Sony Sony Car Stereo System XR-M510 User manual

2001 Sony Corporation
FM/MW/LW
Cassette
Car Stereo
3-227-560-11 (1)
Operating Instructions
Manual de instrucciones
Bruksanvisning
Manual de instruções
Οδηγίες Λειτουργίας
GB
ES
PT
SE
XR-M510
For installation and connections, see the supplied installation/connections
manual.
Para obtener información sobre la instalación y las conexiones, consulte el manual
de instalación/conexiones suministrado.
Vi hänvisar till det medföljande häftet angående montering/anslutningar.
Para a instalação e as ligações, consulte o manual de instalação/ligações
fornecido.
Για την εγκατάσταση και τις συνδέσεις, δείτε το συνοδευτικ εγχειρίδιο
Εγκατάσταση/Συνδέσεις.
FM/MW/LW Cassette Car Stereo XR-M510
GR

2
Welcome !
Thank you for purchasing this Sony Cassette
Player. This unit lets you enjoy a variety of
features using the following controller
accessory:
Supplied accessory
Card remote commander RM-X96
Optional accessory
Rotary commander RM-X4S
In addition to the cassette playback and radio
operations, you can expand your system by
connecting an optional CD/MD unit*1.
When you operate this unit or a connected
optional CD unit with the CD TEXT function,
the CD TEXT information will appear in the
display when you play a CD TEXT disc*2.
*1You can connect a CD changer, an MD changer,
a CD player, or an MD player.
*2A CD TEXT disc is an audio CD that includes
information such as the disc name, artist name,
and track names.
This information is recorded on the disc.
Precautions
•If your car was parked in direct sunlight
resulting in a considerable rise in
temperature inside the car, allow the unit to
cool off before operating it.
•If no power is being supplied to the unit,
check the connections first. If everything is
in order, check the fuse.
•If no sound comes from the speakers of a
two-speaker system, set the fader control to
the centre position.
•When a tape is played back for a long
period, the cassette may become warm
because of the built-in power amplifier.
However, this is not a sign of malfunction.
If you have any questions or problems
concerning your unit that are not covered in
this manual, please consult your nearest Sony
dealer.
To maintain high quality sound
If you have drink holders near your audio
equipment, be careful not to splash juice or
other soft drinks onto the car audio. Sugary
residues on this unit or cassette tapes may
contaminate the playback heads, reduce the
sound quality, or prevent sound reproduction
altogether.
Cassette cleaning kits cannot remove sugar
from the tape heads.

3
Notes on Cassettes
Cassette care
•Do not touch the tape surface of a cassette, as
any dirt or dust will contaminate the heads.
•Keep cassettes away from equipment with
built-in magnets such as speakers and
amplifiers, as erasure or distortion on the
recorded tape could occur.
•Do not expose cassettes to direct sunlight,
extremely cold temperatures, or moisture.
•Slack in the tape may cause the tape to be
caught in the machine. Before you insert the
tape, use a pencil or similar object to turn the
reel and take up any slack.
•Distorted cassettes and loose labels can cause
problems when inserting or ejecting tapes.
Remove or replace loose labels.
•The sound may become distorted while
playing the cassette. The cassette player head
should be cleaned after each 50 hours of use.
Slack
Cassettes longer than 90 minutes
The use of cassettes longer than 90 minutes is
not recommended except for long continuous
play. The tape used for these cassettes is very
thin and tends to stretch easily. Frequent
playing and stopping of these tapes may cause
them to become entangled in the cassette deck
mechanism.

4
Location of controls ................................................. 5
Getting Started
Resetting the unit ................................................ 8
Security release settings ..................................... 8
Turning the unit on/off ..................................... 9
How to use the menu ......................................... 9
Setting the clock ................................................ 10
Cassette Player
Listening to a tape ............................................. 11
Playing a tape in various modes ..................... 12
Radio
Memorising stations automatically
— Best Tuning Memory (BTM) ................. 13
Memorising only the desired stations............ 13
Receiving the memorised stations .................. 14
RDS
Overview of the RDS function ........................ 15
Displaying the station name ............................ 15
Retuning the same programme automatically
— Alternative Frequencies (AF) ................ 16
Listening to traffic announcements ................ 17
Presetting the RDS stations with the AF
and TA data .................................................. 18
Locating a station by programme type .......... 19
Setting the clock automatically ....................... 20
Other Functions
Labelling the rotary commander .................... 20
Using the rotary commander .......................... 21
Adjusting the sound characteristics ............... 23
Attenuating the sound ..................................... 23
Changing the sound and display settings ..... 23
Boosting the bass sound
— D-bass ....................................................... 24
Selecting the spectrum analyser ..................... 25
Adjusting the sound and frequency of the
equalizer preamplifier................................. 25
With Optional Equipment
This Unit Only
Table of Contents
CD/MD Unit
Playing a CD or MD ......................................... 26
Playing tracks repeatedly
— Repeat Play .............................................. 28
Playing tracks in random order
— Shuffle Play .............................................. 28
Labelling a CD
— Disc Memo ............................................... 29
Locating a disc by name
— List-up ...................................................... 30
Selecting specific tracks for playback
— Bank .......................................................... 31
DAB
Overview of DAB .............................................. 32
Basic operations of DAB .................................. 32
Presetting DAB services automatically
— BTM .......................................................... 33
Presetting DAB services manually
— Manual Preset Memory ......................... 34
Listening to a DAB programme ...................... 35
Settings on the audio reception ....................... 36
Locating a DAB service by programme type
(PTY) .............................................................. 36
Additional Information
Maintenance ....................................................... 37
Dismounting the unit ....................................... 38
Specifications ..................................................... 39
Troubleshooting guide ..................................... 40

5
OFF D-BASS
SEEK
PTY
SEEK
MENU LIST
SOUND ENTER
DISC
DISC
SOURCE
DSPL AF/TA MODE
VOLATT
OPEN/CLOSE
Location of controls
Refer to the pages listed for details.
1OFF button 9, 11
2MENU button 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20,
24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36
3SOURCE (TUNER/TAPE/CD/MD) button
9, 11, 13, 14, 25, 26, 30, 32, 33
4</,(SEEK/AMS –/+) buttons
9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28,
29, 31, 32, 34, 36
Automatic Music Sensor (./>)
11, 27
Manual search (m/M) 27
Seek 14
5SOUND button 23
6DSPL/PTY (display mode change/
programme type) button
19, 26, 27, 29, 36
7ATT (attenuate) button 23
8D-BASS button 24
9OPEN/CLOSE button 11
0LIST button 29, 30, 35
qa M/m(DISC/PRST +/–) buttons
9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25,
27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36
During radio reception:
Preset stations select 14
During CD/MD playback:
Disc change 27
qs ENTER button 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19,
20, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36
qd AF/TA button 16, 17, 18
qf MODE button
11, 12, 13, 14, 26, 30, 32, 33
During tape playback:
Playback direction change 11
During radio reception:
BAND select 13, 14
During CD/MD playback:
CD/MD unit select 26
qg VOL (Volume adjust) buttons
A unit turned off by pressing (OFF) for two
seconds cannot be operated with the card
remote commander unless (SOURCE) on the
unit is pressed or a cassette is inserted to
activate the unit first.
Card remote commander RM-X96