Rotel RCD-971 Additional Features, Search Buttons 11, Program Button 3, Review Button 4

STEREO COMPACT DISC PLAYER RCD-971

The number of the selected track will appear in the main numeric area at the center of the Display.

There is also a four by four matrix of track numbers (1 – 16) lo- cated at the right side of the display. This display indicates all of the tracks on the disc. If there are more than 16 tracks on the disc, all of the digits will light accompanied by the word OVER, regard- less of which track is playing. This matrix is independent of the main numeric area of the Display, which will always indicate the currently playing track, even if above 16.

The DIRECT ACCESS buttons may also be used to memorize tracks in PROGRAM mode (see below).

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These buttons fast forward or fast reverse through the currently playing disc as long as they are pressed. While the buttons are pressed, you will hear high-speed audio. Releasing the buttons re- turns to PLAY mode.

Additional Features

These convenience features add extra functionality to the RCD-971, including the ability to play high-definition HDCD discs, to memorize a group of tracks to be played, to repeat a disc, pro- gram, or track over and over, to play the tracks on a disc in ran- dom order, to automatically play the first 10 seconds of each track, and to select from several available time displays.

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HDCD® is an encoding technique that allows a CD to have greater effective dynamic range, reduced distortion, and increased detail. When playing HDCD encoded discs, the RCD-971 can reproduce as much as 20-bit dynamic range. HDCD discs are indentified by an HDCD logo on the package.

No user action is required to play an HDCD recording. The CD player automatically senses HDCD encoding and enables the cir- cuitry. The HDCD LED on the front panel will light to indicate that an HDCD disc is being played.

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This button, labeled PROG, allows you to memorize as many as 20 tracks on the current disc for playback in a specific order. For ex- ample, you could instruct the RCD-971 to play track 5, followed by track 3, followed by track 8. To begin a program:

1.Insert a disc and press the OPEN/CLOSE button to close the drawer. The RCD-971 will read the contents of the disc.

2.Press the PROGRAM button on the front panel or the remote control. The PROGRAM indicator will light up in the Display, along with “P:00” indicating that the unit is waiting for the first track to be memorized.

3. To program tracks from the handheld remote control, enter the first track number using the DIRECT ACCESS buttons. Your selec- tion will be memorized automatically and the Display indicator will change to “P:01”, indicating that one track has been memorized.

Continuing entering the rest of your selections using the DIRECT ACCESS buttons. Note that there is no need to press the PRO- GRAM button as each selection is memorized as it is entered.

4.To program tracks from the front panel, select the first track

number using the TRACK buttons. The track number and the pro- gram number in the display will flash for 3 seconds. While the dis- play is flashing, press the PROGRAM button to memorize your selection. Note that once the flashing stops, you will no longer be able to memorize your selection. To memorize additional tracks, select them with the TRACK buttons, pressing the PROGRAM but- ton after each selection.

Once you have memorized a play list, the RCD-971 remains in PROGRAM mode until you open the disc drawer or press the STOP button twice in succession. If you press the PLAY button, the memorized program will play instead of the entire disc, start- ing with the first selection in the memorized list.

When a PROGRAM has been memorized, most functions that would normally effect the entire disc operate on just the memo- rized program. For example, the TRACK buttons advance to the next track in the memorized program, not the next track on the disc. Likewise, the REPEAT button (see below) continuously plays the memorized program, not the entire disc.

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This button is used to review the memorized tracks in PROGRAM mode. Press the button and the first memorized track number will appear in order in the Display, flashing for approximately five sec- onds. Pressing the REVIEW button again while the track number is flashing will continue the review sequence, showing the next memorized track. Continue pressing the REVIEW button to see the complete memorized track list.

If you do not press the REVIEW button while the track number is flashing, the review process is terminated and the unit resumes whatever mode it was in before you started to review, except that the last reviewed track number will remain active and shown in the display.

Note that you may remove a selection from the play list during the review procedure using the CLEAR button, as described below.

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This button allows you to remove a track selection from the memorized program play list during the review procedure de- scribed above. Follow the review procedure until the desired track number is flashing. Then, instead of pressing the REVIEW button to continue, remove the displayed track by pressing the CLEAR button while the number is still flashing. You may then con- tinue the review procedure.

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