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General Controls

Main Unit

ON/ECO

SOURCE

 

 

 

 

 

NER

T

 

 

TUNE/PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

TU

 

APE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

U

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- PRESET +

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

ST

O

M

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K

 

 

CU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

OP

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAZZ

SSI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLA

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IS

C

N U M

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOCK

 

TIMER RECORD

PROG/SET

 

 

BAND/

DEMO

 

 

 

 

AUTO PROG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD INFO

 

 

DISC 1

 

DISC 2

 

DISC 3

 

DISC 4

 

 

DISC 5

mp3

5 DISC CHANGER

Front View

ON/ECO - Press and hold in standby mode to enter ECO (power saving, without clock display) mode. Press briefly to turn on and off the unit.

Tips:

In STANDBY mode (press ON/ECO off), the system displays the time. Press ON/ECO to turn the system on in the previously used mode. Press CD, TAPE, TUNER, or AUX (Remote only) to select the corresponding mode. Look at the display icons to identify the current mode.

EN

SOURCE - Selects among CD player, tuner, tape player and AUX.

CLOCK - Enters clock setting mode; shows clock time.

TIMER - Enters timer setting mode; Turns on/ off timer.

RECORD - Starts tape recording.

PROG/SET - Enters program mode for CD and Tuner.

In Clock and Timer setting mode - Applies new settings for Clock and Timer modes. BAND/AUTO PROG/CD INFO - In CD mode - selects among displaying disc details.

In simple mp3 mode - Displays the total number of folders and total number of tracks on the current disc when playback is completely stopped; displays ID3 tag, shows the current track number, current folder name and the total time of the current track during playback.

In Tuner mode - Changes among tuner bands. Enters auto preset program in FM mode. DEMO - Turns the feature demonstration on or off.

DISC 1 / DISC 2 / DISC 3 /DISC 4 / DISC 5 - Direct access to the corresponding disc tray for playback.

OPEN/CLOSE - Opens and closes disc compartment.

PLAY / PAUSE - In CD mode - Plays and pauses CD; In Tape mode - Plays and pauses tape playback.

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Technicolor - Thomson MS4300 manual General Controls, Main Unit, Front View

MS4300 specifications

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