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3-858-365-12 (1)
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Operating Instructions
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Mode d’emploi
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Manual de instrucciones
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Bruksanvisning
CDP-XA50ES
CDP-XA30ES
ª 1997 by Sony Corporation
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WARNING Welcome! To prevent fire or shock Thank you for purchasing the Sony Compact Disc Player. Before operating hazard, do not expose the unit, please read this manual the unit to rain or thoroughly and retain it for future reference. moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to About This Manual qualified personnel only. The instructions in this manual are for Do not install the models CDP-XA50ES and CDP-XA30ES. The CDP-XA50ES is the model used for applianc
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Getting Started TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Started Unpacking ............................................................................................................................. 4 Hooking Up the System ...................................................................................................... 4 Playing a CD ............................................................................................................................. 6 Playing CDs Customising the Sound of Your Mu
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Getting Started Unpacking Hooking Up the System Check that you received the following items: • Audio connecting cord (1) Overview • Remote commander (remote) (1) This section describes how to hook up the CD player to • Sony SUM-3 (NS) batteries (2) an amplifier. Be sure to turn off the power of each • Stabiliser (1) component before making the connections. Inserting batteries into the remote DIGITAL OUT DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL You can control the player using the supplied remote. LINE OUT FI
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Getting Started What cords will I need? • If you have a digital component with an optical digital input connector pWhen making analog hookups Connect the component via the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) • Audio cord (supplied) (1) connector using the optical cable (not supplied). Take off White the cap and plug in the optical cable. White (L) (L) CD player Digital component Red Red DIGITAL OUT (R) (R) DIGITAL IN OPTICAL COAXIAL pWhen making digital hookups OPTICAL • Optical cable POC-15 (not supplied)
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Basic Operations Playing a CD 23 4 CDP-XA50ES AMS PUSH ENTER CHECK CLEAR FILTER POWER PLAY PHONES LINE OUT MODE REPEAT TIME PHONE LEVEL EDIT/ TIME FADE FILE ERASE Connect the OPEN/CLOSE 010 headphones. Adjust the headphones volume.* 234 CDP-XA30ES AMS PUSH ENTER EDIT/ REPEAT TIME FADE CHECK CLEAR FILTER FILE ERASE PHONES LINE OUT PLAY MODE TIME PHONE LEVEL POWER OPEN/CLOSE 010 Connect the headphones. Adjust the headphones volume.* * The output level from the LINE OUT VARIABLE jacks will also cha
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Basic Operations Basic Operations Basic Operations If “–––––” appears in the Press ¤ OPEN/CLOSE, and place a CD on the tray. display Place the supplied stabiliser 3 on the CD. If you do not, this indication appears. Note In Step 3, do not place two or more CDs at the same time. With the label side up Place the supplied stabiliser on the If you do so, you may damage CD. (The stabilisers supplied with the the discs and/or the player. CDP-XA50ES and CDP-XA30ES are different.) If play doesn’t start
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Playing CDs Playing CDs 3 Push AMS ± to select the filter. Customising the Sound of Your The original display reappears. The selected digital filter number is stored in Music (Digital Filter Function) memory even if you turn off the power. This player has a variable coefficient (V.C.) digital filter. By selecting the type of filter you want, you can You can also change the digital filter number by pressing the FILTER button while the indicator is adjust the sound to match your system, your roo
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Playing CDs Sharp roll-off filters steeply cut off the noise generated Characteristics of each digital filter during sampling over 22.05 kHz. This is a superior way The following are the settings and characteristics for of completely reproducing signals below 20 kHz: the each of the five digital filters. Use this information to basic principle behind digital audio. select the filter you want. On the other hand, slow roll-off filters cut off the noise generated during sampling gradually, and are
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Playing CDs 3: Analog type This is a slow roll-off, direct type filter that simulates a Using the Display seventh-order analog Butterworth filter. This filter completely prevents pre-ringing in the impulse You can check information about the disc using the response. Also, since it simulates an analog filter, the display. high-region phase outside the audible frequency is CDP-XA50ES rotated. The filters from 3A to 3C differ in degree of phase rotation. 3A is multiplied by one (the true analog ch
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Playing CDs While in Shuffle Play mode (“SHUFFLE” appears in Turning off the music calendar in the the display; see page 13), a one-second access time display blank is added between each track. This increase is Each time you press DISPLAY MODE on the remote automatically added to the total playing time in the while playing a disc, the music calendar turns off and display. on alternately in the display. If the disc has more than 15 tracks, the z indication appears next to 15 on the music calenda
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Playing CDs Locating a Particular Point in a Playing Tracks Repeatedly Track You can play tracks repeatedly in any play mode. You can also locate a particular point in a track while CDP-XA50ES playing a disc. REPEAT REPEAT 0/) CDP-XA30ES 0/) INDEX / A÷B REPEAT To locate a point Press While monitoring the ) (forward) or 0 (backward) Press REPEAT while playing a disc. sound and hold down until you find the point “REPEAT” appears in the display. The player repeats the tracks as follows: Quickly b
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Playing CDs Repeating the current track Playing in Random Order You can repeat only the current track. (Shuffle Play) While the track you want is being played, press You can have the player “shuffle” tracks and play in a REPEAT repeatedly until “REPEAT 1” appears in the random order. display. CDP-XA50ES Note You cannot repeat the current track while the disc is played in Custom Index Play mode (see page 23). Repeating a Specific Portion (A÷B Repeat) á PLAY MODE You can play a specific portion i
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Playing CDs You can start Shuffle Play while playing Press PLAY MODE once (or SHUFFLE on the remote), and Shuffle Play starts from the current track. CONTINUE PROGRAM You can delete unwanted tracks during Shuffle Play (Delete Shuffle Play) Press the number button of the track you want to delete on the remote. Number The track number and “OFF” appear in the display, and buttons then the track number disappears from the music >10 CLEAR calendar. CHECK If you want to restore the track, press the nu
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Playing CDs 3 Press á to start Programme Play. 4 Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to programme the tracks in the order you want. To cancel Programme Play Press CONTINUE. 5 Press á to start Programme Play. You can check the total playing time while To cancel Programme Play programming using the remote (Programme Edit) Press PLAY MODE three times. To select a track, press = or + and check the total playing time. Then press PROGRAM to confirm your When tracks, which aren’t numerically consecutive on selection.
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Playing CDs 2 Press the number buttons of the tracks you want to Changing the track order delete. You can change your programme before you start The track numbers disappear from the music playing. calendar after “OFF” appears for a while. To delete a track numbered over 10, use the >10 To You need to button (see page 11). Erase a track Press CHECK until the track you If you’ve made a mistake don’t want appears in the display, Press the number button of the track. “On” appears in then press CLEAR
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Recording From CDs Recording From CDs 1 Create your programme (for side A when recording on a tape) while checking the total Recording Your Own playing time indicated in the display. Programme See “Creating Your Own Programme” on page 14. You can record the programme you’ve created on a 2 When you record on both sides of the tape, press tape, DAT or MD. The programme can contain up to 24 ¸ to insert a pause. tracks. The “P” indication appears in the display and the By inserting a pause during pr
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Recording From CDs 1 Press EDIT/TIME FADE before you start playing as follows: Recording a CD by Specifying • To select Time Edit, press the button once. Tape Length (Time Edit/Just “EDIT” appears and “SIDE-A” flashes in the display. Edit) • To select Just Edit, press the button twice. JUST You can have the player create a programme that will ( ) “ ” appears and “SIDE-A” flashes in the EDIT fit the length of the tape. Select one of the following display. options: • Time Edit: automatically
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Recording From CDs You can programme the tracks you want in advance Select the tracks before doing the above procedure. The Fading In or Out player creates a programme from the remaining tracks. In this case, you cannot select “HALF” to specify the tape You can manually fade in or out to prevent tracks from length. starting or ending abruptly. Note that you cannot use this effect when you use the You can freely specify the tape length DIGITAL OUT connector. Set the tape length using AMS ±. 0/)
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Recording From CDs 4 To record on side B, reverse the tape and press á Changing the fading time or ¸ on the player to resume playing. You can change the fading time from 2 to 10 seconds Again, the play fades out at the specified time. before fading in or out. If you don’t change it, fading lasts for 5 seconds. To cancel Time Fade Press EDIT/TIME FADE. 1 Press FADER before you start playing. “5 SEC” appears and “FADE” flashes in the display. You can freely specify the playing time See “You can
