Press BRIGHTNESS/ TIME ZONE to set.
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
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)
Daylight saving time (summer time) begins at:
2:00 AM on the second Sunday of March.
Standard time begins at: 2:00 AM on the first
To cancel Automatic DST/Summer Time
adjustment during the daylight saving
time (summer time) period
The Automatic DST/Summer Time adjustment
Press and hold CLOCK BRIGHTNESS/ TIME and
ZONE at the same time while the clock is
“Auto OFF” appears in the display to show
that Automatic DST/Summer Time adjustment
has been canceled. The display returns to the
The change timing of Automatic DST/Summer
Time adjustment employed by the unit (see
above) is subjected to variation by
circumstances and the law in each country/
region. In such a case, cancel the Automatic
DST/Summer Time adjustment and set the
DST display manually as necessary. Customers
living in a country/region that does not use the
daylight saving time (summer time) must
cancel Automatic DST/Summer Time
adjustment before using the unit.
To activate Automatic DST/Summer Time
adjustment again, press and hold CLOCK and
BRIGHTNESS/ TIME ZONE at the same time.
“Auto → ON” appears in the display to show
that Automatic DST/Summer Time adjustment
has been activated. The display returns to the
Setting the clock manually
2 Press and hold CLOCK for at least 2
The year starts to flash in the display.
3 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or
repeatedly to set the year.
5 Repeat steps and to set the month, 3 4
the day, hour, and minute, and then press
And the seconds start incrementing from zero.
If you do not press a button for about 1 minute
while setting the clock, the clock setting will be
A calendar is installed in this unit. When the
date is set, a day of the week is automatically
SUN = Sunday, MON = Monday,
TUE = Tuesday, WED = Wednesday,
THU = Thursday, FRI = Friday, SAT = Saturday
To display the year and date
Press SNOOZE/DATE/SLEEP OFF once for the
date, and within about 3 seconds press it again for
The display shows the date or year for about 3
seconds and then changes back to the current
Three levels of brightness are available by pressing
An 8 cm (3-inch) CD can be played without an
1 Open the CD compartment lid and
insert a disc. After placing the disc, close
“CD ” appears in the display to indicate the
3 Press VOLUME + or repeatedly to –
Resume play after pause againCD
Cue to the beginning of the
Cue to the next track (AMS*) **
Go back at high speed Hold down
Go forward at high speed Hold down
Locate a succeeding track
* AMS = Automatic Music Sensor
** These operations are possible during both play
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
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.
Handle the disc by its edge.
Do not touch the surface.
This unit is preset to the current EST (Eastern
Standard 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 and select your time zone.
The current EST (Eastern Standard Time)
2 Press and hold BRIGHTNESS/ TIME
ZONE for at least 2 seconds.
Area number “2” flashes in the display.
3 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or
repeatedly to select the number as
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.
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
If you press when there is no disc in the CD
CD compartment, “00” flashes for about 5
You can play tracks repeatedly or in random
Each press changes the play mode as follows:
Display Indication Play Mode
All the tracks are played once.
A single track is played repeatedly.
All the tracks are played repeatedly.
All the tracks are played once
“REP SHUF” (shuffle repeat)
All the tracks are played repeatedly
1 Press to turn on the radio RADIO BAND
and select the AM or FM band.
2 Press or to tune in to a TUNING + –
3 Adjust the volume using VOLUME + or
You can preset 20 stations for FM and 10 stations
1 Follow steps 1 and 2 in “Manual tuning”
to tune the frequency you wish to preset.
2 Hold down MEMORY/DISPLAY for at
3 Press or to select the preset PRESET + –
number, then press MEMORY/DISPLAY.
The frequency is stored with the selected
Example: The following display appears
when you preset FM 105.8 MHz to preset
The display shows the frequency for about 10
seconds, and then returns to the current time.
To preset another station, repeat these steps.
If you try to store another station with the same
preset number, the previously stored station will
1 Press to turn on the radio RADIO BAND
and select the AM or FM band.
2 Press and hold until RADIO BAND
“Auto” appears in the display.
The unit automatically presets the available
1 Press to turn on the radio RADIO BAND
and select the AM or FM band.
2 Press or to select the desired PRESET + –
3 Adjust the volume using VOLUME + or
FM: Extend the FM wire antenna fully to
increase reception sensitivity.
AM: Connect the supplied AM loop
antenna to the unit. Rotate the antenna
horizontally for optimum reception.
If the FM broadcast is noisy, press to turn MODE
off “ST” in the display. The radio becomes clearer
although the sound becomes monaural.
Keep digital music players or mobile phones
away from the AM loop antenna or the FM
antenna, as this may lead to interference of
When you are listening to the radio with an
iPhone connected to the unit, interference with
radio reception may occur.
When you are listening to the radio while
charging an iPod, interference with radio
You can enjoy audio from iPod by connecting to
this unit. To use an iPod, refer to the user’s guide
When inserting an iPod into the unit, be sure to
use the universal dock adapter supplied with
your iPod or commercially available from
If you are using an iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone
3GS, iPhone 3G or iPhone, attach the supplied
universal dock adapter for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4,
iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G or iPhone before
The adapter number, , or , is shown on
the bottom-rear of the supplied universal dock
adapters. is for the iPhone, is for the
iPhone 3GS & iPhone 3G and is for the
iPhone 4S & iPhone 4. Check the adapter
The connector of the unit is exclusively for use
with iPod. When you use a device that does not
match the connector, connect it to the AUDIO
IN terminal of this unit with the supplied audio
Sony cannot accept responsibility in the event
that data recorded on an iPod is lost or
damaged when using an iPod connected to this
For details of environmental conditions for
operating your iPod, check the website of Apple
1 Push OPEN to slide out the Docking
2 Attach the correct universal dock adapter
to the connector of the unit, and place
the iPod/iPhone to the connector.
The iPod begins to play automatically.
You can operate the connected iPod by this
unit or the buttons on iPod.
4 Adjust the volume using VOLUME + or
Execute the selected menu
* During playback, this operation goes back to
the beginning of the current track. To go back
to the previous track, press twice.
** These operations are available only when using
the supplied remote commander.
When placing or removing the iPod, hold the
iPod at the same angle as that of the connector
on this unit and do not twist or bend the iPod
to prevent connector damage.
Do not carry the unit with an iPod set on the
connector. Doing so may cause a malfunction.
When placing or removing the iPod, brace the
unit with one hand and take care not to press
the controls of the iPod by mistake.
Before disconnecting the iPod, pause playback.
To use the unit as a battery charger
You can use the unit as a battery charger.
The charging begins when the iPod is placed on
The charging status appears in the display of iPod.
For details, see the user’s guide of your iPod.
iPhone, iPod, iPod classic, iPod nano, and iPod
touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in
the U.S. and other countries.
“Made for iPod,” and “Made for iPhone” mean
that an electronic accessory has been designed to
connect specifically to iPod or iPhone,
respectively, and has been certified by the
developer to meet Apple performance standards.
Apple is not responsible for the operation of this
device or its compliance with safety and
regulatory standards. Please note that the use of
this accessory with iPod or iPhone may affect
This CD clock radio is equipped with 4 alarm
modes—CD, iPod, radio and buzzer. Before
setting the alarm, make sure to set the clock (see
“Setting the clock for the first time”).
1 Press and hold ALARM TIME SET A or
B for at least 2 seconds.
“WAKE UP” appears and the hour flashes in
2 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or
repeatedly until the desired hour appears.
To set the hour rapidly, hold down ALARM
3 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or .
4 Repeat step to set the minute.2
5 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or .
The days of the week blink.
6 Repeat step to set the days of the week.2
You can select the days from the following
Every day: SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI
Week day: MON TUE WED THU FRI
7 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or .
The alarm mode setting is entered.
8 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or
repeatedly until the desired alarm mode
You can choose one mode among “CD”,
“iPod”, “RADIO” and “BUZZER”. Set the
– CD: see “ Setting the CD alarm”.
– iPod: see “ Setting the alarm for iPod”.
– RADIO: see “ Setting the radio alarm”.
– BUZZER: see “ Setting the buzzer alarm”.
For the CD alarm, the track you specified as the
wake-up 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 to in “To set the 1 8
2 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or to select
“VOL” and “TRCK” appear in the display.
3 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or to adjust
4 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or .
5 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or to select
the desired track number.
6 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or .
The setting is entered. When “A” or “B” does
not appear in the display, press ALARM TIME
SET A B or again. The CD will play at the set
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
Setting the alarm for iPod
1 Perform steps to in “To set the 1 8
2 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or to select
“VOL” appears in the display.
3 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or to adjust
4 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or .
The setting is entered. When “A” or “B” does
not appear with “iPod” in the display, press
ALARM TIME SET A or again.B
The iPod will sound at the set time.
When using iPod touch/iPhone
To use music stored in an iPod touch/iPhone to
wake up, put the iPod touch/iPhone to the unit
first, follow the steps above to set alarm time,
and then select the music function.
If you set the alarm for iPod while iPod touch/
iPhone music is playing, and then turn the unit
power off, when the alarm time comes on, the
Even if the alarm setting for iPod is complete, if
you turn the power of iPod touch/iPhone off
before inserting the iPod touch/iPhone into the
unit, the alarm for iPod will not work.
Setting the radio alarm
1 Perform steps to in “To set the 1 8
2 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or to select
“VOL” and “PRESET” appears in the display.
3 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or to adjust
4 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or .
Band (“FM” or “AM”) flashes.
5 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or to select
“– –” is the last station received.
6 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or .
7 Press ALARM TIME SET + – or to select
the desired preset number.
When “A” or “B” does not appear with
“RADIO” in the display, press ALARM TIME
The radio will turn on at the set time.
Setting the Buzzer Alarm
1 Perform steps to in “To set the 1 8
2 Press ALARM TIME SET A B or to select
The setting is entered. When “A” or “B” does
not appear in the display, press ALARM TIME
The buzzer will sound at the set time.
The volume cannot be set for the buzzer alarm.
To confirm an alarm setting
Press or . The setting ALARM/TIME SET + –
will be displayed for 4 seconds.
To change an alarm setting
Press and hold more ALARM/TIME SET +
than 2 seconds to move the alarm time
forwards. Press and hold ALARM/TIME
SET – more than 2 seconds to move the
When you release the button, the changed
time will be displayed for 2 seconds. To
change the alarm time again, press ALARM/
TIME SET + – or within these 2 seconds,
otherwise the setting change will be fixed as
To doze for a few more minutes
Press SNOOZE/DATE/SLEEP OFF.
The sound turns off but will automatically come
on again after about 10 minutes.
You can change the snooze time by pressing
SNOOZE/DATE/SLEEP OFF repeatedly
The maximum length of the snooze time is 60
Press to turn off the OFF /ALARM RESET
The alarm will sound again at the same time the
Press or to turn off ALARM/TIME SET A B
the or indicator from the ALARM A B
Notes on alarm in the event of a power
When the alarm sound is set to RADIO, CD, or
iPod, it will change to “BUZZER” automatically.
If the backup battery is exhausted, the alarm
will not work in the event of power
interruption. Replace the battery periodically.
You can fall asleep to the sound using the built-in
sleep timer that turns off the unit automatically
1 Press while the unit is turned on. SLEEP
SLEEP appears in the display.
2 Press to set the sleep timer SLEEP
Each time you press , the duration of SLEEP
minutes changes as follows:
The display returns to clock mode four
seconds after you have finished setting the
duration setting and released , and then SLEEP
The unit will play for the duration you set, and
To turn off the unit before the preset
Press SNOOZE/DATE/SLEEP OFF or
To change the sleep timer setting
You can press repeatedly to select the SLEEP
desired sleep timer setting even after the sleep
timer has been activated.
To deactivate the sleep timer
Press repeatedly to set the sleep timer to SLEEP
1 Connect the jack of the unit AUDIO IN
to the line out jack or headphone jack of
the external equipment using the audio
connecting cable (supplied).
2 Press AUDIO IN to display “AUDIO IN”.
3 Play the equipment connected to the
4 Adjust the volume using VOLUME +or . -
The frequency is shown in the display.
Press , and stop playback on the connected OFF
Refer also to the connected equipment’s manual.
The supplied audio connecting cable may not
be used with some external equipment. In this
case, use a cord suitable for the external
When you listen to the radio with external
equipment connected, turn off the connected
equipment to prevent noise. If noise occurs,
even when the equipment is turned off,
disconnect and place the external equipment
The CD, iPod & iPhone and VOLUME + buttons have a tactile dot.
