Eton 4000, S350 operation manual Operating Instructions CD/MP3

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6 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS: CD/MP3 continued

LOADING DISCS

1.To open player, slide OPEN PLAYER button towards the arrow.

2.Press OPEN LID button on the left front corner of the player to open the disc lid cover.

3.Hold the disc by its edges and carefully place it into CD/MP3 compartment and securely onto the disc spindle with CD/MP3 label-side up.

4.Press CLOSE LID position on the disc cover to securely protect the CD/MP3 during playback.

PLAYING DISCS

Press PLAY/PAUSE button and the player will start to read information from the loaded disc. The LCD display shows “READING”.

•If playing a CD disc, the LCD display will show “CD Track” and list the track number and

its elapsed time, while CD playback rate scrolls across the bottom of the screen. The CD and ESP indicators are also shown on the LCD display.

•If playing a MP3 disc, the LCD display will list directory number, track number, track elapsed time, and artist while the track title and play back rate scroll across the bottom of the screen. Playback will begin with the first track of the first directory. The MP3 and ESP indicators are also shown on the LCD display.

NOTE:

Whenever one of the control buttons is pressed, the LCD backlight illuminates for about 4 seconds.

ELECTRONIC SKIP PROTECTION (ESP)

This player contains special circuits to save music into memory and then playback from memory to prevent skipping. For CDs, the memory is for 40 seconds of playback. For MP3s, it is for 120 sec- onds of playback.

The ESP system is automatically turned on by pressing PLAY/PAUSE button. The ESP icon is shown on the LCD display to indicate the amount of memory being stored or used by the player. Please note that memory levels will increase and decrease during playback.

If listening to a CD disc, you may press SAS/+10 button to turn off the ESP system, which will reflect on the LCD display. To resume the ESP feature, press this button again and look for the ESP indicator on the LCD display.

If listening to a MP3 disc, ESP cannot be turned off. Please note that when playing a MP3, discs will not spin in the player when it’s playing from ESP memory. Discs only spin while playing MP3s when the player is reading a disc to store into memory. The ESP icon reflects the changes in memory level while the player goes through this process.

ADJUSTING VOLUME

Rotate VOLUME knob as indicated in the right side of the player to adjust volume to a comfort- able listening level.

EQUALIZER

While playing CD/MP3s, you may press EQ/PROG button to select a pre-programmed equalizer effect to enhance your music. The five settings are: DBB, POP, JAZZ, CLASSIC, or DISCO. Each successive press of EQ/PROG. button changes the setting. To select no equalizer effect, choose the “NORMAL” setting.

NOTE:

Only CD/MP3 playback has EQ function.

PAUSING PLAYBACK

To pause temporarily, press PLAY/PAUSE button. The elapsed time indicator flashes on the LCD display while the CD disc keeps rotating. While playing a MP3, the disc will stop rotating.

To resume playing, press PLAY/PAUSE button again, and the current track number indicates on the LCD display.

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