NAD C542 Front Panel Controls Power ON/OFF, Disc Drawer, Open, Display, Play/Pause, Time, Stop

FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

1. POWER ON/OFF

Press this button to switch on the power to the disc Press again and release to switch the power off. The display will light up to indicate the unit is switched on and ready for use.

2. DISC DRAWER

To play a disc, press the OPEN button to open the disc drawer. Place the CD within the large circular recess in the drawer, with its transparent playing surface facing down. The label must face UP. CD-3 discs (3-inch CD “singles”) can be played without the aid of an adapter. Place the disc in the drawer, centered in the smaller circular recess, with its label facing UP.

NOTE: This player was not designed to accommodate a “damping disc” placed on a CD, nor two CDs stacked together. It plays audio CDs, but not discs identified as CD-V, DVD, CD-I, CD-ROM, or PHOTO CD. Refer also to chapter “A note on CD-R and CD-RW audio discs”.

no dISC When no disc is present or when you load a disc that cannot be read (because it is dirty or is upside-down) “no dISC” lights up in the display.

REMOTEplayer. RECEIVER An infrared sensor, located at the right- hand portion of the display window, receives commands from the remote control. There must be a clear line-of-sight path from the remote control to this window; if that path is obstructed, the remote control may not work.

HDCD® indicator This indicator will light up when an HDCD® encoded disc is played. For more information on HDCD® refer to chapter “HDCD”.

4. OPEN

Press this button to open the disc drawer, and press it again to close the drawer. If this button is pressed while a disc is being played, playback will stop, the pickup will reset to the beginning of the disc and the drawer will open. Opening the drawer will also delete the players memory for Program Play. When the disc drawer is open, the drawer-closing mechanism can also be activated by pressing PLAY or by gently pushing the drawer inward.

3.

DISPLAY

NOTE: The disc drawer is opened and closed by an internal

motor. Do not close the drawer by hand with the power off.

The display provides information about playback status and about the

optical

pickup’s

location

on

the

disc.

The

displayed

track/time

information is

obtained

by

reading

inaudible

“sub-codes”

in the

When the drawer closes, the player scans the disc’s TOC (Table Of

disc.

Contents) and displays the total number of tracks and playing time

TRACK

NUMBEREach

disc

is

segmented

into

numbered

on the disc. If you press PLAY to close the drawer this information

tracks

is skipped, and play commences immediately at Track 1.

when the recording is made; typically each numbered track will

correspond

to

a

different

song,

symphonic

movement,

etc.

These

track numbers

are

identified

on

the

CD

package

and

are

5. PLAY/PAUSE

encoded

in the

disc

by

its

manufacturer. In

some

CDs,

at

This dual-function button alternates between starting and stopping

the manufacturer’s

option,

tracks

may

be

sub-divided into

sections

identified

playback. Press to start play or to resume play after Pause. During

by Index

numbers. This player does not display Index numbers.

play, press this button to stop playback temporarily, keeping the

since

optical pickup at its current position on the disc. The PLAY mode

TIME Normally

this

display

shows

the

time

elapsed

the

is identified by a right-pointing arrowhead in the display. The

beginning

of

the

current

track.

Using

the

TIME

button

you

can

switch

the

display

to

show

the

remaining

number

of

PAUSE mode is identified by two vertical bars

. To resume

tracks

and

playing

time

to

the

end

of

the disc.

When

you

load

a

playback at the exact point where it stopped, press PLAY/PAUSE

different

disc

and

use

the

OPEN

button

(No.

4)

to

close

the

disc

again. If you don’t want to resume play at the same point, you may

drawer,

the

display

shows

the

number

of

tracks

and

the

total

playing

use the SKIP and SCAN controls to cue the pickup to a different

time

of

all the tracks on the disc.

starting point before pressing PLAY again.

GB

REMAIN REMAIN

lights

up

in

the

lower-left

corner

of

the

display

if

you

have

pressed

the

TIME

button

to

show

the

6. TIME

remaining

number

of

tracks

and

time

of the

disc.

The TIME button alternates between displaying the elapsed or

remaining tracks and time of the disc or program being played. In

REPEAT 1 “REPEAT” and “1” light up respectively in the centre

the

default setting, the display will indicate the

current track

and

upper-left

corner

during

repeat-play

of

a

single

track.

number and time elapsed since the beginning of the track. Press

“REPEAT” and “ALL” light up during repeat-play of the entire

the button once to display the total number of remaining tracks

program or disc

the

C 542’s

random

mode

has

been

and time of the disc or program being played. Press again to

RANDOM When

selected,

“RANDOM” will be shown in the Display Panel.

revert to the default, elapsed time display.

CALENDAR DISPLAY TRACK LISTING Displays a list of tracks

7. STOP

available

on

the disc. As each

track

is

played

its

number

is

Press the STOP button once to stop playback, and re-sets the

blanked out on the Track Listing, giving a simple indication of how

pickup to the beginning of the disc. The display reverts to showing

much of the disc has been played and how much remains. The

the number of tracks and total playing time on the disc. If the CD

number for the current track being played blinks. The display

player was programmed to play a selection of tracks, the program

shows up to 16 numbered tracks.

will be retained in the player’s memory. Pressing STOP a second

OVER If the loaded disc contains over 16 tracks, “OVER” will light

time will also delete the program. Pressing STOP twice will also

up in the bottom centre area of the display.

disengage Repeat and Random play if these were engaged.

MEMORY During Program Play or programming for Program

Play, MEMORY will light up.

8. REPEAT

PROGRAM Together with MEMORY, PROGRAM will light up during

This

button engages the Repeat Play mode, an

endless-repeat

playback of a selection of pre-programmed tracks of the disc.

cycle. Press the Repeat button once to select the REPEAT 1 mode,

STATUS A right-pointing arrowhead

, located near the left

in which only the current track is repeated over and over again.

edge of the time display, lights up during PLAY. Two vertical bars

Pressing the Repeat button once again selects the REPEAT ALL

indicate

that the

player is

in

PAUSE. In STOP mode the

mode, in which the entire disc is played from beginning to end,

display reverts to showing the total number of tracks and playing	over and over again. Press the Repeat button a third time to cancel
time of the disc.
	the repeat cycle and return to normal operation.

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