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FM/MW/LW
Cassette Car
Stereo
EN
Operating Instructions
F
Mode d’emploi
D
Bedienungsanleitung
For installation and connections, see the supplied installation/connections
manual.
En ce qui concerne l’installation et les connexions, consulter le manuel
d’installation/connexions fourni.
Zur Installation und zum Anschluß siehe die mitgelieferte Installations/
Anschlußanleitung.
XR-F21RDS
Actual total number: Sony XR-F21RDS (E,F,G) 0-000-000-11 (1)
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Table of Contents Features ..................................................................... 4 Precautions ............................................................... 5 Detaching and Attaching the Front Panel ............ 5 Setting the Clock ...................................................... 6 Cassette Player Operation Listening to Tape Playback .................................... 7 Ejecting the Cassette ................................................ 7 To Fast-wind the Tape ......
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ts Other Functions CD Custom File Function With the CD changer connected Adjusting the Sound Characteristics .................. 13 Muting the Sound Quickly Putting Your Personalized Titles — Mute Function .............................................. 13 onto the CDs — Disc Memo Function .......... 22 Changing the Illumination Color ........................ 14 Displaying the Registered Titles Storing the Sound Characteristics of each Source — Disc Memo Function .................................
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Features General Tuner section • Detachable front panel enables you to take • Up to 40 stations can be preset: 20 stations on the front panel away with you when you FM and 10 stations each on MW and LW. leave your car (page 5). • BTM (Best Tuning Memory) function • Caution alarm will be activated if you turn automatically searches and stores the stations off the ignition key without removing the with the strongest signals on the preset front panel from the unit. number buttons in order of freque
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Precautions Detaching and Attaching • Before operating the unit for the first time or the Front Panel after replacing the car battery, press the reset The front panel of this unit can be detached in button with a ball-point pen etc., and then order to prevent the unit from being stolen. start operating the unit. Pressing the reset button will erase the memorized programme and clear the Detaching the Front Panel memory of the CD programme memory Before detaching the front panel, be sure to functi
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• Do not expose the front panel to direct sunlight, heat sources such as hot air ducts, and do not leave it in a Setting the Clock humid place. Never leave it on the dashboard etc. of a car parked in direct sunlight where there may be a The clock has a 24-hour digital indication. considerable rise in temperature inside the car. For example, setting it to 10:08 Caution alarm If you turn the ignition key to the OFF position 1 Display the time. OFF DSPL without removing the front panel, the caution
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Cassette Player Operation Cassette Player Playing a Tape Recorded Operation in the Dolby B-NR or C-NR System 7 Press the button when you want Listening to Tape Playback to listen to a tape recorded in Dolby B- NR or C-NR system. n “a” appears on After inserting the cassette, playback the display. will start automatically. Each time you press the 7 button, the mode changes as follow: z Dolby B-NR z Dolby C-NR z Cancel If a cassette is already inserted, press TAPE the button to start playback. I
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Playing Tracks Repeatedly Radio Reception — Repeat Play Function REPEAT 2 Press the button during playback. n “REP” appears on the display. When the currently played track is over, it will be played again from the beginning. Searching for the Stations To cancel this mode, press the button again. Automatically — Automatic Tuning 1 Select the desired band. Radio Reception during FM1 n FM2 n MW n TUNER LW n FM1 Fast-forwarding or Rewinding of a Tape — ATA (Automatic Tuner Activation) 2 Press eith
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Cassette Player Operation/Radio Reception 3 FM1 and FM2 only: INTRO Press preset number button 1 Tuning in by Adjusting the momantarily, then press again for about — Manual Tuning two seconds until you hear a beep tone. Frequency n The station will be stored. Repeat this operation with preset number 1 Select the desired band. REPEAT buttons through . 2 10 TUNER Notes • When “AF OFF” is displayed and you activate BTM, the unit will store only stations not transmitting RDS data. Depending on rece
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Receiving the Memorized RDS Functions Stations 1 Select the desired band. TUNER Overview of the RDS Function RDS (Radio Data System) is a system which uses 2 Press momentarily the preset number FM radio waves to receive digital signals. button on which the desired station is Receiving RDS data with your car stereo unit stored. allows it to use a variety of services. There are several ways to use these services. For instance, Note you can receive information such as traffic If you press the prese
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Radio Reception/RDS Functions Listening to a Regional Programme AF/ TA Listening to the same Press the button for more than two seconds. n “REG” appears on the Programme without Manual display. Retuning even if the Location To cancel, press again for more than two has changed — AF Function seconds. Using “AF” (List of Alternative Frequencies), to Note automatically tune to that frequency among the The initial setting is “Regional ON”. frequencies of the currently received station, which carries
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AF/ TA Press the button during tape, CD or MD playback. n “TA” appears on the Selecting the Programme display. Type The unit will start to search for traffic announcements. When an announcement is Some stations use RDS to distinguish the types received, tape, CD or MD playback will stop, of their programmes during broadcasting. and the traffic information station can be heard. AF/ In case you press the TA button while an MW There are following programme types: or LW station is received, the uni
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RDS Functions/Other Functions 3 When the desired programme type is displayed, press the either side of the SEEK/AMS button. n “SEARCH” will Other Functions blink in the display. The unit will search for station broadcasting this programme type. PTY SEARCH Adjusting the Sound Characteristics 4 When a programme of the desired type is received, the programme type will again appear in the display for five 1 Select the item you want to adjust by seconds. pressing the SEL button repeatedly. PTY ST POR
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Changing the Illumination Muting the Beep Tone BL.SKIP 6 Color Press the button while pressing SEL the button. INTRO 1 Press the button while pressing To obtain the beep tone again, press these SEL the button. buttons once more. You can choose the color between amber and green. Enjoying Bass and Treble Storing the Sound even at Low Volume — Loudness Function Characteristics of each 7 Press the button while pressing Source SEL the button. n “LOUD” will appear — Source Tone Memory Function
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Other Functions/CD/MD Changer Operation CD/MD Changer Displaying the Title of the Operation Currently Played MD or Track Manually With the CD changer and optional MD changer connected DSPL Press the button until the desired display appears on the display window. If these data are not prerecorded on the currently played MD, “NO D.name” or “NO Playing a CD/MD T.name” will appear for one second. MD/CD Press the button. If the title is too long, you can scroll it across CD/MD playback starts. SCRL
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Locating the Desired Part Searching for the Desired — Manual Search — Intro Scan Function of a Track Track INTRO 1 During playback, press and hold either Press the button during playback. side of the PRST/DISC button. Release n “INTRO” appears on the display. the button when you have found the The first 10 seconds of all the tracks on the desired part. currently selected disc are played in order. After the first disc is over, the next disc is played. To forward PRST DISC When you find the des
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CD/MD Changer Operation REPEAT All tracks on each disc in each CD/MD The function of the button changes 2 changer connected are played in random cyclically as follows: order. REP 1 REP 2 (Track repeat) (Disc repeat) SHUF The function of the button changes 3 cyclically as follows: SHUF 2 SHUF 1 (Changer shuffle) (Disc shuffle) Cancel (Normal CD/ REP 3* (Changer MD playback mode) repeat) * Changer repeat (REP 3) mode functions only when two Cancel (Normal CD/ or more CD/MD changers are connected
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PTY LIST CD Programme 2 Pressing the button continuously will display in order the titles of the discs Memory Function in the currently selected changer. Once a disc name has been displayed for over five seconds, the display window With the CD changer connected returns to its normal display. Turning off the Display You can preselect the tracks you want to hear Press the DSPL button again. and the order in which you want them to be played back (from the discs in the changer Notes connected to th
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CD/MD Changer Operation/CD Programme Memory Function The function of the PGM button changes cyclically 2 Play the track that you wish to enter into as follows: memory. PGM 1 PGM 2 SEL 3 Press the button momentarily. P1 +EN TER+ µ PGM OFF PGM 1+2* DISC TRACK * Only when tracks are programmemed into both "PGM1" CD1 32 P1.02 and "PGM2", "PGM1+2" will be displayed. Note 4 A To continue entering tracks, repeat If a programme has not been configured, it will not appear steps 2 and 3. on the display.
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To erase tracks in Programme 2, press the PGM button momentarily to prompt the Inserting Tracks into a Programme 2 Configuration Indicator. Programme Notes • When entering Programme Edit Mode from Programme PGM 1 Press the button for more than Memory Playback Mode, the slot number of the track two seconds. currently playing will appear on the display. • Entering Programme Edit Mode from Normal Playback The system will enter the programme edit Mode: mode. — When all 12 track slots are filled in
