Operation
Search
If you wish to quickly scan through a disc to locate a particular passage or track, press and hold the Search buttons. The Forward Search button
Skip
To move from one track on the disc to another during play mode, press one of the Skip buttons. Pressing the Forward Skip button fl·87will move you forwards through the disc, one track at a time, while pressing the Reverse Skip button ‡fi77once will move you back to the start of the actual track (as long as >3 second of the track have elapsed) and pressing it multiple times will move you back one track at a time. Holding any Skip but- ton pressed will scan quickly through all tracks on the disc, as described in the previous para- graph.
The Skip buttons may be used when the CD player is either playing or stopped. If the unit is stopped, the Skip buttons may be used to locate the first track to be played. The Play button 4
9must be pressed to begin play. If the Skip buttons are used while the unit is already play- ing (as described above), the audio output will stop while the new track is located, and play will automatically resume with the new track.
If the Skip buttons are pressed when program play is in use (see page 13), the unit will move from one programmed track to another.
Folder
Discs containing compressed MP3 data often contain several directories and folders with data. To show the name of the current directory or folder playing, press one of the Folder +/- buttons Honce. To change to the next direc- tory or folder, press the Folder + button H again within three seconds after the first press. For the previous directory or folder, press the Folder - button H.
The CD player counts each directory and folder as one folder. The player starts to count in the main directory, and pressing the Folder + button Hwill start playback of the first folder in this directory. Pressing the Folder + button
Hagain will start playback of the second fold- er in the directory. Continue pressing the Folder + button Huntil the last folder in the directo- ry has been played. At this time, pressing the Folder + button Hwill start playing the next directory.
Note that the Folder +/- buttons do not function when the CD player is playing the tracks of a disc containing MP3 data in random order.
+10/-10
Due to the compressed format of MP3 data, discs can contain several hundred audio tracks. In order to find the right track within these hun- dreds of tracks, the CD player lets you skip through the contents of your disc in steps of
10 tracks. Press the +10 button Bto change to the 10th track after the track currently playing. If there are less then 10 tracks remain- ing on the disc, the last track will be played. Press the
Input/Source Selection
A unique feature of the HD 970 is that it allows other source components to be played back using the
Connect the coaxial or optical digital output of the external source component to the Coaxial or Optical Digital Inputs § on the rear panel of the CD player.
In order to select the external source component for playback, press the Source Button I. The first press of this button will show the input cur- rently played, indicated by PLAYER for the CD player, COAXIAL IN (Digital in 1) or OPTICAL IN (Digital in 2). Within 2 seconds, press the Source Button Iagain until the requested source has been selected.
Note that in order to hear the sound from the external source when connected via the HD 970, the input of your amplifier or receiver should be the one to which the HD 970 is connected.
Important Note: The player will only output
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