Panasonic SL-CT590 Hold function, Sequential Play, Operation Button Display/reference

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HOLD function

O

P

E

N

HOLD

MEMORY

VOLUME

HOLD

HOLD

HOLD mode

Release

This function causes the unit to ignore short, accidental button presses. (The disc lid can still be opened and closed.)

The HOLD function prevents the following:

The unit is powered on accidentally when not in use, causing the batteries to run down.

A button is accidentally pressed during play, interrupt- ing the operation.

To use the HOLD function

Set [HOLD] to the HOLD position.

(” indication

When the unit is in HOLD mode, pressing any button causes the indication “(” to appear on the display.

When the unit is powered off

The “(” indication appears only when [1/;] is pressed.

Before operating the buttons

Be sure to move [HOLD] to release the unit from the hold mode.

Sequential Play

Basic Play

13

OPEN

HOLD

Label

must face

MODE

upward.

Press

EQ

near

the

center

 

so the disc clicks

 

firmly into place.

OPEN

4

Track number in play

 

 

RANDOM

MORY

VOL

SOFF. 1 M

ME

 

S-XBSTRAINLIVE

ME

 

LU

 

 

VO

 

 

Elapsed playing time of each track

Close the lid. 2 R

L

Plug type:

3.5 mm (1/8 in.) stereo

5

VOLUME

VOL

Decrease Increase

S-XBS

Follow steps 1–5.

In step 2:Connect the stereo headphones/stereo earphones to the headphone jack [Ë]. (Plug in firmly.)

In step 5:The volume range is 0-25. Press and hold to change the volume successively. The volume changes when pressed while the level is displayed. If any other display is shown, it changes to show the cur- rent level. The volume returns to 10 when you disconnect the power source.

Play stops automatically when all the tracks have been played.

If the unit has been connected to the car audio system, set this unit’s volume level to 10, then adjust the vol- ume level on the system.

Operation

Button

Display/reference

 

Press during play.

 

To pause play

 

S-XBS

 

 

 

 

Press again to restart play.

 

Press during play.

 

To stop play

Resume function

Total number of tracks Total playing time

 

Stop mode

 

Play starts from the beginning of

 

 

 

 

the current track the next time you

S-XBS

 

press [1/;].

 

 

Press during stop mode.

No indicator is shown

To turn off the

 

 

 

unit Off mode

 

 

 

Press during play.

During program play (page 4), these but-

Skipping

(Press [:] twice to skip to the

tons are used to skip forward or backward

beginning of the previous track.)

through the programmed sequence of

tracks

Backward Forward

tracks.

 

You cannot skip to tracks that have been

 

 

 

 

played in random or random repeat play

 

 

(page 4).

Searching

 

During program play, 1-track repeat play,

 

random play and random repeat play (page

through tracks

 

4), search operation is limited to the cur-

 

Press and hold during play.

rent track only.

 

 

Resume function notes

Opening the lid while in the stop mode or replacing the disc while in the off mode cancels the function. (It may remain active if you replace a disc in the off mode.)

Play may resume from the beginning of the next track if you stopped play near the end of a track.

3 The resume function works automatically and cannot be turned off.

For your reference:

)” indication

This indication appears for about 30 seconds if [1/;] is pressed when no disc is loaded in the unit or if the disc is not properly secured.

*” indication

This indication appears for about 10 minutes when the lid is opened. (However, the indication does not appear when the unit is powered off.)

Auto-off function

If you leave the unit in stop mode for about 10 minutes (30 sec- onds if disc is not loaded), it turns off to save the batteries.

Removing discs

1Press [] to stop play and disc rotation.

2Slide [OPEN] to open the lid.

3Once the disc has stopped, lift the disc out with

your finger in the depression.

Do not stop the disc by hand or try to remove it before it stops rotating. This can damage CDs.

Depression

VOLU

ME

 

OPEN

OPEN

Note!

Never insert foreign objects into the unit.

Note on CD-R and CD-RW

This unit can play CD-DA format audio CD-R and CD-RW that have been finalized§ upon completion of recording. It may not be able to play some CD-R or CD-RW due to the condition of the recording.

§Finalizing is a process that enables CD-R / CD-RW play- ers to play audio CD-R and CD-RW.

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SL-CT590 specifications

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