Radio Shack CD-8400 owner manual Playing CDs, Basic Operation

Basic Operation

Playing CDs

Notes: With a custom CD group selected:

•When you press DISC NUMBER during play, the changer scans only through the CD slots within the cus- tom CD group.

•If you select a slot that is not in the custom CD group using the remote control’s number buttons, no dISC appears for about 3 seconds. (See “Assigning CDs to a Custom CD Group” on Page 11.)

•If a CD in the custom CD group is not loaded, no dISC appears on the display for about 3 seconds, the disc number is erased from memory, and play continues from the next CD.

To select a CD, enter its number on the remote control, then press DISC SET within 5 seconds. You can also use DISC NUMBER (or DISC on the remote) to step through the disc numbers until you reach the desired CD. (Hold down either button for a rapid search.)

If the position you select does not have a CD, the CD changer displays no dISC and plays the next CD.

To select a disc in the single play slot, repeatedly press DISC NUMBER until the changer displays P0.

Follow these steps to play CDs.

Note: Be sure the CD changer’s rack cover is closed — playback does not begin if the rack cover is open.

1.Turn on your receiver/amplifier and select the audio input (CD, AUX, or TAPE) to which you connected your CD changer.

2.Press POWER to turn on the CD changer. The CD changer returns to the first track of the last CD you played.

3.While the CD changer is stopped, repeatedly press MODE until the play mode you want appears on the display.

ALL — Plays all the loaded CDs.

SINGLE — Plays only the selected CD.

CUSTOM I, II, or III— Plays only the CDs that belong to the custom CD group (see “Assigning CDs to a Custom CD Group” on Page 11).

You can switch between ALL and SINGLE during play, but you can select custom play only when the CD changer is stopped.

Note: You can also select and play a CD in the single play slot by press- ing 0 then DISC SET on the remote control.

4.Press ( on the remote control) to begin play from Track 1 on Disc 1 (or the last CD you played) and have all tracks and CDs play in order. The CD changer stops after it plays the highest-numbered CD you loaded.

The changer displays the disc, track number, and the currently playing track’s elapsed play time.

If a slot does not contain a CD, the CD changer displays no diSC next to the disc number as it skips to the next slot.

The CD changer memorizes which slots contain CDs, then it skips empty slots on subsequent play passes. Opening the rack cover (to load/unload CDs, for example) resets this memory.

5.To temporarily stop play, press ( on the remote control). The display

shows . Press again (or press or on the remote control) to resume play.

6.The CD changer automatically stops play at the end of the last track on the highest numbered CD. To stop play sooner, press . The CD changer returns to the first track on the last-played CD.

Note: A sudden shock or jolt while a CD is playing might suddenly change the CD’s rotation speed or make the CD changer skip the current track. This might momentarily mute or distort the sound. This is not a malfunction.

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