Operating the Compact Disc (CD) Player (Some Models)

Type

Playable data

Music/MP3/WMA/AAC CD player

  • Music data (CD-DA)

  • MP3/WMA/AAC file

 


If a disc has both music data (CD-DA) and MP3/WMA/AAC files, playback of the two or three file types differs depending on how the disc was recorded.

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Inserting the CD

Insert the CD into the slot, label-side up. The auto-loading mechanism will set the CD and begin play.

 


There will be a short lapse before play begins while the player reads the digital signals on the CD.

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Ejecting the CD

Press the CD eject button () to eject the CD.

Playback

Press the media button () to switch to CD mode and start playback.

 


The CD mode cannot be selected if a CD has not been inserted.

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Pause

To stop playback, press the Play/Pause button (4).

Press the button again to resume playback.

Fast-forward/Reverse

Press and hold the fast-forward button () to advance through a track at high speed. Press and hold the reverse button () to reverse through a track at high speed.

Track search

Press the track up button () once to skip forward to the beginning of the next track.

Press the track down button () within a few seconds after playback begins to track down to the beginning of the previous track.

Press the track down button () after a few seconds have elapsed to start playback from the beginning of the current track.

Folder search (during MP3/WMA/AAC CD playback)

To change to the previous folder, press the folder down button (), or press the folder up button () to advance to the next folder.

Music scan

During music CD playback

This function scans the titles on a CD and plays 10 seconds of each song to aid you in finding a song you want to listen to.

Press and hold the scan button () during playback to start the scan play operation (the track number will flash). Press and hold the scan button () again to cancel scan playback.

During MP3/WMA/AAC CD playback

This function scans the titles in a folder currently being played and plays 10 seconds of each song to aid you in finding a song you want to listen to. Press and hold the scan button () during playback to start the scan play operation (the track number will flash).

Press and hold the scan button () again to cancel scan playback.

 


If the unit is left in scan, normal playback will resume where scan was selected.

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Repeat playback

During music CD playback

  1. Press the repeat button (1) during playback to play the current track repeatedly. “TRACK RPT” is displayed ( is displayed next to RPT at the bottom of the display area).

  2. Press the button again to cancel the repeat playback.

During MP3/WMA/AAC CD playback

(Track repeat)

  1. Press the repeat button (1) during playback to play the current track repeatedly. “TRACK RPT” is displayed ( is displayed next to RPT at the bottom of the display area).

  2. To cancel the repeat playback, press the button again after 3 seconds.

(Folder repeat)

  1. Press the repeat button (1) during playback, and then press the button again within 3 seconds to play the tracks in the current folder repeatedly. “FOLDER RPT” is displayed ( is displayed next to RPT at the bottom of the display area).

  2. Press the button again to cancel the repeat playback.

Random playback

Tracks are randomly selected and played.

During music CD playback

  1. Press the random button (2) during playback to play the tracks on the CD randomly. “DISC RDM” is displayed ( is displayed next to RDM at the bottom of the display area).

  2. Press the button again to cancel the random playback.

During MP3/WMA/AAC CD playback

(Folder random)

  1. Press the random button (2) during playback to play the tracks in the folder randomly. “FOLDER RDM” is displayed ( is displayed next to RDM at the bottom of the display area).

  2. To cancel the random playback, press the button again after 3 seconds.

(CD random)

  1. Press the random button (2) during playback, and then press the button again within 3 seconds to play the tracks on the CD randomly. “DISC RDM” is displayed ( is displayed next to RDM at the bottom of the display area).

  2. Press the button again to cancel the random playback.

Switching the display

The information displayed on the audio display changes as follows each time the text button (3) is pressed during playback.

Music CD

Button

Information displayed on audio display

Track number/Elapsed time

Track number

Track name

Album name

Artist name

MP3/WMA/AAC CD

Button

Information displayed on audio display

File number/Elapsed time

Folder number/File number

File name

Folder name

Album name

Song name

Artist name

 


  • The information viewable in the display is only CD information (such as artist name, song title) which has been recorded to the CD.

  • This unit cannot display some characters. Characters which cannot be displayed are indicated by an asterisk ().

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Display scroll

Only 13 characters can be displayed at one time. To display the rest of the characters of a long title, press and hold the text button (3). The display scrolls the next 13 characters. Press and hold the text button (3) again after the last 13 characters have been displayed to return to the beginning of the title.

 


The number of characters which can be displayed is restricted.

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