Playing CDs

Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play)

You can have the player “shuffle” the tracks and play in random order. The player shuffles all the tracks on all discs or on the disc you specified.

 

 

SHUFFLE

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ENTER

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1Press SHUFFLE to select ALL DISCS or 1 DISC Shuffle Play mode.

Each time you press SHUFFLE, “ALL DISCS” or “1 DISC” appears in the front panel display.

When you select

The player plays

 

 

ALL DISCS

All tracks on all discs in

 

random order. When

 

connected to the second

 

player, the player selects the

 

tracks from both this player

 

and the second player.

 

 

1Ê DISC

All tracks on the selected disc

 

in random order

 

 

2When you want to specify the disc for 1 DISC Shuffle Play, turn the JOG dial until the disc number or disc title (see page 23) you want appears in the front panel display.

3Press ENTER or á.

ALL DISCS or 1Ê DISC Shuffle Play starts.

” appears in the front panel display while the player is “shuffling” the discs or the tracks.

To cancel Shuffle Play

Press CONTINUE.

You can start Shuffle Play while playing

Press SHUFFLE, and Shuffle Play starts from the current track.

You can directly select a disc for 1 DISC Shuffle Play

See “Selecting a disc directly using the remote” on page 13.

You can go to the next disc during 1Ê DISC Shuffle Play

Press DISC SKIP +.

You can specify the next disc to play during 1Ê DISC Shuffle Play

Turn the JOG dial to specify the next disc. After all the tracks on the current disc are played in random order, the next disc starts playing. If you want to skip to the next disc right away, press ENTER while playing the current disc.

Notes

You cannot specify the next disc to play during ALL DISCS Shuffle Play.

Even if you press the pbutton or turn off the player during ALL DISCS Shuffle Play, the player remembers which discs/tracks were played and which were not. Therefore, if you want to start ALL DISCS Shuffle Play again from the beginning, be sure to repeat the procedure from Step 1.

Creating Your Own Program (Program Play)

You can arrange the order of the tracks and/or discs to create three different programs and the programs are stored automatically. AÊ program can contain up to 32 “steps” — one “step” may contain a track or a whole disc.

You can also create programs by different procedure using the remote. You can use both the front panel and the on-screen display information when programming in either procedure.

Creating a program on the player

 

 

PROGRAM -/±ENTER

 

 

 

 

JOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sony CDP-CX90ES, CDP-CX270 manual Playing in Random Order Shuffle Play, Creating Your Own Program Program Play, 18EN

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