SONY XR-M550 - Owner's Manual Immediate Download

FM/AM

Cassette

Car Stereo

XR-M550

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.

Para obtener información sobre la instalación y las conexiones, consulte el manual

de instalación/conexiones suministrado.

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.

3-047-781-11 (1)

Operating Instructions

Mode d'emploi

Manual de instrucciones

Welcome !

Thank you for purchasing this Sony Cassette

Player. This unit lets you enjoy a variety of

features using the following controller

accessory:

Supplied accessory

Card remote commander RM-X94

Optional accessory

Rotary commander RM-X4S

In addition to the cassette playback and radio

operations, you can expand your system by

connecting an optional CD/MD unit*1.

When you operate this unit or a connected

optional CD unit with the CD TEXT function,

the CD TEXT information will appear in the

display when you play a CD TEXT disc*2.

*1 You can connect a CD changer, an MD changer,

a CD player, or an MD player.

*2 A CD TEXT disc is an audio CD that includes

information such as the disc name, artist name,

and track names.

This information is recorded on the disc.

Warning

This equipment has been tested and found to

comply with the limits for a Class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful

interference in a residential installation. This

equipment generates, uses, and can radiate

radio frequency energy and, if not installed

and used in accordance with the instructions,

may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. However, there is no

guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does

cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined

by turning the equipment off and on, the user

is encouraged to try to correct the interference

by one or more of the following measures:

-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-- Increase the separation between the

equipment and receiver.

-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a

circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/

TV technician for help.

You are cautioned that any changes or

modifications not expressly approved in this

manual could void your authority to operate

this equipment.

Notes on Cassettes

Cassette care

· Do not touch the tape surface of a cassette, as

any dirt or dust will contaminate the heads.

· Keep cassettes away from equipment with

built-in magnets such as speakers and

amplifiers, as erasure or distortion on the

recorded tape could occur.

· Do not expose cassettes to direct sunlight,

extremely cold temperatures, or moisture.

· Slack in the tape may cause the tape to be

caught in the machine. Before you insert the

tape, use a pencil or similar object to turn the

reel and take up any slack.

· Distorted cassettes and loose labels can cause

problems when inserting or ejecting tapes.

Remove or replace loose labels.

· The sound may become distorted while

playing the cassette. The cassette player head

should be cleaned after each 50 hours of use.

Cassettes longer than 90 minutes

The use of cassettes longer than 90 minutes is

not recommended except for long continuous

play. The tape used for these cassettes is very

thin and tends to stretch easily. Frequent

playing and stopping of these tapes may cause

them to become entangled in the cassette deck

mechanism.

Slack

Precautions

· If your car was parked in direct sunlight

resulting in a considerable rise in

temperature inside the car, allow the unit to

cool off before operating it.

· If no power is being supplied to the unit,

check the connections first. If everything is in

order, check the fuse.

· If no sound comes from the speakers of a

two-speaker system, set the fader control to

the center position.

· When a tape is played back for a long period,

the cassette may become warm because of

the built-in power amplifier. However, this is

not a sign of malfunction.

· Do not use the Custom file feature while

driving, or perform any other function which

could divert your attention from the road.

If you have any questions or problems

concerning your unit that are not covered in

this manual, please consult your nearest Sony

dealer.

To maintain high quality sound

If you have drink holders near your audio

equipment, be careful not to splash juice or

other soft drinks onto the car audio. Sugary

residues on this unit or cassette tapes may

contaminate the playback heads, reduce the

sound quality, or prevent sound reproduction

altogether.

Cassette cleaning kits cannot remove sugar

from the tape heads.

Location of controls ................................................. 5

Getting Started

Resetting the unit ................................................ 8

Turning the unit on/off ...................................... 8

How to use the menu ......................................... 8

Setting the clock .................................................. 9

Cassette Player

Listening to a tape ............................................. 10

Playing a tape in various modes ...................... 11

Radio

Memorizing stations automatically

-- Best Tuning Memory (BTM) .................. 12

Memorizing only the desired stations ........... 12

Receiving the memorized stations .................. 13

Storing the station names

-- Station Memo .......................................... 14

Locating a station by name

-- List-up ...................................................... 15

Other Functions

Labeling the rotary commander ..................... 15

Using the rotary commander .......................... 16

Adjusting the sound characteristics ............... 18

Attenuating the sound ..................................... 18

Changing the sound and display settings ..... 18

Selecting the spectrum analyzer ..................... 19

Adjusting the sound and frequency of the

equalizer preamplifier ................................. 19

CD/MD Unit

Playing a CD or MD ......................................... 20

Playing tracks repeatedly

-- Repeat Play .............................................. 21

Playing tracks in random order

-- Shuffle Play .............................................. 22

Labeling a CD

-- Disc Memo ............................................... 22

Locating a disc by name

-- List-up ...................................................... 24

Selecting specific tracks for playback

-- Bank .......................................................... 24

TV/Video

Watching the TV ................................................ 25

Watching a video ............................................... 25

Memorizing TV channels automatically ....... 26

Memorizing only the desired TV channels ... 26

Storing the TV channel names ........................ 27

Displaying the information stored on discs .. 27

Watching the TV or video while listening to a

tape, CD or MD

-- Simultaneous Play .................................. 28

Additional Information

Maintenance ....................................................... 29

Dismounting the unit ....................................... 30

Specifications ..................................................... 31

Troubleshooting guide ..................................... 32

With Optional Equipment

This Unit Only

Table of Contents

Location of controls

OFF

D-BASS

SEEK

LIST

SOUND

ENTER

DISC

SOURCE

DSPL

MODE

VOL

ATT

OPEN/CLOSE

Refer to the pages listed for details.

1 OFF button 8, 10

2 MENU button 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20,

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28

3 SOURCE (Tuner/TAPE/CD/MD/TV)

button

8, 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 28

4 </, (SEEK/AMS /+) buttons

8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24,

25, 26, 28

Automatic Music Sensor (./>)

10, 21

Manual search (m/M) 21

Seek 13

5 SOUND button 18

6 DSPL (display mode change) button

14, 20, 23

7 ATT (attenuate) button 18

8 OPEN/CLOSE button 10

9 LIST button 14, 15, 23, 24, 27

List-up 15, 24, 27

q; M/m (DISC/PRST +/) buttons 8, 9, 11,

13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

During radio reception:

Preset stations select 13

During CD/MD playback:

Disc change 21

During TV reception:

Band select 26

qa ENTER button 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20,

22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28

qs MODE button

10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 23, 25, 28

During tape palyback:

Playback direction change 10

During radio reception:

BAND select 12, 13

During CD/MD playback:

CD/MD unit select 20

During TV reception:

Unit select 25, 28

qd VOL (volume adjust) buttons

A unit turned off by pressing (OFF) for two

seconds cannot be operated with the card

remote commander unless (SOURCE) on the

unit is pressed or a cassette is inserted to

activate the unit first.

Card remote commander RM-X94