Creek Audio CD53, CD50 operating instructions Control and Operation, Removing the Disc

CD53 & CD50 Compact Disc Player

REMOVING THE DISC

The disc tray can be opened at any time by pressing the OPEN/CLOSE button. Remove the disc only after the tray has fully opened.

CAUTION

Do not put anything except a Compact Disc into the tray. Foreign objects can damage the mechanism. DVD’s will not play.

Do not force the tray by hand during the opening and closing operations.

To avoid dirt and dust entering the mechanism, keep the disc tray closed when the CD player is not in use.

Never load two discs into the disc tray.

CONTROL AND OPERATION

This section describes the CD player's controls in the order in which you would normally use them. Follow the instructions step-by-step and you will easily master the operation of the unit.

POWER

The mains On/Off switch is located on the rear panel next to the power cord. The marking on the panel. 1 is on and 0 is off.

Switching on the power from the rear panel automatically places the unit in Standby mode. To wake it up, press the ANY BUTTON button on the front panel or remote handset. The LED indicator will alternate from yellow colour in Standby mode to green when ready to play.

OUTPUTS

The CD 53 and CD50 both have un-balanced RCA/Phono sockets which output an analogue signal to your amplifier. The CD53 also has professional standard symetrical balanced ouptuts which can only be used together with amplifiers that have balanced audio inputs. Speak to your retailer for further information.

NORMAL DISC PLAY

Before playing a disc, check the player's power cable and output cable connections.

1.Switch on the CD53 at the rear panel, a yellow LED will light above the power button.

2.Press the STANDBY switch and the LED will turn green.

3.Press the OPEN/CLOSE or DISC button to open the disc tray and load the disc.

4.Press the OPEN/CLOSE or DISC button again to close the disc tray.

N.B. If you get a message dISC on the display when the disc tray is fully closed, this means that the disc is improperly loaded (most likely upside down). To check, open the disc tray again and reload the disc

correctly.

If the disc tray gets jammed while closing, the tray will stop and open automatically. If this happens check the disc tray and reload the disc correctly.

5.When the disc is loaded correctly the the player will spin the disc to read the T.O.C. (Table Of Contents). This will tell the player how many tracks are recorded on the disc and how long they are. Depending on the number of tracks and the method of recording the information, the T.O.C. read can vary from 3 - 10 seconds or more. Until this has been achieved, no other function will work. When the T.O.C. is correctly read the player will display the information.

For example above:

There are 25 tracks on the disc. The total playing time is 72 minutes and 07 seconds. The player is set to play when required.

6.Press the PLAY button. The PLAY symbol will appear on the display. The disc will start playing from the beginning of the first track.

You may also go straight to a specific track by using one

of the SKIP buttons or . In this case the disc will start playing the selected track when the PLAY button is pressed. The numeric keys on the remote handset allow direct access to the desired track.

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