Sony ICF-CD837 Operating Instruction

CLOCK

TRACK

SET/

ALARM SET A

ALARM SET B

TIME SET

ALARM MODE selector

The CD button has a tactile dot.

CD/RADIO indicator

NAP indicator

REPEAT

NORMAL

BRIGHTNESS

HIGH

LOW

CD PLAY MODE

SHUFFLE

SHUFFLE REPEAT

Changing the Brightness of the Clock display

OFF

SLEEP

AC power cord

Turn BRIGHTNESS to adjust the brightness of the clock display.

Setting the Clock

1 Plug in the unit.

The display will flash “AM 12:00”.

2 Press CLOCK SET/TRACK for a few

seconds.

You will hear a beep and the hour will start to flash in the display.

3 Press TIME SET + or – until the correct

hour appears in the display.

4 Press CLOCK SET/TRACK once.

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

To handle compact discs

Correct

Handle the disc by its edge.

Incorrect

Do not touch the surface.

5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set the minute.

Music discs encoded with

After setting the minute, press CLOCK SET/ TRACK to start the counting of the seconds, and

you will hear two short beeps.

FM wire antenna

VOLUME

BAND

TUNING

There is a tactile dot beside volume to show the direction to turn up the volume.

•To set the current time rapidly, hold down

TIME SET + or –.

• In step 5, when you press CLOCK SET/TRACK

after the minute setting to activate the clock, the seconds start counting from zero.

Playing a CD

An 8 cm (3-inch) CD can be played without an adaptor.

1 Push ZPUSH OPEN/CLOSE to open

the CD compartment lid and place a disc.

2 Close the CD compartment lid.

Notes

• Discs with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart, square, star) cannot be played on this unit. Attempting to do so may damage the unit. Do not use such discs.

• If you press CD u when there is no disc in the CD compartment, “00” flashes for about 5 seconds on the display and the unit turns off automatically.

Various Modes of CD Playback

You can play tracks repeatedly or in random order.

Slide CD PLAY MODE.

As you slide CD PLAY MODE, the play mode changes as follows:

TRACK

ALARM

Push.

Labeled surface up

Legend on CD PLAY MODE Play mode

“NORMAL” (normal play) All the tracks are played once. “REPEAT” (all repeat) All the tracks are played repeatedly. “SHUFFLE” (shuffle play) All the tracks are played once in random order. “SHUFFLE REPEAT” (shuffle repeat) All the tracks are played repeatedly in random order.

Do not stick paper or tape nor write anything on the surface.

7 IF you selected the CD alarm, press

TIME SET + or – select the desired

wake-up track number.

The wake-up track number can be set up to 99. Its default value is “01”.

8 Press ALARM SET.

Two short beeps confirms the setting, and the ALARM A or ALARM B indicator lights up.

For the CD alarm, the track you specified as the Wake-up track is played first. (If the CD play mode is set to “SHUFFLE” or “SHUFFLE REPEAT”, however, all the tracks are played in random order.)

To Check the Alarm Time

Press ALARM SET A or ALARM SET B. The display shows the alarm time. If you press ALARM SET A or ALARM SET B again, the indication changes to the wake-up track number . After a few seconds, the display returns to the current time.

• Alarm time in CD alarm, radio alarm and buzzer alarm is set at PM 12:00 when you purchased the unit.

ALARM ON

If you set the CD alarm when there is no disc in the CD player or the CD compartment lid is open, the buzzer alarm will sound at the set time.

For the radio alarm, the station that the tuning dial is set to will be received.

For the buzzer alarm, the beeping of the alarm becomes more rapid after every few seconds in three progressive stages.

Note

When ALARM A and ALARM B are set for the same time, only ALARM A will result.

To Doze for a Few More Minutes

Press SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF.

The CD, radio or buzzer alarm turns off but will be automatically activated again after about 10 minutes. Every time you press SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF, the

Setting the Sleep Timer

You can fall asleep to the radio or CD using the builtin sleep timer that turns off the CD or the radio automatically after a preset duration.

Press SLEEP during CD or radio play.

You can set the sleep timer to durations of 90, 60, 30, or 15 minutes. Every push changes the display as follows:

OFF (current time)

The CD or the radio will play for the time you set, then shut off.

•To turn off the CD or radio before the preset time,

press SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF.

To Use Both the Sleep Timer and the Alarm

You can fall asleep to the CD or the radio and be awakened by the CD, radio or buzzer alarm.

1 Set the alarm. (See “Setting the Alarm”.) 2 Set the sleep timer. (See “Setting the Sleep

Timer”.)

snooze time changes as follows:

Close the lid.

3 Press CD u.

The CD/RADIO indicator lights up and “TRACK 01” appears in the display to indicate that track 1 of the CD is playing.

After you press CD u, it takes about 10 seconds before the music starts. The indication in the display returns to the current time after about 4 seconds.

4 Turn VOLUME to adjust the volume.

Pause Resume play after pause Locate the beginning of

the current track (AMS*) Locate the next track

(AMS) Go back at high speed Go forward at high speed Locate the previous track

(AMS) Locate the succeeding

track (AMS) Stop play

* AMS = Automatic Music Sensor **These operations are possible during both play and

pause.

• During CD playback, every time you press CLOCK SET/TRACK, the current time and the track number appear in the display alternately.

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OFF x

About CD-Rs/CD-RWs

This unit is compatible with CD-Rs/CD-RWs but playback capability may vary depending on the quality of the disc,the recording device and application software.

Playing the Radio

1 Press RADIO•ON to turn on the radio.

The “CD/RADIO” indication will light up.

2 Adjust VOLUME. 3 Select the BAND. 4 Tune in a station using the TUNING dial.

•To turn off the radio, press OFF x • ALARM RESET.

Improving the reception

FM: Extend the FM wire antenna to improve

reception.

AM: Rotate the unit horizontally for optimum

reception. A ferrite bar antenna is built into the unit.

Do not operate the unit over a steel desk or metal surface, as this may lead to interference of receptoin.

Setting the Alarm

This clock radio is equipped with 3 alarm modes— CD, radio and buzzer. Before setting the alarm, make sure to set the clock (see “Setting the Clock”). This unit is also equipped with a dual alarm function. You can set the alarm for two different times ALARM SET A and ALARM SET B.

To Set the Alarm Time 1 If you will select the CD alarm or radio

alarm, adjust the volume. Also, if you will select the radio alarm, tune in to the desired station.

2 Set the ALARM MODE selector to CD,

RADIO or BUZZER. The ALARM A or ALARM B indicator lights up.

3 Press ALARM SET A or ALARM SET

B for a few seconds. The ALARM A or ALARM B indicator flashes, depending

on which one you set.

After one beep, the hour will start to flash in the display.

4 Press TIME SET + or – until the desired

hour appears.

To set the hour rapidly, hold down TIME SET + or –.

5 Press ALARM SET.

The minute will flash.

6 Repeat step 4 to set the minute and press

ALARM SET.

The wake-up track number flashes on the display.

The display shows the snooze time for a few seconds and returns to show the current time. When you press

SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF after the current time appeared, the snooze time starts from 10 minutes again.

• The maximum length of the snooze time is 60 minutes.

ALARM OFF

The alarm is turned off automatically after 60 minutes.

To Stop the Alarm

Press OFF x • ALARM RESET to turn off the alarm.

The alarm will come on again at the same time the next day.

To Deactivate the Alarm

Set the ALARM MODE selector to OFF. ALARM A or ALARM B indicator go off.

Using the NAP Timer (Count Down Timer)

The NAP timer sounds the buzzer after a present time duration.

Press NAP repeatedly until the desiresd minutes is displayed.

Each press changes the display as follows:

OFF

(current time)

10 90120

The NAP indicator turns on, and the NAP time is displayed for a few seconds. NAP timer starts counting down the NAP time.

When selected NAP time has passed, the beep sound comes on, and the NAP indicator flashs.

To Stop NAP Timer

Press NAP or OFF x to turn off the buzzer.

• ALARM RESET

To Deactive NAP Timer

Press NAP.

The NAP indicator goes off.

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