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Programing the Playing Order of the Tracks
— Program Play
You can arrange the order in which the tracks play before you start playing. You can program up to 32 tracks.
1 Load an MD.
•If the current playing source is not the MD recorder, press MD # / 8, then 7before going to the next step.
2 Press PLAY/REC MODE (or PLAY MODE on the remote control) so that “ MD PROGRAM” appears in the main display.
The PRGM indicator also lights.
•Each time you press the button, play mode changes as follows:
Program play |
| Random play |
(MD PROGRAM) |
| (MD RANDOM) |
Normal play
(MD NORMAL)
3 Select the track.
On the unit:
Push the joy control rightward (¢ ) or leftward (4 ) to select the track number, then press SET.
On the remote control: Press the number buttons.
•For how to use the number buttons, see “To go to another track directly using the number buttons” on page 29.
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Ex. When selecting track 5
•If the selected track has a title, it will be shown at the center portion of the main display. (If the title is long and cannot be shown at a time, the unit scrolls the title to show the entire title.)
4 Repeat step 3 to program other tracks you want.
5 Press MD #/ 8.
The tracks are played in the order you have programed.
To stop during play, press 7.
To exit from Program play mode, press PLAY/REC MODE (or PLAY MODE on the remote control) once or twice so that the unit enters another playback mode (Random play or Normal play mode).
To check the program contents
Before playing, you can check the program contents by pressing ¢or 4 on the remote control.
•¢ : Shows the programed tracks in the programed order.
•4 : Shows them in the reverse order.
To modify the program
Before playing, you can erase the last programed track by pressing CANCEL. Each time you press the button, the last programed track is erased from the program.
To add tracks in the program before you start play,
simply select track numbers you want to add.
To erase the entire program, before or after play, press and hold CANCEL on the unit until “MD PROGRAM ALL CLEAR” appears in the main display.
•When you eject the disc or turn off the unit, the entire program is also erased.
If you try to program a 33rd step
“MD PROGRAM FULL” will appear in the main display.
If your entry is ignored
You have tried to program a track that does not exist on the MD (for example, selecting track 14 on an MD that only has 12 tracks). Such entries are ignored.
If the total playing time exceed 150 minutes
The playing time will not be shown. (“– –