Symptom

Cause and/or corrective action

 

The CD does not play, or “No disc”

The CD is dirty or defective. Clean it or change it.

 

appears on the display when a CD

Check that the CD is inserted with the label side up

 

is placed in the player.

(page 14).

 

 

 

 

Moisture condensation has occurred. Leave the CD player

 

 

aside for several hours until the moisture evaporates.

 

 

Close the lid of the battery compartment firmly (

page 12).

 

Make sure the batteries are inserted correctly (

page 12).

 

Connect the AC power adaptor to an AC outlet securely

 

 

(page 13).

 

 

Press /ENTER after one second or more has passed since

 

 

the AC power adaptor was connected.

 

 

The CD-R/CD-RW in the player is blank.

 

 

There is a problem with the quality of the CD-R/CD-RW,

 

 

recording device, or application software.

 

 

 

 

“HOLD” flashes on the display

The buttons are locked. Slide the HOLD switch back

 

when you press a button, and the

(page 16).

 

CD does not play.

 

 

Playback starts from the point you stopped (resume function).

The resume function is working. To start play from the first

track, press and

hold

/ENTER until the first track starts

playing, or open

the lid of the player (

page 14). Or, remove

all power sources, and then insert the batteries or connect the AC power adaptor again.

During playback of an ATRAC CD or MP3 CD, the CD does not rotate but you can hear the sound normally.

This player is designed to stop the rotation of an ATRAC CD or MP3 CD during playback to reduce the power consumption. The player is not malfunctioning.

“NO FILE” appears on the display after you press /ENTER or when the lid of the player is locked.

There are no ATRAC3plus/ATRAC3/MP3 files on the CD.

A CD-RW from which the data has been erased is being used.

The CD is dirty.

The LCD display becomes hard to see or slows down.

You are using your CD player at high temperatures (above 40°C/104°F) or at low temperatures (below 0°C/32°F). At room temperature, the display will return to its normal operating condition.

Play stopped abruptly.

The

off timer has been set. Change the setting of “TIMER” to

 

 

“OFF” (

page 21).

 

 

The

dry batteries are used up completely. Replace the dry

 

 

batteies with new LR6 (size AA) alkaline batteries (

page

 

11).

 

 

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