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HD 990
Programmed Play Operation
Programmed Play
The HD 990’s advanced programming capability enables you to select certain tracks, to
preset the order in which these tracks play, and to clear specific programmed tracks after
the program was made.
Programmed play allows you to program up to 32 tracks into the HD 990’s memory. To
begin programming the CD player, make sure that the unit is in Stop mode, then press
the Program button
7
. The Program indicator will light in the Information Display
, the number
001
will blink below the Program indicator, showing the track number
selected, and
PROG-01: 001
will appear in the Information Display, replacing the
track time. This indicates that you are about to program the first track.
You may now begin to enter the tracks in the order in which you wish to have them
play. To select a track on the disc, press the Numeric buttons
6
corresponding to the
desired track. Be certain to enter the second and/or third number of two- or three-digit
numbers within two seconds after the first number was entered. You may also use the
Skip buttons
;
to select a track. When the track is selected, press the Program
button
7
. Note that the program-step indication on the right side of the Information
Display will change to
PROG-02: 001
.
You may now select another track for the next program step, following the instructions
shown above. When the track is selected, press the Program button
7
again. Repeat
this procedure for each program step until you have completed the desired programming.
Press the Stop button
>
once to complete a program sequence, or press Play
=
to begin immediate play of a program sequence. If the maximum of 99 program
steps is reached, the program-step indication at the right side of the Information Display
will go out, and the disc and track that have been programmed as the first program step
will be shown.
Once a program list has been entered, press the Play button
=
to begin listening
to the sequence. After the entire program has been played, the CD player will stop. As
long as the Stop button
>
has not been pressed twice and the Program indicator
remains lit, you may repeat the programmed-play sequence again by pressing the Play
button
=
.
Editing a Program
A program can be edited even after it was completed by pressing the Stop button
>
once: Each time you press the Program button
7
the track number and program step
number will be displayed in the programmed order, but with steady track numbers (not
blinking) in contrast to the programming mode. As soon as the track number starts
blinking (this will take 1 second), the appropriate program step number shown at the left
side is not programmed yet; now you can change the track number with the Skip buttons
;
or the Numeric buttons
6
as described above and add it to the program
list by pressing the Program button
7
.
Pressing the Stop button
>
twice will return to normal mode and the Program
indicator will go out, but the program will stay in memory and can be recalled easily by
pressing the Program button. But pressing the Clear button
8
(see below) or opening
the disc drawer by pressing Open/Close
C
, will erase the program information
from the unit’s memory.
Checking Program Contents
To check the contents of a program while the unit is stopped at first note that the Program
indicator is lit (otherwise press Program) and the program step indication
PROG-01:
is not lit (otherwise press Stop once). Each time the Check button
B
is pressed now,
the Information Display will step through each of the programmed tracks. To cancel the
check mode press the Stop button twice.
Clearing Programs
To clear a single track from the program list, press the Program button
7
until the
track to be deleted from the program sequence appears in the
Information Display
.
When the track number appears, press the
Clear button
8
once, the track selected
will be deleted and the track number will be replaced by the next programmed one. Now
you can delete that track too with the Clear button or press the Stop button
>
and
again the Program
7
button to select lower track numbers to be deleted.
When the unit is stopped and the program step indication
PROG-01: 001
is not
lit (otherwise press Stop once), but the Program indicator is still lit (otherwise press
Program
7
) you may clear the entire contents of a program by pressing the Clear
button
8
.
Important Note:
When you’ve pressed the Program button
7
(once or several times)
and the track number on the right starts blinking, the appropriate program step number
(e.g.
PROG-02:008
) shown at the left display side is not programmed yet. Do
not continue to press the Program button now, otherwise the track selected will be
memorized too. If you´re in doubt, press Stop button
>
and start the procedure
again with Program
7
.
Important Note:
Tracks programmed as described above can be played repeatedly too.
When you press Repeat
9
once after a program is created (the Program indicator must
be lit, otherwise press Program) and the program is played, the Repeat 1 indicator will
light and the track currently playing will be repeated continuously. If Repeat is pressed
twice, “Repeat All” will be displayed, all programmed tracks will be played subsequently
and the sequence will be repeated continuously until the Stop button is pressed.
