Playing Back the Entire MD — Normal Play
You can play an MD.
On the main unit ONLY:
1 Press MD OPEN/CLOSE 0.
The unit automatically turns on, the electronic swing panel slides downward, then the MD loading slot appears.
•If an MD is already in the MD loading slot, it will eject.
Insert an MD in the same way as indicated on the MD.
MD loading slot
2 Insert an MD into the MD loading slot.
The MD is pulled in, then the electronic swing panel slides upward automatically.
The MD insertion indicator ( 
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•When the current source is MD, the information on the loaded MD appears in the main display as follows:
Disk title (when the MD has a disc title)
Total track number | Total playing time |
Ex. The MD has 12 recorded tracks.
3 Press MD # / 8.
The MD indicators flash on the display and MD playback starts from the first track.
The recording length mode indicator (SP/LP2/LP4)* lights on the display.
Track number indicator
TRACK | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Recording length mode indicator
Ex. The MD has 12 recorded tracks and the unit is playing the first track in the SP mode.
•When the unit finishes playing a track, its track number goes off from the track number indicator on the display.
MD playback stops automatically after playing all the tracks on the MD.
To stop during play, press 7.
To remove the disc, press MD OPEN/CLOSE 0.
While the unit is pulling in the MD:
• DO NOT press MD OPEN/CLOSE 0.
• DO NOT close the electronic swing panel by force.
If the MD or track has a title
The title will appear in the main display. (If a title is long and cannot be shown at a time, the unit scrolls the title to show the entire title.)
* About recording length mode
MDs are played back in the same recording length mode as they were recorded. When an MD starts playing, the playback mode of the currently playing track lights on the display.
SP : Indicates the tracks recorded in standard stereo recording mode on this unit or those recorded on an MD recorder incompatible with MDLP*.
LP2 : Indicates the tracks recorded in 2 times
LP4 : Indicates the tracks recorded in 4 times
*MDLP features a new sound compression method (ATRAC3) and a 2 times (or 4 times)
The MDLP logo is marked on the MD recorders and players compatible with MDLP. It is also marked on MDs pre- recorded in ATRAC3 (excluding recordable MDs.)
