Panasonic SA-AK580 Discs, Basic play, English, Play Mode function, Checking the track information

Discs

Basic play

1 Press [0, OPEN/CLOSE] on the main unit to open the tray. The unit turns on, load a disc in the current tray with the label facing up.

Press [0, OPEN/CLOSE] to close the tray.

2 Press [6 , CD] to start play.

You can also press [3, 1] ~ [3, 5] or [¶ DISC] and then [¶ 1] ~ [¶ 5] to select and play the other loaded discs.

Current disc indicator

Stop playback Press [7 ] (stop) during play.

Display when in the stop mode:

Example: “MP3” indicates the disc contains

MP3 fi les.

Total number	Total number
of albums	of tracks

Pause play	Press [6, CD] during play.
	Press again to resume play.
Skip album
	Press [5/∞, ALBUM] to select the desired
	album during play or when in stop mode.
	• This function does not work during 1-DISC
	RANDOM mode.
Skip tracks	During play
	Press [4 / 1] or [¡ / ¢], or turn [TRACK]
	to skip to your desired track.
	While in stop mode
	Press [4 / 1] or [¡ / ¢] followed by
	[6, CD] to skip and play your desired track.
	Alternatively, turn [TRACK] to skip and play
	your desired track.
	• During random play (\ see right, “Play Mode
	function”), you cannot skip to tracks which
	have been played.
	During 1-ALBUM and 1-ALBUM RANDOM
	mode, track skipping can only be done within
	the current album.
Search
through tracks	Press and hold [4 / 1] or [¡ / ¢] during
	play or pause to search.
	• During program play (\ page 10), or random
	play (\ see right, “Play Mode function”), you
	can search only within the track.

Play Mode function

Press [PLAY MODE] to select the desired mode.		ENGLISH
You can listen to specifi c discs and tracks.
Preparation
Select and play your desired disc.
1-DISC	Play one selected disc.
1 DISC
ALL-DISC	Play all loaded discs in succession from
ALL DISC	the selected disc to the fi nal disc.
	Example: 4 5 1 2 3.
1-TRACK	Play one selected track on the selected
1-TR	disc.
	Press the numeric buttons to select the	ESPAÑOL
	Press [5/∞, ALBUM] to select the
	track in the current disc.
1-ALBUM
1-ALB	Play one selected album on the selected
	disc.
	album.
1-DISC RANDOM	Play one selected disc randomly.
1 DISC RND
1- ALBUM RANDOM
1-ALB RND	Play all tracks in one selected album
		ESPAÑOL
	randomly.
	Press [5/∞, ALBUM] to select the
	album.
ALL-DISC RANDOM

ALL DISC RND

Play all loaded discs randomly.

When playback ends

The current play mode will be retained in memory until it is changed even if the unit is turned off.

Note:

You cannot use program mode together with “Play Mode function”.

Checking the track information	ESPAÑOL
You can view the information of the current track from the display
panel.

Press [DISPLAY] repeatedly during play or pause.

Elapsed play time Remaining play time

Elapsed	Remaining	Album	Track
play time	play time	name	name

	Tag			ESPAÑOL
Playing bit rate		Tag	Tag
(during play only)	(Artist)	(Track)	(Album)
Note:
• “NO TAG” is displayed if titles with tags have not been entered.
• This unit can display album, track and artist name with MP3 ID3
tags (version 1.0 and 1.1).
• Titles containing text data that the unit does not support may be
differently displayed.				RQTX0271
• Titles entered with 2-byte code cannot be displayed correctly on
• ID3 is a tag embedded in MP3 track to provide information about

the track. this unit.

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