Sony CMT-S20B Operating Instructions

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Operating Instructions
©2013 Sony Corporation
CMT-S20B
Disposal of Old
Electrical & Electronic
Equipment
(Applicable in the
European Union and
other European
countries with separate
collection systems)
This symbol on the product or on its packaging
indicates that this product shall not be treated
as household waste. Instead it shall be handed
over to the applicable collection point for the
recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
By ensuring this product is disposed of
correctly, you will help prevent potential
WARNING negative consequences for the environment
and human health, which could otherwise be
caused by inappropriate waste handling of this
To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover the product. The recycling of materials will help to
ventilation opening of the appliance with conserve natural resources. For more detailed
newspapers, tablecloths, curtains, etc. information about recycling of this product,
Do not expose the appliance to naked flame please contact your local Civic Office, your
sources (for example, lighted candles). household waste disposal service or the shop
where you purchased the product.
To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock,
Applicable accessories: Remote commander
do not expose this appliance to dripping or
splashing, and do not place objects filled with
Disposal of waste
Europe Only
liquids, such as vases, on the appliance.
batteries (applicable in
Do not install the appliance in a confined space,
the European Union
such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.
As the main plug is used to disconnect the unit and other European
from the mains, connect the unit to an easily
countries with
accessible AC outlet. Should you notice an
abnormality in the unit, disconnect the main separate collection
plug from the AC outlet immediately.
systems)
Do not expose batteries or appliances with
This symbol on the battery or on the packaging
battery-installed to excessive heat, such as
indicates that the battery provided with this
sunshine and fire.
product shall not be treated as household
The unit is not disconnected from the mains as
waste.
long as it is connected to the AC outlet, even if
On certain batteries this symbol might be used
the unit itself has been turned off.
in combination with a chemical symbol. The
chemical symbols for mercury (Hg) or lead (Pb)
CAUTION
are added if the battery contains more than
0.0005% mercury or 0.004% lead.
The use of optical instruments with this product
By ensuring these batteries are disposed of
will increase eye hazard.
correctly, you will help prevent potentially
This appliance is
negative consequences for the environment
classified as a CLASS
and human health which could otherwise be
1 LASER product. This
caused by inappropriate waste handling of the
marking is located on battery. The recycling of the materials will help
the rear exterior.
to conserve natural resources.
In case of products that for safety, performance
Notice for customers: the
or data integrity reasons require a permanent
following information is only connection with an incorporated battery, this
battery should be replaced by qualified service
applicable to equipment sold
staff only. To ensure that the battery will be
in countries applying EU
treated properly, hand over the product at end-
of-life to the applicable collection point for the
directives.
recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
This product has been manufactured by or on For all other batteries, please view the section
behalf of Sony Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan Minato-
on how to remove the battery from the product
ku Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan. Inquiries related safely. Hand the battery over to the applicable
to product compliance based on European
collection point for the recycling of waste
Union legislation shall be addressed to the batteries.
authorized representative, Sony Deutschland
For more detailed information about recycling
GmbH, Hedelfinger Strasse 61, 70327 Stuttgart, of this product or battery, please contact
Germany. For any service or guarantee matters,
your local Civic Office, your household waste
please refer to the addresses provided in the disposal service or the shop where you
separate service or guarantee documents.
purchased the product.
Note on DualDiscs
Unit
4-460-928-12(2) 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 protection technologies are marketed
Remote
by some record companies. Please be aware
that among those discs, there are some that do
not conform to the CD standard and may not be
playable by this product.
License and Trademark Notice
 M PEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and
Printed in China
patents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and
Thomson.
 W indows Media is either a registered
GB
trademark or trademark of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries.
 T his product is protected by certain intellectual
property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use
or distribution of such technology outside of
this product is prohibited without a license
from Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft
subsidiary.
 A ll other trademarks and registered
trademarks are of their respective holders. In
®
this manual, and marks are not specified.
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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.
To use the remote
Slide and remove the battery compartment lid,
and insert the R6 (size AA) battery (not supplied),
 side first, matching the polarity shown below.
Notes on using the remote
 With normal use, the battery should last for about
 If you do not use the remote for a long period of
When carrying this system
1
2
3
To set the clock
1
2
3
4
Note
The clock settings are lost when you disconnect the
power cord or if a power failure occurs.
To display the clock when the system is
off
Press DISPLAY
about 8 seconds.
Getting Started
 DAB/FM lead antenna (Extend it horizontally.)
 To right speaker
 To left speaker
 ANTENNA
Find a location and orientation that provide good
reception when you set up the antenna.
Keep the antenna away from the speaker cords
and the power cord to avoid picking up noise.
Before unplugging the DAB/FM antenna, make
sure the system is turned off to preserve your
own DAB and FM settings.
 AUDIO IN jack
Connect an external audio component.
 SPEAKERS
Connect the speaker cords.
 Power
Connect the power cord to a wall outlet.
six months.
Operations
time, remove the battery to avoid damage from
battery leakage and corrosion.
Playing a CD/MP3/WMA disc
1
Select the CD function.
Remove a disc to protect the CD

Press CD .
mechanism.
2
Place a disc.
Press  (on/standby) 
on the unit to
Press  
on the unit, and place a disc with
turn off the system and confirm that
the label side up on the CD compartment.
"STANDBY" stops flashing.
To close the CD compartment, press 
Unplug the power cord.
the unit.
3
Start playback.
Playback of the CD-DA disc starts
Press   to turn on the system.
automatically.

Press TIMER MENU  to select the clock Press  (play) to play a MP3/WMA disc.
set mode.
Other operations
If "SELECT" appears, press / 
To Press
repeatedly to select "CLOCK," and then press
(enter)  .
Pause playback  (pause) 
Press /  repeatedly to set the press  
.
hour, then press  .  (stop) 
Stop playback twice.
Use the same procedure to set the
Select a folder (select folder) +/
minutes. on an MP3/ repeatedly.
WMA disc
Select a track or  (go back)/ (go

file forward) .
Find a point in a Hold down  (rewind)/
track or file (fast forward)
playback, and release the
 . The clock is displayed for
button at the desired point.

Select Repeat REPEAT repeatedly until
Play "RPT 1," "RPT FLDR*" or "RPT
ALL" appears.
* MP3/WMA disc only
To change the play mode
Press PLAY MODE  repeatedly while the player
is stopped. You can select normal play ("FLDR"
for all MP3/WMA files in the folder on the disc),
shuffle play ("SHUF" or "FLDRSHUF" for folder
shuffle), or program play ("PROGRAM").
Note on Repeat Play
"RPT 1" indicates that a single track or file is repeated
until you stop playback.
Listening to the radio
1 Select the DAB or FM function.
Press DAB
2 Perform tuning.
For tuning to a DAB/DAB+ station
Press PRESET+/PRESET
to the desired station.
For automatic scanning (FM band only)
Press TUNING MODE
"AUTO" appears, and then press TUNING+/
TUNING
when a station is tuned in.
If the scanning for an FM station does not
stop, press 
perform manual tuning (below).
For manual tuning (FM band only)
Press TUNING MODE
"MANUAL" appears, and then press TUNING+/
 Speaker cord (Red/)
TUNING
 Speaker cord (Black/)
station.
 To wall outlet
When you tune to a DAB/DAB+ station or an
FM station that provides RDS services, the
service name or station name appears on the
Reception of DAB/DAB+ radio station
display.
When you turn on the system for the first time
after you purchase the system, DAB Automatic Notes on DAB/DAB+ stations
Scan starts automatically and creates a list of
 When tuning to a DAB/DAB+ station, it may take a
available services. During the DAB Automatic
few seconds before you hear any sound.
Scan, the scanning progress is indicated as a  Primary service is automatically received when
percentage. Do not press any button on the unit secondary service ends.
or the remote during DAB Automatic Scan.  This tuner does not support data services.
Scanning is interrupted and service list may not
Tip
be created properly.
To reduce static noise on a weak FM stereo station,
To run the DAB Automatic Scan manually,
press FM MODE
perform the procedure of "Running the DAB
to turn off stereo reception. You will lose stereo
Automatic Scan manually" in "Listening to the
effect, but reception will improve.
radio." If you have moved to another area,
perform the DAB Automatic Scan manually and
Running the DAB Automatic Scan
re-register the contents of broadcasts.
manually
1 Press TUNING MODE  repeatedly until
To attach the speaker pads
"SCAN" appears.
Attach the supplied speaker pads at each corner
2
on the bottom of the speakers to prevent them Press
from slipping.
Scanning begins. The scanning progress is
indicated as a percentage. Depending on the
DAB/DAB+ services available in your area,
scanning may take a few minutes.
When scanning is complete, a list of available
services is created.
Notes
 If your country or region does not support DAB/
DAB+ broadcast, "NO SERV" appears.
 This procedure clears all previously stored presets.
Notes on playing MP3/WMA discs
 Before unplugging the DAB/FM antenna, make
 Do not save other types of files or unnecessary
sure the system is turned off to preserve your own
folders on a disc that has MP3/WMA files.
DAB/DAB+ settings.
 Folders that have no MP3/WMA files are skipped.
 MP3/WMA files are played back in the order that
Presetting radio stations
they are recorded onto the disc.
1
Tune to the desired station.
 The audio formats that you can listen to with this
2 Press TUNER MEMORY
system are as follows:
 MP3: file extension ".mp3"
tuner memory mode.
 on
 WMA: file extension ".wma"
 Even when file name has the correct file extension,
if the actual file differs, playing this file may
generate a loud noise by which the system may
malfunction.
3
 The maximum number of: Press PRESET+/PRESET
 folders is 256 (including the root folder).
select the desired preset number.
 MP3/WMA files is 999.
If another station is already assigned to the
 folder levels (the tree structure of files) is 8.
selected preset number, the station is replaced
 Compatibility with all MP3/WMA encoding/writing
by the new station.
software, recording device, and recording media
. To resume play,
4 Press
cannot be guaranteed. Incompatible MP3/WMA
5
discs may produce noise or interrupted audio or Repeat steps 1 through 4 to store other
may not play at all.
stations.
 
Note on playing multisession discs You can preset up to 20 DAB/DAB+ and 20 FM
The system can play back continuous sessions on a
stations. The preset stations are retained for
disc when they are recorded in the same session
about half a day even if you disconnect the
format as the first session. When a session recorded
power cord or if a power failure occurs.
in a different session format is encountered, that
session and the ones following it cannot be played
To tune to a preset radio station
back. Note that even if the sessions are recorded in
the same format, some sessions may not play back.
 during If you registered a radio station to a preset
number 1 to 6, the radio station will be tuned in
by just pressing the TUNER MEMORY NUMBER (1
to 6)
or FM.
If you registered a radio station to a preset
number 7 or higher, press TUNING MODE
repeatedly until "PRESET" appears then press
PRESET+/PRESET
desired preset number.
Note on presetting DAB/DAB+ stations
You can preset a DAB/DAB+ service only when it can
be received.
Playing a file of the USB
device
 or FM  .
The audio format that can be played back on this
system is MP3/WMA*.
* Files with DRM (Digital Rights Management)
copyright protection cannot be played back on
 this system.
repeatedly to tune
Files downloaded from an online music store may
not be played back on this system.
Check the website below for the information
about compatible USB devices.

repeatedly until
http://support.sony-europe.com/
1
 Select the USB function.
. Scanning stops automatically

Press USB .
2
Connect the USB device to the

port .
3 Start playback.
Press   .
 to stop scanning, then
Other operations
To Press
 Pause playback   . To resume play, press
repeatedly until
 
.
 repeatedly to tune to the desired
 
Stop playback . To resume play, press
  *. To cancel resume
play, press  
 
Select a folder +/ repeatedly.
Select a file /  .
Find a point in a Hold down /
file during playback, and release
the button at the desired
point.

Select Repeat REPEAT repeatedly until
Play "RPT 1," "RPT FLDR" or "RPT
ALL" appears.
* When playing a VBR MP3/WMA file, the system
 may resume playback from a different point.
repeatedly until "MONO" appears
To change the play mode

Press PLAY MODE repeatedly while the USB
device is stopped. You can select normal play
("FLDR" for all files in the folder on the USB
device), shuffle play ("SHUF" or "FLDRSHUF" for
folder shuffle), or program play ("PROGRAM").
Note on Repeat Play

to perform scanning.
"RPT ALL" indicates that all audio files on a USB
device are repeated until you stop playback.
Notes
 When USB cable connection is necessary, connect
the USB cable supplied with the USB device to be
connected. See the operation manual supplied
with the USB device to be connected for details on
the operation method.
 It may take about 10 seconds before "SEARCH"
appears depending on the type of USB device
connected.
 Do not connect the system and the USB device
through a USB hub.
 When the USB device is inserted, the system reads
all the files on the USB device. If there are many
folders or files on the USB device, it may take a
long time to finish reading the USB device.
 With some connected USB devices, after an
operation is performed, there may be a delay
before it is performed by this system.
 Compatibility with all encoding/writing software
cannot be guaranteed. If audio files on the USB
device were originally encoded with incompatible
 to select the
software, those files may produce noise or
interrupted audio, or may not play at all.
 This system cannot play audio files on the USB
device in the following cases;
 when the number of audio files in a folder
exceeds 999.
 when the total number of audio files on a USB

repeatedly to device exceeds 999.
 when the number of folders on a USB device
exceeds 256 (including the "ROOT" folder and
empty folders).
These numbers may vary depending on the file
and folder structure. Do not save other types of
 to store the station. files or unnecessary folders on a USB device that
has audio files.
 The system can play back to a depth of 8 folders
only.
 This system does not necessarily support all the
functions provided in a connected USB device.
 Files and folders are displayed in the order of their
creation on the USB device.
 Folders that have no audio files are skipped.
 The audio formats that you can listen to with this
system are as follows:
 MP3: file extension ".mp3"
 WMA: file extension ".wma"
Note that even when file name has the correct file

when the system function is set to DAB
extension, if the actual file differs, the system may
produce noise or may malfunction.

To use the system as battery charger
You can use the system as a battery charger for
 repeatedly to select the
USB devices that have a rechargeable function
when the system is on.
The charging begins when the USB device is

connected to the (USB) port . The charge
status appears in the USB device display. For
details, see the user's guide of your USB device.
Notes on charging the USB device with this
system
 You cannot use the system as a battery charger
when the system is off.
 Some USB devices can be charged only when the
system is in the USB function.
(USB)
again.
