Digital Tuner

CD/MP3 Player

Digital tuner

Tuning to radio stations

1Push the Source selector slider to

TUNER.

➜ The display lights up blue and

if programmed, a preset number appears (see 3)

➜Then, the display shows radio station frequency and waveband. If programmed, MEMORY appears. (see 4)

2Press STOP/BAND 9 to select your desired waveband, FM or AM.

•FM: adjust MONO•STEREO to

STEREO.

3Press and hold ∞ or § until the frequency in the display starts running.

➜The radio automatically tunes to a station of sufficient reception.The frequency keeps running during automatic tuning.

– STEREO lights up for stereo FM reception.

4Repeat step 3 if necessary until you find the desired station.

•To tune to a weak station, press ∞ or § briefly and repeatedly until you have found optimal reception.

To improve radio reception:

•For FM, extend, incline and turn the telescopic aerial. Reduce its length if the signal is too strong.

–To tune to a weak FM station, adjust MONO•STEREO to MONO.

•For AM, the set uses a built-in aerial. Direct this aerial by turning the whole set.

Programming radio stations

You can store up to a total of 20 radio stations in the memory (10 FM and 10 AM), manually or automatically (Autostore).

Manual programming

1Tune to your desired station (see Tuning to radio stations).

2Press PROG to activate programming. ➜ Display: P01. MEMORY flash.

3Press ALBUM/PRESET -/+ once or more to allocate a number from 1 to 10.

4Press PROG to confirm.

5Repeat steps 1-4 to store other stations.

Helpful hints: You can erase a preset station by storing another frequency in its place.

Autostore

Autostore automatically starts programming radio stations from preset 1. Any previous presets e.g. manually programmed will be erased.

1In TUNER mode, press STOP/BAND 9 to select FM or AM.

2Press and hold PROG until the frequency and MEMORY flash.

➜Available stations are programmed (FM or AM). P and a preset number (1 - 10) appears when a station is stored.

➜After all stations are stored, the first autostore preset station automatically plays.

To listen to a preset station

Press the ALBUM/PRESET -/+button once or more until the desired preset station is displayed.

CD/MP3 player

About MP3

The music compression technology MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) significantly reduce the digital data of an audio CD while main- taining CD quality sound.

•Getting MP3 files: you can either down- load legal music files from the internet to your computer hard disc, or create such files by converting audio CD files in your comput- er through appropriate encoder software. (128kbps bit rate or higher is recommended for MP3 files.)

•Creating a MP3 CD: burn the music files from your computer hard disc on a CDR or CDRW using your CD burner.

Helpful hints:

–Make sure that the file names of the MP3 files end with .mp3.

–Total number of music files and albums: around 350 (with a typical file name length of 20 charac- ters)

–The length of file names affects the number of tracks for playback. With shorter file names, more files can be burned on a disc.

Playing a disc

This player plays Audio Discs including CD-R/ CD-RW, and MP3 CD. Do not try to play a CD-ROM, CD-I, CDV,VCD, DVD or computer CD.

IMPORTANT!

•CDs encoded with copyright protection technologies by some record companies may be unplayable by this product.

•For a disc with CD Audio tracks and MP3 files, only the CD Audio tracks will be played.

1Lift the CD door at LIFT TO OPEN. Insert a CD with the printed facing up and press the CD door gently.

2Push the Source selector slider to CD. ➜The display lights up blue, and ---is displayed as the player scans the contents of a disc.Then,

Audio CD: total number of tracks appears

MP3: total number of file folders appears.

(Note: only MP3 files can be played)

3Press PLAY/PAUSE 2/; to start playback. ➜Audio CD: current track number appears MP3: The display shows current album number briefly, then a track number in the

album (see 5, 6)

4To pause playback, press PLAY/PAUSE 2/;. Press PLAY/PAUSE 2/; again to resume play..

5To stop playback, press STOP/BAND 9.

Helpful hints: CD play will also stop when:

–the CD door is opened

–the CD has reached the end

–you select Radio or tape source.

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AZ1303/37 specifications

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