Panasonic SL-SX480 operating instructions Troubleshooting guide, Display, Dear Customer

Operating Instructions

Portable CD Player

Model No.

SL-SX480

Dear Customer

Thank you for purchasing this product. Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read the instructions completely. Please keep this manual for future reference.

HOLD (Function lock)

The hold function stops the buttons from being operated. By keeping the hold function on, you can stop the power from being switched on, play from being stopped and other operations from being done by mistake.

Resume function

Play resumes from where last stopped. [The resume function is canceled if you open the lid while stopped (while the power is ON). The resume function is also canceled when the disc is changed.]

If the batteries are depleted, removed, or the unit is subjected to strong shock, all settings are canceled including resume function.

Discs that can be played

					CD-R/CD-RW		WMA
				Commercially available CD-DA		MP3
							WMA cannot
	P	PC		music CD (CD-DA)			be played
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
				Panasonic Canada Inc.
RQT8472-P				5770 Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 2T3 www.panasonic.ca
				2006 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
F1205SZ0
				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 “Customer Services Directory” on page 3 if you reside in the U.S.A., or refer to the “Product information” on page 4 if you reside in Canada.

No play.	HOLD is on, stopping buttons from being operated.
	Cancel HOLD (Dpage 5).
	The batteries may be drained (Dpage 5).
	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). You cannot use a CD type lens cleaner. If the lens gets
	marked with fingerprints, gently wipe them off with a cotton swab.
	Remove the plug and reinsert it as fully as possible.
	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	Ensure the plugs are inserted firmly.
a lot of noise.	Wipe the plugs with a clean cloth.
	The disc is scratched or dirty.
	Sound may be interrupted or noise may occur if the
	recording quality of the disc (CD-R/CD-RW) is poor.
	The elapsed play time disappears and sound is
	interrupted if bumps continue repeatedly.
	Increase separation between the unit and mobile
	phones. This unit may receive radio interference caused
	by the mobile phones during use.
Disc rotation stops	Disc rotation stops and starts to save power.
and starts during play.
Operation sounds are	There is some sound heard when a disc is being accessed
heard from the unit.	or disc rotation starts.
Play doesn’t resume	This doesn’t work during random play.
from the last point	It may not work correctly under some conditions.
stopped.	If the batteries are depleted, removed, or the unit is	1
	subjected to strong shock, resume function is canceled.

Play doesn’t start	Random play modes may be on (Dpage 6).
from the first track.	The resume function (Dabove) is operating. The
	resume function is canceled if you open the lid while
	stopped (while the power is ON).
Cannot search	You cannot search through a disc with MP3 files.
through tracks.
Cannot specify point	You may not be able to specify point A or B at the end of a
A or B.	disc.
Cannot change the	If [] or [] is pressed before [MEMO] you cannot
Digital Re-master	change the mode.
mode, anti-skip mode.
Digital Re-master	Depending on the type of MP3 disc recording, the effect
does not work.	may not appear.

Cannot skip albums. You cannot skip from the last to first album, or vice versa,

	during play.
The battery indicator	The indicator may not appear correctly under certain
fails to appear or is	conditions.
incorrect.
The unit stops	Remove and insert the batteries again.
working.
All settings are	If the batteries are depleted, removed, or the unit is
canceled.	subjected to strong shock, all settings are canceled, and
	the volume is reset to 10.

Display

HOLD is on, stopping buttons from being operated. Cancel HOLD (Dpage 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.

Reading MP3 files.