General Operation, Turning the unit on/off

PrimaLuna© ProLogue Eight

General Operation

Turning the unit on/off

Turn on the Power Switch (POWER) on the left side, the unit will first close the disc tray, the display will show PRIMALUNA PL8 CDP, and the unit will perform a self-check. When the display shows READING, the self-check has been completed and the unit is ready to read the disc.

Playback

•Press the Stop/Open Button on the front panel or the remote control to open the disc tray. Place the compact disc in the disc tray label-side up.

•Press the Stop/Open Button on the front panel or the remote control to close the tray.

•Once the display indicates the number of tracks on the disc and the total time of the disc, press the Play/Pause Button on the front panel or the remote control to start playback. If the disc tray is open when you press the Play/Pause Button, it will close automatically and start playing.

Normally, the disc will start playing with track 1. However, you can select a different track by pressing the Skip Buttons.

Track Search

•During playback or in STOP mode, you can select a track to play by pressing the Skip Buttons.

•Press the Forward Skip Button to advance to the beginning of the next track. If the current track is the last one, pressing this button will return the player to track 1.

•Press the Backward Skip Button to reverse to the beginning of the previous track. If the current track is the first one, press this button to reverse to the beginning of the last track.

Pause

During playback, press the Play/Pause Button on the front panel or the remote control to temporarily pause playback.

Press the Play/Pause Button again to resume playback

When the player is in PAUSE mode, the disc motor is still spinning. Since leaving the player in this condition can shorten the lifetime of the motor, do not leave the player in PAUSE mode for a long period of time.

In PAUSE mode, after advancing or reversing to the next track, the unit will still be paused.

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