4 – Disc operations
Simple playback operations
WARNING | 2 Press the PLAY key to start playback |
If you are monitoring using headphones, first adjust the level control to low on the unit, then connect to the PHONES jack before playing back. This will prevent any possible damage to your hearing.
1Insert a disc with the label side uppermost until the unit pull the disc in.
When a disc is loaded into the unit, the display briefly shows TOC Reading., with a flashing period as the unit determines the contents of the disc. When the TOC has been read, the display shows (at the left of the display) one of the following:
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Finalized | |
The track number indicators at the bottom of the display light, to show the available tracks playing back. If there are thirteen tracks on the disc, for example, indicators 1 through 13 will light. If there are more than 20 tracks on the disc, “OVER” will light at the end of the track number indicators.
Pressing the STOP key stops playback.
Pressing the PAUSE key pauses playback temporarily. To resume playback, press the PAUSE key again or the PLAY key.
Time display modes
When playing back a CD, or when in standby mode, there are four different time display modes.
In each mode, the current track number is given,
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NOTE
If the Program playback has been selected (see ”Program playback” on page 17), the elapsed time and total remaining time refer to the programmed material, not the whole disc.
Press the DISPLAY key to cycle through these time display modes, as described here:
Display shows | Meaning |
TOTAL | Total elapsed time of the disc |
TOTAL REMAIN | Time remaining of the current disc |
[blank] | Elapsed time of the current track |
REMAIN | Time remaining of the current track |
Track search
Use the MULTI DIAL (or the SKIP keys on the remote control unit) to jump forward or backward by one track at a time, as shown on the display.
Note that going forward from the last track of the disc will “wrap round” to track 1, and going backward from the first track of the disc will “wrap round” to the last track of the disc.
It is also possible to use the number keys on the remote control unit to jump directly to a particular track:
1To play tracks 1 through 9, simply press the appro- priate key (1 through 9).
2To play a track whose number is higher than 9, press the +10 key an appropriate number of times to
set the“ tens” digit of the track number, followed by a single key to set the“ units” digit. For example:
Track 13 = +10, 3
Track 30 = +10, +10, +10, 0
NOTE
On the remote control unit only, the search keys can be used to
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