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Playing Back an MD
Playing Back the Entire MD
—Normal Play
1 Insert an MD into the MD loading slot.
The MD is pulled in automatically.
•If the current playing source is not “MD,” press MD 
, then 7 before going to the next step.
| Insert an MD in |
MD loading slot | the same way as |
| indicated on the |
| MD. |
CAUTION:
During Power Save (see page 10), do not insert an MD. Before inserting an MD, cancel Power Save or turn on the unit first.
•The following indications appear when the current source is “MD”:
MD indicator
MD
To stop during play, press 7.
To remove the disc, press 0 (MD eject) on the unit.
•Pressing 0 (MD eject) button also turns on the unit if the MD is unlocked.
•If the MD has a disc/performer name or track has a title
The title will be shown at the lower part of the display for a while. (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 recording length mode of the currently playing track appears 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 (see below).
LP 2: Indicates the tracks recorded in 2 times
LP 4: Indicates the tracks recorded in 4 times
For more details, see page 46.
MDLP features a new sound compression method (ATRAC3, see page 87) and enables 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
Basic MD Operations
While playing an MD, you can do the following operations.
Total track number Total group number*
MD
Total playing time**
*When the loaded MD has no group, the total group number will be indicated by “–
• To make or edit groups, see pages 54 to 62.
**Disc title appears/scrolls before the total playing time if the loaded MD has a title.
2 Press MD 
.
0
‹/8
MD
(On the remote control) | (On the unit) |
MD playback starts from the first track.
The recording length mode (SP/LP2/LP4) appears on the display.
•Track title appears/scrolls before the recording length mode if the track has a title.
MD playback stops automatically after playing all the tracks on the MD.
To pause playback
Press MD 
.
0
‹/8
MD
(On the remote control) | (On the unit) |
The elapsed playing time starts flashing on the display.
To resume playback, press MD 
again.
To locate a particular point in a track during play
On the remote control ONLY:
Press and hold ¡ or 1.
• ¡:
• 1:
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