Rotel RCD-1072 owner manual Additional Features, Hdcd

Disc Drawer

Amotor-driven disc drawer, located in the center of the RCD-1072, slides out to accept a compact disc and retracts to play the disc. Place the compact disc in the drawer label-side up. Make sure the disc is properly centered in the tray. The drawer can be closed in two ways: pushing the OPN/CLS button or pushing the PLAY button.

Transport Control Buttons

These buttons provide basic control functions for the disc transport mechanism. Except where noted, all functions are available on the RCD-1072 front panel and the IR remote control.

OPEN/CLOSE Button

When the transport disc drawer is closed, pressing this button automatically opens the drawer. To close the drawer, press this button again. The drawer can also be closed by pressing the PLAY button

When the drawer is open, the Display will read “OPEN”. When it is closed with no disc, the display will read “NO DISC”. When the drawer closes with a disc inserted, the Display will indicate the number of tracks on the disc and the total time of the disc in minutes and seconds.

PLAY Button

Press the PLAY button to start playing the disc. If the disc drawer is open, it will close automatically. The number of the track being played and the elapsed time will be shown in the display, along with the PLAY indicator. Normally, the disc will start playing with the first track. However, you can select a different track using the TRACK buttons or the DIRECT ACCESS buttons (see below) before pressing the PLAY button to start playing a different selec-tion.

STOP Button

This button stops a disc that is playing and resets the player, i.e. if play is resumed, the disc will start over from the first track. Pressing the STOP button twice quickly in succession cancels any programmed selections (see below).

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PAUSE Button

This button is used to temporarily suspend play. The disc continues to spin and play will be resumed from the current position. The PAUSE indicator will light in the Display. To resume playing the disc, press the PAUSE button again or press the PLAY button.

TRACK Buttons

These buttons are used to select tracks on the disc. When a disc is playing, pressing the right TRACK button advances to the beginning of the next track. Pressing the left TRACK but-ton returns to the beginning of the current track. Pressing twice quickly in succession returns to the beginning of the previous track. The new track number appears in the Display.

These buttons are also used to select a track before pressing the PLAY button or when memorizing tracks for the PROGRAM play mode (see below). These selections are made by continuously pressing the TRACK buttons until the desired track is reached.

In PROGRAM mode, the TRACK buttons advance or reverse to the next track in the memorized selection list.

DIRECT ACCESS Buttons

(remote only)

These eleven numeric buttons (labeled 1 through 10 and >10) are used to directly access a track from the IR remote control instead of stepping through the tracks using the TRACK buttons.

The first ten tracks on a disc can be selected by pressing the corresponding button. For example, to play the third track, press the 3 button on the remote control.

When accessing track numbers greater than 10, press the >10 button followed by the track number. For example, to select track 12, press the >10 button followed by the 1 button and then the 2 button. The number of the selected track will appear in the main numeric area at the center of the Display.

English

There is also a four by four matrix of track numbers (1 – 16) located at the right side of the display. This display indicates all of the tracks on the disc. If there are more than 16 tracks on the disc, all of the digits will light accompanied by the word OVER, regardless of which track is playing. This matrix is independent of the main numeric area of the Display, which will always indicate the currently playing track, even if above 16.

The DIRECT ACCESS buttons may also be used to memorize tracks in PROGRAM mode (see PROGRAM Button section).

SEARCH Buttons

These buttons fast forward or fast reverse through the currently playing disc as long as they are pressed. While the buttons are pressed, you will hear high-speed audio. Releasing the buttons returns to PLAY mode.

Additional Features

These convenience features add extra func- tionality to the RCD-1072, including the ability to play high-definition HDCD discs, to memorize a group of tracks to be played, to repeat a disc, program, or track over and over, to play the tracks on a disc in random order, to automatically play the first 10 seconds of each track, and to select from several available time displays.

HDCD®

HDCD® is an encoding technique that allows a CD to have greater effective dynamic range, reduced distortion, and increased detail. When playing HDCD encoded discs, the RCD-1072 can reproduce as much as 18-bit dynamic range. HDCD discs are indentified by an HDCD logo on the package.

No user action is required to play an HDCD recording. The CD player automatically senses HDCD encoding and enables the circuitry. The HDCD LED on the front panel will light to indicate that an HDCD disc is being played.

NOTE: Some CDs that are labeled as HDCD have some tracks that are HDCD en- coded and others that are not. The indicator light will light only when playing encoded tracks. This does not indicate a problem with the unit.