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3-047-781-12 (1)
FM/AM
Cassette
Car Stereo
US
Operating Instructions
FR
Mode d’emploi
ES
Manual de instrucciones
Owner’s Record
The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom of the unit.
Record these numbers in the space provided below.
Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this
product.
Model No. XR-M550 Serial No.
For installation and connections, see the supplied installation/connections manual.
En ce qui concerne l’installation et les connexions,
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Warning Welcome ! This equipment has been tested and found to Thank you for purchasing this Sony Cassette comply with the limits for a Class B digital Player. This unit lets you enjoy a variety of device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. features using the following controller These limits are designed to provide accessory: reasonable protection against harmful Supplied accessory interference in a residential installation. This Card remote commander RM-X94 equipment generates, uses, and can
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Precautions Notes on Cassettes • If your car was parked in direct sunlight Cassette care resulting in a considerable rise in • Do not touch the tape surface of a cassette, as temperature inside the car, allow the unit to any dirt or dust will contaminate the heads. cool off before operating it. • Keep cassettes away from equipment with • If no power is being supplied to the unit, built-in magnets such as speakers and check the connections first. If everything is in amplifiers, as erasure or dist
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Table of Contents This Unit Only With Optional Equipment Location of controls ................................................. 5 CD/MD Unit Playing a CD or MD ......................................... 20 Getting Started Playing tracks repeatedly — Repeat Play .............................................. 21 Resetting the unit ................................................ 8 Playing tracks in random order Turning the unit on/off ...................................... 8 — Shuffle Play ........
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Location of controls Card remote commander RM-X94 OPEN/CLOSE OFF D-BASS MENU DISC LIST SEEK SEEK SOURCE DISC SOUND ENTER DSPL MODE ATT VOL Refer to the pages listed for details. 1 OFF button 8, 10 q; M/m (DISC/PRST +/–) buttons 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 2 MENU button 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, During radio reception: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28 Preset stations select 13 3 SOURCE (Tuner/TAPE/CD/MD/TV) During CD/MD playback: button Disc change 21 8, 10, 12, 13, 19, 2
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LIST SOUND M L O P D Location of controls Security side Operation side DISC SOURCE REP SHUF DISC 12 3 4 5 6 OFF CLOSE XR-M550 6 S E D ENTER MENU
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The corresponding buttons of the unit * Warning when installing in a car control the same functions as those on without ACC (accessory) position on the card remote commander. the ignition key switch Be sure to press (OFF) on the unit for two 1q; Reset button (located on the front seconds to turn off the clock display after side of the unit behind the front turning off the engine. panel) 8 When you press (OFF) only momentarily, the clock display does not turn off and this 2 Main display window c
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How to use the menu Getting Started This unit is operated by selecting items from a menu. To select, first enter the menu mode and choose M/m (up/down), or choose
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2 Press (ENTER). Setting the clock The clock uses a 12-hour digital indication. Example: To set the clock to 10:08 The clock starts. 1 Press (MENU), then press M or m repeatedly until “Clock” appears. Tip In the initial setting, the clock indication appears while the unit is turned off. When the D.Info mode is set to “on,” the time is always displayed (except for some functions of SA mode) (page 18). 1 Press (ENTER). The hour indication flashes. 2 Press M or m to set the hour. 3 Press ,. The mi
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Fast-winding the tape During playback, press and hold m or Cassette Player M. DISC SEEK SEEK m : m : SOURCE Rewind Fast-forward Listening to a tape DISC 1 Press (OPEN/CLOSE) of the card remote commander and insert a cassette. To start playback during fast-forwarding or Playback starts automatically. rewinding, press (MODE) (o). Locating a specific track — Automatic Music Sensor (AMS) During playback, press . or > momentarily for each track you want to skip. You can skip up to nine tracks at one
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Playing tracks repeatedly Playing a tape in various — Repeat Play 1 During playback, press (MENU). modes You can play the tape in various modes: 2 Press M or m repeatedly until “Repeat” •Repeat (Repeat Play) repeats the current appears. track. •NR (Dolby NR) lets you select the Dolby* NR 3 Press , repeatedly until “Repeat on” in B system. the display appears. •Metal lets you play a metal or CrO2 tape. •B.Skip (Blank Skip) skips blanks longer than Repeat on y Repeat off eight seconds. •ATA (Autom
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Memorizing only the Radio desired stations You can preset up to 18 FM stations (6 each for FM1, 2, and 3) and up to 12 AM stations (6 each for AM1 and 2) in the order of your Memorizing stations choice. automatically 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the — Best Tuning Memory (BTM) tuner. The unit selects the stations with the strongest signals and memorizes them in the order of 2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select the their frequencies. You can store up to 6 stations band. on each band (FM1,
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If FM stereo reception is poor Receiving the memorized — Monaural Mode 1 During radio reception, press (MENU), stations then press M or m repeatedly until “Mono” appears. 1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the tuner. 2 Press , until “Mono on” appears. The sound improves, but becomes 2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select the monaural (“ST” disappears). band. 3 Press (ENTER). 3 Press M (preset up) or m (preset down) repeatedly to receive the stations in the To return to normal mode, select order
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Tip There is another way to start storing station Storing the station names names. Press (LIST) for two seconds instead of steps 2 and 3. You can also complete the operation — Station Memo by pressing (LIST) for two seconds instead of step 5. You can assign a name to each radio station and store it in memory. The name of the station currently tuned in appears in the Displaying the station name display. You can assign a name of up to eight Press (DSPL) during radio reception. characters for a sta
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DSPL MODE SOUND Locating a station by Other Functions name — List-up 1 Press (LIST) momentarily. You can also control this unit with the rotary The name assigned to the station currently commander (optional). tuned appears in the display. Labeling the rotary commander Depending on how you mount the rotary 2 Press M or m repeatedly until you find commander, attach the appropriate label as the desired station. shown in the illustration below. When no name is assigned to the selected station, the f
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By rotating the control Using the rotary (the SEEK/AMS control) commander The rotary commander works by pressing buttons and/or rotating controls. You can also control the optional CD or MD units with the rotary commander. By pressing buttons (the SOURCE and MODE buttons) Rotate the control and release it to: •Locate the beginnings of tracks on the tape. Rotate and hold the control, and release it to fast-wind the tape. To start (SOURCE) playback while fast-winding the tape, press (MODE). •Locat
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Other operations Changing the operative direction Rotate the VOL control to The operative direction of controls is factory- adjust the volume. set as shown below. Press (ATT) to attenuate the To increase sound. Press (OFF) to turn off the unit. To decrease Note If you need to mount the rotary commander on When installing in a car without ACC (accessory) the right hand side of the steering column, you position on the ignition key switch, press (OFF) for can reverse the operative direction. two se
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Adjusting the sound Changing the sound and characteristics display settings You can adjust the bass, treble, balance, and The following items can be set: fader. Set (Setting) You can store the bass and treble levels •Clock (page 9). independently for each source. •Beep — to turn the beep sound on or off. •RM (Rotary Commander) — to change the 1 Select the item you want to adjust by operative direction of the rotary commander. pressing (SOUND) repeatedly. — Select “norm” to use the rotary Each ti
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1 Press (MENU). Selecting the spectrum 2 Press M or m repeatedly until the desired analyzer item appears. The sound signal level is displayed on a Each time you press m, the item changes as spectrum analyzer. You can select a display follows: pattern from 1 to 6, or the automatic display Example mode. Clock t Beep t RM t English/French/ 1 1 Spanish t D.Info* t SA* t Dimmer t 2 1 Contrast t M.Dspl t A.Scrl* t HPF* t 1 Press (SOURCE) to select a source (tuner, 1 1 LPF* t Loud* tape, CD, or MD). 1
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After you select the desired item, the display With Optional Equipment will automatically change to the Motion Display mode after a few seconds. CD/MD Unit In the Motion Display mode, all the items are scrolled in the display one by one in order. This unit can control external CD/MD units. Tip If you connect an optional CD unit with the The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See CD TEXT function and the custom file “Changing the sound and display settings” on function, the CD TEXT informati
