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START SOUND MODE

When a Super Audio CD hybrid layer discs that has both a Super Audio CD high sound quality stereo area and an Audio CD area information are to be played, this player makes it possible to set the layer/ area (Super Audio CD or Audio CD) to be preferentially played.

This setting can be made when the tray is closed and there is no disc in the disc tray.

qPress SOUND MODE button on the player. The currently selected layer/area is displayed. If the Super Audio CD is selected : Super Audio CD

If the Audio CD is selected : CD

wPress the SOUND MODE button again to display the layer/area to be played first, and then leave the setting for at least two seconds to register the setting for the start sound mode.

Caution

*Start sound mode has a memory retention function where the settings remain stored and unchanged even when the disc is changed or the power is turned off.

*At the time of shipment, the sound mode is set to Super Audio CD.

PLAYING YOUR FAVORITE

TRACKS OF A DISC

7Specify track number to play (Direct Search)

Specify track number with numerical buttons (0-9) on the remote

(example)

3rd track :

Press

3 .

12th track :

Press

1 and then press 2

( w i t h i n a p p r ox i m a t e l y 1 . 5 seconds).

If the first pressed number is only in the digit of ones and not in the digit of tens, search begins approximately 0.5 second after.

If a wrong number is pressed

Press correct number again.

*If you specify a track number that doesn’t exist on the disc, the indicator returns to the display shown prior to this operation. Please specify a correct track.

7Skipping to the previous or next track (Track Skip)

To listen to a track posterior to the current track

Press buttons on the main unit or button on the remote the number of times you want to proceed tracks.

To listen to a track prior to the current track

Press buttons on the main unit or button on the remote go back to the beginning of the

current track. Then press buttons on the

main unit or button on the remote the number of times you want to go back.

PLAYING YOUR FAVORITE PARTS OF A DISC (SEARCH)

If

,

buttons on the main unit or

 

,

buttons on the remote are kept pressing

during playback, track search begins. Release the button when the point you want to listen to gets close.

* No sound is output during the search operation.

REPEATED DISC PLAY (REPEAT PLAY)

7All track repeat

When REPEAT button on the remote is pressed, “ ” “ALL” indicator will light up and all track repeat play begins.

To Return to Normal Play

Press REPEAT button two times. “ ” “ALL” indicator will disappear, repeat mode will be off and it returns to normal play mode.

* If REPEAT button is pressed when in program mode, programmed tracks are played repeatedly.

7One Track Repeat

Press REPEAT button on the remote two times. “ ”, “1” indicators will light and the track will be played repeatedly.

To Exit from One Track Repeat

Press REPEAT button. “ ” “1” indicator will disappear, repeat mode will be off and it returns to normal play mode.

7A-B Repeat

q Press

A–B

button on the remote at your chosen

starting point. The “A-B” indicator will blink.

w Press

A–B

button again at your chosen end

point. “A-B”

” indicator will light up and the

chosen section will be played repeatedly.

To Exit from A-B Repeat

Press A–Bbutton on the remote. “A-B” ” indicator will disappear, A-B repeat mode will be off and it returns to normal play mode.

*A-B repeat cannot be done when random play is going on.

*The end point (where “A-B” indicator is blinks) of the repeat section cannot be set before the time of the starting point (where “A-B” ” indicator light up) of the repeat section.

PLAYING TRACKS IN A RANDOM SEQUENCE (RANDOM PLAY)

When RANDOM button on the remote is pressed

in stop mode, and then PLAY button is pressed,

the unit shuffles track order automatically and plays all the tracks in the shuffled order. The RNDM (random) indicator lights.

The gap between tracks will be approximately 2 seconds during random play.

To Exit from Random Play and Return to Normal Play

Press the STOP button, and then press the RANDOM button while playback is stopped.

The RNDM (random) indicator goes off, and random play is released.

If buttons on the main unit or button on the remote are Pressed during Random Play

It jumps to the next track of the shuffled order.

If , buttons on the main unit or

, buttons on the remote are Pressed during Random Play

Search will be done only in the current track. Search does not go to the previous or next track.

To Listen to Random Play Repeatedly

Press REPEAT button on the remote once during random play. Every time the order will be shuffled.

• If RANDOM button is pressed during program play, the programmed tracks will be shuffled.

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Marantz SA7001 Start Sound Mode, Playing Your Favorite Tracks of a Disc, Playing Your Favorite Parts of a Disc Search

SA7001 specifications

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