Samsung S75RCD-S70 User manual

CD CASSETTE
CD-R/RW PLAYBACK
RCD-S70/75
Before operating the unit,
please read this manual throughly and
retain it for future reference.
Instruction Manual

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This Compact Disc player is
classified as a CLASS 1 LASER
product.
Use of controls, adjustments or perfor-
mance of procedures other than those
specified herein may result in haz-
ardous radiation exposure.
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RADIATION WHEN OPEN AND
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EXPOSURE TO BEAM.
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◆ SafetyWarnings....................................................................................................1
■ Front Panel View.....................................................................................................3
■ Remote Control.......................................................................................................4
■ Power Sources........................................................................................................5
■ Setting the Clock.....................................................................................................6
◆ Tuner
■ Listening to the Radio ............................................................................................7
■ Searching For and Storing the Radio Stations ....................................................8
■ Selecting a Stored Station .....................................................................................9
■ Improving Radio Reception....................................................................................9
◆ CD-Player
■ Listening to the Compact Disc............................................................................10
■ Selecting a Track/+10 Function............................................................................11
■ Searching for a Specific Music Passage...........................................................12
■ Random Playback Function ............................................................................13
■ CD Repeat Function.............................................................................................14
■ Repeat A↔B Function..........................................................................................15
■ Programming the order of Playback....................................................................16
◆ Tape Deck
■ Listening to the Cassette......................................................................................18
■ Various Functions for tape....................................................................................19
■ REV. Mode Function................................................................................................19
■ Selecting the side of a tape ......................................................................................19
■ Tape Speed Function...............................................................................................19
■ Tape Counter..........................................................................................................19
■ Copying a Cassette (Dubbing).............................................................................20
■ Recording from Radio...........................................................................................21
■ Recording from CD...............................................................................................22
◆ Other Functions
■ CD Synchro Function...........................................................................................23
■ Timer Function......................................................................................................24
■ Sleep Timer/Display Color....................................................................................26
■ Equalizer Mode.....................................................................................................27
■ Power Surround/Mute Function...........................................................................28
■ MIC Function(Option)...........................................................................................29
◆ Recommendations for Use
■ Precautions when using Compact Discs.............................................................30
■ Maintaining the Sound Quality.............................................................................30
■ Before Contacting the After-Sales Service..........................................................31
■ Specifications........................................................................................................32
Contents

Front Panel View
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RCD-S70
1. Skip or Search
2. Program/Set (refer to p.16,17)
3. Beat Cut (refer to p.21)
4. Function(TUNER/CD/TAPE)
5. MO/ST (refer to p.9)
6. Mode (refer to p.8)
7. Random (refer to p.13)
8. CD Repeat (refer to p.14)
9. STOP
10. Clock/Timer (refer to p.6, p.24)
11. Timer On/Off (refer to p.25)
12. Standby/On
13. Phones (refer to p.29)
14. Tape Speed (refer to p.19)
15. Normal/High Dubbing (refer to p.20)
16. Volume
17. Display Color (refer to p.26)
18. REV. Mode (refer to p.19)
19. REC/Pause
20. Deck A/B (refer to p.18)
21. 3 Mode EQ (refer to p.27)
22. P. SURR (refer to p.28)
23. Repeat A↔B(refer to p.15)
24. Sleep (refer to p.26)
25. Open/Close
26. Mic (refer to p.29)
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Remote Control
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
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25
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1. Standby/On
2. Sleep (refer to p.26)
3. Tape Rewind
4. Tape Fast-Forward
5. REC/Pause
6. CD Synchro (refer to p.23)
7. CD Repeat (refer to p.14)
8. CD Stop
9. Program/Set (refer to p.16, p.17)
10. Skip or Search
11. Mode (refer to p.8)
12. Mono/ST (refer to p.9)
13. Mute (refer to p.28)
14. Power Surround (refer to p.28)
15. EQ (refer to p.27)
16. Tape Counter Reset (refer to p.19)
17. Tape Play
18. Tape Stop
19. Deck A/B (refer to p.18)
20. Repeat A↔B(refer to p.15)
21. CD+10/Tape Speed (refer to p.11, p.19)
22. CD Play/Pause
23. Random (refer to p.13)
24. Volume
25. Band (refer to p.7)

House Current
Batteries
230V
CLOCK BATTERY
4.5V; AA,Size X 3
For critical recordings or disc playing
Operating the unit using the AC power is recommended.
Note: ■If the battery power is low, "BATT-LOW" will be displayed during playback and the
playback will stop.
■The unit will not operate from the internal batteries while the AC power cord is
connected to the unit.
■Be sure to install batteries (“AA” x 3) to prevent the program preset in the memory
and the active countdown of the Timer from being cleared accidently in case of
power failure of disconnection of the power cord.
12V ; D, R20, size X 8
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Power Sources
■
AC power cord (supplied)
■
1 to AC IN
■
2 to wall outlet

To... Press...
Increase the hours
Decrease the hours
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1
2
3
For each step, you have a few seconds to set the required options.
If you exceed this time, you must start again.
Press Clock /Timer twice.
Result: CLOCK is displayed.
Press Program/Set.
Result: The hour flashes.
To... Press...
Increase the minutes
Decrease the minutes
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When the correct time is displayed, press
Program/Set.
Result: The clock starts and is displayed, even
when the system is in standby mode.
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4
When the correct hour is displayed,
press Program/Set.
Result: The minutes flash.
Setting the Clock
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You can display the time, even when you are using another function, by press-
ing Clock/Timer once.

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Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
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1
2
3
1
2
3
Press the TUNING(, ) button.
Select the required frequency band by pressing
TUNER/BAND.
To improve broadcast reception.
Reorient the antenna for FM.
Reorient the player itself for AM(MW) or LW(option).
For FM For AM(MW) or LW (option)
Press the Volume button.
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Listening to the Radio

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Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
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4
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1
3
Select the required frequency band by pressing
TUNER/BAND on the front panel or Band on the
remote.
The PROGRAM function can be used to assign a new station to an existing
program number.
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If you do not want to store the radio station found, revert to Step 3and search for another station.
Otherwise:
aPress Program/Set.
Result: The MEMORY is displayed for a few seconds.
bPress or to assign a program number between 1 and 15.
cPress Program/Set to store the radio station.
Result: MEMORY is no longer displayed and the station is stored.
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To search for a Press Mode button
station...
Manually One or more times until MANUAL is displayed.
Automatically One or more times until AUTO is displayed.
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To store any other radio frequencies required, repeat Steps 3to 4.
You can store up to:
◆ 15 FM stations
◆ 8 MW stations
◆ 7 LW stations
◆ 15 AM stations
◆ 15 FM stations
Select the station to be stored by:
Pressing or buttons to increase or decrease the frequency respectively.
To scroll through the frequencies faster when searching manually, hold down the
or buttons.
The automatic search procedure may stop on a frequency that does not correspond to a
radio station. If this happens, use the manual search mode.
Searching for and Storing the Radio Stations
PRESET function is explained in detail in the section “Selecting a Stored
Station” on.
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2
You can listen to a stored radio station as follows:
You can improve the quality of radio reception by:
Rotating the FM or AM(LW, MW) aerial
If reception from a specific FM radio station is poor, press MO/ST on the
front panel or Mono/ST on the remote control to swich from stereo mode to
mono. The quality of the sound will be improved.
Select the required frequency band by pressing
TUNER/BAND on the front panel or Band on the
remote control.
Press Mode until “PRESET” is displayed.
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
1 2 3
1
2
3
3
Press ,
on the front panel or , on the remote control
to select the required program.
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Selecting a Stored Station
Improving Radio Reception
Mode

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1
2
3
4
Press the Open/Close( ) button.
Result:The CD tray is opened.
1,5,6 72,4
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
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1,5,6
Select the CD function by pressing CD().
Place the CD on the tray so that the CD label faces upward.
Press the Open/Close( ) button to close the tray.
Result: Number of tracks and the total playback time
are shown on the display.
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7
Press the CD( ) button for playback.
To stop playback, press the STOP (
■
) button.
6If it is desired to stop while the playback is processing, press the CD()
button.
Press the CD( ) button once again to playback again.
Listening to the Compact Disc
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You can select the track you wish to listen to, either when the compact disc
player is stopped or when a disc is playing.
To start playback at the beginning of the... Press...
Next track
or
once
Current track
or
once
Previous track
or
twice
Track of your choice
, or
, the appropriate number
of times.
Press the +10 button briefly while playing back a CD.The track 10
tracks after the current one will then be played back.
Example: If you want to select track 43 during playback of track 15, press the
+10 button three times, and then press the button three times.
15 ➝ 20 ➝ 30 ➝ 40 ➝ 41 ➝ 42 ➝ 43
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Selecting aTrack/+10 Function
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
+10 +10 +10
● Selecting aTrack
● Function to skip though 10 tracks at a time
+10 Button
Skip/Search
Button
Skip/Search Button

When listening to a compact disc, you can quickly search for a specific music
passage on a track.
To search through the tracks... Press and hold down...
Forwards
or
for at least one second
Backwards
or
for at least one second
It is recommended that you turn the volume down before using this function.
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Searching for a Specific Music Passage
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
Skip/Search
Button
Skip/Search Button

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1Press the Random button.
Result: All the tracks are played in a random order.
You can listen to the tracks on a compact disc in a different order each time, as the
various tracks will be selected automatically in a random sequence.
In the case of an original CD-R(Recordable) recorded in audio CD
format, CD-RW(Rewitable) and editing by the user, playback is
processed on the respective completed status. (The player may not
be played back according to the characteristics of the CD or record-
ed status.)
The CD-RW is comparably less reflexive than CD which causes more
time delay to read.
2When playing tracks in a random order, you can:
Move on to the next track(selected at random) by pressing
,
or , .
3When you have finished the random playback,
press STOP ( ■
) or press the Random button
again.
Repeat and CD Synchro function are not available in random piaying mode.
●
Regarding the playback of CD-R/RW
Random Playback Function
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
1
1
2
2
3

CD Repeat button
CD Repeat
button
1Press the CD Repeat button on the front Panel.
Result:“RPT 1” is displayed.
2Press the CD Repeat button once again.
Result:“RPT ALL” is displayed.
3When you wish to stop the CD Repeat function,
Press STOP ( ■ ) button.
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CD Repeat Function
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
VOL
RPT ALL

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Repeat A ↔ B Function
Repeat A↔B button
Repeat A↔B
button
1Press
CD( ) or TAPE button.
Result:The CD(TAPE) player starts playing.
2Press
Repeat A ↔ B button .
Result: A Time is memorized.
3Press
Repeat A ↔ B button .
Result: B Time is memorized.
Your selected passages are repeated 3 times.
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
When you select CD(TAPE) Repeat A ↔ B playback, the music passages to
which you were listening is repeated 3 times.
4When you have finished the Repeat playback, Press Repeat
A ↔ B .
When setting the Repeat A ↔ B function during tape playback, an end point B
cannot be set within seven seconds after setting the start point A.

You can decide:
The order of the track desired to listen
The track not desired to listen
A maximum of up to 24 order of tracks desired to listen may be programmed.
Before selecting the track, the CD player should be stopped.
This function may be used simultaneously with the CD Repeat function.
1
Press Program/Set.
Result: The following indications are displayed:
2
Select the required track by pressing:
or
to move back through the tracks
or
to move forward through the tracks
3
Press Program/Set to confirm your selection.
Result: The selection is stored and is displayed.
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Programming the Order of Playback
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
1,3 ,6
2
5
1,3,62
5
program no. Track Track no.
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To select other tracks, repeat Steps 2to 3.

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6
7
To check your selection of tracks,
Press Program/Set.
If you have already programmed 24 tracks,
program number is displayed.
To cancel the selection, press STOP ( ■ ) button twice.
Result: PROGRAM is no longer displayed.
Press CD ( ) to listen to the track selection in the order
programmed.
If you open the compartment, the selection is cancelled.

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1
2
3
Select the TAPE function
by pressing TAPE.
1,5 2
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
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4
4
To open either Deck A or B, press
the corresponding Push/Eject ()
button.
Insert a cassette to Deck A or B.
5
Press the TAPE button.
4
Select Deck A or B by pressing Deck A / B button.
6
To stop playing the cassette,
press STOP (■ ).
Push Eject
Listening to the Cassette

This function is only available in Deck B.
When the display indicates... The cassette plays back...
One side of the selected
cassette and then stops.
One side of the cassette.
The other side of the
cassette and then stops.
Both sides of the cassette
indefinitely until you press stop.
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Pressing the TAPE button while playing
reverses the side (Front and Back)
This function is available in Deck B only.
During playback, you can select from various playback speeds by using the Tape Speed.
SPEED +10: Playback at the speed 0.10 times faster than the original speed.
OFF: Playback at normal speed.
SPEED -10: Playback at the speed 0.10 times slower than the original speed.
Select the desired speed by using the +10 button on the remote.
Various functions for tape
Power
Surround
Sleep
CD SYN
REC/Pause
Repeat
A B
CD
Repeat
Program/
Set
Mono/ST Band
Random
+10
Deck A/B
Counter
Reset
TAPE
EQ
Mute
VOL.
VOL.
Mode
● REV. Mode Function ❇ This function is only available on S75 model.
● Selecting the side of a tape ❇ This function is only available on S75 model.
● Tape Speed Function
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Tape Counter
REV.Mode Button
Tape Speed Button
Repeat A
↔ B Button
When playing a cassette, a counter is displayed to enable you to take note of the counter value.
The counter is only displayed when a cassette is being played.
Before starting to record a cassette for which you wish to take note of the counter values at the
beginning of each track, reset the counter by pressing
Counter Reset on the remote control.
Tape Speed Button
Repeat A
↔ B Button