Sony 454RF - CDX CD Changer, CDX-454XRF, CDX-454RF Operating Instructions Manual

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3-237-554-13 (2)

Compact Disc Changer

System
Sistema de Cambiador de.

discos compactos

Operating Instructions

Mode d’emploi
Manual de instrucciones

POR FAVOR LEA DETALLADAMENTE ESTE MANUAL
DE INSTRUCCIONES ANTES DE CONECTAR Y OPERAR

RECUERDE QUE UN MAL US0 DE SU APARATO

Owner’s Record

The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the CD changer.
Record the serial number in the space provided below.
Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product.

Model No. CDX-454RF Serial No.

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.
Con respect0 a la instalaci6n y a las conexiones, cons&e el manual de

instalaci6n/conexiones suministrado.

CDX-454XRF
CDX-454RF

@TiFrg

DIGITALAUDIO

0 2001 Sony Corporation

For the customers in the USA
(CDX-454RF only)

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.

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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.

CAUTION

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

Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing the Sony CD
changer system. This unit lets you enjoy CD
sound with the changer.

The CDX-454XRF/454RF is a compact disc
changer system comprised of the wired remote
commander, the relay box, and the CD
changer. The CD changer modulates the audio
signal into the RF (Radio Frequency) signal so
that it can be received by the existing FM tuner
of your car audio. Therefore you will be able to
enjoy CD play with your car audio even if it
has no input terminals for a compact disc
player.

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Compact and space saving CD changer for
vertical, horizontal, suspended, or inclined
installation in your car.

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Supplied wired remote enables you to
control the CD changer installed in the trunk
room of your car.

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Repeat play function for playing a track or a
disc repeatedly.

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Shuffle play function for playing tracks of
one disc or of all discs in random order.

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D-BASS function for dynamic bass boot.

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Table of contents

Getting Started

Resetting

the

unit .................................................

4

Preparing

the CD changer

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4

Changing the transmitting frequency

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5

CD Changer

Listening to a

CD

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Playing tracks in random order

- Shuffle

Play

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Playing tracks repeatedly

- Repeat Play

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Boosting the bass sound

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D-bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Changing the

output level

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Additional Information

Precautions .

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Notes

on handling discs

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Maintenance

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Location of controls

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Specifications

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Troubleshooting

guide

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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 ball-point pen, etc.

Reset button

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Preparing the CD changer

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With the arrow side facing up

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Labelled surface up

10 discs, one in each tray

2

Push to unlock the door

Slide open

+

Note

To prevent injury, do not insert your hand in the

CD changer.

Disc magazine

& (EJECT)

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disc magazine or the disc
magazine XA-250. The disc magazine XA-IOBI
XA-350 cannot be used with this unit. If you
use any other disc magazine, it may cause a

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Note

You cannot play 8cm (3in.) CDs.

If the disc magazine does not lock properly
Take out the disc magazine, press A, and re­insert it.

Use the unit with the door closed
completely
Otherwise, foreign matter may enter the unit
and

contaminate

the lenses inside the CD

changer.

Notes on the disc magazine

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Do not leave the disc magazine in locations
with high temperature and high humidity,
such as on a car dashboard or in the rear
window where the disc magazine will be
subject to direct sunlight.

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Do not place more than one disc at a time
onto a tray, otherwise the CD changer and
the discs may be damaged.

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Do not drop the disc magazine or subject it to
a violent shock.

When the tray comes out

Normally, the trays will not come out of the
disc magazine. However, if they are pulled out
of the disc magazine, it is easy to re-insert
them.

With the cut-away portion of the tray facing you,
insert the right corner of the tray in the slot, then
push in the left corner until it clicks.

Changing the transmitting
frequency

Because this unit processes CD playback
sound through an FM tuner, there may be
interference noise during CD playback. In such
a case, change the frequency of the modulated
RF signal transmitted from the unit. The initial
setting is 88.3 MHz.

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2

Press

( SHUF~REP)

for two seconds until

frequency appears.

Press (DISC+) or (Disc-) repeatedly to
select the frequency.
Each time you press (DISC+) or (DISC-),
the frequency changes as follows:

(DISC-) :

88.3

MHz + 89.9

MHz -+ 89.7 MHz

-+

89.5

MHz + 89.3

MHz --+ 89.1 MHz

--+

88.9

MHz -+ 88.7

MHz ---, 88.5 MHz

--.

88.3

MHz

(DISC+) :

88.3

MHz -+ 88.5

MHz --+ 88.7 MHz

+

88.9

MHz --+ 89.1

MHz --+ 89.3 MHz

--+

89.5

MHz -+ 89.7

MHz -+ 89.9 MHz

-+

88.3

MHz

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Press

(SHUF~REP)

for two seconds.

Notes

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When you change the transmitting frequency on
the unit, be sure to tune your FM tuner to the

newly selected one.

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Press ,II on the wired remote before changing
the frequency if the power to the unit is turned
off.

Note
Do not insert the tray upside down or in the
wrong direction.

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Listening to a CD

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2

3

4

Turn on the FM tuner of your car audio.

Tune in the selected transmitting
frequency* with the FM tuner of your car
audio.

* The frequency of the unit is set to 88.3 MHz

at the factory.

You can change the frequency. (See
“Changing the transmitting frequency” on

page 5.)

Press )II.

CD playback starts.

Adjust the volume with the volume
control on your car audio.

All the tracks play from the beginning.

Stopping CD play

Press (OFF).

Notes

Note
Be sure to stop CD playback, otherwise there may
be some interference with radio reception.

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When CD playback stops, you may hear some
noise from the speakers. To prevent this from
happening, turn the volume down before
stopping CD playback.

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lfyou turn off the ignition switch of your car
without stopping CD playback, it will
automatically resume CD playback from where it
was stopped when you turn on the ignition
switch again.

Locating a specific track

- Automatic Music Sensor (AMS)

During CD playback, push down either
side of (AMS) once for each track you
wish to skip.

Locating a specific point in a track

- Manual Search

During CD playback, push down and

hold either side of (AMS). Release the
control when you have found the
desired point.

To

search

backward

To

search

forward

Locating a specific disc

- Disc Select

During CD playback, press (DISC+) or

(DISC-] once for each disc you wish to
skip.

To

locate succeeding discs

To

locate previous discs

Listening to the radio or a tape

Be sure to stop CD playback before you start
listening to the radio or a tape.

To

locate
previous
tracks

To

locate
succeeding
tracks

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