Connect the players with an audio cord (see also Hookups on page 5).

CDP-CX230, etc.

LINE OUT

To ANALOG OUT

Connect the players with a monaural (2P) miniplug cord.

CONTROL A1II

CONTROL A1
To an AC outlet To 2ND CD IN

To CONTROL A1

For details on this connection, refer to the supplementary CONTROL A1 Control System instructions.
CDP-CX230, etc. To CONTROL A1

To audio output

Set the COMMAND MODE selector of this player to CD 1 or CD 2, and set the command mode of the second player to CD 3.

COMMAND MODE

To an AC outlet To audio input Amplifier
For details on how to operate the second player, see Controlling Another CD Player on page 21 and Playing Alternately on page 23.
Connect the AC power cord of both players to AC outlets.
Do not connect a player other than that you intend to use as the second player to the 2ND CD IN jacks of this player. When connecting a second CD player, do not connect the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) connector of this unit to the amplifier.

: Signal flow

To an AC outlet

Inserting CDs

You can insert up to 300 discs into this player. I/u

OPEN/CLOSE JOG

Turn the JOG dial until you find the disc slot where you want to insert a disc, while checking the disc number (written beside every slot and also indicated in the display).

Disc number

Disc slot at the loading position Playing position Rotary table Loading position
The disc number at the loading position appears in the display. If the disc has the Disc Memo (see page 24), the Disc Memo appears instead of the disc number. As you turn the JOG dial, the disc number or the Disc Memo changes.

ALL DISCS

Press I/u to turn on the player. Open the front cover by pressing OPEN/CLOSE.

*DISC-20*

Disc number or the Disc Memo
You can classify discs into eight groups by using the Group File function. This feature lets you easily find the disc you want to play. For details, see Grouping Discs on page 28.

(Continued)

Insert a disc with the label side facing right.
Do not insert an empty 8 cm (3-inch) CD adaptor (CSA-8). It may damage the player. Do not attach anything such as seals or sleeves to CDs. It may damage the player or the disc. If you drop a disc into the player and/or the CD wont go into the slot correctly, consult your nearest Sony dealer. When transporting the player, remove all discs from the player. Make sure to insert the disc at a right angle to the rotary table, otherwise damage to the player and/or the disc could result. If the disc is not inserted into the slot completely, reinsert the disc. Make sure the rotary table comes to a complete stop before inserting or removing discs. The front panel closes automatically when you press. Be careful not to put your hand into the player after pressing otherwise your hand may be caught in the front panel.

With the label side facing right
After inserting the disc, you can input the original disc titles instead of the disc numbers (see Labeling Discs on page 24) to locate it easily when you start playing.

CD1 DISC

SONYHITS
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to insert more discs. Close the front cover by pressing OPEN/CLOSE.
The rotary table turns and the disc slot at the loading position is set to the playing position. Always close the front cover except when you insert or remove discs.

Removing CDs

After following Steps 1 to 3 of Inserting CDs on page 7, remove the discs. Then close the front cover. To remove discs easily
After following steps 1 to 3 of Inserting CDs on page 7, press p (DISC EJECT). The disc in the selected slot moves up and you can remove the disc easily. When you press p again, the disc returns back to the normal position. If the disc does not return back to the normal position, reinsert the disc.

Playing a CD 5 4/5

+100 MENU/NO

DISC/CHARACTER

STANDBY

CONTINUE

SHUFFLE

PROGRAM

REPEAT

TIME/TEXT

PUSH ENTER PUSH ENTER
EASY PLAY MEMO SEARCH CHECK CLEAR
GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 HIT LIST

OFF PLAY

MEGA CONTROL GROUP 5 GROUP 6 GROUP 7 GROUP 8 GROUP FILE

X-FADE

NO DELAY

KEYBOARD

OPEN/ CLOSE

DISC EJECT

See pages for the hookup information. Make sure you have inserted the discs correctly as indicated on pages 7 8. You can play all the tracks on a disc in the original order (Continuous Play). You can also play up to 300 discs consecutively.
Turn on the amplifier and select the CD player position.
Press I/u to turn on the player.
Press CONTINUE to select ALL DISCS or 1 DISC Continuous Play mode. Each time you press CONTINUE, ALL DISCS or 1 DISC appears alternately in the display.

When you select

ALL DISCS 1 DISC
You can turn on the player by pressing I/u on the remote Z

The player plays

All discs in the player consecutively in the order of disc number. Empty disc slots are skipped. Only one disc you have selected
Turn the JOG dial until the disc number or the Disc Memo (see page 24) you want appears in the display to select the first disc (ALL DISCS) or the disc you want (1 DISC).
When you turn off the player
The player remembers the last playing disc and the play mode (Continuous, Shuffle, or Program (see pages 17 and 18)). When you turn on the player again, therefore, the player plays the same disc in the same play mode.
Push the JOG dial or press to start playing. The selected disc is set to the playing position, and the player plays all the discs from the selected one (ALL DISCS) or all the tracks once (1 DISC). Adjust the volume on the amplifier.

To stop playback

Press p.

AMS JOG

OPEN/CLOSE
Pause Resume playing after pause Go to the next disc Go back to the preceding disc Go to the next track Go back to the preceding track Stop playing and remove the disc

You need to

Press P Press P or Press DISC SKIP + once. Hold down the button to skip discs. Press DISC SKIP once. Hold down the button to skip discs. Turn the AMS dial clockwise by one click. Turn the AMS dial counterclockwise by one click. Press OPEN/CLOSE

Using the Display

You can check information about the disc using the display.

TIME/TEXT MENU/NO JOG

Display information while playing a disc
While playing a disc, the display shows the current disc number, track number, playing time of the track and the next disc number.

Current disc number

Next disc number

TRACK MIN

NEXT DISC
Playing time of the track

Current track number

Checking the information of CD TEXT discs
CD TEXT discs have information, such as the disc titles or artist names, memorized in a blank space on the discs where, on normal discs, there is no information. The display shows the CD TEXT information of the disc so that you can check the current disc title, artist name and track title. When the player detects a CD TEXT disc, CD TEXT appears in the display. If your CD TEXT disc has multi-language capacity, MULTI CD TEXT appears in the display. If you want to check the information in another language, refer to Selecting the language of the CD TEXT information on page 13. Display information in stop mode The display shows the disc title. When you press TIME/TEXT, the artist name scrolls in the display. If you press TIME/TEXT again, the display shows the current disc number, total number of tracks, and total playing time of the disc momentarily. Then the display shows the disc title again.

CD TEXT DISC CD1

HIGH-LIGHT
Checking the total number and playing time of the tracks
Select the disc you want to check, and press TIME/TEXT. The display shows the current disc number, total number of tracks, and total playing time of the disc.

TRACK MIN SEC

Total number of tracks Total playing time

When you want to check another disc
Press DISC SKIP +/ on the remote in the stop mode to select the disc you want to check. The total number of tracks and the total playing time of the selected disc appear momentarily.
Display information while playing a disc Each time you press TIME/TEXT, the display shows the information as shown below.
Selecting the language of the CD TEXT information
You can select the language used to display the CD TEXT information when you select a CD TEXT disc with multi-language information. Once you select the language, the display shows the information in the selected language until you turn off the player. If the player cannot read the language memorized in a CD TEXT disc, other lang. appears.
The current disc number, track number and playing time appear.
CD TEXT DISC CD1 TRACK MIN

NEXT DISC SEC

Press TIME/TEXT.
The current disc title or disc number appears.

CD TEXT DISC

Press MENU/NO in stop mode. Select lang.? flashes.

MULTI CD TEXT CD1

Select lang.?
The current track title appears.

CD TEXT

CD1 TRACK

HitechBlues

This information also appears when the player locates the track.
Push the JOG dial. The current operating language flashes.

English

If the disc title and track title have more than 13 characters, only the first 13 characters appear in the display. The track title appears only when the current disc is a CD TEXT disc or the current title has a HIT TITLE (only when the player is in the Hit List mode) (see page 31).
Turn the JOG dial until the language you want appears in the display. Push the JOG dial to select the language. Reading text appears momentarily, then the display shows the information in the selected language.
To play disc highlights Z
Some CD TEXT discs have a feature to play only the highlights of the discs. During stop mode, press HIGH-LIGHT on the remote to start playing disc highlights. Hi LIGHT flashes while playing disc highlights. If you press HIGH-LIGHT while selecting discs without this feature, NO HIGHLIGHT appears in the display.
To check the current language
1 Press MENU/NO while playing a CD TEXT disc. Show lang.? flashes. 2 Push the JOG dial. The current language appears momentarily. You can also check the current language while selecting a CD TEXT disc without multi-language information.
If you select a CD TEXT disc which does not contain the information of the selected language, the display shows the information in another language according to the discs priority.

Press CONTINUE twice.

Playing the Disc Which was Just Inserted Easy Play
You can play the disc which was just inserted only by pressing one button.
Push the JOG dial to select the disc.
Open the front cover by pressing OPEN/CLOSE. Press EASY PLAY. Slot 1 moves into loading position. Insert the disc in slot 1. Press EASY PLAY. The EASY PLAY button is lit and the player starts playing the disc in slot 1.
In Program Play mode, the disc will be added to the end of the program.
To cancel Memo Search Press MEMO SEARCH again.
The Easy Play function can only play the disc in slot 1.
To cancel the Easy Play function
Locating a Specific Track or a Point in a Track
You can quickly locate any track while playing a disc by using the AMS (AMS: Automatic Music Sensor) dial or by using the =/+ buttons on the remote. You can also locate a specific point in a track while playing a disc.

To locate

the next or succeeding tracks the current or preceding tracks a specific track directly Z
Turn the AMS dial clockwise until you find the track Turn the AMS dial counterclockwise until you find the track Press the number button of the track on the remote. When you directly locate a track numbered over 10, press >10 first, then the corresponding number buttons. Press 0 (backward)/) (forward) on the remote and hold down until you find the point Press 0 (backward)/) (forward) on the remote and hold down until you find the point during pause. You will not hear the sound during the operation.
a point in a track while monitoring the sound Z a point in a track quickly by observing the display Z
If OVER appears in the display, the disc has reached the end while you were pressing ). Turn the AMS dial counterclockwise or press 0 to go back.

Number buttons >10

=/+ 0/)

Playing Repeatedly

You can play discs/tracks repeatedly in any play mode.
Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play)
You can have the player shuffle the tracks and play in random order. The player shuffles all the tracks on all discs or on the disc you specify.

SHUFFLE JOG

Press REPEAT while playing a disc. REPEAT appears in the display. The player repeats the discs/tracks as follows: When the disc is played in

ALL DISCS Continuous Play (page 10) 1 DISC Continuous Play (page 10) ALL DISCS Shuffle Play (page 17) 1 DISC Shuffle Play (page 18) Program Play (page 18)

The player repeats

All tracks on all discs All tracks on the current disc All tracks on all discs in random order All tracks on the current disc in random order The same program
DISC Number buttons ENTER

To cancel Repeat Play

Press REPEAT twice.
Repeating the current track
You can repeat only the current track. While the track you want is being played, press REPEAT repeatedly until REPEAT 1 appears in the display. To cancel Repeat 1

Press REPEAT.

Playing all tracks on all discs in random order 1
Press SHUFFLE. ALL DISCS and SHUFFLE appear in the display. Push the JOG dial or press. ALL DISCS Shuffle Play starts. appears in the display while the player is shuffling the discs or the tracks.
Playing all tracks on a specified disc in random order 1 2
Press SHUFFLE twice. 1 DISC and SHUFFLE appear in the display. Turn the JOG dial until the desired disc number appears in the display. When using the remote, press DISC first and then press the number button of the disc. Push the JOG dial or press. When using the remote, press ENTER. 1 DISC Shuffle Play starts. appears in the display while the player is shuffling the tracks.
Creating Your Own Program (Program Play)
You can arrange the order of the tracks and/or discs to create three different programs which are stored automatically. A program can contain up to 32 steps; one step may contain a track or a whole disc. You can make programs using the controls on the remote as well as ones on the player. However, the programming procedures are different.
Creating a program on the player

PROGRAM AMS JOG CHECK

To cancel Shuffle Play

Press CONTINUE.

You can start Shuffle Play while playing
Press SHUFFLE, and Shuffle Play starts from the current track.
You can directly select a disc for 1 DISC Shuffle Play
See Locating a disc directly using the remote on page 14.
You can go to the next disc during 1 DISC Shuffle Play

Press DISC SKIP +.

You can specify the next disc to play during 1 DISC Shuffle Play
Turn the JOG dial to specify the next disc. After all the tracks on the current disc are played in random order, the next disc starts playing. If you want to skip to the next disc right away, push the JOG dial while playing the current disc.
Press PROGRAM until the desired program number (PROGRAM 1, 2, or 3) appears in the display. If a program is already stored in the selected program number, the last step of the program appears in the display. When you want to erase the whole program, hold down CLEAR until CLEAR appears in the display (see page 20). Turn the JOG dial until the disc number you want appears in the display.

TIMER Play mode buttons

Press to start Program Play.
Checking the programmed order
You can check your program before or after you start playing. Press CHECK. Each time you press this button, the display shows the disc and track number of each step in the programmed order. (When a whole disc is programmed as one step, ALL appears instead of the track number.) After the last step in the program, the display shows END and returns to the original display.
Press one of the play mode buttons to select the desired play mode. Set TIMER on the player to PLAY. Set the timer to the desired time. The player turns off. When the set time comes, the player turns on and starts playing. After you have used the timer, set TIMER on the player to OFF.
Changing the programmed order
You can change your program before you start playing. To

Erase a track or disc

Press CHECK until the track or disc you do not want appears in the display, then press CLEAR Press CLEAR. Each time you press the button, the last programmed track or disc will be cleared. Follow the programming procedure Hold down CLEAR until CLEAR appears in the display to erase the whole program, then create a new program following the programming procedure
Erase the last track or disc in the program
Add tracks or discs to the end of the program Change the whole program completely
Erasing the program stored in memory 1
Press PROGRAM repeatedly in the stop mode until the program number (PROGRAM 1, 2, or 3) you want to erase appears in the display. Hold down CLEAR until CLEAR appears in the display.
Controlling Another CD Player (Advanced Mega Control)
This unit can control a second CD player (see Connecting Another CD Player on page 6). Even when a second CD player is connected, the controls on both of the units will function. When you press the play button on either unit, the operating player stops and the resting player starts. Make sure 2nd DETECTED appears in this players display after turning on both players. Note that depending on the player, you may not be able to operate all the functions of the second CD player.

The controls indicated in the illustration below are effective while the MEGA CONTROL button is lit. Play mode buttons (CONTINUE/SHUFFLE/ PROGRAM/REPEAT) AMS MENU/NO
Press MEGA CONTROL on this player. The MEGA CONTROL button and 2nd in the display light up. The display shows the current disc number or disc memo of the second player.

CD1 2nd DISC

*DISC-4*
Current disc number or the Disc Memo
Select the desired play mode. To program tracks, use the controls on the second player. Press on this player to start playing. While the MEGA CONTROL button is lit, you can control the second player with the controls on this player.
To control the master player again
Press MEGA CONTROL. The MEGA CONTROL button goes off and you can control the master player.
To control the second player directly using the supplied remote Z
Set CD 1/2/3 on the remote to CD 3 which is the same position as the COMMAND MODE selector on the rear panel of the second player.

MEGA CONTROL

COMMAND MODE selector
Loading the Disc Memos of the second CD player
If the second CD player has the Disc Memo function (see page 24), you can load the Disc Memos of the second CD player into this players memory and display them on this player.

Fading In or Out

You can manually fade the sound in or out to prevent tracks from starting or ending abruptly. Note that you cannot use this effect when you use the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) connector.
Press MENU/NO. Turn the JOG dial until LOAD 2ndMEMO? flashes in the display.

LOAD 2ndMEMO?

Push the JOG dial. This player starts loading. (Loading takes about one minute.) To

Start play fading in

Press FADER
During pause. FADE appears in the display and the Q indication flashes. The play fades in. When you want to start fading out. FADE appears in the display and the q indication flashes. The play fades out and the player pauses.
If each Disc Memo of the second CD player has more than 13 characters, only the first 13 characters of that Disc Memo is loaded into this player.

End play fading out

Labeling discs of the second CD player
You can label discs of the second CD player or change the Disc Memos loaded from the second CD player.
Fading lasts for about 5 seconds.
Press MEGA CONTROL. The MEGA CONTROL button lights up. Turn the JOG dial to select the disc you want to assign a Disc Memo to. If the disc slot you select does not have any disc, NO DISC appears in the display and you cannot assign a Disc Memo. Press MENU/NO. MEMO IN ? appears. Push the JOG dial. Input the new Disc Memo following the procedure in Labeling Discs on page 24.
The new Disc Memos are stored on this players memory, so you cannot display them on the second CD player.

Repeat step 2 to change more characters. Press YES to store the Disc Memo.
Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to input more characters. Press YES to store the Disc Memo. The display shows the Disc Memo.

Erasing the Disc Memo 1

Follow Steps 1 to 3 in Labeling discs on the player on page 24 to select the Disc Memo you want to erase. Press and hold CLEAR for few seconds. Press YES. The Disc Memo disappears.
Repeat Steps 1 to 7 to assign Disc Memos to other discs. To change the character type quickly while input characters
Press TIME/TEXT in step 4 above. The character on the cursor changes to the first character of each character type. Each time you press TIME/TEXT, the character type changes as follows:
n A n a n 0 n ! n (space)
Labeling discs using the remote Z
SPACE DISC DEL CAPS Number buttons ENTER MEMO INPUT CLEAR
To input a letter, press the number button corresponding to the letter you want (indicated beside each number button). The cursor disappears and the first space for the Disc Memo flashes. Each time you press the button, the letter changes cyclically among the ones indicated beside the button. To input symbols, press the number button 1 repeatedly until the symbol you want appears in the display.

&!? ABC DEF

Characters assigned to each number button
Press DISC. Press the number button of the disc you want to assign a Disc Memo, and then ENTER. Press MEMO INPUT. The flashing cursor (
Example: To select the letter E Press the number button 3 twice. nD

Press 3.

To insert a space, press SPACE once. Press CAPS and then select number you desire.
Press CAPS to find the letter type you want. Each time you press the button, the letter type changes cyclically among capital letters (AB), small letters (ab) and numbers (12). To select a symbol, you have to select the capital or small letter type. The selected letter type appears in the upper right of the display.
Press ENTER to select the character. The selected character lights up, and the flashing cursor appears to indicate the next space to be input. You can also go to the next space by pressing other number buttons. Repeat Steps 4 through 6 to input more characters. Press MEMO INPUT to store the Disc Memo. The Disc Memo lights up in the display.

CD1 DISC TRACK

Assigning discs to groups 3 4
Press CONTINUE or SHUFFLE before you start playing. Turn the JOG dial to select the disc you want to assign to a group. Press GROUP FILE. Select G1 G8 appears in the display. Press one of the GROUP buttons to which you want to assign the disc. GROUP FILE and the group number appear in the display and the disc is assigned to that group.
Press CLEAR. DELETE FILE and OFF appear in the display.
Deleting discs from a group
To delete a disc from a group 1 Turn the JOG dial until the disc number you want to delete from the group appears in the display. 2 Press GROUP FILE. Select G1 G8 appears in the display. 3 Press CLEAR. GROUP ERASE appears in the display. To delete all discs from a group, press CLEAR while holding down whichever GROUP button you want to clear.
If you want to recover the track, press CLEAR again.
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to delete more tracks. You can recover all the tracks you have deleted
Hold down CLEAR until ALL ON appears in the display.
The deleted tracks are skipped even in the Shuffle or Program Play mode (when the whole disc containing a Delete Bank is programmed as one step).
Labeling groups (Group Memo)
You can label the preset group number anything you like, such as a category, using up to 13 characters. Note that you cannot store the Group Memo if you have not assigned any disc to the group.
Turn the AMS dial to move the cursor to the position you want to change. When the cursor position is on the character, the character flashes and the cursor position is on the blank space, the cursor ( ) appears in the display. To change characters
Press MENU/NO. MEMO IN ? flashes. Turn the JOG dial until the group number you want to label appears in the display, and then push the JOG dial. The flashing cursor ( ) appears. Turn the JOG dial until the desired character appears in the display. The cursor disappears and the first space for the Group Memo flashes. As you turn the JOG dial clockwise, the characters appear in the following order. Turn the JOG dial counterclockwise to go in reverse order. (space) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U VWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw xyz0123456789!"#$%&'() *+,./:;< =>?@_

Follow Steps 3 to 6 in Labeling tracks while in play mode to input the characters. You can store a CD TEXT discs track titles in the Hit List
The CD TEXT discs track title is stored as a Hit Title automatically when the track is put into the Hit List.
Labeling tracks while in play mode
Press MENU/NO while playing a track in the Hit List. HIT MEMO ? appears in the display. Push the JOG dial. The flashing cursor (

On transportation

Precautions

On safety

Caution The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard. Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the player and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further. The unit is not disconnected from the AC power source (mains) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the unit itself has been turned off.
When transporting the player, open the front cover then remove all the discs from the player and turn the power off.
If you have any questions or problems concerning your player, please consult your nearest Sony dealer.

Notes on CDs

On handling CDs
To keep the disc clean, handle the disc carefully. Do not stick paper or tape on the disc.

On power sources

Before operating the player, check that the operating voltage of the player is identical with your local power supply. The operating voltage is indicated on the nameplate at the rear of the player. The player is not disconnected from the AC power source (mains) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the player itself has been turned off. If you are not going to use the player for a long time, be sure to disconnect the player from the wall outlet. To disconnect the AC power cord (mains lead), grasp the plug itself; never pull the cord. AC power cord must be changed only at the qualified service shop.
Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts, nor leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight as there can be considerable rise in temperature inside the car. After removing a disc from the disc slot, store the disc in its case.

Memo Scan 14 Memo Search 15

No-Delay Play 23

Playback Continuous Play 10 Easy Play 15 Group Play 29 Program Play 18 Repeat Play 17 Shuffle Play 17 Program changing 20 checking 20 erasing 20
Delete Bank 28 Disc Memo 24
Erasing Custom Files 24 Delete Bank 28 Disc Memo 25 Group Memo 29 Hit List 31 program 20
Remote control 4 Repeating 17 Rotary table 7
Selecting the language 13 Shuffle Play on all discs 17 on 1 disc 18 Specifying the next disc 15 Storing specific tracks 28

Fading 22

Switches

CD 1/2/TIMER 20 I/u 7

Grouping Discs 28
Handling CDs 32 Hit List 30 Hookups overview 4
Timer Play 20 Total playing time 12 Troubleshooting 33
ANALOG OUT CONTROL A1 2ND CD IN 5

U, V, W

Unpacking 4

Connectors

DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) 5

Inserting CDs 7

Others
COMMAND MODE selector Disc slots 7 Display 12 Front cover 7 JOG dial 7 Rotary table 7 g 4 5

X, Y, Z

X-Fade Play 23

JOG dial 7

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