Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ST-SDB900 Sony
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©2004 Sony Cor poration 4-255-834- 12 (1) DAB/FM/AM T uner Oper a ti ng Inst ructions ST -SDB900.
2 GB To prevent fir e , do not cover the ven til ation of the apparatus with ne ws papers, table-clo ths, curta ins, e tc. And don’t pla c e li ghte d c an dle s on the appa r at us. To prevent fire or sho ck haz ard, do not place objects filled wit h liq u ids , such as vases, on the apparat u s.
3 GB Overview of D AB DAB (D igital A ud io Bro ad cast i ng) is a new multimedia broadcasting system that replaces the curr en t F M/AM b ro adca st to transmit a u dio programmes with a quality comparabl e to that of CDs * . Each DAB multiple x radio statio n converts progra mmes (services) in to an ensemble, which it then bro adcas ts.
4 GB Getting Started Unpac king .......... ....... ........... ........ ........... 5 Hookin g up the sys tem.. .... ....... .... ... ........ 5 Basic m enu oper ation ........... ........... ........ 9 Before yo u can recei ve DAB station s ..... 9 — DAB INIT SCAN Stor ing FM sta tions automatically .
Getting Started 5 GB Check that you received the foll owing items with the tuner: • Audi o c ord (1) •A M l o o p a e r i a l ( 1 ) • FM wire aerial (1) • DAB wire aerial (1) • Remo te com m and er (1 ) • R6 (s ize AA) ba tte ries (2) Before you get started • Tur n off the power to al l com ponen ts befo re makin g any conn ecti ons.
6 GB 2 Assemble the supplied aerial as shown below. 3 Connect the AM loop aerial to the AM terminals on the back of this unit. 4 Adjust the aerial direction for the best reception. The A M loop aer ial ha s a d irect ivity whic h detect s the sign al fr om s ome ang les m or e strongly than other s.
Getting Started 7 GB DAB ae rial hook ups With a DAB ou tdoor aerial, you can obta in a higher DA B broad ca st sound qual ity. W e recom men d that you use th e sup plied DAB wi re aerial o nly temporaril y until y ou install a DAB outdoor ae rial . For the sp ec ific lo ca tio n of the DAB ANTENNA terminal, see the illu stration below .
8 GB MD/DAT hookup s Th is s ec tio n d esc ri bes how to co nn ec t th e tune r to a DAT de ck or MD record er for digi tal-to- digital reco rding. With this co nnecti on, y ou can obta i n the high est po ssibl e soun d qu alit y when record ing DAB dig ital broa dcast s, e ven if you use th e an alog outp uts fo r l ist enin g purpos es.
Getting Started 9 GB This tune r uses a menu entry syste m which allows you t o oper at e v ariou s fun ctions by follow ing mes sage s on th e di sp lay.
10 GB This func tion lets y ou s tore up t o 30 FM a nd F M RDS st at i ons in alphabe tical ord er with out redund ancy . Addi tion ally, it onl y store s t he stat ions w ith th e cl earest sign als. If you wa nt to store FM or AM s ta tio ns one by one, see “Stori ng stati ons manu ally” on page 12.
Receiving Broa dcasts 11 GB Receivi ng broad casts by scan ning stati ons (Aut omatic T uning) With au tomati c tuning you can quic kly tune in a sta tion withou t ha ving to kno w it s freq uency. 1 Press BAND repeatedly to select DAB, FM or AM for the de s ir e d type of broadcast.
12 GB This sect io n sh ows you h ow to st or e up t o 99 of your fa vorite D A B , 30 o f FM or 30 o f AM statio ns ma nually onto pre set nu mbers . 1 Press BAND repeatedly to select DAB, FM or AM for th e desired type of broadcast. 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedl y so that the tu ner is set to automa tic or manual tuning mode.
Receiving Broa dcasts 13 GB To sto re st atio ns usi ng the remote Using th e remo te’s num ber bu ttons. 1 Press DAB, FM o r AM to select the desir e d br oa d cast type . 2 Press MEMORY. “MEM ORY” fl ashe s in t he dis play . 3 Press the number button for which you want to store the preset.
14 GB To rece ive a pres et statio n by using the remote Sele ct th e desi red broa dcast b and by pr essin g the correspond in g butt ons on the remote, then speci fy the desi red pr es et nu m be r using t he number butt on on the remote .
Receiving Broa dcasts 15 GB Description of program types for DAB and FM RDS Prog ram type indicati on Description News News programs Current Affai rs Topical pro gr am s tha t expand on cur r ent news.
16 GB You ca n as sign a na me of up t o 16 chara cters long to each pr eset sta tion excep t DAB and FM RDS stations. When the station is tuned in , the statio n na me wi ll ap pear . 1 Press TUNING MODE to display “PRES ET”. 2 Tune in t he preset s tation you wan t to name.
Adv anced T uner Op erations 17 GB If the FM s tereo programme you are list ening to is distor t ed, sw itch to mona ural m ode. The tuner st or es the f ollow i ng a djustm e nts, tog et her wi th the fr eque nc y when yo u m ak e a sta tion pr eset .
18 GB — DAB TUNE AID (DAB only) Allows you to check the DAB rece ption status. A num er i cal va lue is di s play ed a s a gu ide f or aeri al adj ustm ent. A higher nume rica l value indicate s better r eception. ( Maximum value: 100) 1 Press BAND repeatedly to select DAB.
Adv anced T uner Op erations 19 GB When tuning in an FM RDS station Each time you pre ss DISPLAY, the display chan ge s as fo llows : Freque ncy a) t PTY (P rogr am Type ) b) t Radio Text c) t Time d) (i n 24 -hour syst em ) t Freque ncy t ... a) This information a lso appe a rs for non-R D S FM stations .
20 GB 1 RDS: Lights whe n recei vi ng R DS inform ation. Th is is only avai lable wi th FM recept io n (pa ge 1 4). 2 SECONDARY: L ights w hen a second ary servic e componen t is be ing rec eived. Th is is only avai labl e w ith DAB rec epti o n. 3 STEREO : Lights dur ing stereo broadc ast recept io n.
Additio nal Inf ormati on 21 GB If you ex peri ence a ny of the f oll owing difficu ltie s while using the tuner, use this troubles hoot in g gu ide to he lp you re med y th e proble m . Sh ou ld any pr obl em per sist, co nsul t your n ear es t Son y deal er .
22 GB DAB tuner section Frequency r ange 174.928 (5A) – 239.200 (13F ) M Hz For d et ails , se e “DA B frequency ta ble” below. Sensit ivity –99 d Bm Signal-to- noise r atio 97 dB THD+N 0.009% (1 kHz) Channel se pa r ation 87 dB (1 kHz) Selecti vity 4 0 dB (at adjacent channel) Frequency respon se +0.
Additio nal Inf ormati on 23 GB Main unit 1 (remote sen sor) (21) 2 POWER switch (9, 13) 3 BAND (11-13) 4 Display window (20) 5 MENU (9, 10, 16) 6 TUNING/SELEC T (9-1 3, 16, 17) 7 ENTER (9, 10, 12, 16.
24 GB Remote 1 FM MODE (17) 2 >10 (14) 3 FM (11, 12, 14) 4 PRESET +/– (14) 5 DISPLAY (14, 18, 19) 6 Number button s (13) 7 ENTER (9, 10, 12, 16-18) 8 MEMOR Y (12 , 16) 9 DAB (11, 14) 0 AM (11, 12.
25 GB Additional Info rmation A Automa tic tuni ng 11 C Changing inform ation in d isplay 18 Conn ecti ng AC power cord 8 aerial 5 Amplifier 7 MD/DAT 8 D DAB (Digi ta l Aud io Broadc ast ing) DAB INIT.
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