Parasound CD 1 manual Playing a CD, On-Off Button

Playing a CD

On-Off Button

Push the On-Off button once to turn on the CD 1. When the CD 1 is turned on the blue glow around the buttons will become brighter, the red P badge will glow brighter and the front panel display will illuminate after 3-4 seconds.

After You Turn On the CD 1 This part is different than typical CD Players

Most CD players are ready to play right after you turn them on. However, the CD 1 does not play immediately after you turn it on.

After you press the On-Off button to turn on the CD 1 it requires approximately 20 seconds for its computer to “boot up” and ready for operation. During this short delay the front panel display shows the message “CD 1 IS STARTING UP PLEASE WAIT”. You may insert a CD into the CD 1 while it is starting up but it will not begin playing while the startup message is displayed.

The CD 1 Plays Only Red Book¹ CDs (and CD-Rs)

The CD 1 is designed and is purpose-built to provide virtually perfect reproduction of Red Book CDs It plays only the following types of discs:

-CDs

-The CD layer of two layer SACDs (The CD 1 will not play the SACD layer or SACD-only Discs)

-CD-Rs that are burned as audio CDs from a PC or Mac®.²

It is not designed to play the following discs:

-The SACD layer of a dual layer SACD

-Discs that contain MP3 files

-Commercial CDs with additional “copy control” code (in violation of the CD Red Book standard). This code is to prevent them from being copied on a PC or Mac®. Even if they are labeled as “CD”s, they are not actual CDs³. They might be playable on a regular CD player, but they cannot be played on the CD 1.

-CDs that are warped

-CDs that are dirty

-CDs that have stickers or labels

-CDs that have had anything applied to them, including so-called damping mats or dots, fluids or

“treatments” that are purported to improve CD reproduction.

Do not insert such discs into the CD 1 loading slot. If you insert any non-CD disc into the CD 1 it will analyze it, determine that it is not a CD, and then eject it while the front panel display shows ”NOT AN AUDIO DISC” or “ERROR READING DISC.”

¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_%28CD_standard%29

²This statement is included for the sole purpose of advising a technical/operational fact. Parasound encourages you not to violate copyright laws.

³ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_Control

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