User Manual Sony ICF-CD7000 AM/FM/MP3/CD Clock Radio

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Operating Instructions for Sony ICF-CD7000

Table of Contents

• WARNING
• Features
• Precautions
• Troubleshooting
• Specifications
• About the Backup Battery
• Setting the Clock for the First Time
• Setting the Clock Manually
• Setting the Brightness of the Backlight and Illumination
• Playing a CD
• Listening to the Radio
• Improving the Reception
• Presetting Your Favorite Station
• Switching between Monaural and Stereo
• Listening to the Sound from a Connected Optional Component
• Setting the Alarm
• Using the NAP Timer (Count Down Timer)
• Setting the Sleep Timer

Setting the Clock for the First Time

This unit is preset to the current date and time at the factory, and is powered by the back up battery. All you need to do the first time is just plug it in, select your time zone.

• 1 Plug in the unit. The current CET (Central European Time) appears in the display.
• 2 Press TIMEZONE. Area number “1” appear in the display.
• 3 Press TIMEZONE repeatedly to select the number as follows

The area number appears in the display for a few seconds and then the display returns to the current time. After the current time reappears, press TIMEZONE to check the area number.

Note Though the clock is correctly set at the factory, discrepancies may arise during transport or storage. If necessary, set the clock to the correct time by referring to “Setting the Clock Manually”.

When daylight saving time (summer time) begins

This model automatically adjusts for daylight saving time (summer time). “ ” is displayed from the beginning of daylight saving time (summer time) and disappears at the end of the daylight saving time (summer time) automatically. The summer time adjustment is based on GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

Area number 0:

• Daylight saving time (summer time) begins at: 1:00 AM on the final Sunday of March.
• Standard time begins at: 2:00 AM on the final Sunday of October.

Area number 1:

• Daylight saving time (summer time) begins at: 2:00 AM on the final Sunday of March.
• Standard time begins at: 3:00 AM on the final Sunday of October.

Area number 2:

• Daylight saving time (summer time) begins at: 3:00 AM on the final Sunday of March.
• Standard time begins at: 4:00 AM on the final Sunday of October

Setting the Clock Manually

• 1 Plug in the unit.
• 2 Hold down CLOCK/DATE until a short beep sounds. The year starts to flash in the display.
• 3 Press TUNETIME SET + or – repeatedly to set the year.
• 4 Press CLOCK/DATE.
• 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set the month, the day, hour, and minute, and then press CLOCK/DATE. Two short beeps sound and the seconds start incrementing from zero.

Notes

• The clock setting will be cancelled if you press OFF ALARM-RESET while setting the clock.
• If you do not press a button for about 1 minute while setting the clock, the clock setting will be cancelled.

To display the year and date

Press CLOCK/DATE once for the date, and within 2 seconds press it again for the year. The display shows the date or year for about 4 seconds and then changes back to the current time.

To change to daylight saving time (summer time) indication

Hold down OFF ALARM-RESET and TIMEZONE until two short beeps sound. “ ” is displayed, “On” appear for a few seconds, and then the time changes to daylight saving time (summer time). To deactivate the daylight saving time (summer time) function, hold down OFF ALARM-RESET and TIMEZONE until two short beeps sound again. “OFF” appears for a few seconds, and then “ ” disappears.

Setting the Brightness of the Backlight and Illumination

By pressing the SNOOZE/BRIGHTNESS button, you can select the brightness level of the backlight and illumination. The brightness level of the backlight changes in conjunction with that of the illumination.

• Upper : Backlight level
• Lower : Illumination level

While the alarm is sounding, the SNOOZE/ BRIGHTNESS button cannot be used to change the brightness of the display. It can, however, be used for the SNOOZE function.

Playing a CD

An 8 cm CD can be played without an adaptor.

• 1 Push PUSH OPEN/CLOSE to open the CD compartment lid and insert a disc.
• 2 Push PUSH OPEN/CLOSE to close the CD compartment lid.
• 3 Press CD . “CD” and “TRACK 01” appear in the display to indicate that track 1 of the CD is playing.
• 4 Press VOLUME + or – repeatedly to adjust the volume.

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.

Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies

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.

Note on DualDiscs

A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates DVD recorded material on one side with digital audio material on the other side. However, since the audio material side does not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard, playback on this product is not guaranteed.

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 when there is no disc in the CD compartment, “00” flashes for about 5 seconds in the display and the unit turns off automatically

Listening to the Radio —Manual Tuning

• 1 Press RADIO ONBAND to turn on the radio. “RADIO” appears in the display.
• 2 Press RADIO ONBAND repeatedly to select the desired band. Each press changes the band as follows: When using a FM1 or FM2 preset mode, you may listen to the radio in either mode (see “Presetting Your Favorite Station”).
• 3 Use TUNETIME SET + or – to tune into a station. Two short beeps sound when the minimum frequency of each band is received during tuning.
• 4 Adjust the volume using VOLUME + or –.

When you release TUNETIME SET + or – after locating your desired station, the display returns to the current time after about 10 seconds. To check the frequency of a tuned-in station, press RADIO ONBAND and the frequency will appear for about 10 seconds. To turn off the radio, press OFF ALARM-RESET.

Improving the Reception

• FM: Extend the FM wire antenna fully to increase reception sensitivity.
• AM: Rotate the unit horizontally for optimum reception. A ferrite bar antenna is built into the unit.

The following conditions may interfere with the radio reception:

• When the unit is placed on a steel desk or metal surface.
• When the unit is near a metal surface (such as a metal wall).
• When the unit is near a digital music player that is turned on.

Presetting Your Favorite Station —Preset Tuning

You can preset up to 10 FM stations (5 stations in FM1, 5 stations in FM2), and 5 AM stations.

Presetting a Station

1 Follow steps 1 to 3 in “Listening to the Radio” and manually tune in the station you wish to preset.

2 Hold down the desired PRESET TUNING button (1 to 5) until two short beeps sound.

Example: The following display appears when you preset FM 87.5 MHz to PRESET TUNING 2 button for FM2.

The display shows the frequency for about 10 seconds, and then returns to the current time.

To preset another station, repeat these steps. To change the preset station, tune in the desired station and hold down the desired PRESET TUNING (1 to 5) until two short beeps sound. The new station will replace the station previously set to the PRESET TUNING button.

Tuning in to a Preset Station

• 1 Press RADIO ONBAND to turn on the radio.
• 2 Press RADIO ONBAND to select the band.
• 3 Press the desired PRESET TUNING button.
• 4 Adjust the volume using VOLUME + or –. After about 4 seconds, the display returns to the current time.

Note Holding down the desired PRESET TUNING button for 2 seconds or more in step 3 will replace the station previously set to the PRESET TUNING button with the station you are tuned in to.

Switching between Monaural and Stereo

Stereo reception is the default setting for the radio. “ST” will appear in the display when an FM broadcast is clearly received. If FM stereo reception is poor, change to “FM MONO (monaural)”. Noise will be reduced although the sound will not be in stereo.

• 1 Press RADIO ONBAND to turn on the radio.
• 2 Press RADIO ONBAND repeatedly to select FM 1 or FM 2.
• 3 Press MODE. A short beep sounds. “FM MONO” appears in the display. To change back to stereo mode, press MODE again.

Listening to the Sound from a Connected Optional Component

• 1 Connect the built-in audio cable with the stereo-miniplug on the bottom of the unit to the line output jack or headphones jack on the optional component (e.g., portable music player).
• 2 Press AUDIO IN. “AUDIO IN” appears in the display
• 3 Play the optional component connected to the unit’s built-in audio cable.
• 4 Adjust the volume using VOLUME + or –. To turn off the sound from the optional component, press OFFALARM-RESET, and then turn off the optional component.

Notes

• Connect the built-in audio cable firmly to prevent a malfunction.
• Keep digital music players away from the speakers.

Setting the Alarm

This CD 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 for the First Time”).

To Set the Alarm

• 1 Hold down ALARM A or B until a short beep sounds. The hour flashes in display.
• 2 Press TUNETIME SET + or – repeatedly until the desired hour appears. To set the hour rapidly, hold down TUNETIME SET + or –.
• 3 Press ALARM A or B. A short beep sound and the minute flashes.
• 4 Repeat step 2 to set the minute and press ALARM A or B. A short beep sound and the alarm mode setting is entered.
• 5 Press TUNETIME SET + or – repeatedly until the desired alarm mode flashes. You can choose one mode among “CD”, “RADIO” and “BUZZER”. Set the alarm mode as follows:

– CD: see “ Setting the CD Alarm”.

– RADIO: see “ Setting the Radio Alarm”.

– BUZZER: see “ Setting the Buzzer Alarm”.

Setting the CD Alarm

For the CD alarm, the track you specified as the wakeup track is played first. (If the CD play mode is set to “SHUFFLE” or “SHUFFLE REP”, all the tracks will be played in random order.)

• 1 Perform steps 1 to 5 in “To set the Alarm”.
• 2 Press ALARM A or B to select “CD” alarm mode. A short beep sounds and “WAKE UP TRACK” appears in the display.
• 3 Press TUNETIME SET + or – to select the desired wake-up track number.
• 4 Press ALARM A or B. A short beep sounds and “WAKE UP VOLUME” appears in the display.
• 5 Press TUNETIME SET + or – to adjust the volume. You can also adjust the volume using VOLUME + or –.
• 6 Press ALARM A or B. Two short beeps sound and the setting is entered. When “ALARM A” or “ALARM B” does not appear with “CD” in the display, press ALARM A or B again. The CD will play at the set time.

Note If the CD alarm does not operate because a disc error occurred, there is no disc, or the CD compartment lid is open, the buzzer alarm will operate instead.

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