Sony CTX409yu Operating Manual
CFX409,“
STEREO CAR CASSEITE RECEIVER
RADIO-CASSETTE ESTEREOFONICO PARA AUTOMOVIL
OWNER’S RECORD
For your convenience, record the model number and
serial number (you will find them ontheright side of
yourset) inthespace provided below. Please referto
them when you contact your AIWA dealer in case of
difficulty.
Model No. ICT-X409
Serial No. ~
Welcome
Thank you foryourpurchasing this AIWAproduct.
To optimize the performance of this unit, please
read through this manual carefully.
In addition to this operating instructions manual,
be sure to refer to the separate installation and
connections manuals as well.
PRECAUTIONS
● This unit is designed to be operated on a 12-volt
DC negative-ground electrical system only.
●To prevent short-circuiting, disconnect the
negative car battery terminal until the unit has
been mounted and connected completely.
● When replacing the fuse, be sure to use one
whose amperage rating is identical. Use of a
fuse of higher amperage may cause serious
damage to the unit.
● Keep screwdrivers, etc. and other metallic or
magnetic objects away from the playback head.
● When your car was parked m direct sunlight
resulting in a considerable rise in temperature
inside the car, allow the unit to cool off before
operating it.
● Keep the volume at such a level that you can
hear outside warning sounds (horns, sirens,
etc.).
Notes
on cassettes .
Do NOT expose cassettes to direct sunlight,
extremely high or cold temperature or mo[sture.
Keep cassettes away from equipment with builtin magnets to avoid unwanted noise or loss of
sound quality.
Do NOT touch the tape of a cassette, as any dirl
or dust will contaminate the heads.
Be sure to remove any cassette from the unit if
you are not using it.
NOTE
This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the Iimlts fora 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. Ifthis equipment does cause harmful
interferenceto radio ortelevision 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
Modifications oradjustmentsto this product, which
are not expressly approved by the manufacturer,
may void the user’s right or authority to operate
this product.
Caution on the transit protection pad
The unit is shipped with a transit protection pad
in the cassette compartment.
Be sure to press EJECT A to remove the pad
before operating the unit.
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Transit protection pad
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FRONT PANEL ................................................................................................................................... 3
DETACHING AND ATTACHING THE FRONT PANEL ...................................................................... 4
SETTING THE BEEP TONE .............................................................................. 5
SETTING THE CLOCK ....................................................................................................................... 5
RADIO OPERATION .......................................................................................................................... 6
PRESETTING STATIONS ........................... ................................... ............... . 7
MY INFORMATION SWITCH .......... ... ............... ........... ... ... .. ............ . ......8
TAPE PLAYBACK ........................................ ................................................................................ ...10
SOUND ADJUSTMENTS . . .11
CONNECTING A PORTABLE CD/MD PLAYER OR OTHER EQUIPMENT ....... .. ........ ........... .... 12
MAINTENANCE . ...................................................................................................... 13
SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................... .. 13
This unit can be operated using the AIWA RC-SW1 or RC-CD1 remote control (sold separately).
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FRONTPANEL
Display window
@
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@+/- (audio control) button
@ SEL (select) button
@ H-BASS button
@EJECT h button
@ Cassette compartment
@ DIRECTION ++/~ button
@ BAND button
@TAPE button
@ MUTE button
@ A.ME (auto memory/preset scan) button
@~ (release) button
@TUNE
@CD/MD IN jack (3.5-mm dia.)
@ pWR (power onloff) button
@Preset station buttons 1-6
7/A buttons
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@ DISP (display) button
@LO (local/DX) button
@My INFO (my information) button
@CD/MD IN button
@ Band indicator
@AM/PM indicator
@ Main display section
@ST (stereo) indicator
@ Subdiaplay section
@LO (local) indicator
@MY INFO (my information) indicator
@+> (tape direction) indicators
@Audio control indicator
@H BASS indicator
DETACHING AND
ATTACHING THE FRONT
PANEL
Attaching the front panel
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You can detach the front panel from the unit and
carry it with you when you leave your car
unattended.
When you carry the front panel out of your car,
use the supplied carrying case.
Before detaching the front panel, remove the
cassette to prevent possible damage to the unit.
1
Press PWR to turn the unit off.
While supporting the front panel with
2
one hand, press & to release one side
of the panel. Care must be taken not to
drop the panel. It may suddenly eject at
this point.
When the front panel is lifted from the
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unit, remove it by pulling it away from
the unit.
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Swxrrity Lamp
When the front panel is detached, you can find an
LED lamp on the front side of the unit. This lamp
is designed to deter theft, and continues to flash
when the front panel is detached. This unit is not
ec~uipped with any other security systems such
as a security alarm, so there are limitations to its
effestiveness.
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LED lamp
Do NOT touch the connector on the reverse
side of the front panel, as doing so may
contaminate the connector and cause a poor
connection resulting in a malfunction.
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SETTING THE BEEP TONE
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SETTING THE CLOCK
The unit is preset at the factory to beep each time
you press any button on the front panel except it,
A, + and >. You can stop beeping by
following the procedure below.
1
With the unit off, press 1 and 4 at the
came time.
The “BEEP indication appears.
Each time you press them, this function turns
on or off.
The beep function is activated when the
“BEEP indication appears with the audio
control indicator lighting up and canceled
without the indicator.
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Audio control indicator
1
3
Press PWR to turn the unit on.
1
Press and hold DISP for more than 2 ‘
2
seconds until the clock indication
flashes.
If you do not proceed with step 3 within 5
seconds, the clock indication disappears.
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Press TUNE Y to set the hour.
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Press TUNE A to set the minute.
Press DISP to start working the clock
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from O second.
Having the clock displayed while in Radio or
Tape Play mode
Press DISP. The clock display appears for 5
seconds, then the unit returns to itsformer display.
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RADIO OPERATION
BAND TAPE CD/MD IN
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1
1
Press PWR to turn the unit on.
The radio frequency appears.
2
Press BAND to select the band from
among FM1, FM2, FM3 snd AM.
The band indicators appear cyclically inorder.
(FM1, FM2 and FM3 share the same
frequency range.)
Band
indicator indication
Press (more than 2 seconds) either
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TUNE YorTUNE Atotuneinthedesired
station.
The unit star@ scanning and tunes in a station
automatically (seek tuning).
Press TUNE 7 to decrease and TUNE
increase the frequency.
Press the button again to cancel seek tuning.
Repeat the procedure until the desired station
is tuned in.
Note
If you press (less than 0.5 second at a time)
either TUNE Y or TUNE A, the frequency
decreases or increases step by step.
Adjust the volume with +/-.
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Frequency
T
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A to
PWR
turn the unit off
To
Press PWR.
Note
The unit turns on in the last selected mode when
you turned off the unit with the exceptions of
pressing the following buttons.
● Pressing TAPE turns on the unit in Tape Play
mode.
● Pressing BAND turns on the unit in Radio mode.
● Pressing CD/MD IN turns on the unit in CD/MD
IN mode.
Switching modes
the unit is in Radio mode, inserting a
When
cassette switches the unit to Tape Play mode
automatically.
LO (local/DX) button
You can use Local mode when you wish to tune
in only strong stations during seek tuning. In
Radlio mode, press LO to select Local mode. The
“LO indicator lights up.
● Press LO to deactivate Local mode and switch
to DX (distance) mode.
●The “ST” (stereo) indicator lights up when the
tuned-in station is broadcasting in stereo and
the reception is good.
TUNEV/A LO
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PRESETTING STATIONS
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You can manually preset stations that have not
been selected by auto memory.
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1
Press BAND to select a desired band
from among FM1, FM2, FM3 and AM.
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Press and hold A.ME for more than 2
2
seconds to activate the automatic
presetting function.
The six strongest available stations will be
stored in memory on the preset station buttons
1 to 6 in order of their signal strength.
Use this function to automatically preset up to 6
stations each for FMI, FM2, FM3 and AM (up to
a total of 24 stations).
. When auto memory is completed, the station
stored in 1CH is tuned in.
● To stop auto memory, press A.ME again.
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To check the preset stations (preset scan)
● If you wish to check the preset stations, press
A.ME forlessthan 2seconds. The preset stations
stored in memory will be tuned
each in order.
● To stop this function, press A.ME again or press
any of the preset station buttons 1 to 6.
in for 5 seconds
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1
Press BAND to select the band from
among FM1, FM2, FM3 and AM.
Tune in the station that you wish to
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preset with TUNE 7 or TUNE A.
Press one of the preset station buttons .
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1 to 6 for approximately 2 seconds.
The number of the pressed preset station
button appears next to the frequency
indication.
Preset number
Repeatthese procedurestopreset upto6 stations
each for FM1, FM2, FM3 and AM.
● If you try to preset a station on a preset station
button on which another station of the same
band has already been preset, the previously
preset station will be erased.
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MY INFORMATION
1
SWITCH
You can timer-activate the radio for a daily radio
program. The unit turns on and off in Radio mode
at the preset time automatically.
1
Press BAND to select a desired band
fromamong FM1, FM2, FM3 and AM.
Press the desired preset station button.
2
The number of the pressed preset station
button is displayed next to the frequency
indication.
Active tuning reception control (ATRC)
This unit automatically suppresses FM noise
caused by varying signal strength resulting from
movement of the car.
● The built-in automatic blending circuit mixes the
left and right channel signals according to the
strength of the reception. At the same time, the
high-cut circuit activates to maintain the sound
quality.
● if the reception becomes even weaker, the unit
automatically switches to Monaural mode to
reduce noise.
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1
1 With the unit off, press and hold MY
INFO for more than 2 seconds.
The “PO indication flashes in the display
window.
2 Press SEL.
Timer indication flashes.
3
Set the time you wish the unit to turn on
in Radio mode.
Press TUNEY to set the hour.
Press TUNEA to set the minute.
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MY INFORMATION S WITCH
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4
Press SEL.
Radio indication flashes.
Band indicator
Press BAND to select the band.
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Tune in the station that you wish to
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preset with TUNE Y or TUNE A.
Press SEL.
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Timer indication flashes.
Set the time you wish the unit to turn
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off.
Press TUNE Y to set the hour.
Press TUNE A to set the minute.
Press and hold MY INFO for more than
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2 seconds.
Your setting is stored in memory and the unit
turns off.
CD/MD IN
I With the unit on, press MY INFO.
The “MY INFO indicator lights up and the
timer is activated.
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To cancel the timer
Press MY INFO again so that the “MY INFO
indicator disappears.
To check the setting
With the unit off, press MY INFO.
The turn-on time, followed by the radio frequency
and the turn-off time, appears in the display
window each for 1 second, then the unit turns off.
Notes
● Even if the unit is in a mode other than Radio
mode, the unit switches to Radio mode and
tunes in the preset radio program at the preset
time automatically.
● Even ifyou are listening to a radio program with
this function, pressing the following buttons
switches the unit to other mode:
— Pressing BAND changes the unit to Radio
mode.
— Pressing TAPE changes the unit to Tape
Play mode.
— Pressing CD/MD IN changes the unit to CD/
MD IN mode.
If you switch modes with these buttons, the unit
does not turn off at the turn-off time of the timer.
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TAPE PLAYBACK
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~ Insert acassette tostart playback.
If a cassette is already inserted, press TAPE
to starl playback.
Playback starts in the direction that the unit
played back previously.
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z Adjust the volume with +/-.
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Press the following buttons to operate tape
transport.
this
To do
Eject the cassette*
Change the playback
side
Fast-forward upper side
of the tape
Rewind lower side of
the tape
Rewind upper side of
the tape
Fast-forward lower side
of the tape
Stop fast winding and @or ~ lightly**
resume playback
“ When you eject the cassette, the unit switches to
Radio mode,
““ Do not press ~ or
change the direction of tape transpott.
Press this button
B
‘~and~
simultaneously
El
El
❑ all the way. Doing so may
Auto reverse function
When the end of the tape is reached during
playback or fast tape transport, the direction of
the tape is automatically reversed, and playback
starts again.
Tape direction indications
Playback Fast- forward
or rewind
Lower side
4 <4”
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TAPE PLAYBACK
SOUNDADJUSTMENTS
Before turning the ignition off
Be sure to eject any cassette from the unit before
turning the ignition off. Otherwise, the unit maybe
damaged when you detach the front panel.
Switching
When the unit is in Radio mode, inserting a
cassette switches the unit to Tape Play mode
automatically.
modes
To prevent tape problems
Before inserting a cassette into the unit, make
sure that there is no slack in the tape. If necessary,
take up the slack by inserting a pencil into the
spindle hole and winding.
90-minute or longer tapes are extremely thin and
easily deformed or damaged. They are no
recommended.
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Press SEL to select the mode that you
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wish to adjust from: VOL (volume), BAS
(bass), TRE (treble), BAL (balance) and
FAD (fader).
The following indications appear in cyclic
order.
If you do not proceed with step 2 within 5
seconds, the selected mode is canceled, and
the indication returns to the current source
mode.
Press +/- to adjust the level.
2
Press and hold either button to change the
level rapidly.
Adjust each mode referring to the audio
control indicators in the display window (see
page 3).
MUTE
+
Increases the
*
Decreases the
F h’ i’
MUTE button
Press this buttontotemporarily Iowerthevolume.
Press it again to restore the previous volume.
le’Jel of the front
speakers
Without selecting any mode with SEL, only
the volume level can be adjusted by pressing
+/-.
volume level
Increases the
bass level
Increases the
treble level
Decreases the
level of the left
speaker(s)
Decreases the
level of the rear
s~eakers
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You can enjoy music with strong bass sound.
H-BASS
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Press H-BASS to obtain powerful bass.
The” I-BASS” indicator lights up.
Each time you press H-BASS, this function turns
on or off.
CONNECTING A PORTABLE
CD/MD PLAYER OR OTHER
EQUIPMENT
This unit is equipped with the line-level input (CD/
MD IN) jack enabling high quality of the sound.
1
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I If a cassette is inserted, remove it to
prevent possible damage to the unit.
2 Connect a portable CD/MD player, etc.
via the CD/MD IN jack (3.5-mm dia.) on
the unit,
3 Press PWR to turn the unit on.
A Press CD/MD IN to listen to the
connected equipment.
The “CD indication appears.
● For further information on the connected
equipment, refer to the operating instructions
for the equipment.
Note
Be sure to press CD/MD IN after you connect a
porlableCD/MD player, etc. totheCD/MD INjack
to listen using the connected equipment.
Even if equipment is connected to the CD/MD IN
jack, you cannot listen using the connected
equipment without switching the unit to CD/MD
IN mode by pressing CD/MD IN.
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MAINTENANCE
SPECIFICATIONS
Cleaning the front panel
When the front panel is soiled, wipe the surface
of the panel with a dry and soft cloth.
Cleaning the tape head
Use a cleaning
head and capstans approximately once a month.
If the playback head is dirty, the high tones may
not be reproduced properly.
cassette to clean the playback
Cleaning the connector
The connector on the reverse side of the front
panel needs to be cleaned occasionally. Wipe
the surface of the connector with a cotton swab
slightly moistened with alcohol.
RADIO SECTION
(FM)
Frequency Range: 87.5 MHz–108 MHz
Usable Sensitivity
50 dB Quieting Sensitivity
IF Rejection:
Frequency Response: 30 Hz–15,000 Hz
SIN Ratio
Stereo Separation:
Alternate Channel Selectivity
Capture Ratio:
(100-kHz steps)
87.5 MHz–108 MHz
(50-kHzsteps)
12.7dBf
17.2dBf
80 dB
63 dB
35 dB
at 1 kHz
70
dB
3
dB
(AM (MW))
Frequency Range:
Usable Sensitivity:
TAPE SECTION
Tape Speed:
SIN Ratio
Frequency Response 40 Hz–14,000 Hz
Stereo Separation:
FF/REWTime:
AUDIO SECTION
Max Power Output 35 W x 4 channels
530 kHz–1,710
(10-kHz steps)
522 kHz–1 ,620
(9-kHzsteps)
30 IN (30 dB)
4.8 cm/sec. (1 7/sips)
50 dB
40 dB
190sec. (C-60)
kHz
kHz
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CD/MO IN input
Input sensitivity (load impedance)
CDIMD IN:
500 mV (10 !@
GENERAL
Power-Supply Voltage:
Load Impedance: 4 Q
Tone Control: Bass* 10dBat 100 Hz
Preamp Output Voltage (load impedance):
Installation size: 182 (W) X 53 (H) X
Accessory supplied: Carrying case (1)
● Specifications and external appearance are subject to
change without notice due to product improvement.
14.4 V(11 to 16 V allowable),
DC, negative ground
Treble f 10
2.2 V (10 kQ)
155 (D) mm
(7 ‘/4 (W) X 2 ‘/, (H) X
6 ‘/8 (D) inches)
dB at 10 kHz
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