side of the display section and pull it out Note Do not touch the connector at the rear of the display section After you have detached the display section keep it in a supplied case ...

Page 13: ...he control unit 2 Press the left side against the display section and push in lightly An automatic electrically operated mechanism in the control unit catches the display section Procedure when the control panel is installed on the dashboard etc Use the same procedures i e detach it by pressing the RELEASE button and attach it by pressing it into the display holder until it clicks and is caught by...

Page 14: ...12 Overview Overview Name of parts Wireless remote control sensor RELEASE button OFF button ...

Page 15: ...t Beep off Rotary Remote AUX Exit norm 2 Press to select Set up and press to move to the sub menu to select Time Set Set up Contrast Time Set Beep off Rotary Remote norm AUX Exit 3 Press ENTER The Time Set indication appears Time Set 1 33 AM Press or to set the hour Then press to move to minutes and press or to set the minutes Pressing lowers the number and raises the number Getting Started 3 4 2 ...

Page 16: ... the normal display Press the MENU button To display the current time during operation The current time can be set to appear in the upper right corner of the display except when a menu is displayed For details see Set up Menu on page 47 Useful tips You can press the MENU button or BACK button instead of the ENTER button to set a value ...

Page 17: ... CD in each slot of the disc magazine With the label side up Note To play an 8 cm CD single CD use the optional CSA 8 Sony Single CD Adaptor When using the single CD adaptor attach the three claws to the CD securely Note that if you use an adaptor made by another company the CD changer may not operate properly If you play a single CD without the adaptor the CD changer may be damaged ...

Page 18: ...changer begins verifying the CDs 4 Close the door and lock the CD changer securely Useful tips The CD changer verifies all the CDs one after another whenever the disc magazine is inserted Playing a CD during this verifying operation is possible Note however that disc titles are not displayed until they have been verified by the CD changer ...

Page 19: ...Getting Started 17 Getting Started Removing CDs 1 Press The disc magazine comes out 2 Slide the lever of the disc magazine Lever ...

Page 20: ...M n CD When an external component is selected it will be indicated as an auxiliary AUX component To turn off the system press the OFF button on the side of the rotary remote see page 19 VOL DISC PRESET control Rotate the control You can adjust the volume Push in and rotate the control You can change the disc inside of the changer when CD or MD is selected You can change the preset station in the t...

Page 21: ... Keep the control rotated You can locate a specific point on a track when CD or MD is selected Playback at normal speed resumes when you release the control When FM1 FM2 or AM is selected manual tuning becomes possible Other Operations OFF button Press this button to turn off the system To turn on the system again press the SOURCE button MUTE button Press the button to mute the sound To cancel the...

Page 22: ...stics Each press of the button changes the display as follows PEQ Parametric EQualizer indication n CNW Cross over NetWork indication n previous display While the PEQ or CNW indication appears rotate the VOL DISC PRESET control to select 1 of 10 preset patterns The previous display reappears when no operation has been done for several seconds SOUND button RELEASE button To switch the direction of ...

Page 23: ... menu display When CD or MD is selected press or to change the disc and and to locate a track When FM1 FM2 or AM is selected press or to select a preset station or and to perform automatic tuning BACK button Press to return to the normal display during a menu operation SOURCE button Press repeatedly to switch to CD n MD only when an MD changer is connected n AUX only when AUX settings have been do...

Page 24: ...tting then press the ENTER button Lists appears when you press the LIST button 1 MY BEST 2 FUSION 3 POPS HIT 4 JAZZ 5 GREAT HIT 6 EURO BEAT 7 DRIVING 8 LIVE HIT 9 SUNSET M 10 HIGHWAY DISC NAME LIST CD 1 6 1 30 Press LIST to display DISC NAME LIST or TRACK NAME LIST when CD or MD is selected The PRESET NAME LIST will appear when FM1 FM2 or AM is selected When DISC NAME LIST or PRESET NAME LIST appe...

Page 25: ... see page 15 1 Press SOURCE repeatedly to select CD CD 1 1 3 45 2 Rotate VOL DISC PRESET to adjust the volume Turn the control clockwise to increase the volume turn it counterclockwise to decrease the volume CD 1 1 3 45 Volume 20dB Volume indication 3 Press OFF to turn off the system Listening to CDs CD indication Disc number Track number Playing time of the current track ...

Page 26: ...or details on naming a disc see Labeling a CD on page 30 DISC NAME LIST CD 1 6 1 30 1 MY BEST 2 FUSION 3 POPS HIT 4 JAZZ 5 GREAT HIT 6 EURO BEAT 7 DRIVING 8 LIVE HIT 9 SUNSET M 10 HIGHWAY To Locate a Track Rotate then release AMS SEEK The system locates the next or previous track CD 1 1 3 45 MY BEST DISC NAME Track number To Locate a Specific Point on a Track Keep AMS SEEK rotated The system plays...

Page 27: ...The selected repeat mode appears to the right of the Repeat in the display Indication Operation 1 1track Repeats the current track only 2 disc Repeats all tracks on the current disc 3 changer Repeats all the discs in the current CD changer in case one or more optional CD changers are connected off Normal playback Playing Tracks Repeatedly Repeat Play The Repeat Play function allows you to play bac...

Page 28: ...und Memory 1 disc 2 changer 3 all off Name AUX Exit Set up 3 Press then or to select the shuffle mode item then press ENTER The selected item appears to the right of the Shuffle in the display Indication Operation 1 disc Plays all the tracks on the current disc in random order 2 changer Plays all the discs in the current CD changer in random order 3 all Plays all the discs in all the CD changers i...

Page 29: ...he Bank in the display Indication Operation on Plays all tracks set to Play inverse Plays all tracks set to Skip off Normal playback edit Sets tracks on the current disc to Play or Skip Selecting Specific Tracks for Playback Bank If you have labeled the disc see page 30 the Bank function allows you to skip certain tracks and play only the tracks you want 3 2 1 Useful tips To return to previous ste...

Page 30: ...o Play or Skip Select edit in Step 3 and press the or button to select Play or Skip for a track To move to the next track press the button Note that only tracks 1 to 24 on a disc can be set To complete the setting procedure press the ENTER or BACK button ...

Page 31: ... Mode Disc Sound Memory Repeat Shuffle off off Bank enter delete Name AUX Exit Set up off 3 Press then or to select enter then press ENTER The sound effects currently specified by PEQ display are set To clear all sound effects on the disc Select delete in Step 3 above and press the ENTER button 3 2 1 Note To use this function select the sound effect in advance see page 51 Useful tips To return to ...

Page 32: ... move to the sub menu then select Disc Memo using or Name Disc Memo Disc Name Auto Scroll write delete P Mode AUX Exit Set up off TEXT 3 Press then or to select write then press ENTER Disc Memo Write indication appears CD Disc Memo Write 1 1 3 45 3 5 2 4 1 Useful tips Hold down the LIST button for 2 seconds or more to display the Disc Memo Write indication directly Useful tips To return to previou...

Page 33: ...ess Each press of the button selects the next character in the order shown below Press the button to move backwards A n B n C n Z n 0 n 1 n 2 n 9 n n n n n n n n n space CD 1 1 3 45 Disc Memo Write B 5 Repeat Step 4 until you have entered the entire title then press ENTER CD 1 1 3 45 BEST HIT DISC NAME ...

Page 34: ... TEXT 3 Press then or to select delete then press ENTER The Disc Memo Delete indication appears 4 Press or to select the disc title you want to erase 5 Hold down ENTER for 2 seconds or more The selected disc title is erased To quit the Disc Memo Delete function Press the BACK button Note In Step 4 all the disc titles stored in the CD changer s memory appear in the order they were entered The last ...

Page 35: ... 6 1 30 3 Press ENTER Playback starts from the first track of the disc CD 3 1 3 45 POPS HIT DISC NAME Locating a Disc by Title Use this function to locate a disc by its title To add titles to discs see page 30 CD indication Disc number Track number Playing time of the current track 3 1 2 Useful tips To cancel the selection Press the LIST button twice or the BACK button once Note The following indi...

Page 36: ...in in Step 1 TRACK NAME LIST appears This list displays track names contained on CD TEXT discs and MDs with labeled tracks Since this system does not support track labeling when playing non CD TEXT discs or MDs with unlabeled tracks appears instead of the track title in the TRACK NAME LIST ...

Page 37: ...be displayed whenever you press the DSPL or LIST button 1 While playing a CD press MENU 2 Select Name press to move to the sub menu then select Disc Name using or Name D Memo TEXT P Mode AUX Exit Set up off Disc Memo Auto Scroll Disc Name D Memo 3 Press then or to select D Memo or TEXT then ENTER Indication Operation D Memo Displays disc titles entered by the Disc Memo function TEXT Displays CD TE...

Page 38: ...layed Follow the procedure below to specify the automatic scrolling of titles of more than 10 characters 1 While playing a CD press MENU 2 Select Name press to move to the sub menu then select Auto Scroll using or Name Disc Name on off P Mode AUX Exit Set up TEXT Disc Memo Auto Scroll off 3 Press then or to select on then ENTER To cancel the scrolling of titles Select off in Step 3 and press the E...

Page 39: ...tions on page 38 1 Press SOURCE repeatedly to select FM1 FM2 or AM FM1 4 102 5 MHz STEREO 2 Rotate VOL DISC PRESET to adjust the volume Turn the control clockwise to increase the volume turn it counterclockwise to decrease the volume FM1 4 102 5 MHz STEREO Volume 20dB Volume indication 3 To change the preset station push in and rotate VOL DISC PRESET 4 Press OFF to turn off the system FM AM indica...

Page 40: ...NU P Mode Preset Local Mono Stereo off stereo Antenna Name AUX Exit Set up main sub 4 Select P Mode and press to move to the sub menu then select Preset using or P Mode Local off Antenna main sub Manual Name AUX Exit Set up Mono Stereo Preset stereo BTM Useful tips To return to previous steps one at a time Press the button To return to the normal display Press the MENU button Useful tips Keep the ...

Page 41: ...0 FM stations 10 stations in FM1 and 2 each and up to 10 AM stations To quit the Manual Preset Memory function Press the BACK button To receive a station automatically Automatic Tuning Press and release the or button Seek Up or Seek Down appears until the system detects a station FM Seek Up Note If you set a new frequency to a preset station number that has already been assigned a frequency the ne...

Page 42: ...signals and automatically sets them to preset station numbers The BTM function starts tuning in stations from the lowest frequency on the band FM or AM When a station is found the system assigns the frequency to the currently selected preset station number When preset numbers are not displayed the system assigns frequencies starting with preset station 1 Even after the system has assigned frequenc...

Page 43: ...hen select Mono Stereo using or P Mode Mono Stereo Local off stereo Antenna main sub Preset mono stereo Name AUX Exit Set up 3 Press then or to select Mono then ENTER The selected FM mode appears to the right of Mono Stereo in the display To receive FM broadcast using two FM antennas FM Diversity function While listening to an FM broadcast press the MENU button and set Antenna mode to Main Sub 3 2...

Page 44: ...to an FM or AM broadcast press MENU P Mode Preset Local Mono Stereo off stereo Antenna Name AUX Exit Set up main sub 2 Select P Mode then press to move to the sub menu then select Local using or P Mode stereo Antenna main sub Preset on off Name AUX Exit Set up Local off Mono Stereo 3 Press then or to select on then ENTER The selected mode appears to the right of Local in the display 3 2 1 Useful t...

Page 45: ...ed in memory 1 Tune in the station you want to label 2 Press MENU 3 Select Name press to move to the sub menu then select Station Memo using or P Mode write delete Name AUX Exit Set up Station Memo 4 Press then or to select write then ENTER The Station Memo Write indication appears FM1 4 102 5 MHz Station Memo Write I Useful tips Hold down the LIST button for more than 2 seconds to display the Dis...

Page 46: ...order shown below Press the button to move backwards A n B n C n Z n 0 n 1 n 2 n 9 n n n n n n n n n space FM1 4 102 5 MHz Station Memo Write K 6 Repeat Step 5 until you have entered the entire name then press ENTER KYCS FM1 4 102 5 MHz STEREO Useful tips To return to previous steps one at a time Press the button To return to the normal display Press the MENU button ...

Page 47: ...Memo 3 Press then or to select delete then ENTER The Station Memo Delete indication appears 4 Press or to select the station name you want to erase 5 Hold down ENTER for more than 2 seconds The selected station name is erased To quit the Station Memo Delete function Press the BACK button Note In Step 4 all the station names stored in memory appear in the order they were entered The last station na...

Page 48: ...2 5MHz 1 106 3 2 101 9 3 96 0 4 102 5 5 105 4 6 93 6 7 99 0 8 98 3 9 98 3 10 98 3 2 Press or to select the station 3 Press ENTER To select a station using the rotary commander Push in and release the VOL DISC PRESET control to display PRESET NAME LIST Push and rotate the control to select the station from the list After about 5 seconds the normal display reappears 3 1 2 Useful tips To cancel the s...

Page 49: ...X Exit P Mode norm 2 Press to move to the sub menu then select the setting using or The current setting appears to the right of the sub menu Contrast 8 Clock Beep on on Rotary Remote on Time Set off norm Set up Name AUX Exit P Mode 3 Change the setting and press ENTER The new setting appears to the right of the sub menu Sub menus and the method for changing their settings are explained in the tabl...

Page 50: ...e in the upper right corner of the display at all times If you select off the time is displayed only when the system is turned off Select Time Set to set the clock see page 13 Beep Specifies whether a beep sounds when an operation button is pressed Rotary Remote Reverses the rotational direction of the rotary remote for controlling operations Select normal for increasing volume frequency track num...

Page 51: ...d select Set up 2 Press to move to the sub menu then select the item you want to set using or The current sub menu setting appears to the right of the item Analog off Exit Set up AUX on off on Digital 3 Change the setting and press ENTER The new setting appears to the right of the item For an explanation of the sub menus see the table on next page 3 2 1 ...

Page 52: ...ion appears when you press the SOURCE button on the rotary remote or the wireless remote GND floating Selects the ground setting when Analog is set to on When set to off the control panel and the CD changer pre amplifier share a common ground when set to on they are grounded separately Remote in When the AMP REM connector of an external component is connected to the REM IN AUX connector of the sys...

Page 53: ...splay as follows Parametric EQ list n Cross over Network list n previous display 6 MEMORY 6 7 MEMORY 7 8 MEMORY 8 9 MEMORY 9 10 MEMORY10 1 MEMORY 1 2 MEMORY 2 3 MEMORY 3 4 MEMORY 4 5 MEMORY 5 Parametric EQ 2 With the list displayed rotate VOL DISC PRESET on the rotary remote to select a preset pattern After appearing for 10 seconds the list is replaced by the normal display Source sound memory The...

Page 54: ...s Parametric EQ list n Cross over Network list n previous display 6 MEMORY 6 7 MEMORY 7 8 MEMORY 8 9 MEMORY 9 10 MEMORY10 1 MEMORY 1 2 MEMORY 2 3 MEMORY 3 4 MEMORY 4 5 MEMORY 5 Cross over Network 2 With the list displayed rotate VOL DISC PRESET on the rotary remote to select a preset pattern After appearing for 10 seconds the list is replaced by the normal display Useful tips To change the content...

Page 55: ...t multiple CD or MD changers through the optional XA C30 Source Selector When a non Sony digital component is connected to the optical input connector of the system be sure to set the Digital sub menu in the AUX menu to on See page 50 When a non Sony analog component is connected to the analog input connectors of the system be sure to set the Analog sub menu in the AUX menu to on See page 50 Notes...

Page 56: ...e Do not stick paper or tape onto the disc Should you encounter a CD with a sticker on remove it and wipe off any residual adhesive before listening to it Do not scratch discs Do not expose the disc to high heat such as direct sunlight or high humidity Before playing the disc clean it with cleaning cloth not supplied Wipe the disc from the center towards the edge Do not use solvents such as benzen...

Page 57: ... and corrosion Make sure the polarity of the batteries match the and markings in the battery compartment Do not use an old battery with a new one or different types of batteries together Remove the batteries when the system will not be used for a long period of time Do not charge the batteries If any battery leakage occurs replace both batteries after cleaning the battery compartment Notes on the ...

Page 58: ...on the wireless remote Beep in the set up menu is set to off n Set Beep to on CD MD Problem Cause remedy The sound skips drops or breaks The disc is dirty n Clean the disc The disc is damaged The sound skips The CD or MD changer is not installed at a stable location Radio The system cannot tune in a radio broadcast only noise is heard Check the connection of the car antenna Power is not being supp...

Page 59: ...until the temperature falls NO Disc There is no disc in the magazine Insert a disc or discs into the magazine NG Discs None of the discs in the magazine can be played back Replace the discs with others No Magazine There is no magazine in the changer Insert discs into the magazine and load the magazine Not Ready The door of the MD changer is not locked Lock the changer Push Reset The changer does n...

Page 60: ...rom the objective lens surface on the Optical Pick up Block Digital pre amplifier section Frequency response 0 1 dB 5 20 000 Hz Signal to noise ratio 106 dB Harmonic distortion at 1 kHz 20 bit 0 002 Dynamic range at 20 bit 100 dB Channel separation at 1 kHz 100 dB Maximum power output 8 V rms Maximim power input AUX analog audio 1 2 Vrms Sampling frequency AUX digital audio 44 1 kHz Audio input An...

Page 61: ...accessories Wireless remote 1 Wired rotary remote 1 Disc magazine 1 SUM 3 batteries 2 Case for holding the front panel and rotary remote 1 Installation accessories 1 set Design and specifications are subject to change without notice ...

Page 62: ...0 20 10 22050Hz 10k 1k 100 The table above shows the frequency response of the FIR filter 4095 tap with the following settings Low Cut off frequency 78 Hz Slope 72 dB oct Mid L Cut off frequency 78 Hz Slope 72 dB oct Mid H Cut off frequency 8 kHz Slope 24 dB oct High Cut off frequency 8 kHz Slope 72 dB oct ...

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