NAD 5420 User manual

NAD 5420 COMPACT DISC PLAYER and
5425 REMOTE·CONTROL COMPACT DISC PLAYER
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION
AND OPERATION
NOTE: The NAD 5420 and 5425 CD players are
identical, except that the 5425
is equipped with wire-
less infrared remole control.
REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS
1. OUTPUT JACKS
Connect a cable lrom these output jacks to Ihe CD ,
AUXiliary, or any oth er " Ijne ~ tevel " input jacks on your
stereo amplifier. Take care that the lower (right-
channel) jack is connected to a right-channel input on
your amplilier. Do NOT connecl this cable to the
amplifier's PHONO input jacks.
2_ AC LINE CORD
Connect this power cord to an AC mains wall outlet or
to an AC convenience outlet at the rear of your ampli-
fier .
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
1. POWER ON /OFF
Press this button to switch on the power to the disc
playe
r. Press again and release to switch th e power
off.
2. DISC DRAWER
To playa di sc, place it within th e large ci rcular
recess
in the drawer, wi th its Iransparent playing sur-
face facing down. The label must face UP .
CD-3discs (3-inch CD"singles")can be playedwith-
out the aid of an adapter. Place the disc in the disc
drawer, in the smaller ci rcular recess, with the label
facing UP.
NOTE: Thi s player was not d es igned to accommo-
date a "dampi ng dis c" placed on a CD, nor two CD s
stacked together.
3. OPEN/CLOSE
Press this button to open the disc drawer, and pr ess
it again to close th e drawer. If th is button is pressed
while a disc is being played, the playback
wi ll sto p, the
laser
wi ll re-sel to the beginni ng of Ihe disc, and the
drawer will open. The OPEN/CLOSE bullon also
erases any track-sel
ec tprogram that may be stored in
the player's memory.
When the disc drawer is open, th e drawer-closi ng
mech an ism can also be aclivated by press ing PLAYor
by gently pushing the drawer inward.
CAUTION: The disc drawer is open ed and closed
by
an internal motor. Do not close the drawer by hand
with the power off.
When the drawercloses,Ihe playerscans the disc's
"table of conte nt s" and briefly displays Ih e number of
tracks and total playing time of th e disc. If you press
PLAY to close the drawer, this display is sk ipped, an d
pl ay commences immediate ly at Track 1.
4. PLAY/PAUSE
Th is dua l-function button alternales between start-
ing and stopping playback. Press to start play or to
r es umeplayafter Pause. During play,pressthisbullon
to stop playback lemporarily, keeping th e laser at its
current position on the disc .
To resume playback at the exact point where it
stopped, press PLAY/PAUSE again. If
you don't want
to resume play at the same point, you may use the
SKIP/SCAN control to cue th e laser to a di ffe rent
starting point before pressi
ng PLAY again.

5. STOP
This button stops play, cancels any repeat-play
cycle, and re·sets the pickup to the beginning of
the
disc, indicated as Track "0" in the display.
This button also provides aprogram-editfunction.
If
you have stored a programmed track sequence in
memory,pressing the STOP button will delete the final
track from
the sequence. (It deletes the track number
that was entered last, which may not be
the highest-
numbered track.) Pressing th e button repeatedty will
progressively remove tracks from the sequence, eras~
ing backwards from the end toward the beginning, until
the entire sequence has been deleted.
6. PROGRAM (MEMORY ENTER).
The memorycircuit allows programmed playback of
up to sixteen tra c ks in any order. Enter your desired
track sequence in the memory as follows.
t . If the RMS indicator is illuminated in the display,
pre
ss O PE N/CLOSE to cancet the stored program, or
press STOP repeatedly
to progressively delete the
s to re d track numbers.
2. Tap the SK IP /SCAN Forward (» button to select
the firsl Irack
in your sequence.
3. Press PROGRAM
to store that track number in
memory. The RMS (Recorded Memory Sequence)
indicator will glow above the track number. The right-
handhalf of the d is playwill briefly show"P1 ", indicati ng
that the player has accepted the current Irack as the
first program entry. Then the display will show the total
playi
ng time of the program so far (in this case,just the
duration of the first stored track
).
4. Tap the SK IP /SCAN button to select the second
track in your desired sequence.
5. Press PROGRAM to register that track as your
second program entry. The display will flash
"P 2"
briefly a nd then will show the total playing tim e of the
fi rst two prog r am entries.
6.
Con tinu e in this manner, accessing each desired
track number and pressing PROGRAM to store it.
Repeat this procedure until your program is complete.
You may store
up to sixteen track s. If you exceed this
limit, your last entry will not be accepted, and
the time
display will register horizontal dashes.
NOTE: With respect to programming a track se-
quence into the player's memory for automatic play,
please note that track numbers higher than eighteen
will be accepted, but the time display will only show
dashes insteadof the program playing time,
as itwi ll do
also if
the total program playing time exceeds 99
minute s.
7. If you enter the wrong track by mistake, or
encounter one of
the limits described above, you can
clear t
he most recent en try by pressing th e STOP
button. When you do this, the program entry number
will decrease
by one, and the duration of the de le ted
entry will be subtracted from the displayof
th e program
playing time. Pressing the button repeatedly will pro·
gressively erase the stored program, deleting from the
last entry backwa
rd toward the firs t.
8. If you plan to record your program on tape, use
th e time display to keep track of the total playing time
of the program, and stop
wh en you approach the limit
of your tape (typically
31 minutes for one side of a C60
cassette, or 46 minutes for one side of a C90).
9. To pl ay the programmed sequence of tracks, in
the order that you entered the track numbers, press
PLAY.
10 . If you want to play only a portion of a stored
program, initiate play and then tap the SKIP/SCAN
Forward (» button to jump over t he programmed
tracks that you don't want to hear. When you reach
th e
final track
in the sequence, further pres si ng the SK IP /
SCAN Forward
(» button will have no effect; but you
m
ay SKIP/SC AN Backward «) through the stored
track numbers
to the beginning of the program.
11 . During programmed play, you can stop the
mu sic by pressing PLAY/PAUSE. When you press
PLAY/PAUSE again, programmed play will res um e
where it stopped. You mayalso stop programmed play
by pressing STOP (just once). The stored program
reo
mains in memory; to play the programmed sequence
again from the beginning, press PLAY/PAUSE.
12 . If you wa nt to add another track to the stored
program, press STOP
to stop the programmed play;
then use SKIP
to select the next track th at you want to
add, and press PROGRAM to enter il.
NOTE: As long as the RMS indicator remains illu-
minated, only the stored program can be played. To
erase the program press STOP repeatedly, or OPEN
the disc drawer, or switch the power off.
7. REPEAT,
This button en gages an endless-repeatcycle. Pre ss
th e REPEAT button once to select the REPEAT 1
mode , in which only the current track is re pealed over
and over again. Press the REPEAT button a second
ti
me to select the REPEAT mode, in which the entire
disc is played from beginning
to end, over and over
again. Press t
he REPEAT button a third time, or the
STOP button, 10 cancel the repeat cycle and return to
normal op e ration .
If you have stored a program in memo ry ,there is no
REPEAT 1 mode. Press REPEAT once to engage
endless repeat-play of
the entire programmed track
sequence, and press REPEAT again
to cancel t he
Repeat cycle.

8. SKIP/SCAN Forward and Back.
The two halves of this rocker button cause the l aser
pickupto moveforward (» orbackward «)through the
music.
Each half of the button hastwo modes of operation.
If you tap the bullon briefly, it will engage the SKIP
function,jumping forward orbackto the beginning of a
track. But if you press the button and hold
il in , the
player will SCAN continuously through the music,
approximately 20 times faster than normal playing
speed. During lhis rapid scan the music can be heard
in fragmentary form
al reduced volume.
In the STOP mode, orafteryou have loaded a fresh
CD, tapping the SKIP/SCAN button will cause the
pickup to advance to the beginning of each successive
track and await a subsequent command (either PRO-
GRAM or PLAY).
During PLAY, tapping SKIP/SCAN Forward (» will
jump the laser to the beginning of the next track and
resume play there. Thus,
to sample each song on a
disc, press PLAY and then tap SKIP/SCAN Forward
(» a~er you've heard a few seconds of each track.
Tapping SKIP/SCAN Back «) during play
is a
Repeat Song command, since it causes the pickup to
jump backto the beginningofthecurrenttrackand play
it again. To accesstheprevious trackwhile in Play you
must tap SKIP/SCAN Back «) twice in rapid succes-
sian, once to reach the beginning of the current track
and again to jump to the previous track.
During programmed memory play, tapping SKIP/
SCAN jumps the pickup to the next or previous track
in the programmedsequence. When you reach thebe-
ginning orend ofthe sequence, continued tapping has
no effect.
9. DISPLAY
The display provides information about disc play-
back status and about the laser pickup's locat ion on the
disc. The displayed information is obtained by reading
inaudible "sub-codes" in the disc.
TRACK/ INDEX NUMBER Each disc is seg-
mentedinto numberedtracks whenthe recordis made;
typically each numbered track will correspond to a
different song, symphonicmovement, etc. These track
numbers are identified on the CD package and are
encoded
in the disc by its manufacturer.
In some CDs, at the manufacturer's option, tracks
may be sub-divided into sections identified by Index
numbers.By pressing the PROGRAM button once
during Normal Play
or Memory Play, the currently
played index
number of a track can be displayed.
ELAPSED TIMEITOTAL REMAINING TIME.
This display shows in minutes and seconds the time
elapsed in the music since the beginning ofthecurrent
track. When you load a different disc and use the
OPEN/CLOSE button to close the disc drawer, the
display briefly shows the total playing time of all the
tracks on the disc. And when you are entering a
PROGRAM into memory, the display showsthe cumu-
lative playing time of the tracks in the program.By
pressing the
PROGRAM button twice during Normal or
Programmed play,the total remaining time can be dis-
played, a 'minus' symbol will appear in front of the
minutes and seconds.
STATUS. A right-pointing arrowhead (>).Iocated to
the right of the time display, glows during PLAY. Two
vertical bars
(I J) indicate that the player is in PAUSE.
When the player is in STOP mode, the Track number
is O. In the upper-left corner of the display, the word
DISC glowsduring normal operation; it vanishes when
you load a disc that can't be read (because it is dirty or
was loaded upside-down). "RMS" glows above the
track number when there isa program storedin memory .
REPEAT 1 glows in the upper-right corner during
Repeat-Play of a single track. REPEAT glows during
Repeat-Play of the entire program or disc.
NOTE; Wheretheplayer is unabletoread the Table
of Contents of a disc, the word DISC (which normally
glOWS at the upper-left corner ofthe display) will disap-
pear.
10. REMOTE RECEIVER (5425 only).
This window contains an infrared sensor that re -
ceives commands fromthe remotecontrol. The re must
be a clear line-of-sight path from the remote control to
this window; if that path
is obstructed, the remote
contra
I may not work.
REMOTE CONTROL (5425 only)
A wireless remote control is provided with the 5425,
enabling you to operate playback tunctions from the
comfort of your chair or from virtually anywhere in the
room.
Forreliable operationthereshouldbeaclearline-of·
sightpath from the remote control to the front olthe CD
player.
If Ihe player does not respond to remole
commands, it may be that this line-of-sight path is
obstructed by clothing, paper, or furnishings.
ThePLAY/PAUSEand SKIP/SCAN functions,which
are combined on dual-function buttons on the front
panel, have been separated into individual buttons on
the remote control, for greater convenience. Thus you
can tap one of the remote SCAN buttons briefly. to
move the plckup forward or back in the music by just a
few seconds, without triggering the SKIP function.
After you press PAUSE
to interruptplay,you cannot
resumeplaybypressing the remote PLAY button. You
mustpress PAUSEagain to release the pause function
and resume play.

INSTALLING AND REPLACING BATTERIES
The remote cant rot requires two t .5-volt AAA-size
(i
.e. UM-4 or l EG R03) cells. Alkaline cells are recom-
mended , to o bt ain maximum operating life.
To open thebatterycompartment, pressdownin the
ribbed areaon the back of the remote control unit. The
cover of the battery compartment will slide down and
off.
In stall fr esh ce ll s, orienting them as shown on the
diagram within the compartment. The coil springs
shouldcontact the (-)end ofeach cel l. Slide the battery
compartment cover b ack on un til it latc h es.
In some cases, poor operation may be caused by
corrosion or fi ng e rpr i nt oil on the batt ery contacts.
Removeboth cells,rub the metal contacts at both ends
of each cell with a clea n cloth or a pe ncil erase r, and re-
in stali lhe cells, being careful to orient th em correctly.
MAINTENANCE.
At pe riodi ci nterval s, open t he disc drawer and wip e
with a damp cloth to remove any loose dust.