With Optional Equipment

CD/MD Unit

This unit can control external CD/MD units. 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 CD or MD.

In case of tape playback, press Z to eject the tape.

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.

Tip

With the optional MG Memory Stick System-up Player MGS-X1 connected to this unit, press (SOURCE) to select “MD,” then press (MODE) to select the unit number of the MD (MD1 or MD2, etc.).

Changing the display item

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

V

Elapsed playback time

V

Disc name*1/Artist name*2

V

Track name*3

V

Clock

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

Automatically scrolling a disc name

— Auto Scroll

If the disc name, artist name, or track name on a CD TEXT disc or MD exceeds 8 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).

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

1 During playback, press (SEL).

2 Press (3) repeatedly to select “A.SCRL-ON.”

To cancel Auto Scroll, select “A.SCRL-OFF.”

Note

For some 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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