Playing CDs and WMA/MP3 discs

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The table below shows the basic playback controls for audio CDs1, and WMA/MP3 files.

PLAY	Press to start playback.

STOP Press to stop playback.

PAUSE Pauses playback, or restarts playback when paused.

Except WMA: Press to start scanning. Press again to increase the scanning speed. (There are two scan speeds; the current scan speed is shown on-screen.)

			Press to skip to previous/next track (or folder
	PREV	NEXT	Press to skip to previous/next track (or folder
			for WMA/MP3 disc). (During playback you
			for WMA/MP3 disc). (During playback you
			can also use the front panel CH +/– buttons.)

			During playback, enter a track number then
SET UP	/TUNE+	SR+	During playback, enter a track number then
1	2	3	press ENTER to skip directly to that track.
/ST–	ENTER	/ST+	press ENTER to skip directly to that track.
4	5	6	Press CLEAR to clear a number entry and
MCACC	/TUNE–	TEST TONE	start again.
7	8	9	start again.
	ADVANCED	SOUND
	0
		CLEAR
		ENTER

Playing Video CD/Super VCDs

The table below shows the basic playback controls for Video CD/Super VCDs.

Some discs feature Playback Control (PBC for short) menus. These discs show PBC in the display when you load them and display a menu on-screen from where you

can select what to watch.2

				Press to start playback.
	PLAY			Press to start playback.
				Video CD only: If RESUME is displayed on-
				screen, playback starts from the place last
				screen, playback starts from the place last
				stopped.

				Press to stop playback.
			STOP	Press to stop playback.
				Video CD only: You can resume playback
				from the same point by pressing PLAY.
				from the same point by pressing PLAY.
				(Press STOP again to cancel the resume
				function.)

				Pauses playback, or restarts playback
		PAUSE		Pauses playback, or restarts playback
				when paused.


				Press to start scanning. Press repeatedly to
				Press to start scanning. Press repeatedly to
				increase the scanning speed.
				increase the scanning speed.

				Press to skip to previous/next track.
PREV NEXT				Press to skip to previous/next track.
				When a PBC menu is displayed, press to
				When a PBC menu is displayed, press to
				display the previous/next page. (During
				playback you can also use the front panel
				CH +/– buttons.)

SET UP	/TUNE+	SR+
1	2	3
/ST–	ENTER	/ST+

4 5 6

MCACC /TUNE– TEST TONE

7 8 9

ADVANCED SOUND

CLEAR

ENTER

During playback, enter a track number then press ENTER to skip directly to that track.

Press CLEAR to clear a number entry and start again.

While a PBC menu screen is displayed, use to select numbered menu items.

	Video CD only: Each press skips backward/
BACK	SKIP forward progressively up to a maximum of
CM	CM
	ENTER
	ten minutes forward or three minutes back.
	Note that this function doesn’t work when
	playing in PBC mode.

While paused, press and hold to start slow- motion playback. Press repeatedly to change the playback speed (forward only). While paused, press to advance a single frame (forward only).

RETURN Press to display the disc menu of a Video

CD/Super VCD playing in PBC mode.

Note

1If you want to play a DTS audio CD, make sure the recorder is connected to a DTS-compatible amp/receiver with a digital connection. Noise will be output through the analog outputs. Also make sure that Stereo is selected using the AUDIO button (see Switching audio channels on page 94).

2When playing in PBC mode, some playback features, such as search, repeat and program play are not available. You can play a PBC Video

CD/Super VCD in non-PBC mode by pressing

to start playback instead of PLAY.

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Pioneer RCS-606H Playing CDs and WMA/MP3 discs, Playing Video CD/Super VCDs, Playing in PBC mode

Models: RCS-404H RCS-505H RCS-606H

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