Aiwa CDC-X30MP User Manual

3-253-072-12(1)

FM/AM Compact Disc Player
AUTOESTEREO PARA DISCO COMPACTO

CDC-X30MP

© 2003 Sony Corporation

POR FAVOR LEA DETALLADAMENTE ESTE MANUAL DE
INSTRUCCIONES ANTES DE CONECTAR Y OPERAR ESTE
EQUIPO.
RECUERDE QUE UN MAL USO DE SU APARATO PODRÍA
ANULAR LA GARANTÍA.

Owner’s Record

For your convenience, record the serial number (you will find
them on the bottom side of your set) in the space provided
below. Please refer to them when you contact your AIWA dealer
in case of difficulty.

Model No. CDC-X30MP Serial No.

PRECAUTIONS

• Use only in a 12-volt DC negative-ground electrical
system.

• Disconnect the vehicle’s negative battery terminal
while mounting and connecting the unit.

• When replacing the fuse, be sure to use one with an
identical amperage rating. Using a fuse with a higher
amperage rating may cause serious damage to the
unit.

• Do NOT attempt to disassemble the unit. Laser beams
from the optical pickup are dangerous to the eyes.

• Make sure that pins or other foreign objects do not get
inside the unit; they may cause malfunctions, or create
safety hazards such as electrical shock or laser beam
exposure.

• When your vehicle has been parked in direct sunlight
resulting in a considerable rise in the temperature
inside, allow the unit to cool off before operating it.

• Keep the volume at a level at which you can hear
outside warning sounds (horns, sirens, etc.).

NOTE

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 circuit

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV

technician for help.

Caution

The use of optical instruments with this product will
increase eye hazard.

CAUTION

Modifications or adjustments to this product, which are
not expressly approved by the manufacturer, may void
the user’s right or authority to operate this product.

Before operation

In addition to ordinary CDs, this unit can play back
any CD-R or CD-RW that contains audio titles or
MP3 files.

Notes

• NEVER use a CD-R or CD-RW that contains no
data or data in the wrong format.

• The unit cannot play back any CD-R or CD-RW that
contains no data or data in a format other than
MP3.
For more information about MP3, see page 6.

• You cannot play a CD-R or CD-RW that is not
finalized*.

*A process necessary for a recorded CD-R or CD-

RW disc to be played on the audio CD player.

Music discs encoded with copyright
protection

This product is designed to playback discs that conform
to the Compact Disc (CD) standard.
Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright
protection are marketed 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.

For installation and connections, refer to the separate
“INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS”.

CD Notes

• Playing a defective or dusty CD can
cause dropouts in sound.

• Hold CDs as illustrated.

• Do NOT touch the unlabeled side.

• Do NOT attach any seal, label or
data protection sheet to either side of
CD.

• Do NOT expose a CD to direct sunlight or excessive
heat.

• Wipe a dirty CD from the center outward with a
cleaning cloth.
Never use solvents such as benzine or alcohol.

• This unit cannot play 3-inch (8 cm) CDs.

• NEVER insert a 3-inch CD contained in the adapter or
any irregularly shaped CD.
The unit may not be able to eject it, resulting in a
malfunction.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

THEFT PROTECTION .............................................. 2

BASIC OPERATION, AUDIO AND CLOCK

ADJUSTMENT ..................................................... 3

RADIO OPERATION ................................................. 4

CD PLAYER OPERATION ........................................ 5

AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT ......................................... 9

OTHER FUNCTIONS................................................ 9

CARD REMOTE CONTROL ................................... 10

TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................ 11

MAINTENANCE ...................................................... 11

SPECIFICATIONS .................................................. 11

Note

Some buttons are assigned two or more functions.
For detailed descriptions, refer to the related pages.

Resetting the unit

Before operating the unit for the first time or after
replacing the car battery, you must reset the unit.
Press the reset button with a pointed object such as a
pencil.

Front panel detached

THEFT PROTECTION

Take the front panel with you when leaving the car, and
keep it in the supplied carrying case.

Detaching the front panel

Before detaching the front panel, remove the CD to
prevent possible damage to the unit.

1 Press z to remove the CD.
2 Press and hold PWR/ATT until the unit turns off.
3 Press %. (Hold the panel with one hand to prevent

accidentally dropping it.)

4 Remove the panel.

Attaching the front panel

1 Engage the left side of the front panel to the left catch

on the unit.

2 Push the panel forward until it locks. Be sure not to

press any buttons while you are attaching the panel.

Reset button

Note

Pressing the reset button will erase the clock and some
memorized functions.

DEMO (Demonstration) mode

The unit has an extra display (DEMO) mode which
demonstrates the illumination modes of the unit. The
unit switches to DEMO mode automatically if you turn
the unit on and leave it as it is for 5 seconds after all the
connections have been completed.

To cancel DEMO mode

1 During DEMO mode, press and hold Jog dial (PUSH-

SOURCE) until “ILL” appears on the display.

2 Press + or - to select “DEMO”.
3 Turn Jog dial to select “OFF.”

To resume DEMO mode, select “ON” in step 3.
(See the illustration on page 3.)

Note

Do not touch the connector on the reverse side of the
front panel. This could cause a poor or faulty connection.

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BASIC OPERATION,
AUDIO AND CLOCK
ADJUSTMENT

PWR/ATT

SEL

Jog dial (PUSH-SOURCE)

TU (TUNER)

DSPL

+/-

Turning the unit on/off

• You can turn the unit on by pressing any button on the
front panel except z and %. The unit also turns on
when you insert a CD.

• Press and hold PWR/ATT until the unit turns off.

Note

Most operations described in this manual require the
unit to be turned on before starting the operation,
unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Adjusting sound

You can select the following modes for adjusting sound
depending on the music you listen to: BASS (low
frequencies), TRE (high frequencies), BAL (left/right),
FAD (front/rear), H-BASS (high bass)*, DSSA (Drivers
Sound Stage Adjustment)** and BBE***.
* You can reinforce the bass sound.
** You can adjust sound stage and tone balance to best

serve a particular seat in the car.

*** You can enhance the clarity of high-frequency sound.

1 Press SEL repeatedly to select the mode to be

adjusted.
Pressing SEL cycles through the modes. The
selected mode appears on the display.

2 Turn Jog dial to increase or decrease the level for

the selected mode (except for H-BASS, DSSA and
BBE).
In H-BASS mode, turn Jog dial to select 1, 2, 3 or
OFF.
In DSSA mode, turn Jog dial to select L (for the front
left seat), R (for the front right seat) or OFF.

In BBE mode, turn Jog dial to select 1, 2 or OFF.

Notes

• Adjust the level or select an item within 5 seconds, or
the selected mode will return to previous state.

• When DSSA is activated, you cannot adjust BAL and
FAD.

Changing the source mode

1 Press Jog dial (PUSH-SOURCE).

Pressing Jog dial (PUSH-SOURCE) cycles through
source modes in the following order:

F1 (F2/F3/A1/A2) → DISC* → AUX IN

↑

* “DISC” does not appear on the display when there is

no CD in the unit.

Adjusting the volume

1 Turn Jog dial.

“VOL (volume)” appears on the
display.

Muting the sound

1 Press PWR/ATT briefly.

“ATT ON” appears on the display.

To restore volume, briefly press PWR/ATT again.

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Aligning the source levels

(Source Level Adjuster)

Volume may vary each time you change the source
mode. In this case, you can align each source mode’s
volume to almost the same level.

1 Press Jog dial (PUSH-SOURCE) or TU (TUNER)

repeatedly to select the desired mode.

2 Press DSPL while pressing SEL.

“LEVEL 0” appears on the display.

3 Turn Jog dial to adjust the level.

Note

Adjust the level within 5 seconds, or the selected mode
will be canceled.

Restoring the factory settings

1 Turn off the unit.
2 Press and hold DSPL until “LEVEL --” appears on

the display.

Note

You can restore the factory settings only for VOL, BASS,
TRE, BAL, FAD, H-BASS, DSSA and BBE, and aligned
source volume levels.

Setting the beep tone

1 Turn off the unit.
2 Press and hold SEL until “BEEP” appears on the

display.

3 Turn Jog dial to select ON or OFF.
4 Press SEL.

Setting the clock

1 Press and hold DSPL until the clock indicator

flashes on the display.

2 Press + (to set hour) or - (to set minute), and

then turn Jog dial.

3 Press DSPL.

Displaying the clock

1 Press DSPL.

To return to the former display, press DSPL again.

RADIO OPERATION

Tuning in to a station

(Seek/Manual Tuning)

+/-

Band indication*

LOTU (TUNER)

Frequency indication

1 Press TU (TUNER) repeatedly to select the desired

band (F1, F2, F3, A1, or A2).

2* Press + (to move to higher frequencies) or - (to

move to lower frequencies) to tune in to a station.
“ST” appears on the display when an FM station is
broadcasting in stereo, and receiving conditions are
good.

*Seek Tuning and Manual Tuning

• Press and hold + or - until Seek Tuning starts.
The unit locates a station automatically (Seek Tuning).

To stop Seek Tuning, press + or - again.

• Press + or - repeatedly to search for a desired station
while increasing or decreasing the frequency step by
step (Manual Tuning).

Monaural mode

When FM signals become weak, or FM reception
becomes poor, the unit automatically switches to
Monaural mode to reduce noise.

Local mode

Local mode allows you to tune in only to strong stations
during Seek Tuning.

1 Press LO before you start seek tuning.

“LO” appears on the display.
To return to Distant mode, press LO again.
“LO” disappears and the unit tunes in to all receivable
stations.

Using preset stations

You must preset stations before you can tune in to a
station using preset station number buttons.

Local indicator

* “F” means FM.

“A” means AM.

Tuner indicator

Stereo indicator

+/-

TU (TUNER)

PS/A.ME

Preset station buttons 1 to 6

Preset station number

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Presetting stations automatically

(Auto Memory)

1 Press TU (TUNER) repeatedly to select the desired

band (F1, F2, F3, A1, or A2).

2 Press and hold PS/A.ME until automatic presetting

starts.
The unit automatically stores up to 6 stations for
each band.
After completion of automatic presetting, the unit
tunes in to all the stations stored on the preset
station buttons in order (Preset Scan).

To cancel automatic presetting, press PS/A.ME again.

Checking the preset stations (Preset Scan)

1 Press PS/A.ME briefly.

Each preset station will be tuned in for 5 seconds in

order.
To cancel Preset Scan, press PS/A.ME again or any
preset station button.

Presetting stations manually

(Manual Memory)

1 Press TU (TUNER) repeatedly to select the desired

band (F1, F2, F3, A1, or A2).

2 Press + or - to tune in to a desired station (see

“Tuning in to a station” as well for another tuning

method).

3 Press and hold the desired preset station button until

the unit beeps.

Note

A newly preset station replaces the station on the same
band that was previously stored on that preset station
button.

Tuning in to a preset station

1 Press TU (TUNER) repeatedly to select the desired

band (F1, F2, F3, A1, or A2).

2 Press the preset station button on which the desired

station is stored.

Active tuning reception control (ATRC)

The unit automatically suppresses FM noise caused by
vehicle movement, and maintains sound quality.

CD PLAYER OPERATION

Playing a CD

You can play CDs, CD-Rs and CD-RWs using the
procedure described below.

Jog dial (PUSH-SOURCE)

t/g, r/f

1 Insert a CD.

“DISC” appears on the display.
CD play starts.
If a CD is already inserted, press Jog dial (PUSH-
SOURCE) repeatedly to select CD play mode.
In normal play, when the last track finishes, the unit
returns to the first track and continues to play.

Labeled-side up

Track number Elapsed playing time

CD indicator

z

SHUFREP1INT

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To

Eject a CD
Skip to the next track
Go back to the beginning

of the current track
Each extra press skips
backward one extra track

Locate a specific point in
a track

Press

z
t/g
r/f

Press and hold r/f
or t/g until you find
the point.

Notes

• When you play a CD that is already inserted, CD play
starts at the point where it stopped the previous time.
A newly inserted CD starts from the first track.

•A CD-R or CD-RW may take some time to start playing
back, but this is not a malfunction.

• If a CD-R or CD-RW with no data is inserted,
“ERROR03” will appear on the display. The unit cannot
play such discs.

Intro Play

You can locate a desired track by monitoring the first 10
seconds of all the tracks on a CD.

1 Press INT during CD play.

“INTRO” appears on the display.

2 Press INT again when the desired track is played.

The unit returns to normal CD play.

One Track Repeat Play

You can play a track repeatedly.

1 Press REP1 during CD play.

“REP1” appears on the display.

To cancel One Track Repeat Play, press REP1 again.

Shuffle Play

You can play all the tracks in random order.

1 Press SHUF during CD play.

“SHUF” appears on the display.

To cancel Shuffle Play, press SHUF again.

Note

During Shuffle Play, pressing r allows you to skip
only to the beginning of the current track, not to the
previous track.

Before playing an MP3

The unit can play back MP3* files recorded on CD-ROM
or CD-R or CD-RW. MP3 files are played in numerical
then alphabetical order. The unit starts playback from
the files with a digit at the beginning of the filename.
* An MP3 file (that has the “.mp3” extension) stores

audio data compressed using MPEG1, the audio

layer-3 file-coding scheme.
Within this section, we refer to what are called “MP3 file”
and “folder” in PC terminology as “track” and “album,”
respectively.

Notes on MP3

• MP3 tracks must be recorded on a disc in a format
compliant with ISO 9660. Note, however, that the
unit may not play such tracks in the order they were
recorded.

• The maximum number of playable tracks is 512 if
the disc was recorded in compliance with the ISO
9660 level -1 standard (all names of albums and
tracks must be within 12 characters).
The maximum number of playable tracks is 512 if
the disc was recorded in compliance with the ISO
9660 level -2 standard (all names of albums and
tracks must be within 31 characters).

• The maximum allowable depth of nested albums is
8, including the root album (directory).

• The unit can play only tracks having a file extension
“.mp3.”

• If a disc contains audio tracks plus MP3 tracks, the
unit only plays the audio tracks.

• With multisession discs, the unit can play up to 5
sessions. You cannot play an MP3 file having the
session that is not closed.

• The unit may not play tracks recorded with a
packet-writing utility.

• When playing a track converted with a bit rate of
8 kbps or VBR (variable bit rate), Intro playback
may not work properly.

•A non-MP3 track that has the “.mp3” file extension
is not played.

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Notes on indications in the display

• The following characters are displayed:

- uppercase letters: A to Z

- numerals: 0 to 9

- symbols: space, ", %, ', ∗, +, comma, -, period, /, <, =,
>, @ and _.

• Lowercase letters (“a” to “z”) are displayed as uppercase
letters (“A” to “Z”).

• Symbols such as (, ), [, ], { and } are displayed as “<“ or
“>”.

• Characters which cannot be displayed are shown as
“∗”.

• Up to 32 characters are displayed for the name of an
album or a track.

• When playing MP3 files, the elapsed playing time
displayed may not be correct.

• To display up to 30 characters for a track name or an
artist name, ID3TAG version 1.x is required.

• Up to 64 characters of information created with ID3
TAG version 2.x can be displayed.

• When playing MP3 files that have tags created with ID3
TAG version 2.4, noise may be heard.

Notes on creating MP3 discs

• Create MP3 tracks with a sampling frequency of

44.1 kHz and a fixed bit rate of 128 kbps.

• Do not record non-MP3 files on discs for MP3.

To play tracks in the order they were
recorded

1 Use writing software capable of recording MP3

tracks in numerical and alphabetical order. For details
on using the software, refer to the operating
instructions supplied with the software.

2 Use only one album. (Do not create a subalbum

within an album.)

3 Include a two- or three- digit number at the beginning

of each track name so that the tracks will be played
in order.
Example of recommended name structure:

01XXXXX.mp3
02XXXXX.mp3
03XXXXX.mp3
04XXXXX.mp3
05XXXXX.mp3

Avoid using the following name structure:

1XXXXX.mp3
5XXXXX.mp3
10XXXXX.mp3
15XXXXX.mp3

20XXXXX.mp3
(The tracks shown above will be played in wrong
order, i.e., “1,” “10,” “15,” “20,” and “5.”)

Playing an MP3 track

ALBUM

t/g, r/f

DSPL

Jog dial (PUSH-SOURCE)

M

EJECTzALBUM

N

SHUF REPREP1INT

1 Insert a CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW for MP3.

The unit starts scanning the disc. “DISC” appears on
the display.
During scanning of the disc, “NOW READING” scrolls
across the display.

Labeled-side up

Total number of albums

Total number of tracks

Album indicator

CD-ROM indicator

Notes

• If scanning of CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW does not
finish within 2 minutes, “CANCEL TO EJECT KEY” or
“NO MUSIC” appears depending on the complexity of
the folder tree.

• If there are no tracks on the disc, “NO MUSIC” appears.

• Some discs may not play if non-MP3 files are contained
in the disc.

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After scanning, the total number of albums and tracks
appears on the display, then the unit automatically starts
playing the disc from the first track of the first album.

Album number

Track number

Each time the track is changed, this display appears and
remains for about 5 seconds.

File format of the track

Elapsed playing time

After playing the track, the unit plays the next track of the
same album.
After playing all the tracks of the album, the unit plays the
first track of the next album.

Note

If a disc is already inserted, press Jog dial (PUSH­SOURCE) repeatedly to select CD Play mode to start

MP3 track play.

To skip tracks and albums

To

Eject a disc
Skip to the next track
Go back to the beginning of the

current track
Each extra press skips backward
one extra track

Locate a specific point in a track

Skip to the next album
Skip to the previous album

Press

z
t/g
r/f

Press and hold

r/f or
t/g until

you find the
point.

ALBUMN
ALBUMM

To change the display mode

Press DSPL.
Pressing DSPL cycles through the displays in the
following order:

elapsed playing time
→ album name ("AL", album number and folder
name)

→ track name* ("TR", track number and file name)
→ ID3 tag information ("TG" and track name)
→ ID3 tag information ("TG" and artist name)
→ ID3 tag information ("TG" and album name)
→ clock
→ elapsed playing time

* If there is no name on the track, “NO TR. NAME”

appears.

Intro Play

You can locate a desired track by monitoring the first 10
seconds of all the tracks on the disc.

1 Press INT during MP3 track play.

“INTRO” appears on the display.

2 Press INT again when the desired track is played.

The unit returns to the normal MP3 track play.

Note

The unit scans all the tracks on the disc in order without
sorting by album.

Album Repeat Play

You can play an album repeatedly.

1 Press REP during MP3 track play.

“REP” appears on the display.

To cancel Album Repeat Play, press REP again.

One Track Repeat Play

You can play a track repeatedly.

1 Press REP1 during MP3 track play.

“REP 1” appears on the display.

To cancel One Track Repeat Play, press REP1 again.

Shuffle Play

You can play all the tracks in the current album in
random order.

1 Press SHUF during MP3 track play.

“SHUF” appears on the display.

To cancel Shuffle Play, press SHUF again.

Notes

• During Shuffle Play, pressing r allows you to skip
only to the beginning of the current track, not to the
previous track.

• If you select one of the play modes mentioned above
(Intro Play, Album Repeat Play, One Track Repeat
Play, or Shuffle Play mode), the mode indication
corresponding to the selected play mode (INTRO,
REP, REP1, or SHUF) appears.

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AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

Listening to a cassette/MD/MP3 portable
player or other equipment

You can listen to equipment connected to the unit. Refer
to the operating instructions for the corresponding
equipment for more detailed information.
Be sure to remove inserted CDs to prevent possible
damage to the unit before connecting the equipment.

AUX jackJog dial (PUSH-SOURCE)

1 Connect a cassette/MD/MP3 portable player or other

equipment to the unit’s AUX jack (3.5 mm dia.).

2 Press Jog dial (PUSH-SOURCE) repeatedly until

“AUX IN” appears on the display.

OTHER FUNCTIONS

SEL

Jog dial (PUSH-SOURCE)

PS

Changing the key illumination color

You can choose blue or red as the key illumination color.

1 Press and hold Jog dial (PUSH-SOURCE) until

“ILL” appears on the display.

2 Turn Jog dial to select “1 (for blue)” or “2 (for red)”.

Setting the dimmer of the display

1 Press and hold SEL until “DIMMER” appears on the

display.

2 Turn Jog dial to select “0 (bright)” or “1 (dimmed)”.

Displaying the VU level indicator

1 Turn off the unit.
2 Press and hold PS until “VU” appears in the display.
3 Turn Jog dial to select “ON” (level indicators appear)

or “OFF” (level indicators disappear).

4 Press PS.

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CARD REMOTE
CONTROL

Names of parts

1 TUNER button
2 CD button
3 AMS (Auto music sensor) r button
4 AMS (Auto music sensor) t button
5 PS (preset) button
6 TUNING UP/DOWN buttons
7 VOLUME +/- buttons

Preparations

A lithium battery is installed in the remote control at the
factory.
Before you use the remote control, be sure to remove
the insulating sheet by simply pulling it out.

Replacing the battery

1 Insert the tip of a pointed object A into the hole B

and pull out the battery holder to remove the lithium
battery (CR2025).

Remote control (back)

Battery holder

2 Install a new lithium battery (CR2025) with the )

side facing up in the battery holder.

3 Push the battery holder into the unit until it clicks.

Remote control (back)

Insulating sheet

Note

When the infrared receptor on the main unit is exposed
to direct sunlight, it may not respond to signals from the
remote control.

CAUTION

• Lithium battery (CR2025) for the remote control
Replace the battery with Hitachi Maxell, Panasonic or
Sony Part No. CR2025 only. Use of another battery
may present a risk of fire or explosion.
The battery may explode if mistreated. Do not recharge,
disassemble or dispose of in fire.

• Keep the lithium battery out of the reach of children. If
swallowed, consult a doctor immediately.

• To prevent a short circuit, never pinch the battery with
pliers, etc.

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