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Playback

Basic operation

Turning the power on
Press X on the unit.
A power on status is established.
nWhen power is switched to standby
Press X CD.
A standby status is then established.
Before setting power to standby, make sure the disc tray is
completely closed.
NOTE
•Do not force the tray in by hand while power is set to standby.
This could cause a trouble.
•Even when power is set to standby, electrical current passes
through some circuits. If you do not intend to use the unit for
an extended period of time, unplug the power cord from the
household power outlet.
nTurning the power o
Press X on the unit.
The power turns o.
Switching the input source
This unit supports the following playback functions in addition
to disc playback.
•Digital audio input signal playback
•USB memory device file playback from the USB port in the
front panel
•iPod file playback from the USB port in the front panel
•Computer file playback from the USB port in the rear panel
Before playing back files from a connected device, perform
the following operation to switch the input source.
Press DISC/INPUT to select the input source.
[Selectable modes]
Disc : Plays back the disc inside the disc tray (vpage14).
USB : Plays back files on the device connected to the USB
port on the front panel (vpage18, 19).
USB-DAC : Connect a computer to the USB port (USB-DAC)
on the rear panel, and use this unit as a D/A
converter (vpage20).
Coaxial : Connect a digital device to the COAXIAL connector
on the rear panel, and use this unit as a D/A
converter (vpage23).
Optical : Connect a digital device to the OPTICAL connector
on the rear panel, and use this unit as a D/A converter
(vpage23).
Switching the sound mode (Playback layer)
Some Super Audio CD discs have 2 layers. Before playback,
perform the operation below to select the playback layer.
For details on the Super Audio CD, see “Super Audio CD”
(vpage30).
1Press DISC/INPUT to change
the input source to “Disc”.
2Insert a disc.
•Press OPEN/CLOSE to open and close
the disc tray.
•You can also close the disc tray by
pressing 1, then starts playback
automatically.
3Press OPEN/CLOSE to open
and close the disc tray.
4Press SOUND MODE and
switch to the layer you want to set.
[Selectable items]
STEREO : Plays back the 2-channel area
of the Super Audio CD (the
default setting).
MULTI : Plays back the multi-channel
area of the Super Audio CD.
Multi-channel is downmixed to
2-channel.
CD : Plays back the CD layer of the Super
Audio CD.