How would you like to play a whole CD changer's worth of songs and never change a disc? It's easy with Sony's CDX-MP30--just burn a CD-R or CD-RW of your favorite MP3 files, and slip it into the receiver! Navigating your MP3 files and folders is a breeze with the easy-to-use front panel controls. The powerful four-way internal amp (23.2 watts RMS/52 peak) can take your music to new heights. For the ultimate in radio entertainment, you can add a digital satellite radio tuner and subscribe to XM satellite radio's over 100 channels of premium programming (XM antenna and subscription also required). Sony included its SSIR-EX tuner so you can stay in touch with the local AM/FM happenings, too. Seek tuning helps you find stations quickly, while the station memo feature lets you name them for easy identification.
If you want more power or some bodacious bass, use the two sets of preamp outputs to hook up an amp and subwoofer. And D-Bass lets you pump up the low frequencies in three steps, from mild to wild. A wireless remote is included for safe operation while driving, or for passenger control.
Key Features:
- Detachable face
- SSIR-EX tuner
- Station memo
- XM Satellite Radio controls (XM radio subscription, tuner, antenna required to receive the satellite radio signal): service is available only in the lower 48 states, not available in Alaska, Hawaii, or U.S. territories
- Plays CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RW
- Plays MP3 files on CD-R and CD-RWs
- Front/rear preamp outputs
- Wireless remote
- 23.2 watts RMS/52 peak x four channels
- CD frequency response 10-20,000 Hz
- CD signal-to-noise ratio 90 dB
- FM sensitivity 11 dBf
- One-year warranty
Detailed Features:
- My Best sound Position (MBP): When you are driving without passengers, MBP allows you to adjust the sound environment for improved listening. MBP has two presets that adjust the sound level of balance and fader. MBP-A adjusts the right balance level -4 dB and the rear fader level -4 dB. MBP-B adjusts the left balance level -4 dB and the rear fader level -4 dB.
- D-Bass: D-Bass uses a sharper curve than standard loudness controls to give you more bass without interfering with mids and highs. Besides "D-Bass off", there is D-Bass 1, 2 and 3, each of which gives you progressively more bass.
- XM Satellite Radio Controls: This unit can control an optional Sony XM tuner (sold separately). The optional tuner, along with an antenna and subscription, will allow you to receive XM Satellite Radio. XM Satellite Radio programming features up to 100 channels of digital-quality music, news, talk, sports, entertainment, and children's programming.
- Station Memo: You can assign a name of up to eight characters in length to each tuner preset station. Station Memos can be used with the list-up function to locate a station.
- MP3 Playback: This unit can play MP3 files recorded on CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW discs in ISO9660 level 1/level 2, Joliet, and Romeo formats. Each disc should have a maximum of eight trees, 255 folders, and 512 files/folders.
- Wired Remote Compatibility: In addition to the supplied wireless remote, the receiver can be controlled by an optional wired rotary commander (item 158RMX4S).
- Cellular Mute Lead: This unit is equipped with a lead that mutes audio output when a cellular call is received, then restores the level once the call is over. To use this feature, you must have a cellular phone with a muting output that can be connected to the cellular mute lead.
Changer Controls:
- Compatibility: This unit is compatible with Sony Unilink CD and MD changers. In addition, this unit can control compatible Sony Mobile Memory Stick players.
- Multiple Changer Control: A maximum of five CD changers, five CD/MP3 changers, or five MD changers may be connected to this receiver. When connecting CD, CD/MP3, and MD changers, you may connect up to a total of seven changers (but there must not be more than five of one type of changer). When connecting more than one changer to this receiver, you must use item 158XAC30.
- Changer Controls: In addition to basic disc navigation features, this unit has the following changer controls: track repeat, disc repeat, disc random, changer random (plays all the tracks in the current changer in random order), and all random, which plays the tracks from the disc loaded in the head unit and all connected changers in random order.
- CD/MP3 Changer Controls: When a CD/MP3 changer is connected to this unit, you can perform the following functions: disc skip, track skip, audible track search, album skip, track repeat, album repeat, disc repeat, disc random, album random, changer random (plays all the tracks in the current changer in random order), and all random, which plays the tracks from the disc loaded in the head unit and all connected changers in random order.
- CD Text/MD Memo Display: When used with a compatible CD changer and a CD Text encoded CD, this unit will display the CD Text information. When using a compatible Sony MD changer, this receiver can display disc and track names that have been prerecorded on MDs.
- Disc Memo: When a changer with the "custom file" function is connected to this unit, you can enter names, up to eight characters long, into memory for up to 110 discs. After a disc has been given a custom title, you may search for the disc, by title, using the list-up function.
- Auto Scroll: If the text being displayed exceeds eight characters and the Auto Scroll function is on, the information will automatically scroll across the screen.
Note:
Display Illumination/Clock Display: Pressing the "off" button once will turn off audio output, but the clock display and face/button illumination remain on. This makes the clock display and face/button illumination "keyed" instead of "unit on" only. To turn the unit off completely, you must press the "off" button for two seconds. Note: When installing in a vehicle without an accessory power wire at the radio location, you must turn the radio completely off (this defeats keyed operation), or you may wire the accessory power wire of this radio to an alternate source of accessory power to retain keyed clock and face/button illumination operation.
