Sony XAV-63 User manual

©2012 Sony Corporation
Operating Instructions
4-410-680-61(1)
XAV-64BT
XAV-63
GB
AV Center

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Warning
To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not
expose the unit to rain or moisture.
To avoid electrical shock, do not open the
cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified
personnel only.
CAUTION
The use of optical instruments with this product
will increase eye hazard. As the laser beam used
in this CD/DVD player is harmful to eyes, do not
attempt to disassemble the cabinet. Refer
servicing to qualified personnel only.
Be sure to install this unit in the dashboard of
the car for safety. For installation and
connections, refer to the supplied
“Installation/Connections” guide.
About this manual
• This manual contains instructions for XAV-
64BT and XAV-63.
• XAV-64BT is the model representatively
used for illustration purposes.
• Bluetooth functions and descriptions apply
only to XAV-64BT.
This label is located on the bottom of the
chassis.
Note on the lithium battery
Do not expose the battery to excessive heat such as
direct sunlight, fire or the like.
Warning if your car’s ignition has no
ACC position
Be sure to set the Auto Off function
(page 44).
The unit will turn off automatically in the set
time when no source is selected, which
prevents battery drainage.
If you do not set the Auto Off function, press
and hold (SOURCE/OFF) until the display
disappears each time you turn the ignition off.
To cancel the demonstration (Demo) display,
see page 48.

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Table of Contents
Notes on safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Notes on Bluetooth function
(XAV-64BT only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Playable discs and symbols used in these
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Location and function of
controls/terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Main unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
RM-X170 Remote Commander . . . . . . . . . 12
Getting Started
Resetting the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Performing initial settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Preparing the remote commander . . . . . . . . . . 14
Radio
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reception controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reception indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Storing and receiving stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Storing automatically — BTM . . . . . . . . . . 16
Storing manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Receiving stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selecting PTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting CT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Discs
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Playback indications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using PBC (playback control) functions . . . . 20
Configuring audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Changing the audio language/format . . . . . 20
Changing the audio channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adjusting the audio output level
— Dolby D level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Repeat and shuffle play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Direct search play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
USB Device Operations
Playing from a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Repeat and shuffle play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Enjoying music according to your mood
— SensMe™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Before using the SensMe™ function . . . . . 24
Installing “SensMe™ Setup” and “Content
Transfer” on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Registering a USB device using “SensMe™
Setup”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Transferring tracks to the USB device using
“Content Transfer” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Playing tracks in channels
— SensMe™ channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Playing tracks in mood maps
— SensMe™ mood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Searching for a track by listening to track
passages — ZAPPIN™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
iPod Operations
Playing an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting the play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Repeat and shuffle play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Operating an iPod directly
— Passenger App Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Useful Functions
Listing up tracks/images/video files
— List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Selecting a track/image/video file . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting a file type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Gesture Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Handsfree Calling and Audio
Streaming — Bluetooth function
(XAV-64BT only)
Before using the Bluetooth function . . . . . . . .31
Basic procedure of the Bluetooth
function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Bluetooth status indications. . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Installing the microphone
(XAV-64BT only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Handsfree calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Receiving calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Operations during a call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Call data management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Preset dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Audio streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Listening to a Bluetooth device via
this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Operating a Bluetooth device with
this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Bluetooth settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sound Adjustment
Selecting the sound quality — EQ7 . . . . . . . . 38
Customizing the equalizer curve
— EQ7 Tune. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . . . . 38
Optimizing sound for the listening position
— Intelligent Time Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Calibrating the listening position
— Intelligent Time Alignment Tune . . . . . 39
Speaker configuration and volume setup . . . . 40
Creating a virtual center speaker
— CSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using rear speakers like subwoofers
— Rear Bass Enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adjusting the speaker volume. . . . . . . . . . . 40
Monitor Adjustment
Touch panel calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting the background screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adjusting the picture — Picture EQ . . . . . . . . 41
Customizing the picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting the aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Settings
Basic setting operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
General settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Screen settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
DVD and other playback settings . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using Optional Equipment
Auxiliary audio/video equipment . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear view camera settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Additional Information
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Notes on LCD panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playback order of MP3/WMA/AAC/JPEG/
Xvid/MPEG-4 files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
About WMA files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
About AAC files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
About JPEG files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
About MPEG-4 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
About iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
About Bluetooth function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Removing the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Error displays/messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Language code/area code list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62