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Basic Functions

Switching the system on

●Press ECO POWER/STANDBY-ON B on
the front panel.
➜The system will switch to the last selected
source.
●Press SOURCE repeatedly (or DISC,
TUNER or AUX on the remote).
➜The system will switch to the selected source.

Switching the system to Eco

Power Standby mode

●Press ECO POWER/STANDBY-ON B (or
B on the remote) in the active mode.
➜The system enters Eco power standby (the
ECO POWER LED is on) or normal standby
with clock display.
●The volume level (up to a maximum volume
level of 12), interactive sound settings, last
selected mode, source and tuner presets will be
retained in the player's memory.
●If the system is normal standby with clock display,
press and hold ECO POWER/STANDBY-
ON B on the front panel for 3 seconds or
more to switch to Eco power standby or vice
versa.

Power-saving automatic standby

As a power-saving feature, the system will
automatically switch to Standby mode if you do
not press any buttons within 30 minutes after a
disc has stopped playing.

Sound Control

DBB, DSC and LOUDNESS sound features
cannot be activated at the same time.
DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost)
DBB enhances the bass response.
●Press DBB on the front panel or press LOUD/
DBB on the remote twice to enable/disable
DBB feature.
➜Some discs might be recorded in high
modulation, which causes a distortion at high
volume. If this occurs, switch off DBB or reduce
the volume.
DSC (Digital Sound Control)
DSC provides a different type of preset sound
equalizer setting.
●Press DSC repeatedly to select: ROCK, JAZZ,
POP, CLASSIC or OFF.
LOUDNESS
LOUDNESS feature enables the system to
automatically increase the treble and bass sound
effect at low volume (the higher the volume, the
lower the treble and bass increase).
●Press LOUD/DBB on the remote to enable or
disable LOUDNESS feature.

Volume control

Press VOLUME -/+ on the front panel or VOL
+/- on the remote to increase or decrease the
volume level.
➜”VOL XX” is displayed on the display panel.
“XX” denotes the volume level.
To switch off the volume temporarily
●Press MUTE on the remote.
➜Playback will continue without sound and
“MUTE” appears.
●To activate sound reproduction, you can:
– press MUTE again;
– adjust the volume controls;
– change source.
pg001-pg034_MCD119-05-Eng 2007.8.10, 17:0020