Pioneer DEH-P3550MP XM User manual

Operation Manual
Multi-CD control High power CD/MP3 player with FM/
AM tuner
DEH-P3550MP
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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.
Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate
your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away
in a safe place for future reference.
Before You Start
About this manual 4
Precautions 4
Features 4
Protecting your unit from theft 4
Removing the front panel 5
Attaching the front panel 5
Whats What
Head unit 6
Remote control 6
Power ON/O
Turning the unit on 8
Selecting a source 8
Turning the unit off 8
Tuner
Listening to the radio 9
ntroduction of advanced tuner
operation 10
Storing and recalling broadcast
frequencies 10
Tuning in strong signals 10
Storing the strongest broadcast
frequencies 11
Built-in CD Player
Playing a CD 12
ntroduction of advanced built-in CD player
operation 13
Repeating play 13
Playing tracks in a random order 13
Scanning tracks of a CD 13
Pausing CD playback 14
Selecting the search method 14
Searching every 10 track in the current
disc 14
Using disc title functions 15
Entering disc titles 15
Displaying disc titles 15
Using CD TEXT functions 15
Displaying titles on CD TEXT
discs 15
Scrolling titles in the display 16
MP3 Player
Playing a MP3 17
ntroduction of advanced built-in CD player
(MP3) operation 18
Repeating play 18
Playing tracks in a random order 19
Scanning folders and tracks 19
Pausing MP3 playback 20
Selecting the search method 20
Searching every 10 track in the current
folder 20
Switching the D3 tag display on MP3
disc 20
Displaying text information on MP3 disc 21
Scrolling text information in the display 21
Multi-CD Player
Playing a CD 22
50-disc multi-CD player 22
ntroduction of advanced multi-CD player
operation 23
Repeating play 23
Playing tracks in a random order 23
Scanning CDs and tracks 24
Pausing CD playback 24
Using TS playlists 24
Creating a playlist with TS
programming 24
Playback from your TS playlist 25
Erasing a track from your TS
playlist 25
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Erasing a CD from your TS
playlist 26
Using disc title functions 26
Entering disc titles 26
Displaying disc titles 27
Using CD TEXT functions 27
Displaying titles on CD TEXT
discs 27
Scrolling titles in the display 27
Using compression and bass emphasis 27
Audio Adjustments
ntroduction of audio adjustments 28
Using balance adjustment 28
Using the equalizer 28
Recalling equalizer curves 29
Adjusting equalizer curves 29
Fine adjusting equalizer curve 29
Adjusting loudness 30
Front image enhancer (F. .E.) 30
Adjusting source levels 31
Initial Settings
Adjusting initial settings 32
Setting the clock 32
Setting the FM tuning step 32
Setting the AM tuning step 33
Switching the warning tone 33
Switching the auxiliary setting 33
Other unctions
Turning the clock display on or off 34
Using the AUX source 34
Selecting AUX as the source 34
Setting the AUX title 34
Additional Information
Understanding built-in CD player error
messages 35
CD player and care 35
CD-R/CD-RW discs 36
MP3 files 36
About folders and MP3 files 37
Terms 38
Specifications 39
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Contents

About this manual
This unit features a number of sophisticated
functions ensuring superior reception and op-
eration. All the functions have been designed
for the easiest possible use, but many are not
self-explanatory. This operation manual will
help you benefit fully from this productspo-
tential and to maximize your listening enjoy-
ment.
We recommend that you familiarize yourself
with the functions and their operation by read-
ing through the manual before you begin
using this unit. t is especially important that
you read and observe precautions on this
page and in other sections.
Precautions
CAUTION:
USE OF CONTROL OR AD USTMENT OR
PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES
OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN
MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION
EXPOSURE.
CAUTION:
THE USE OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
WITH THIS PRODUCT WILL INCREASE
EYE HAZARD.
!Keep this manual handy as a reference for
operating procedures and precautions.
!Always keep the volume low enough so you
can hear sounds outside of the car.
!Protect this product from moisture.
!f the battery is disconnected or dis-
charged, the preset memory will be erased
and must be reprogrammed.
!f this unit does not operate properly, con-
tact your dealer or nearest authorized Pio-
neer Service Station.
Features
CD playback
Music CD/CD-R/CD-RW playback is possible.
MP3 file playback
t is possible to play back MP3 files recorded
on CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW ( SO9660 Level 1/
Level 2 standard recordings).
!Supply of this product only conveys a li-
cense for private, non-commercial use and
does not convey a license nor imply any
right to use this product in any commercial
(i.e. revenue-generating) real time broad-
casting (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or
any other media), broadcasting/streaming
via internet, intranets and/or other net-
works or in other electronic content distri-
bution systems, such as pay-audio or
audio-on-demand applications. An inde-
pendent license for such use is required.
For details, please visit
http://www.mp3licensing.com.
Protecting your unit from
theft
The front panel can be detached from the
head unit and stored in the protective case
provided to discourage theft.
!f the front panel is not detached from the
head unit within five seconds of turning off
the ignition, a warning tone will sound.
!You can turn off the warning tone. See
Switching the warning tone on page 33.
Important
!Never use force or grip the display and the
buttons tightly when removing or attaching.
!Avoid subjecting the front panel to excessive
shocks.
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!Keep the front panel out of direct sunlight and
high temperatures.
Removing the front panel
1 Press OPEN to open the front panel.
2 Grip the left side of the front panel and
pull it gently outward.
Take care not to grip it tightly or drop it.
3 Put the front panel into the protective
case provided for safe keeping.
Attaching the front panel
%Replace the front panel by holding it
upright to this unit and clipping it securely
into the ounting hooks.
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Head unit
1CLOCK button
Press to change to the clock display.
2DISPLAY button
Press to select different displays.
3PAUSE button
Press to turn pause on or off.
4AUDIO button
Press to select various sound quality con-
trols.
5OPEN button
Press to open the front panel.
6a/b/c/dbuttons
Press to do manual seek tuning, fast for-
ward, reverse and track search controls.
Also used for controlling functions.
7FUNCTION button
Press to select functions.
8BAND button
Press to select among three FM and one
AM bands and cancel the control mode of
functions.
9LOUDNESS button
Press to turn loudness on or off.
a16 buttons
Press for preset tuning and disc number
search when using a multi-CD player.
bSOURCE button
This unit is turned on by selecting a source.
Press to cycle through all of the available
sources.
cVOLUME
Press to increase or decrease the volume.
dEQ button
Press to select various equalizer curves.
Remote control
The remote control CD-R30 is sold separately.
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Operation is the same as when using the but-
ton on the head unit. See the explanation of
the head unit about the operation of each but-
ton with the exception of ATT, which is ex-
plained below.
eCD button
Press to select the built-in or multi-CD
player as the source.
fTUNER button
Press to select the tuner as the source.
gATT button
Press to quickly lower the volume level, by
about 90%. Press once more to return to the
original volume level.
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Turning the unit on
%Press SOURCE to turn the unit on.
When you select a source the unit is turned
on.
Selecting a source
You can select a source you want to listen to.
To switch to the built-in CD player, load a disc
in this unit (refer to page 12).
1 When using the head unit, press
SOURCE to select a source.
Press SOURCE repeatedly to switch between
the following sources:
Built-in CD playerTelevisionTuner
Multi-CD playerExternal unit 1External
unit 2AUX
2 When using the re ote control, press
TUNER or CD to select a source.
Press each button repeatedly to switch be-
tween the following sources:
TUNER:TelevisionTunerSources off
CD:Built-in CD playerMulti-CD player
Sources off
Notes
!n the following cases, the sound source will
not change:
When a unit corresponding to each source
is not connected to this unit.
When no disc is set in this unit.
When no magazine is set in the multi-CD
player.
When the AUX (auxiliary input) is set to off
(refer to page 33).
!External unit refers to a Pioneer product (such
as one available in the future) that, although
incompatible as a source, enables control of
basic functions by this unit. Two external units
can be controlled by this unit. When two exter-
nal units are connected, the allocation of
them to external unit 1 or external unit 2 is
automatically set by this unit.
!When this units blue/white lead is connected
to the cars auto-antenna relay control term-
inal, the cars antenna extends when this
units source is turned on. To retract the an-
tenna, turn the source off.
Turning the unit off
%Press SOURCE and hold until the unit
turns off.
Po er ON/OFF
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Listening to the radio
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3
4
These are the basic steps necessary to operate
the radio. More advanced tuner operation is
explained starting on the next page.
Important
f you are using this unit in North, Central or
South America, reset the AM tuning step (see
Setting the A tuning step on page 33).
1Band indicator
Shows which band the radio is tuned to, AM
or FM.
2Frequency indicator
Shows to which frequency the tuner is
tuned.
3Stereo (5) indicator
Shows that the frequency selected is being
broadcast in stereo.
4Preset nu ber indicator
Shows what preset has been selected.
1 Press SOURCE to select the tuner.
Press SOURCE until tuner is selected as the
source.
2 Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.
Press to increase or decrease the volume.
3 Press BAND to select a band.
Press BAND until the desired band is dis-
played, F1,F2,F3 for FM or AM.
4 To perfor anual tuning, press cor
dwith quick presses.
The frequencies move up or down step by
step.
5 To perfor seek tuning, press and hold
cor dfor about one second and release.
The tuner will scan the frequencies until a
broadcast strong enough for good reception is
found.
#You can cancel seek tuning by pressing either
cor dwith a quick press.
#f you press and hold cor dyou can skip
broadcasting stations. Seek tuning starts as soon
as you release the buttons.
Note
When the frequency selected is being broadcast
in stereo the stereo (5) indicator will light.
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Introduction of advanced
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1Function display
Shows the function status.
2LOC indicator
Shows when local seek tuning is on.
3Preset nu ber indicator
Shows what preset has been selected.
%Press FUNCTION to display the function
na es.
Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be-
tween the following functions:
BSM (best stations memory)LOCAL (local
seek tuning)
#To return to the frequency display, press
BAND.
Note
f you do not operate the function within about 30
seconds, the display is automatically returned to
the frequency display.
Storing and recalling
broadcast frequencies
f you press any of the preset tuning buttons
16you can easily store up to six broadcast
frequencies for later recall with the touch of a
button.
%When you find a frequency that you
want to store in e ory press a preset
tuning button 16 and hold until the preset
nu ber stops flashing.
The number you have pressed will flash in the
preset number indicator and then remain lit.
The selected radio station frequency has been
stored in memory.
The next time you press the same preset tun-
ing button 16the radio station frequency is
recalled from memory.
Notes
!Up to 18 FM stations, 6 for each of the three
FM bands, and 6 AM stations can be stored in
memory.
!You can also use aand bto recall radio sta-
tion frequencies assigned to preset tuning
buttons 16.
Tuning in strong signals
Local seek tuning lets you tune in only those
radio stations with sufficiently strong signals
for good reception.
1 Press FUNCTION to select LOCAL.
Press FUNCTION until LOCAL appears in the
display.
2 Press ato turn local seek tuning on.
Local seek sensitivity (e.g., LOCAL 2) appears
in the display.
3 Press cor dto set the sensitivity.
There are four levels of sensitivity for FM and
two levels for AM:
FM: LOCAL 1LOCAL 2LOCAL 3
LOCAL 4
AM: LOCAL 1LOCAL 2
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The LOCAL 4 setting allows reception of only
the strongest stations, while lower settings let
you receive progressively weaker stations.
4 When you want to return to nor al
seek tuning, press bto turn local seek tun-
ing off.
LOCAL:OFF appears in the display.
Storing the strongest
broadcast frequencies
BSM (best stations memory) lets you automa-
tically store the six strongest broadcast fre-
quencies under preset tuning buttons 16and
once stored there you can tune in to those fre-
quencies with the touch of a button.
1 Press FUNCTION to select BSM.
Press FUNCTION until BSM appears in the
display.
2 Press ato turn BSM on.
BSM begins to flash. While BSM is flashing
the six strongest broadcast frequencies will be
stored under preset tuning buttons 16in
order of their signal strength. When finished,
BSM stops flashing.
#To cancel the storage process, press b.
Note
Storing broadcast frequencies with BSM may re-
place broadcast frequencies you have saved
using 16.
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Playing a CD
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2
These are the basic steps necessary to play a
CD with your built-in CD player. More ad-
vanced CD operation is explained starting on
the next page.
1Play ti e indicator
Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-
rent track.
2Track nu ber indicator
Shows the track currently playing.
1 Press OPEN to open the front panel.
CD loading slot appears.
#After a CD has been inserted, press SOURCE
to select the built-in CD player.
2 Insert a CD into the CD loading slot.
Playback will automatically start.
CD loading slot
EJECT button
#You can eject a CD by pressing EJECT.
#To avoid a malfunction, make sure that no
metal object comes into contact with the term-
inals when the front panel is open.
3 Close the front panel.
4 Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.
Press to increase or decrease the volume.
5 To perfor fast forward or reverse,
press and hold cor d.
#f you select the search method to ROUGH,
pressing and holding cor denables you to
search every ten track in the current disc. (Refer
to Selecting the search method on page 14.)
6 To skip back or forward to another
track, press cor d.
Pressing dskips to the start of the next track.
Pressing conce skips to the start of the cur-
rent track. Pressing again will skip to the pre-
vious track.
Notes
!The built-in CD player plays one, standard, 12-
cm or 8-cm (single) CD at a time. Do not use
an adapter when playing 8-cm CDs.
!Do not insert anything other than a CD into
the CD loading slot.
!f you cannot insert a disc completely or if
after you insert a disc the disc does not play,
check that the label side of the disc is up.
Press EJECT to eject the disc, and check the
disc for damage before inserting the disc
again.
!f the built-in CD player does not operate prop-
erly, an error message such as ERROR-11
may be displayed. Refer to Understanding
built-in CD player error messages on page 35.
!When a CD TEXT disc is inserted, the disc and
track titles begin to scroll to the left auto-
matically.
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1RPT indicator
Shows when repeat play is turned on.
2Function display
Shows the function status.
%Press FUNCTION to display the function
na es.
Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be-
tween the following functions:
RPT (repeat play)RDM (random play)
SCAN (scan play)PAUSE (pause)
FF/REV (search method)TAG ( D3 tag dis-
play)
#To return to the playback display, press BAND.
Notes
!When playing audio data (CD-DA), it is not ef-
fective even if you turn TAG ( D3 tag display)
on. (Refer to page 20.)
!f you do not operate the function within about
30 seconds, the display is automatically re-
turned to the playback display.
Repeating play
Repeat play lets you hear the same track over
again.
1 Press FUNCTION to select RPT.
Press FUNCTION until RPT appears in the dis-
play.
2 Press ato turn repeat play on.
RPT :ON appears in the display. The track cur-
rently playing will play and then repeat.
3 Press bto turn repeat play off.
RPT :OFF appears in the display. The track cur-
rently playing will continue to play and then
play the next track.
Note
f you perform track search or fast forward/re-
verse, repeat play is automatically cancelled.
Playing tracks in a random
order
Random play lets you play back tracks on the
CD in a random order.
1 Press FUNCTION to select RDM.
Press FUNCTION until RDM appears in the
display.
2 Press ato turn rando play on.
RDM :ON appears in the display. Tracks will
play in a random order.
3 Press bto turn rando play off.
RDM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks will
continue to play in order.
Scanning tracks of a CD
Scan play lets you hear the first 10 seconds of
each track on the CD.
1 Press FUNCTION to select SCAN.
Press FUNCTION until SCAN appears in the
display.
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2 Press ato turn scan play on.
SCAN:ON appears in the display. The first 10
seconds of each track is played.
3 When you find the desired track press
bto turn scan play off.
SCAN:OFF appears in the display. The track
will continue to play.
#f the display has automatically returned to
the playback display, select SCAN again by press-
ing FUNCTION.
Note
After scanning of a CD is finished, normal play-
back of the tracks will begin again.
Pausing CD playback
Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of
the CD.
1 Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE.
Press FUNCTION until PAUSE appears in the
display.
2 Press ato turn pause on.
PAUSE:ON appears in the display. Play of the
current track pauses.
3 Press bto turn pause off.
PAUSE:OFF appears in the display. Play will re-
sume at the same point that you turned pause
on.
Note
You can also turn pause on or off by pressing
PAUSE.
Selecting the search method
You can switch the search method between
fast forward/reverse and searching every 10
track.
1 Press FUNCTION to select FF/REV.
Press FUNCTION until FF/REV appears in the
display.
#f the search method ROUGH has been pre-
viously selected, ROUGH will be displayed.
2 Press cor dto select the search eth-
od.
Press cor duntil the desired search method
appears in the display.
!FF/REV Fast forward and reverse
!ROUGH Searching every 10 track
Searching every 10 track in
the current disc
f a disc contains over 10 tracks, you can
search every 10 track. When a disc contains a
lot of tracks, you can roughly search the track
you want to play.
1 Select the search ethod ROUGH.
Refer to Selecting the search method on this
page.
2 Press and hold cor dto search every
10 track in a disc.
#f a disc contains less than 10 tracks, pressing
and holding drecalls the last track of a disc.
Also, if the remaining number of tracks after
searching every 10 tracks are less than 10, press-
ing and holding drecalls the last track of a disc.
#f a disc contains less than 10 tracks, pressing
and holding crecalls the first track of a disc.
Also, if the remaining number of tracks after
searching every 10 tracks are less than 10, press-
ing and holding crecalls the first track of a
disc.
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Using disc title functions
You can input CD titles and display the title.
The next time you insert a CD for which you
have entered a title, the title of that CD will be
displayed.
Entering disc titles
Disc title input lets you input CD titles up to 8
letters long and up to 48 disc titles into the
built-in CD player.
1 Play a CD that you want to enter the
title.
2 Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN
appears in the display.
#When playing a CD TEXT disc, you cannot
switch to TITLE IN. The disc title will have already
been recorded on a CD TEXT disc.
3 Press aor bto select a letter of the al-
phabet.
Each press of awill display a letter of the al-
phabet in A B C ... X Y Z, numbers and sym-
bols in 1 2 3 ... > [ ] order. Each press of bwill
display a letter in the reverse order, such as Z
Y X ... C B A order.
4 Press dto ove the cursor to the next
character position.
When the letter you want is displayed, press d
to move the cursor to the next position and
then select the next letter. Press cto move
backwards in the display.
5 Move the cursor to the last position by
pressing dafter entering the title.
When you press done more time, the entered
title is stored in memory.
6 Press BAND to return to the playback
display.
Notes
!Titles remain in memory, even after the disc
has been removed from built-in CD player, and
are recalled when the disc is reinserted.
!After data for 48 discs has been stored in
memory, data for a new disc will overwrite the
oldest one.
!f you connect a multi-CD player, you can
input disc titles for up to 100 discs.
Displaying disc titles
You can display the title of any disc that has
had a disc title entered.
%Press DISPLAY.
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:
Play timeDISC TTL (disc title)
When you select DISC TTL, the title of the cur-
rently playing disc is shown in the display.
#f no title has been entered for the currently
playing disc, NO TITLE is displayed.
Using CD TEXT functions
Some discs have certain information encoded
on the disc during manufacture. These discs
may contain such information as the CD title,
track title, artists name and playback time
and are called CD TEXT discs. Only these spe-
cially encoded CD TEXT discs support the
functions listed below.
Displaying titles on CD TEXT discs
%Press DISPLAY.
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:
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Play timeDISC TTL (disc title)ART NAME
(disc artist name)TRK TTL (track title)
ART NAME (track artist name)
#f specific information has not been recorded
on a CD TEXT disc, NO XXXX will be displayed
(e.g., NO D-TTL).
Scrolling titles in the display
This unit can display the first 8 letters only of
DISC TTL,ART NAME,TRK TTL and
ART NAME. When the recorded information is
longer than 8 letters, you can scroll the text to
the left so that the rest of the title can be seen.
%Press DISPLAY and hold until the title
begins to scroll to the left.
The rest of the title will appear in the dis-
play.
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Playing a MP3
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These are the basic steps necessary to play an
MP3 with your built-in CD player. More ad-
vanced MP3 operation is explained starting on
the next page.
1Folder nu ber indicator
Shows the folder number currently playing.
2MP3 indicator
Shows when the MP3 file is playing.
3Play ti e indicator
Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-
rent track (file).
4Track nu ber indicator
Shows the track (file) currently playing.
!f a track number 100 to 199 is selected,
don the left of the track number indica-
tor will light.
!f a track number 200 or more is selected,
don the left of the track number indica-
tor will blink.
1 Press OPEN to open the front panel.
CD loading slot appears.
#After a CD-ROM has been inserted, press
SOURCE to select the built-in CD player.
2 Insert a CD-ROM into the CD loading
slot.
Playback will automatically start.
CD loading slot
EJECT button
#You can eject a CD-ROM by pressing EJECT.
#To avoid a malfunction, make sure that no
metal object comes into contact with the term-
inals when the front panel is open.
3 Close the front panel.
4 Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.
Press to increase or decrease the volume.
5 Press aor bto select a folder.
#You cannot select a folder that does not have
an MP3 file recorded in it.
#To return to folder 01 (ROOT), press and hold
BAND. However, if folder 01 (ROOT) contains no
files, playback commences with folder 02.
6 To perfor fast forward or reverse,
press and hold cor d.
#This is fast forward and reverse operation only
for the file being played. This operation is can-
celed when the previous or next file is reached.
#f you select the search method to ROUGH,
pressing and holding cor denables you to
search every ten track in the current folder. (Refer
to Selecting the search method on page 20.)
7 To skip back or forward to another
track, press cor d.
Pressing dskips to the start of the next track.
Pressing conce skips to the start of the cur-
rent track. Pressing again will skip to the pre-
vious track.
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Notes
!When playing discs with MP3 files and audio
data (CD-DA) such as CD-EXTRA and M XED-
MODE CDs, both types can be played only by
switching mode between MP3 and CD-DA
with BAND.
!f you have switched between playback of
MP3 files and audio data (CD-DA), playback
starts at the first track on the disc.
!The built-in CD player can play back an MP3
file recorded on CD-ROM. (Refer to page 36
for files that can be played back.)
!Do not insert anything other than a CD into
the CD loading slot.
!There is sometimes a delay between starting
up playback and the sound being issued. This
is particularly the case when playing back
multi-session and many folders. When being
read in, FRMTREAD is displayed.
!f you cannot insert a disc completely or if
after you insert a disc the disc does not play,
check that the label side of the disc is up.
Press EJECT to eject the disc, and check the
disc for damage before inserting the disc
again.
!Playback is carried out in order of file number.
Folders are skipped if they contain no files. ( f
folder 01 (ROOT) contains no files, playback
commences with folder 02.)
!When playing back files recorded as VBR
(variable bit rate) files, the play time will not be
correctly displayed if fast forward or reverse
operations are used.
!f inserted disc contains no files that can be
played back, NO AUDIO is displayed.
!There is no sound on fast forward or reverse.
!f the built-in CD player does not operate prop-
erly, an error message such as ERROR-11
may be displayed. Refer to Understanding
built-in CD player error messages on page 35.
!When a MP3 disc is inserted, folder name and
file name begin to scroll to the left auto-
matically.
Introduction of advanced
built-in CD player (MP3)
operation
1 2
1RPT indicator
Shows when repeat range is selected to cur-
rent track (file).
2Function display
Shows the function status.
%Press FUNCTION to display the function
na es.
Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be-
tween the following functions:
RPT (repeat play)RDM (random play)
SCAN (scan play)PAUSE (pause)
FF/REV (search method)TAG ( D3 tag dis-
play)
#To return to the playback display, press BAND.
Note
f you do not operate the function within about 30
seconds, the display is automatically returned to
the playback display.
Repeating play
For MP3 playback, there are three repeat play
ranges: FLD (folder repeat), TRK (one-track re-
peat) and DSC (repeat all tracks).
1 Press FUNCTION to select RPT.
Press FUNCTION until RPT appears in the dis-
play.
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2 Press cor dto select the repeat range.
Press cor duntil the desired repeat range ap-
pears in the display.
!FLD Repeat the current folder
!TRK Repeat just the current track
!DSC Repeat all tracks
Notes
!f you select other folder during repeat play,
the repeat play range changes to DSC.
!f you perform track search or fast forward/re-
verse during TRK, the repeat play range
changes to FLD.
!When FLD is selected, it is not possible to play
back a subfolder of that folder.
Playing tracks in a random
order
Random play lets you play back tracks in a
random order within the repeat range, FLD
and DSC.
1 Select the repeat range.
Refer to Repeating play on the previous page.
2 Press FUNCTION to select RDM.
Press FUNCTION until RDM appears in the
display.
3 Press ato turn rando play on.
RDM :ON appears in the display. Tracks will
play in a random order within the previously
selected FLD or DSC ranges.
4 Press bto turn rando play off.
RDM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks will
continue to play in order.
Note
f you turn random play on during FLD and then
return to the playback display, FRDM appears in
the display.
Scanning folders and tracks
While you are using FLD, the beginning of
each track in the selected folder plays for
about 10 seconds. When you are using DSC,
the beginning of the first track of each folder
is played for about 10 seconds.
1 Select the repeat range.
Refer to Repeating play on the previous page.
2 Press FUNCTION to select SCAN.
Press FUNCTION until SCAN appears in the
display.
3 Press ato turn scan play on.
SCAN:ON appears in the display. The first 10
seconds of each track of the current folder (or
the first track of each folder) is played.
4 When you find the desired track (or
folder) press bto turn scan play off.
SCAN:OFF appears in the display. The track
(or folder) will continue to play.
#f the display has automatically returned to
the playback display, select SCAN again by press-
ing FUNCTION.
Notes
!After track or folder scanning is finished, nor-
mal playback of the tracks will begin again.
!f you turn scan play on during FLD and then
return to the playback display, FSCN appears
in the display.
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Pausing MP3 playback
Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of
the MP3.
1 Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE.
Press FUNCTION until PAUSE appears in the
display.
2 Press ato turn pause on.
PAUSE:ON appears in the display. Play of the
current track pauses.
3 Press bto turn pause off.
PAUSE:OFF appears in the display. Play will re-
sume at the same point that you turned pause
on.
Note
You can also turn pause on or off by pressing
PAUSE.
Selecting the search method
You can switch the search method between
fast forward/reverse and searching every 10
track.
1 Press FUNCTION to select FF/REV.
Press FUNCTION until FF/REV appears in the
display.
#f the search method ROUGH has been pre-
viously selected, ROUGH will be displayed.
2 Press cor dto select the search eth-
od.
Press cor duntil the desired search method
appears in the display.
!FF/REV Fast forward and reverse
!ROUGH Searching every 10 track
Searching every 10 track in
the current folder
f the current folder contains over 10 tracks,
you can search every 10 track. When the one
folder contains a lot of tracks, you can roughly
search the track you want to play.
1 Select the search ethod ROUGH.
Refer to Selecting the search method on this
page.
2 Press and hold cor dto search every
10 track in the current folder.
#f the current folder contains less than 10
tracks, pressing and holding drecalls the last
track of the folder. Also, if the remaining number
of tracks after searching every 10 tracks are less
than 10, pressing and holding drecalls the last
track of the folder.
#f the current folder contains less than 10
tracks, pressing and holding crecalls the first
track of the folder. Also, if the remaining number
of tracks after searching every 10 tracks are less
than 10, pressing and holding crecalls the first
track of the folder.
S itching the ID3 tag
display on MP3 disc
t is possible to turn the D3 tag display on
MP3 disc on or off, if MP3 disc contains the
D3 tag.
!D3 tag refers to text information such as
track title and artist name.
1 Press FUNCTION to select TAG.
Press FUNCTION until TAG appears in the dis-
play.
2 Press ato turn ID3 tag display on.
TAG :ON appears in the display.
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