Limited Warranty (US Only)
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... antenna. 4-557-172-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems Hifi Audio LIMITED WARRANTY Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is invalid if the factory applied serial number has been altered or removed from your convenience, Sony Electronics Inc. In addition, if you . This warranty does not cover damage due to improper operation or maintenance, connection to you enter into a service...
... antenna. 4-557-172-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems Hifi Audio LIMITED WARRANTY Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is invalid if the factory applied serial number has been altered or removed from your convenience, Sony Electronics Inc. In addition, if you . This warranty does not cover damage due to improper operation or maintenance, connection to you enter into a service...
Operating Instructions
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... rear exterior. Before operating the unit, please read this manual are used in this manual thoroughly and retain it for model CDP-CE545. Welcome! For the customers in this manual: Z Indicates that you for making the task easier. Refer servicing to rain or moisture. Conventions • Instructions in Canada CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT USE THIS POLARIZED AC PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD...
... rear exterior. Before operating the unit, please read this manual are used in this manual thoroughly and retain it for model CDP-CE545. Welcome! For the customers in this manual: Z Indicates that you for making the task easier. Refer servicing to rain or moisture. Conventions • Instructions in Canada CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT USE THIS POLARIZED AC PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD...
Operating Instructions
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... ...4 Hooking Up the System ...4 Connecting Another CD Player 6 Playing a CD 8 Playing CDs Using the Display ...10 Replacing Discs While Playing a Disc 12 Locating a Specific Disc ...13 Locating a Specific Track 13 Locating a Particular Point in a Track 14 GB Playing Repeatedly ...14 Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play 15 Creating Your Own Program (Program Play 16 Controlling Another CD Player (Advanced Mega Control 18 Playing Alternately (No-Delay Play/X-Fade Play 20 Recording From CDs Recording Your Own Program 21 Recording a CD by Specifying Tape Length (Time Edit...
... ...4 Hooking Up the System ...4 Connecting Another CD Player 6 Playing a CD 8 Playing CDs Using the Display ...10 Replacing Discs While Playing a Disc 12 Locating a Specific Disc ...13 Locating a Specific Track 13 Locating a Particular Point in a Track 14 GB Playing Repeatedly ...14 Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play 15 Creating Your Own Program (Program Play 16 Controlling Another CD Player (Advanced Mega Control 18 Playing Alternately (No-Delay Play/X-Fade Play 20 Recording From CDs Recording Your Own Program 21 Recording a CD by Specifying Tape Length (Time Edit...
Operating Instructions
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... CONTROL A1 DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) CD player ANALOG OUT (L) ANALOG OUT (R) To an AC outlet Audio input (L) Audio input (R) Amplifier z When to the diagram inside the battery compartment. Doing so may cause a malfunction. • If you received the following items: • Audio cord (1) • Monaural (2P) mini-plug cord (1) (Connecting cord for CONTROL A1 ) (supplied for Canadian models only) • Remote commander (remote) (1) • R6 (size AA) batteries (2) Inserting batteries into the remote You can control the player using...
... CONTROL A1 DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) CD player ANALOG OUT (L) ANALOG OUT (R) To an AC outlet Audio input (L) Audio input (R) Amplifier z When to the diagram inside the battery compartment. Doing so may cause a malfunction. • If you received the following items: • Audio cord (1) • Monaural (2P) mini-plug cord (1) (Connecting cord for CONTROL A1 ) (supplied for Canadian models only) • Remote commander (remote) (1) • R6 (size AA) batteries (2) Inserting batteries into the remote You can control the player using...
Operating Instructions
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... power line voltage. Be sure to make connections firmly to close the disc tray. Take off the player. 5GB For details, see "Connecting Another CD Player" on the remote. on page 6. When you play CD software other player's command mode can adjust the output level to the amplifier Z Press ANALOG OUT LEVEL +/- If not, set the selector to the correct position using the optical cable (not supplied). Getting Started Hookups When connecting an audio cord...
... power line voltage. Be sure to make connections firmly to close the disc tray. Take off the player. 5GB For details, see "Connecting Another CD Player" on the remote. on page 6. When you play CD software other player's command mode can adjust the output level to the amplifier Z Press ANALOG OUT LEVEL +/- If not, set the selector to the correct position using the optical cable (not supplied). Getting Started Hookups When connecting an audio cord...
Operating Instructions
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... "CONTROL A1 Control System" instructions. 3 Set the command mode of this player. To ANALOG OUT CDP-CE545 To CONTROL A1 To 2ND CD IN To an AC outlet To audio output CDP-CX400, etc. ALL DISCS 12345 DISC *DISC-1* CD1 12345 6 7 8 9 10 Current command mode When the setting of both players is equipped with the CONTROL A1 (or CONTROL A1) jack and the command mode of that player can be connected.) • Monaural (2P) mini-plug cord (1) (not supplied) 1 Connect...
... "CONTROL A1 Control System" instructions. 3 Set the command mode of this player. To ANALOG OUT CDP-CE545 To CONTROL A1 To 2ND CD IN To an AC outlet To audio output CDP-CX400, etc. ALL DISCS 12345 DISC *DISC-1* CD1 12345 6 7 8 9 10 Current command mode When the setting of both players is equipped with the CONTROL A1 (or CONTROL A1) jack and the command mode of that player can be connected.) • Monaural (2P) mini-plug cord (1) (not supplied) 1 Connect...
Operating Instructions
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... disc you want to select ALL DISCS or 1 DISC Continuous Play mode. POWER EDIT/ PEAK TIME FADE SEARCH MENU FADER PHONES DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 CONTINUE SHUFFLE PROGRAM REPEAT TIME/TEXT NO DELAY X-FADE MEGA CONTROL (-AMS+) CHECK CLEAR OPEN/CLOSE EX- Each time you press the button, the disc tray turns and you can listen to the sound from this player. 2 Press POWER to turn on the player. 3 Press A OPEN/CLOSE, and place a disc on the amplifier and select the CD player...
... disc you want to select ALL DISCS or 1 DISC Continuous Play mode. POWER EDIT/ PEAK TIME FADE SEARCH MENU FADER PHONES DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 CONTINUE SHUFFLE PROGRAM REPEAT TIME/TEXT NO DELAY X-FADE MEGA CONTROL (-AMS+) CHECK CLEAR OPEN/CLOSE EX- Each time you press the button, the disc tray turns and you can listen to the sound from this player. 2 Press POWER to turn on the player. 3 Press A OPEN/CLOSE, and place a disc on the amplifier and select the CD player...
Operating Instructions
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... OUT LEVEL +/- DISC 1 - 5 H X x A OPEN/CLOSE POWER EDIT/ PEAK TIME FADE SEARCH MENU FADER PHONES DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 CONTINUE SHUFFLE PROGRAM REPEAT TIME/TEXT To Pause Resume play after pause Go to the next track Go back to the preceding track Go to the next disc Select a disc directly Stop play Press x. Note If you reduce the output level, " FADE " appears in the display. DISC CHANGE SKIP AMS (DISC) PUSH ENTER lAMS L DISC SKIP You need to the...
... OUT LEVEL +/- DISC 1 - 5 H X x A OPEN/CLOSE POWER EDIT/ PEAK TIME FADE SEARCH MENU FADER PHONES DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 CONTINUE SHUFFLE PROGRAM REPEAT TIME/TEXT To Pause Resume play after pause Go to the next track Go back to the preceding track Go to the next disc Select a disc directly Stop play Press x. Note If you reduce the output level, " FADE " appears in the display. DISC CHANGE SKIP AMS (DISC) PUSH ENTER lAMS L DISC SKIP You need to the...
Operating Instructions
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... the TIME/TEXT button while playing a disc, the display changes as empty, the semi- Playing time of the tracks Press TIME/TEXT before you press the A OPEN/CLOSE button to be displayed in Continuous Play mode. Current disc number Total playing time ALL DISCS DISC 1 12345 TRACK MIN SEC 1 O 4 5 . 2 8 CD1 12345 6 7 8 9 10 Total number of tracks, total playing time and music calendar. Press TIME/TEXT. 10GB circle around a disc number indicates the disc is available only in the music calendar. Playing CDs Using the Display You...
... the TIME/TEXT button while playing a disc, the display changes as empty, the semi- Playing time of the tracks Press TIME/TEXT before you press the A OPEN/CLOSE button to be displayed in Continuous Play mode. Current disc number Total playing time ALL DISCS DISC 1 12345 TRACK MIN SEC 1 O 4 5 . 2 8 CD1 12345 6 7 8 9 10 Total number of tracks, total playing time and music calendar. Press TIME/TEXT. 10GB circle around a disc number indicates the disc is available only in the music calendar. Playing CDs Using the Display You...
Operating Instructions
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.... Each time you press the TIME/TEXT button, the display changes as the disc titles or artist names, memorized in the display. Press TIME/TEXT. Playing time ALL DISCS DISC 2 12 TRACK 1 345 CD-TEXT MIN SEC 1 . 5 6 CD1 12345 6 7 8 9 10 Press TIME/TEXT. Playing CDs Checking the information of CD TEXT discs CD TEXT discs have a feature to play only the highlights of the discs. Remaining time on normal discs. "HIGH LIGHT" flashes in Continuous Play mode.
.... Each time you press the TIME/TEXT button, the display changes as the disc titles or artist names, memorized in the display. Press TIME/TEXT. Playing time ALL DISCS DISC 2 12 TRACK 1 345 CD-TEXT MIN SEC 1 . 5 6 CD1 12345 6 7 8 9 10 Press TIME/TEXT. Playing CDs Checking the information of CD TEXT discs CD TEXT discs have a feature to play only the highlights of the discs. Remaining time on normal discs. "HIGH LIGHT" flashes in Continuous Play mode.
Operating Instructions
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... 1 DISC Shuffle Play (page 15) All the tracks on the current disc in random orders Program Play (page 16) The same program To cancel Repeat Play Press REPEAT repeatedly until "REPEAT OFF" appears in the display. Playing CDs Locating a Particular Point in a Track You can repeat only the current track while the disc is played in any play mode. Press m or turn l AMS L counterclockwise to go back. Repeating the current track You can also locate a specific point...
... 1 DISC Shuffle Play (page 15) All the tracks on the current disc in random orders Program Play (page 16) The same program To cancel Repeat Play Press REPEAT repeatedly until "REPEAT OFF" appears in the display. Playing CDs Locating a Particular Point in a Track You can repeat only the current track while the disc is played in any play mode. Press m or turn l AMS L counterclockwise to go back. Repeating the current track You can also locate a specific point...
Operating Instructions
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... specified disc numbers in a random order. Shuffle Play on one disc You can play all tracks on the specific disc in a random order. 1 Press SHUFFLE repeatedly until "ALL DISCS" appears in the display. 2 Press DISC 1 - 5 to start 1 DISC Shuffle Play on the selected disc. DISC 1 - 5 H SHUFFLE Shuffle Play on all discs You can play in a random order. To cancel the selected discs, press DISC 1 - 5 again. Playing CDs Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play) You can have the player "shuffle" tracks and play all tracks on all discs...
... specified disc numbers in a random order. Shuffle Play on one disc You can play all tracks on the specific disc in a random order. 1 Press SHUFFLE repeatedly until "ALL DISCS" appears in the display. 2 Press DISC 1 - 5 to start 1 DISC Shuffle Play on the selected disc. DISC 1 - 5 H SHUFFLE Shuffle Play on all discs You can play in a random order. To cancel the selected discs, press DISC 1 - 5 again. Playing CDs Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play) You can have the player "shuffle" tracks and play all tracks on all discs...
Operating Instructions
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... disc are deleted from the program, and the rest of the disc. So, the player plays only the existing disc and track numbers. To select a track numbered over 10, use the >10 button (see page 13). Track number Total playing time being programmed PROGRAM DISC 1 12345 A TRACK MIN SEC 5 1 3 . 1 8 CD1 2 5 8 6 Press ENTER to select the disc. Creating a program using the number buttons Press the number button of the track in the display. 2 Press DISC. Playing CDs z The program remains even after a while. PROGRAM 12345 2 A 8 DISC...
... disc are deleted from the program, and the rest of the disc. So, the player plays only the existing disc and track numbers. To select a track numbered over 10, use the >10 button (see page 13). Track number Total playing time being programmed PROGRAM DISC 1 12345 A TRACK MIN SEC 5 1 3 . 1 8 CD1 2 5 8 6 Press ENTER to select the disc. Creating a program using the number buttons Press the number button of the track in the display. 2 Press DISC. Playing CDs z The program remains even after a while. PROGRAM 12345 2 A 8 DISC...
Operating Instructions
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... the display shows the current disc and track numbers and the playing time of the units will be able to operate all the functions of the program Erase the whole program completely You need to the end of the second CD player. Changing the track order You can change your program before you start playing. Follow the programming procedure. Play mode buttons (CONTINUE/ SHUFFLE/PROGRAM/REPEAT) l AMS (DISC) L MENU MEGA CONTROL H X x m ( -AMS+) M Playing discs of the second player. Playing CDs Checking the track order...
... the display shows the current disc and track numbers and the playing time of the units will be able to operate all the functions of the program Erase the whole program completely You need to the end of the second CD player. Changing the track order You can change your program before you start playing. Follow the programming procedure. Play mode buttons (CONTINUE/ SHUFFLE/PROGRAM/REPEAT) l AMS (DISC) L MENU MEGA CONTROL H X x m ( -AMS+) M Playing discs of the second player. Playing CDs Checking the track order...
Operating Instructions
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... second CD player or change the Disc Names (Disc Memos) loaded from they do other operations, use the controls on the second player or the supplied remote. • The AMS buttons (./>) and search buttons (m/M) on the remote operate the second player as indicated on this player. Note The new Disc Names (Disc Memos) are loaded to this player. 1 Press MENU. 2 Turn l AMS (DISC) L until "DISC NAME" appears in the display, then push l AMS (DISC) L. 6 Input the new Disc Name (Disc...
... second CD player or change the Disc Names (Disc Memos) loaded from they do other operations, use the controls on the second player or the supplied remote. • The AMS buttons (./>) and search buttons (m/M) on the remote operate the second player as indicated on this player. Note The new Disc Names (Disc Memos) are loaded to this player. 1 Press MENU. 2 Turn l AMS (DISC) L until "DISC NAME" appears in the display, then push l AMS (DISC) L. 6 Input the new Disc Name (Disc...
Operating Instructions
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... either player has played all its discs/tracks, both players stop, even if the other player starts play . Select one of the following the procedure in sound immediately after you have set the X-Fade mode and started XFade Play, you can start X-Fade whenever you start play while the MEGA CONTROL button is finished, select "at each track. Each time the current player changes to the other player, the other player, the sound...
... either player has played all its discs/tracks, both players stop, even if the other player starts play . Select one of the following the procedure in sound immediately after you have set the X-Fade mode and started XFade Play, you can start X-Fade whenever you start play while the MEGA CONTROL button is finished, select "at each track. Each time the current player changes to the other player, the other player, the sound...
Operating Instructions
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... playing time of a tape. 1 Press EDIT/TIME FADE repeatedly before you won't find any problem in the display and the player starts scanning the disc searching for example, when you press the m or M button during Time Fade Play, Time Fade will be recorded to specify the playing time. So, you start playing until TIME FADE and "A" in the A indication appear in to resume playing. Adjusting the Recording Level (Peak Search) The player...
... playing time of a tape. 1 Press EDIT/TIME FADE repeatedly before you won't find any problem in the display and the player starts scanning the disc searching for example, when you press the m or M button during Time Fade Play, Time Fade will be recorded to specify the playing time. So, you start playing until TIME FADE and "A" in the A indication appear in to resume playing. Adjusting the Recording Level (Peak Search) The player...
Operating Instructions
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... not use any questions or problems concerning your player, please consult your local power supply. Notes on CDs On handling CDs • To keep the disc clean, handle the disc by qualified personnel before operating it any type of the player is indicated on the nameplate at the qualified service shop. never pull the cord. • AC power cord must be damaged. • After playing, store the disc...
... not use any questions or problems concerning your player, please consult your local power supply. Notes on CDs On handling CDs • To keep the disc clean, handle the disc by qualified personnel before operating it any type of the player is indicated on the nameplate at the qualified service shop. never pull the cord. • AC power cord must be damaged. • After playing, store the disc...
Operating Instructions
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... player ("-NO DISC-" appears). There's no CD inside the player. Remove the disc and leave the player turned on the remote according to reset the player. The player functions incorrectly. ,The microcomputer chips may be operating incorrectly. Specifications Compact disc player Laser Laser output Frequency response Dynamic range Harmonic distortion Semiconductor laser (λ = 780 nm) Emission duration: continuous Max 44.6 µW* * This output is connected securely. ,Make sure you remedy the problem. buttons on the disc tray correctly. ,Clean the CD...
... player ("-NO DISC-" appears). There's no CD inside the player. Remove the disc and leave the player turned on the remote according to reset the player. The player functions incorrectly. ,The microcomputer chips may be operating incorrectly. Specifications Compact disc player Laser Laser output Frequency response Dynamic range Harmonic distortion Semiconductor laser (λ = 780 nm) Emission duration: continuous Max 44.6 µW* * This output is connected securely. ,Make sure you remedy the problem. buttons on the disc tray correctly. ,Clean the CD...
Operating Instructions
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... directly 13 using AMS 13 M Music Scan 13 N, O No-Delay Play 20 P, Q Peak Search 23 Playback Continuous Play 8 No-Delay Play 20 Playing alternately 20 Program Play 16 Repeat Play 14 Shuffle Play 15 X-Fade Play 20 Program 16 changing 18 checking 18 for recording 21 R Recording 21 a program 21 using Time Edit 21 Remaining time 10 Remote control 4 Repeating 14 Replacing discs while playing a disc 12 S Scanning. See Music Scan Searching. See AMS C, D CD TEXT 11 Changing the Disc Names 25, 26 Connecting 4 another CD player...
... directly 13 using AMS 13 M Music Scan 13 N, O No-Delay Play 20 P, Q Peak Search 23 Playback Continuous Play 8 No-Delay Play 20 Playing alternately 20 Program Play 16 Repeat Play 14 Shuffle Play 15 X-Fade Play 20 Program 16 changing 18 checking 18 for recording 21 R Recording 21 a program 21 using Time Edit 21 Remaining time 10 Remote control 4 Repeating 14 Replacing discs while playing a disc 12 S Scanning. See Music Scan Searching. See AMS C, D CD TEXT 11 Changing the Disc Names 25, 26 Connecting 4 another CD player...