CONTROLS, Connections and Indicators

Please read the following instructions referring to the illustration on page 28.

	Some of the operations described in this user’s guide can only be
	operated from the remote control unit. In the description of controls, the
	names of the buttons which are available on both the main unit and the
	remote control unit are enclosed in	, and the names of the buttons

	which are available only on the remote control unit are enclosed in
ENGLISH	.
	FRONT

z POWER switch

Press to switch power ON, and press again to switch OFF.

xDISC TRAY

Place a disc with the label side up.

cPLAY button

Press to start playback.

v STOP button

Press to stop playback. This button is also used for deleting a program.

b PAUSE button

Press to interrupt playback temporarily. When pressed again, the indicator goes out and playback resumes from the same position.

n , (Track Skip/Search) buttons

These serve as both the track skip buttons and search buttons for the main unit only.

:The same number of tracks as the number of times the button is pressed are skipped in the forward direction. When the button is held down, tracks are searched (fast forward).

:When this button is pressed, play returns to the start of the track now being played. The same number of tracks as the number of times the button is pressed can be skipped in the reverse direction. When the button is held down, tracks are searched (fast backward).

mDisplay

Shows informationqwertysuch as the power ON/OFF state, track number, playing time and curr nt operation mode.

REP 1

RND TRACK oPLAY PROGRAM !0TOTAL

SACDCD

qREP (Repeat) indicators

REP: Lights up during all-track repeat mode, which plays all the tracks on the disc repeatedly.

REP 1: Lights up during 1-track repeat mode, which repeatedly plays a single track repeatedly.

wRND (Random) indicator

Lights up in the random play mode.

eTRACK indicator

Lights up when the track number being played is displayed.

rPLAY indicator

Light up during Disc playback.

tPROGRAM indicator

Lights up in the programming mode.

yTOTAL indicator

Indicates the remaining playing time of the entire disc. In program mode, this indicator shows the remaining playing of the current program.

uTrack number indicator

Indicates the total number of the tracks on the disc when the unit has stopped operating. During play, it indicates the number of the track which is now playing.

iTIME indicator

Indicates the total playing time of the disc when the unit has stopped operating. During play, it indicates the playing time which has elapsed for the track which is now playing.

oSACD indicator

Lights when a Super Audio CD is read.

*In the case of a hybrid disc (see page 6), priority is given to playing the HD layer of the Super Audio CD.

!0CD indicator

Lights when a conventional music CD is read. It also lights when

the CD layer on a hybrid disc is read.

,REMOTE SENSOR

This window receives signals transmitted from the remote control unit.

. OPEN/CLOSE button

Pressing the OPEN/CLOSE button opens the disc tray. Place a compact disc on the tray with the label side facing up. Gently press the front of the disc tray to close.

⁄0SACD/CD button

Press to change the layer to be played on a hybrid disc. (See page 6)

*The layer can be changed only when the unit has stopped operating. It cannot be changed during play.

⁄1DISPLAY button

Turns the display window lighting on and off.

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