With Optional Equipment

CD/MD Unit

This unit can control a maximum of seven external CD/MD units in this configuration: CD unit – maximum of five

MD unit – maximum of five

Any combination up to seven will work.

If you connect an optional CD unit with the CD TEXT function, the CD TEXT information will appear in the display when you play a CD TEXT disc.

Playing a CD or MD

1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select theCD or MD.2 Press (MODE) until the desired unit appears.

CD/MD playback starts.

When a CD/MD unit is connected, all the tracks play from the beginning.

Changing the displayed item

Each time you press (DSPL) during CD, CD TEXT or MD playback, the item changes as follows:

$

Track number/

Elapsed playback time

$

Disc name*1/Artist name*2

$

Track name*3

$

Clock

*1 If you have not labelled the disc or if there is no disc name prerecorded on the MD, “NO D.Name” appears in the display.

*2 If you play a CD TEXT disc, the artist name appears in the display after the disc name. (Only for CD TEXT discs with the artist name.)

*3 If the track name of a CD TEXT disc or MD is not prerecorded, “NO T.Name” appears in the display.

Tip

If the name of the MD or CD TEXT disc is too long, you can scroll it across the display by pressing (SHIFT), then (1) (N).

You can label CD and CD TEXT discs with a personalized name using the disc memo function. Refer to “Labelling a CD” (page 21). However, if you use personalized labels, they will always take priority over the original CD TEXT information when such information is displayed.

Tip

If you want to display the original CD TEXT information after labelling the CD TEXT disc with a personalized name, press (SHIFT), then (4) (n).

After you select the desired items, the display will automatically change to the Motion Display mode after a few seconds. In the Motion Display mode, all the above items are scrolled in the display one by one in order.

Tip

The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See “Changing the sound and display settings” on page 18.)

Automatically scrolling a disc name

— Auto Scroll

If the disc name, artist name or track name on a CD TEXT disc or MD exceeds 10 characters and the Auto Scroll function is on, information automatically scrolls across the display as follows:

The disc name appears when the disc has changed (if the disc name is selected).

The track name appears when the track has changed (if the track name is selected).

The disc or track name appears depending on the setting when you press (SOURCE) to select an MD or CD TEXT disc.

If you press (DSPL) to change the display item, the disc or track name of the MD or CD TEXT disc is scrolled automatically whether you set the function on or off.

1 During playback, press (SHIFT).

2 Press (2) (SET UP) repeatedly until “A.Scrl” appears.

3 Press (4) (n) to select “A.Scrl on”.

4 Press (SHIFT).

To cancel Auto Scroll, select “A.Scrl off” in step 3 above.

Note

 

For some CD TEXT discs with very many characters,

 

the following cases may happen:

 

— Some of the characters are not displayed.

 

— Auto Scroll does not work.

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