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DISPLAY OFF
You can choose to minimize the display by pressing the key Display ▼of the remote
or by a long pressure on the STOP key of the unit.
In that case CD PLAYER only displays one point on the screen:
When accessing another function, the display becomes full again for 5 seconds to show
the state of the unit.
If you open the cover, the display indicates “open” and stays lighten. However the
function remains active once the cover is down again.
To come back to normal displaying mode, press Display ▲on the remote or do a long
pressure of the STOP key.
TRACK SELECTION
Selecting a track can be done by pressing directly numeric key of the remote. You may
also access any track using of the NEXT or PREV keys of the device or remote control.
PROGRAM
Programming tracks can only be done from the remote control handset.
You may program a maximum of 40 tracks of the same disc.Select the number of the
track that you desire to store by using direct access or the PREV or NEXT keys.
Store your choice by pressing the PROG key. The display indicates for instance:
The first two digits indicate that one track has been programmed and the last4 ones are
the duration of the program.
Each time you select a track and store it (PROG key), the display will show the number
of stored tracks and the total time of this selection. Select all the tracks you wish to
program.
If the program is full (40 tracks already programmed), the display indicates:
Press the PLAY key to start playing your selection.
When the selection has finished, press theSTOP key again to clear the selection until P
disappear from the display.
REPEAT
Press the REPEAT key before or during Play.
The display indicates that you are repeating the current track:
Press the REPEAT key again and the display indicates that you will be repeating the
whole disc:
Press the REPEAT key to cancel the repeat mode.
SEARCH
A long pressure on the PREV key will allow you to search for a passage in reverse
direction whereas a long pressure on the NEXT key will allow you to search for a
passage in the forward direction.
The time that you continue to press the key determines the speed of the search.
For the first 5 seconds the output volume is reduced then the search speed isincreased
and the sound is muted because jumps are too big to deliver an accurate audio signal.
ABSOLUTE PHASE
Absolute phase allows you to listen to a disc keeping the original phase.
If you want to reverse the absolute phase to listen to your disc, do a long pressure on
PLAY during play or press PROG of the remote in stop or play mode.
The display indicates that phase is reversed:
- in stop mode:
- in play mode:
To come back to normal mode, just do the same operation.
As this setting is particular for each disc, and even for each track, absolute phase is not
inverted at reset or when the cover has been opened.
DIGITAL OUPUT
You can activate the Digital output by pressing on the DOBM key at any moment. This
is necessary if you wish to use a separate Digital to Analog converter or if you wish to
make a Digital recording. When activated, the display indicates:
If you want to disable the digital output, you can switch back to normal mode using the
same procedure:
Please keep in mind that switching digital output needs the cover to be opened.
The use or not of this output is stored in memory so you don’t need to set it up at each
start.
TIME INFORMATION (TIME)
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Press the TIME key if you wish to know the remaining time of the playing track (REM
TIME). The display indicates:
Press the TIME key again during Play if you wish to know the elapsed time since the
beginning of the disc. (TOTAL TIME):
Press the TIME key again if you wish to know the remaining time on the disc. (TOTAL
REM TIME):
Press the TIME key again if you wish to return to default (TRACK TIME).
SCAN MODE (SCAN)
Press the SCAN key in either Stop or Play mode to start playing each track for 10
seconds.
The display indicates:
If you find a track thatyou wish to play completely, press the PLAY key.
RANDOM MODE (RANDOM)
Press the RANDOM key before Play. The display indicates:
Press the STOP key twice to exit random mode: once to stop, once to exit random
mode.
A/B REPEAT
Press the A-B key while in play at the starting point of the passage that you wish to
repeat. The display indicates:
Press again the A-B key at the final point of the passage that you wish to repeat. The
display will then indicate:
You will play in loop the part from 2 seconds to 1 minute and 22 seconds.
Press the A-B key to cancel the A/B mode.
RS-232 CONTRÔL INTERFACE (OPTIONAL)
An optional DB9 female connector located on the rear panel of CD player allows
controlling it via RS232 interface.
It accepts the following format:
Baud Rate : 19200 Bauds
Data bits : 8
Parity bit : None
Stop bits : 1
Flow control : None
You will find complete instructions concerning this interface in the separate RS232 CD
manual.
