Panasonic SL-SW947 operating instructions Troubleshooting guide, Display

Operating Instructions

Portable CD Player

Model No.

SL-SW947

Dear Customer			the back or the bottom of the unit.
			The model number and serial number of this product can be found on either
Thank you for purchasing this product.			Please note them in the space provided below and keep for future reference.
Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please			MODEL NUMBER		SL-SW947
read the instructions completely.			SERIAL NUMBER
Please keep this manual for future reference.
			User memo:
MP3	and	CD-DAindicate limitations		DATE OF PURCHASE
on these discs only.				DEALER NAME
				DEALER ADDRESS
P	PC	p		TELEPHONE NUMBER
Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company,			Panasonic Puerto Rico, Inc.
Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America			Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5 San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina,
One Panasonic Way Secaucus, New Jersey 07094 http://www.panasonic.com			Puerto Rico 00985
RQT7824-P			Panasonic Canada Inc.
			5770 Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 2T3 www.panasonic.ca
F0105TT0			C 2005 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
			Printed in China

Troubleshooting guide

Before requesting service, make the following checks. If you are in doubt about some of the check points, or if the solutions indicated in the chart do not solve the problem, refer to the limited warranty for your area on page 3.

No play.	≥The HOLD function is on. Cancel HOLD (➪page 5).
	≥The batteries may be depleted (➪page 4).
	≥The disc isn’t correctly set.
	≥The disc is scratched or dirty. (Tracks may be skipped particularly
	with MP3 discs.)
	≥There is moisture on the lens. Wait for about an hour and then
	try again.
	≥The lens is dirty: clean it with a blower (recommended product:
	SZZP1038C). If the lens gets marked with fingerprints, gently
	wipe them off with a cotton swab.
	≥The unit may not read a track properly if shaken strongly during
	disc reading.
	≥If there is no data between sessions on a multi-session disc, play
	may not be possible.
	≥If there is a large amount of JPEG data etc. within a MP3 file,
	sound may be muted and play may not be possible.
	≥If the disc contains data with different formats, sound may be
	muted and play may not be possible.
	≥If a CD-ROM format disc contains MP3 and other files, only the
	MP3 files will be playable.
No sound or there is a	≥Ensure the plugs are inserted firmly.
lot of noise.	≥Wipe the plugs with a clean cloth.
	≥The disc is scratched or dirty.
	≥The sound may be interrupted or there may be noise when
	playing MP3 if the recording quality is poor.
	≥The elapsed play time disappears and sound is interrupted if
	bumps continue repeatedly.
	≥Separate the unit from mobile telephones.
Play doesn’t resume from	≥This doesn’t work during random play.
the last point stopped.	≥It may not work correctly under some conditions.
Play doesn’t start from	≥Random play modes may be on (➪page 5).
the first track.	≥Play resumes from where last stopped (➪page 5, Play). (If the lid
	is opened while the unit is turned off, the resume function may
	not be cancelled.)
Cannot search through	You cannot search through a disc with MP3 files.
tracks.
Cannot specify point A or B.	You may not be able to specify point A or B at the end of a disc.
Cannot change the	If [:] or [9] is pressed before [MEMORY/RECALL] you
Digital Re-master	cannot change the mode.
mode, anti-skip mode.

Digital Re-master does Depending on the type of MP3 disc recording, the effect may not

not work.	appear.
Cannot skip albums.	You cannot skip from the last to first album, or vice versa, during play.
Cannot charge.	≥You aren’t using the special rechargeable batteries (➪page 4).
	≥You must insert two batteries before you can charge.
	≥The unit must be off before you can charge.
The AC adaptor becomes	This is normal.
warm during charging.
The batteries are taking	The batteries may take as long as 4.5 hours to charge under some
a long time to charge.	conditions.
Play time is short after	≥This may occur the first time you charge the batteries or if you
charging.	haven’t used them for a long time. Play time should be restored
	after a few charges.
	≥The batteries can go flat if you leave the AC adaptor connected
	after charging is complete.
	≥If play is extremely short even after fully charging the batteries,
	the batteries may have exceeded their life (Rechargeable batteries
	can be charged approximately 300 times). Please purchase new
	Ni-Cd rechargeable batteries (P-3GAVA/2B).
The battery indicator fails	≥The indicator does not appear when the AC adaptor is connected.
to appear or is incorrect.	≥The indicator may not appear correctly under certain conditions.
The unit stops working.	Disconnect then reconnect all power sources (batteries and AC adaptor).
Power cuts off.	If you connect or disconnect the AC adaptor, the power cuts off
	even if batteries are inserted.

Display

(The HOLD function is on. Cancel HOLD (➪page 5).

)≥You haven’t inserted a disc or it isn’t inserted correctly. ≥You have inserted a disc this unit cannot play.

*The disc lid is open.

'	The program already contains 20 tracks.
1	Reading MP3 files.