CD PLAYING

BASIC OPERATIONS

DISC

DIRECT

CD EDIT/

CHECK

PLAY 1-3

 

zOPEN/

DISC

DIRECT

CLOSE

PLAY 1-3

 

DISC

0-9, +10

CHANGE

 

CD

SHIFT

c

a

f,g

 

s

s

c

a

 

MULTI

 

JOG

 

LOADING DISCS

Press CD, then press zOPEN/CLOSE to open the disc compartment. Load disc(s) with the label side up.

To load one or two discs, place the disc(s) on tray 1 and 2. To load three discs, press DISC CHANGE to rotate the trays after placing two discs. Place the third disc on empty tray 3. Close the disc compartment by pressing zOPEN/CLOSE.

Selecting a track with the remote control

1Press one of DISC DIRECT PLAY 1-3to select a disc.

2Press numbered buttons 0-9and +10 to select a track. Example:

To select the 25th track, press +10, +10 and 5. To select the 10th track, press +10 and 0.

The selected track starts to play and continues to the end of that disc.

Replacing discs during play

While one disc is playing, the other discs can be replaced without interrupting play.

1Press DISC CHANGE.

2Remove the discs and replace with other discs.

3Press zOPEN/CLOSE to close the disc compartment.

NOTE

When loading an 8-cm (3-inch) disc, make sure to place it onto the inner circle of the tray precisely.

Do not place more than one compact disc on one disc tray.

Do not tilt the unit with discs loaded. Doing so may cause malfunctions.

When transporting the unit, remove the discs from the trays.

Do not use irregular shape CDs (example: heart-shaped, octagonal ones). It may result in malfunctions.

The unit may not play a CD-R/RW disc that is recorded on personal computers or some kinds of CD-R/RW recorders because of differences in recording platforms.

Do not attach any seal or label to either side (the recordable side or the labeled side) of a CD-R/RW disc. It may cause malfunction.

PLAYING DISCS

Load discs.

To play all discs in the disc compartment, press c.

All discs are played once.

Number of track

 

being played

Elapsed playing time

To play one disc only, press DISC DIRECT PLAY 1-3.

The selected disc is played once.

To stop play, press s.

To pause play, press a. To resume play, press again.

To search for a particular point during playback, keep f or g pressed and release the button at the desired point. To skip to the beginning of a track during playback, turn

MULTI JOG or press for g repeatedly.

To remove discs, press zOPEN/CLOSE.

To start play when the power is off (Direct Play Function)

Press CD. The power turns on and play of the loaded disc(s) begins.

When zOPEN/CLOSE is pressed, the power is also turned on and the disc compartment is opened.

To check the remaining time

During play (except random play or programmed play), press CD EDIT/CHECK on the remote control while pressing SHIFT. The amount of time remaining until all tracks finish playing is displayed. To restore the playing time display, repeat the above.

RANDOM/REPEAT PLAY

Use the remote control.

RANDOM PLAY

All the tracks on the selected disc or all the discs can be played randomly.

REPEAT PLAY

A single disc or all the discs can be played repeatedly.

Press RANDOM/REPEAT while pressing SHIFT.

Each time it is pressed, the function can be selected cyclically. RANDOM play — RANDOM lights up on the display. REPEAT play "lights up on the display. RANDOM/REPEAT play — RANDOM and " light up on the display.

Cancel — RANDOM and " disappear from the display.

To play all discs, press c to start play.

To play a single disc, press one of DISC DIRECT PLAY 1-3 to start play.

During random play it is not possible to skip to the previously played track with f.

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Aiwa Z-A60 operating instructions Basic Operations, Loading Discs, Playing Discs, RANDOM/REPEAT Play

Z-A60 specifications

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