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How to Operate the MCD301

Power On

The Red LED above the STANDBY/ON Push-button lights to indicate the MCD301 is in Standby mode. To Switch ON the MCD301, press the STANDBY/ON Push-button on the Front Panel or the PWR (Power) Push-button on the Remote Control. Refer to figures 6 and 16.

Note: When AC Power is initially applied to the MCD301 the unit will momentarily switch On and then go into the Standby Mode.

How to Load a Disc

1. Press the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button. The disc tray will slide out allowing a disc to be loaded. Refer to figure 1.

2. Press the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button

and the disc tray will close. Refer to figures 6, 2, 3 and 5. Loading of

disc’s Table of Contents (number of tracks) will be indicated on the Front Panel Information Display. When a SACD Disc is loaded

the Front Panel Display will scroll the Album Title first and

then display the number of tracks. Refer to figures 4 and 5.

Note: When a Disc is placed in the

tray and the PLAY Push-but-D ton is pressed, the tray will

close and the first track will start playing.

How to Play a SACD Disc

With a disc already loaded into the MCD301, press the PLAY Push-

button on the Front Panel of the MCD301 or Remote Con- trol. Refer to figures 6 and 16. The Disc will start playing the first track of the SACD Layer.

To change from the default SACD Layer to CD Layer,

press the SACD/CD Push-button (on the Front Panel or Remote Control) once to see the current selection and a second time to change the selection. Refer to

figures 6, 7, 8 and 16.
The Player will load the CD Table of	C D
Contents (Number of tracks and Total Play-
ing Time) at this time. To start playing the	Figure 8
CD Layer press the PLAY Push-button.

Notes: 1. Changing between the SACD and CD Layer can be accomplished at any time by performing the above procedure.

2.The default setting for SACD/CD Hybrid is to play the SACD Layer. The default setting may be changed to play the CD Layer instead. With the MCD301 On and no disc loaded, press the SACD/ CD Push-button utill the Front Panel Display indi- cates CD. Refer to figures 6, 9, 7 and 8.

3.Some SACD Disc(s) have the abil-

ity of displaying		N O D I S C
the Album Title and
Artist. With the disc		Figure 9
loaded, SACD Table
of Contents read and		T I T L E : D
the disc stopped,
press the MNU/TEXT
		Figure 10
Push-button once for
scrolling the Title
and twice for scroll-	A R T I S T : J
ing the Artist Name.
Display of the Artist
		Figure 11
information is not

available during playback of the disc. Refer to figures 10 and 11.

4.In a similar manner, some SACD Disc(s) have the ability of scrolling the Track Number and Title by pressing the MNU/TEXT Push-button after the Track has started to play. Refer to figure 12.

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