Vincent Audio SA-96 Operating the Appliance, Connection of the Power Cable, Integrated MP3 Player

CONNECTION OF THE POWER CABLE

Check that the electricity supply to your home is appropriate to the device. The required voltage and fre- quency can be read on the back of the device beside the socket for the mains. If the electricity supply is appropriate, push the inlet connector of the supplied mains cable firmly into socket for the mains on the back of the device. Connect the other end of the mains cable to a mains socket.

OPERATING THE APPLIANCE

Operation	Button(s)	Description
		The amplifier is switched on and off using this button at the front panel,
		there is no standby option. When switched off the device is internally
		separated from the AC power. The switching operation is signalled via
Switch on and off	POWER	the cables connected in the terminal “POWER CONTROL”.
	(10)	As a precaution, before switching on, the volume setting should be
		reduced. After switching on, the LED on the VOLUME dial flashes and
		the device needs a few seconds before it is ready to operate.
		This is the case if the volume LED is constantly lit.
		Using the front panel buttons: Turn the knob “VOLUME” clockwise to
	VOLUME	turn up the volume and counter-clockwise to turn it down.
	(2)
Change the volume		Using the remote control: Hold down the button “VOL￿” to turn the
	VOL￿ and	volume up. Use “VOL￿” to turn it down.
	VOL￿	The volume setting does never influence the signal at the output
	(18)
		“OUTPUT REC” (12).
		If you turn the dial “INPUT”, you select one of the devices connected
		to the inputs on the back of the SA-96 (13) or the USB device.
Select an input	INPUT	Before switching over the input channel, the volume should be turned
	(3)	down as a precaution! The choice of input has no effect on the
		functions of the built-in MP3 player and on the status of a connected
		USB device.
		The MUTE function can only be operated with the remote control.
Mute the headphone		It switches off the headphone (8) as well as the preamplifier outputs (15).
	MUTE	While the Mute function is switched on, the LED on the volume dial
and the preamplifier
	(17)	flashes. Pressing it again restores the volume to its original setting.
outputs
		The Mute function does not influence the signal at the output
		“REC OUTPUT” (13).

INTEGRATED MP3 PLAYER

The play function of the MP3 player and the USB functions are independent of the choice of input. If the SA-96 preamplifier is switched on, a USB device can be attached or playback can be started or finished at any time.

Operation	Button(s)	Description
		Connect the USB stick or USB–A plug of the device to be connected
		to the USB socket (9) of the SA-96. This can be done at any time,
		even if another input (3) has been selected. The now following
		registering procedure is performed automatically. If a suitable device is
		connected, then the LED “DISK” (4) lights up. First all directories and
		their subdirectories will be searched for files with the suffix “.mp3”.
Plug in the		If at least one suitable file is found, the display “MP3” (5) lights up.
USB storage medium		Please note that a search will be performed only for files with an
		“.mp3” suffix and no check will be made on whether such files are
		valid MP3 files. Files wrongly marked with the “MP3” file extension
		will be played without sound.
		It is not possible to use USB host devices such as for
		instance personal computers.
		It is only after the search procedure that pressing the “PLAY/PAUSE”
		button (1) activates the start of playback. The LED “PLAY” (6) is lit
		during playback. In order to be able to hear the current playback of
		the MP3 files through headphones or connected end amplifiers, the
		input “USB” must be selected on the “INPUT” input selection dial (3).
		The files stored on the main directory of the storage medium are
	(PLAY/PAUSE)
		played first, followed by the files in the subdirectories. It is possible
		during MP3 playback to switch to the other input channels without
		interrupting the MP3 playback. If you press the “PLAY/PAUSE” (1)
Play MP3s	(SKIP back)	again, you activate and deactivate the playback pause.
		The LED “PLAY” is switched off during the pause.
		By using the SKIP buttons (1) you can skip to the next or the previous
	(SKIP
		track during playback. These buttons cannot be used for fast forward
	forward)
		or reverse.
	RESET	The device has no separate “STOP” button. To stop playback, press the
		“RESET” button (1) on the front of the device. The index of contents will
		then be read in again from the storage medium.
		The SA-96 preamplifier has no separate button for logging off from or
		ejecting the USB device. Before you remove the USB plug or the USB
		device, put the built-in player into “STOP" mode by pressing the “RESET”
Remove the	RESET	button (1) and waiting for 20 seconds until the index of contents has
		been read in again. This is finished when the LED “MP3” (4) is
USB storage medium
		constantly lit or the search for music tracks has not produced any results
		within 20 seconds. With USB sticks you will know this by the fact that its
		LED ceases to flash. Only then is it safe to break the USB connection.

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