Playing Discs

Locating a Particular Point in a Track Z

You can locate a particular point in a track during play or play pause.

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m/M

Locating a point while monitoring the

sound (Search)

Press and hold m/Mduring play.

You will hear intermittent playback as the disc goes forward or reverses.

When you reach the desired point, release the button.

Locating a point by observing the time

indication (High-Speed Search)

Press and hold m/Mduring play pause.

You will not hear the playback sound.

zWhen “Over!!” appears in the display

The disc has reached its end. Press .or mto go back.

Note

Tracks that are only a few seconds long may be too short for monitoring. In this case, the player may not search correctly.

Locating a point by setting the start time

(Time Search)

1Turn l AMS L or press ./>to select the desired track in stop mode.

2Press and hold m/Mto set the time to start play while looking at the display.

You can set the time from the beginning of the desired a track when you press Mat first, and set the time from the end of the desired track backward’s when you press mat first.

 

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Play will start at the time search.

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SCD-C555ES specifications

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