Programming the Playing Order of the Tracks
— Program Play
You can arrange the order in which tracks play before you start playing. You can program up to 32 tracks.
•To use Repeat play (see page 16) for Program play, press REPEAT after starting Program play.
•There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 2 again.
1 Load CDs.
•If the current playing source is not the CD player, press CD 3´8, then 7 before going to the next step.
2 Press PROGRAM so that “PROGRAM” appears on the display.
The PRGM (program) indicator also lights up on the display.
•If a program has been stored in memory, the program is called up.
3 Press one of the disc number buttons (CD1, CD2, and CD3) to select the disc number you want to play.
Track number
Disc number | Program step number |
4 Select a track from the CD selected in the above step. On the unit:
Turn 4/ ¢to select the track number and press
SET/DISPLAY.
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 14.
5 Program other tracks you want.
•To program tracks from the same disc, repeat step 4.
•To program tracks from a different disc, repeat steps 3 and 4.
6 Press CD 3´8.
The tracks are played in the order you have programed.
To stop playing, press 7.
To exit from Program play mode, press PROGRAM again before or after play. The PRGM (program) indicator goes off. The program you have made is stored in memory.
•If you try to program the 33rd track “FULL” will appear on the display.
•If your entry is ignored
You have tried to program a track from an empty tray, or a track number that does not exist on the CD (for example, selecting track 14 on a CD that only has 12 tracks). Such entries are ignored.
•If the total playing time is 100 minutes or more
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 or after playing, you can erase the last programed tracks by pressing
CANCEL/DEMO.
•Each time you press the button, the programed track shown on the display is erased from the program.
•Ejecting a CD will also erase the track numbers programmed from the ejected CD.
To add tracks in the program before playing, simply select
the track numbers you want to add by following step 4 of the programming procedure on page 15.
To erase the entire program before or after playing, press 7. “PROGRAM” appears on the display.
The program you have made will be erased, when —
•You eject all the CDs.
•You unplug the AC power cord.
•A power failure occurs.
