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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS

 

 

FRONT PANEL

 

 

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z POWER ON/OFF switch

⁄1 OPEN/CLOSE button

This switch is used to turn the power ON and OFF. When it is pressed, the display window lights up, and the power comes on. When it is pressed again, the display window is extinguished, and the power goes off.

xDisc tray

The disc to be played is placed on the tray.

*Close the tray by pressing the operation button, not by pressing it in with your hand.

cINV. PHASE (Inverted phase) indicator

This lights when the INV. PHASE button is pressed, and the phase of the signal from the ANALOG OUTPUTS con- nector (BALANCED, UNBALANCED) is being inverted.

vINV. PHASE (Inverted phase) button

Press this button to invert the phase of the signal from the ANALOG OUTPUTS connector (BALANCED, UNBAL- ANCED). (See page 22)

Press this button to open the tray. Put on a disk label side up. Press the button again to close the tray.

⁄2 , (Track Skip/Search buttons)

These buttons can be used as both track skip and track search buttons. (The buttons on the main unit only.)

: When this button is pressed, the unit goes back to the beginning of the current track. If the button is pressed more times, the track being played is skipped back. When this button is held down, tracks are searched backward (Fast Rewind).

: Each time this button is pressed, the track being played is skipped forward. When this button is held down, tracks are searched forward (Fast Forward).

In program play, Fast Forward and Fast Rewind can be done in the playing track only.

bSOUND MODE button

Press this button to select the Super Audio CD sound mode. Super Audio CD (stereo) or Audio CD (if discs are sup- ported) (See page 14)

n PAUSE button

Press this button to pause playback. If pressed again, the unit returns to playback.

m STOP button

Press this button to stop playback. Also this button is used to clear all programs.

, PLAY button

Press this button to start playback.

.Star mark

This turns on when the tray is closed.

This star mark may always remain off for certain settings. (See page 20)

⁄0DISPLAY OFF indicator

This indicator turns on when the LCD screen is turned off (Off mode).

⁄3Remote sensor

The infrared control signal emitted from the remote control unit are sensed here.

⁄4EXT. CLOCK (External clock) button

Press this button to match the frequency with the master clock generator connected to the unit. (See page 21)

⁄5EXT. CLOCK (External clock) indicator

When the EXT. CLOCK button is pressed, one of the unit’s clock frequency indicators (44.1 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 176.4 kHz) turns on.

Every time the EXT. CLOCK button is pressed, the clock frequency indicator changes. (See page 21)

*When the 44.1kHz, 88.2kHz, and 176.4kHz indicators are all on at the same time, the internal memory is being reorganized. This is not a malfunction. Do not switch off the power during this process.

⁄6LOCK (lock) indicator

This turns on when the EXT. CLOCK button is pressed, and the EXT. CLOCK indicator clock frequency and the master clock generator clock frequency match (synchro- nize). (See page 21)

⁄7LCD

This screen shows the operating status.

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Marantz SA-7S1 manual Names and Functions, Front Panel

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