Philips MC-500 Disc Operations, Playable discs, Loading discs page 3 P4, Basic playback controls

Disc Operations

E n g l i s h

IMPORTANT!

–This system is designed for regular discs. Therefore, do not use any accessories such as disc stabilizer rings or disc treatment sheets, etc., as offered on the market, because they may jam the changer mechanism.

–Do not load more than one disc onto each tray.

Playable discs

This system is able to play :

–All pre-recorded audio CDs

–All finalized audio CDR and audio CDRW discs

Loading discs (page 3 - P4)

1Press OPEN/CLOSE 0 1 button to open disc tray 1.

2Load a disc with the label side facing up. For double-sided discs, load the side you want to play facing up.

3Press OPEN/CLOSE 0 1 button again to close the disc tray.

➜ “READING“ is displayed. The selected disc tray, total number of tracks and the playing time will appear on the display.

4Repeat steps 1~3 for loading discs onto the disc trays 2~5.

Notes:

–To ensure good system performance, wait until the disc trays completely read the disc(s) before proceeding.

–Only one tray can be opened at each time. If you open the second tray before closing the first tray, the first tray will automatically close before the second tray opens.

Basic playback controls

Load discs (page 3 - P4).

To play all discs on the disc trays

●Press ÉÅ.

OR

In stop mode, press CD to select a disc tray to begin, then press ÉÅ.

➜ All the available discs will play once, then stop.

To play the selected disc only

●Press one of the 5 DISC DIRECT PLAY (DISC 1~5) buttons (or CD 1~5 on remote).

➜ The selected disc will play once, then stop.

To select a desired track

●Press í or ë repeatedly until the desired track is displayed.

➜To skip to the beginning of the current track during playback, press í once.

➜During random play (shuffle mode), pressingí will cause the player to skip only to

the beginning of the current track.

To search for a particular passage during playback

●Press and hold à or á and release it when the desired passage is located.

➜ During searching, the volume will be reduced.

To replace discs without interrupting playback

●Press OPEN/CLOSE 0 buttons of the inactive disc trays (refer to “Loading discs”).

For example, if currently disc tray 1 is playing, you can replace the discs on disc tray 2~5.

To check the disc remaining playing time

●Press DISPLAY on the remote.

➜During random play or program play, the total remaining time will not be shown.

➜To restore the display for elapsed playing time, repeat the above.

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