Technics SC-EH790, SC-EH590 operating instructions Front panel controls

Simple set-up and play — Listening to a CD —

The illustrations show SC-EH790 for the United Kingdom and Eastern Europe.

2 [EH790]	1 Press [Í/I] to turn the unit on.
Press DIRECT OPEN [DISC1]–
[DISC5] and insert a CD.

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EH790

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ÍFPLAY/FREC

Í/I	CLOCK/		FM AUTO/	6CH	INPUT SELECTOR	TUNER/BAND
	TIMER	sDEMO
			MONO	DISCRETE INPUT

PHONES TUNING MODE SET X TUNING W KARAOKE ECHO

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DIGITAL

S.WOOFER

VOLUME

UP

DOWN

MIC VOL

1 MIC 2 MIN MAX

Front panel controls

ªA Tuner/amplifier

1 Standby/on switch (Í/I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Press to switch the unit from on to standby mode or vice versa. In standby mode, the unit is still consuming a small amount of power.

2Standby indicator (Í)

When the unit is connected to the AC mains supply, this indicator lights up in standby mode and goes out when the unit is turned on.

3Play timer/record timer button and indicator

(FPLAY/FREC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 32

4 Clock/timer button (CLOCK/TIMER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 31, 32 5 Demo button (–DEMO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6 FM mode button (FM AUTO/MONO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

	[EH590]
set-up and play	Press [<, OPEN/CLOSE] and insert a CD.
Simple	DISC
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5

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EH590
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DIGITAL

S.WOOFER

VOLUME

UP

ÍFPLAY/FREC

Í/I	CLOCK/		FM AUTO/	INPUT SELECTOR	TUNER/BAND
	TIMER	sDEMO
			MONO			DOWN
				X TUNING	W	RDS
	PHONES		TUNING MODE SET			PS DISP MODE PTY

; <= > @

7 Source input button (INPUT SELECTOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 8 Tuner/band button (TUNER/BAND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

9Digital super woofer button and indicator

(DIGITAL S.WOOFER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

: Volume control (VOLUME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ; Headphone jack (PHONES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 < Tuning mode button (TUNING MODE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 = Set button (SET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 18 > Tuning buttons (X, W TUNING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 17

? [EH790]
6ch discrete input button (6CH DISCRETE INPUT)	24	steps
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[EH590]
		preparatory
RDS display mode button (RDS, PS–DISP MODE–PTY)	17
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A Karaoke and echo buttons (KARAOKE, ECHO)	35
B Microphone jacks (1–MIC– 2)	35
C Microphone volume control (MIC VOL)	35
		and

Label must face upward.

3 Press [<, OPEN/CLOSE] to close the tray.

[EH790] Repeat steps 2 and 3 to load the other trays. Displayed when the unit is in CD mode.

e.g. CD (CD-DA)

DISC

[EH790]	Total number	Total playing time
Disc number	of tracks

4 Press [!] to start play.

[EH790]

Play starts from the first track on the disc in the play position and finishes at the end of the last track on the final disc (see below). You can start play from another disc by pressing [DISC, 1–5].

DISC

5 Adjust the volume.

-- dB	0 dB
MIN	MAX

B

EH790	D E F	G H
		DIRECT OPEN
	DISC 1	DISC 2 DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 OPEN/CLOSE
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	1
	RANDOM REPEAT EDIT
	2	9/6 5/9
	3	∫
	4
	5	;

IJ K L

M N

EH590

D EF G H

RANDOM REPEAT EDIT OPEN/CLOSE

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∫

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IJ K L

ªB CD changer/CD player		guide
D Random play button (RANDOM)	16
E Repeat play button (REPEAT)	16	Control
F CD edit button (EDIT)	29
G Disc tray open/close button (<, OPEN/CLOSE)	. 8
H Skip/search buttons (4, 5)	13

I Disc tray

J Stop button (∫) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 K Pause button (;) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 L Play button and indicator (!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The colour of the indicator depends on the operation taking place. If stopped: orange

If playing: green

If paused: flashes

[EH790]

M Disc select buttons and indicators (DISC, 1–5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Green: Indicates that the tray is ready to play its CD or to be opened.

N Disc direct open buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (DIRECT OPEN, DISC 1–DISC 5)

Track number Elapsed play time

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To stop the disc

Press [∫].

To pause play

Press [;] during play. The “!” indicator flashes. Press [;] or [!] to resume play.

Note

[EH790]

You can not change CDs in other trays while a disc is playing.

Final disc [EH790]

For example, if play starts from disc 4, disc 3 will be the final disc. Order of progression: Disc 4>5>1>2>3

“NO DISC” is displayed

When the unit is in CD mode but a disc isn’t in the play position§ (SC-EH790) or in the player (SC-EH590).

§The disc in the play position is ready to play immediately when you press [!].

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