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Additional Information
Precautions
• Cool off the unit beforehand if your car has been
parked in direct sunlight.
• Power antenna (aerial) extends automatically.
Moisture condensation
Should moisture condensation occur inside the unit,
remove the disc and wait for about an hour for it to
dry out; otherwise the unit will not operate properly.
To maintain high sound quality
Do not splash liquid onto the unit or discs.
Notes on discs
• Do not expose discs to direct sunlight or heat
sources such as hot air ducts, nor leave it in a car
parked in direct sunlight.
• Before playing, wipe the discs
with a cleaning cloth from the
center out. Do not use solvents
such as benzine, thinner,
commercially available
cleaners.
•
Discs that this unit
CANNOT play
– Discs with labels, stickers, or
sticky tape or paper attached. Doing so may
cause a malfunction, or may ruin the disc.
– Discs with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart,
square, star). Attempting to do so may damage
the unit.
– 8 cm (3
1
/
4
in) discs
Notes on CD-R/CD-RW discs
• The maximum number of: (CD-R/CD-RW only)
– folders (albums): 150 (including root folder)
– files (tracks) and folders: 300 (may less than 300
if folder/file names contain many characters)
– displayable characters for a folder/file name: 32
(Joliet)/64 (Romeo)
• If the multi-session disc begins with a CD-DA
session, it is recognized as a CD-DA disc, and
other sessions are not played back.
• This unit is designed to playback discs that
conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard.
DualDiscs and some of the music discs encoded
with copyright protection technologies do not
conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard,
therefore, these discs may not be playable by this
unit.
•
Discs that this unit CANNOT play
– CD-R/CD-RW of poor recording quality.
– CD-R/CD-RW recorded with an incompatible
recording device.
– CD-R/CD-RW which is finalized incorrectly.
– CD-R/CD-RW other than those recorded in
music CD format or MP3 format conforming to
ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2, Joliet/Romeo or
multi-session.
Playback order of MP3/WMA files
About iPod
This unit can be connected to the following iPods.
Update your iPod to the latest software before you
use it.
– iPod mini*
– iPod nano 1st generation
– iPod nano 2nd generation (aluminum)
– iPod nano 3rd generation (video)
– iPod 4th generation*
– iPod 4th generation (color display)*
– iPod 5th generation (video)
– iPod classic
– iPod touch
*
When you connect an iPod mini or the 4th
generation of iPod, Passenger control is not
available.
If you have any questions or problems concerning
your unit that are not covered in this manual, consult
your nearest Sony dealer.
Folder
(album)
MP3/WMA file
(track)
MP3/WMA
