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3-095-504-22(1)
Micro HI-FI
Component System
Operating Instructions
CMT-BX3
© 2007 Sony Corporation
CMT-BX3.GB.3-095-504-22(1)
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Notice for the customer in the countries applying EU Directives WARNING According to the EU Directive related to product safety, EMC and R&TTE, the To reduce the risk of fire or manufacturer of this product is Sony electric shock, do not expose Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, this apparatus to rain or Tokyo, Japan. moisture. The Authorized Representative is Sony Deutschland GmbH, Hedelfinger Strasse To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover 61, 70327 Stuttgart, Germany. the ventil
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Note on DualDiscs A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates DVD recorded material on one side with digital audio material on the other side. However, since the audio material side does not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard, playback on this product is not guaranteed. Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies This product is designed to playback discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright pr
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Table of Contents Guide to parts and controls ............. 5 Others Information on the display ............... 9 Troubleshooting .................................21 Messages ...............................................24 Getting Started Precautions ...........................................25 Hooking up the system Specifications ......................................27 securely ..................................................10 Playable USB devices ........................28 Setting the
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Guide to parts and controls Guide to parts and controls This manual mainly explains operations using the remote, but the same operations can also be performed using the buttons on the unit having the same or similar names. Unit Front panel Top panel Continued GB CMT-BX3.GB.3-095-504-21(1)
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Remote USB MEMORY indicator Lights up when an optional USB device (Digital music player or USB storage media) is connected. AUDIO IN jack (page 16) Connect to an optional audio component. PHONES jack Connect the headphones. (USB) port (page 14, 28) Connect to an optional USB device (Digital music player or USB storage media). Playback buttons and function buttons / (power) button (page 11, 20, Unit: USB (play/pause) 23) button (page 14) Press to turn on the system. Pre
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Guide to parts and controls Remote: (play) button, ENTER button (page 11, 18, 19, (pause) button 20) Press to start or pause playback. Press to enter the settings. TUNER/BAND button (page 13) Press to select the TUNER function. Press to select FM or AM reception / (go back/go forward) mode. button (page 12, 15, 18) Press to select a track or file. Unit: AUDIO IN button (page 16) Press to select the AUDIO IN function. Unit: TUNE +/ (tuning) button (page 13) Remote: FUNCTION b
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REPEAT/FM MODE button (page 12, 13, 15) Press to listen to a disc, a single track or file repeatedly. Press to select the FM reception mode (monaural or stereo). Battery compartment lid (page 11) CLEAR button (page 18) Press to delete a pre-programmed track or file. TUNER MEMORY button (page 19) Press to preset the radio station. SLEEP button (page 20) Press to set the Sleep Timer. GB CMT-BX3.GB.3-095-504-21(1)
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Guide to parts and controls Information on the display Function Timer (page 20) Audio format Play mode (page 12, 15) DSGX (page 16) Tuner reception mode (page 13) Tuner reception (page 13) Play/Pause Text information GB CMT-BX3.GB.3-095-504-21(1)
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Getting Started Hooking up the system securely Left speaker Right speaker or Wall socket Speaker cord (Red/ ) Speakers Speaker cord (Black/ ) Insert only the stripped portion of the AM loop antenna speaker cords into the SPEAKER jacks. FM lead antenna (Extend it horizontally.) Brown side for other regions Antennas White side for North American model Find a location and an orientation that provide good reception, and then set up the antenna. Keep the antennas away from the sp
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Getting Started Power For models with a voltage selector, set Setting the clock VOLTAGE SELECTOR to the local power line voltage. Use buttons on the remote to set the Connect the power cord to a wall socket. clock. If the plug does not fit the wall socket, detach the supplied plug adaptor (only for models equipped with an adaptor). 1 Press / to turn on the system. When carrying this system 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER SET . 1 Remove a disc to protect the CD If the current mode appears on
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Other operation Basic Operations To Press Pause playback (or CD on the Playing a CD/MP3 disc unit) . To resume play, press the button again. 1 Select the CD function. Stop playback . Press CD . Select a folder +/ . 2 Place a disc. on an MP3 disc Press on the unit, and place a disc with the label side up on the Select a track / . disc tray. or file Find a point in Hold down / a track or file during playback, and release the button at the desired point.
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Basic Operations Notes on Repeat Play
=> All tracks or files on a disc are played Listening to the radio repeatedly up to five times.
=> “REP1” indicates that a single track or file is 1 Select “FM” or “AM.” repeated until you stop it. Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly. Notes on playing MP discs
=> Do not save other types of files or 2 Select the tuning mode. unnecessary folders on a disc that has MP3 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly files. until “AUTO” appears.
=> Folders that have no MP3 file
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1 Select the USB function. Listening to music of Press USB . an USB device 2 Connect an optional USB device (Digital music player or USB You can connect an optional USB device (Digital music player or USB storage storage media) to the (USB) media) to the (USB) port on the port as shown below. unit and listen to music stored in the USB device. See “Playable USB devices” (page 28) for a list of USB devices that can be connected to this system. The audio formats that can be pla
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Basic Operations Notes on the USB device Other operation
=> Do not connect the system and the USB device through a USB hub. To Press
=> With some connected USB devices, after an Pause playback (or USB on operation is performed, there may be a delay the unit) . To resume before it is performed by this system. play, press the button
=> This system does not necessarily support all again. the functions provided in a connected USB device. Stop playback .
=> The playback order for the s
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Using optional audio Adjusting the sound components To add a sound effect To Press 1 Connect additional audio Generate a DSGX on the unit. component to the AUDIO more dynamic IN jack on the unit using sound an audio analog cord (not (Dynamic supplied). Sound Generator 2 Turn down the volume. X-tra) Press VOLUME (or VOL on the Set the sound EQ repeatedly unit) . effect to select “BASS” or “TREBLE,” and 3 Select the AUDIO IN function. then press +/ Press AUDIO IN
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Basic Operations Changing the display To Press Change DISPLAY repeatedly information on when the system is on. 1) the display Check the DISPLAY when 2) clock when the the system is off . The system is off clock is displayed for 8 seconds. 1) For example, you can view CD/MP3 disc information or the USB device information, such as the track or file number or folder name during normal play, or the total playing time while the player is stopped. 2) The STANDBY indicator on the uni
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4 Press ENTER to add the track Other Operations or file to the program. CD Creating your own “ . ” appears when the total program time exceeds 100 minutes program for a CD, or when you select a CD (Program Play) track whose number is 21 or over, or when you select an MP3 file. 1 Select the desired function. USB The total program time cannot be CD displayed, so “ . ” appears. Press CD to select the CD function. 5 Repeat steps 3 through 4 to USB program additional tracks
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Other Operations 6 To call up a preset radio Presetting radio station, press TUNING MODE repeatedly until “PRESET” stations appears, and then press +/ You can preset your favorite radio repeatedly to select the desired stations and tune them in instantly preset number. by selecting the corresponding preset number. Use buttons on the remote to preset stations. 1 Tune in the desired station (see “Listening to the radio” (page 13)). 2 Press TUNER MEMORY . Preset number 3 Pre
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5 Use the same procedure as in Using the Timers step 4 to set the time to stop playing. The system offers two timer functions. If you use the Play Timer with the Sleep 6 Select the sound source. Timer, the Sleep Timer has priority. Press / repeatedly until Sleep Timer: the desired sound source appears, and You can fall asleep to music. This then press ENTER . The display function works even if the clock is not shows the timer settings. set. 7 Press / to turn off the Pres
