Listening to Sacd

It exist three types of SACD discs: single layer, d ouble layer and hybrid discs. The hybrid discs contain a standardCDandaSACDlayer.

The SACD layer should always contain the music in a purestereoformat.Additionallyitmaycontainthe music inmultichannelformat.Somerarediscshoweverco ntain only multi channel signals on the SACD layer. The SADV 1245 R can play back all of these discs. Please followtheinstructionsbelow.

Play back of Super Audio CD (SACD)

Stereo SACD

•The player will automatically select the stereo SA	CD
layer asthedefault.After reading the disc, the S	ACD
indicatorwilllightup.
•Now the disc may be started by pressing the	
button.

SACDs containing a stereo and multi-channel area

•After loading and reading such a disc, the player		will
automatically select the stereo SACD area as the
default.ThisisindicatedbytheSACDindicator.
•Startthediscbypressingthe	button.

• Note:

If you want to play back the multichannel part of		the
disc,pressthe	button(repeatedly)untilyouget
theindication	'SACD MCH'.Ifyounowstarttheplayback

bypressingthe button,youwillhearthemulti channel part of the disc through the multichannel analogueoutputofthe SADV 1245 R.

Play back of the CD layer of hybid SACD discs

The SADV 1245 RcanplaybackbothoftheSACDand
theCDlayerofthesediscs.SwitchingbetweenCDan		d
SACD layer is accomplished by pressing the	
buttonwhilethediscisstopped.Afterswitchingt	otheCD
layer,the“CD”indicatorinthedisplaywillbeli	t.

Note:

Duringplaybackitisnotpossibletoswitchbetwe enCD and SACD layers. First stop a playing disc before switchinglayers.

Compatibility with recordable media

The SADV 1245 R can play back recordable and rewritable discs (for details refer to the technica l data sectionofthismanual).

Due to the vast number of different disc types, dis		c
manufacturers, disc recorders and software programs		a
guarantee for compatibility with every software/
hardware/disccombinationcannotbegiven.
If compatibilityproblemsoccur we recommend to use		a
differenttypeofdisc,adifferentrecordingdevic	eand/or
adifferentsoftware.