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ON Push-button on the Front Panel or the OFF Push-
button on the Remote Control.
How to Load and Unload a Disc
1. Press the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button. The disc tray
will slide out allowing a CD Disc to be
loaded. Refer to figure 6.
2. Press the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button
and the disc tray will close. Refer to
figure 7. Loading of the CD Disc’s
Table of Contents (number of tracks
and total playing time) will be indi
-
cated on the Front Panel Display. Refer to figure 8.
Note: When a Disc is placed in the tray and the PLAY/
PAUSE Push-button is pressed, the tray will close
and the first track will start playing.
3. Pressing the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button will stop
playback of the disc and the disc tray will open.
Power On and Off
The LED above the STANDBY/ON Push-button lights
to indicate the MCD550 is connected to
AC Power. Refer to figure 1. The LED
also indicates the status of the Auto Off
Feature. When the MCD550 is in the
Standby Mode, green illumination in-
dicates the Auto Off Feature is enabled
(default setting) and red illumination in
-
dicates the Auto Off Feature is disabled. For additional
information refer to “Auto Off Mode” on page 21.
Note: When AC Power is initially applied to the
MCD550, the unit will momentarily switch On
and then go into the Standby Mode.
To Switch ON the MCD550, momentarily press
the STANDBY/ON Push-button on the Front Panel or
the (Power) Push-button on the Remote Control. Re
-
fer to figures 2 and 21. The LED above the STAND-
BY/ON Push-button illuminates green. LEDs above
the MUTE and INPUT Push-buttons will illuminate.
The Front Panel Display will momentarily indicate
“DISC” followed by “READING” and then “NO
DISC”. Refer to figures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 21. To switch
OFF the MCD550, momentarily press the STANDBY/
How to Play a SACD Disc
Load a SACD Disc into the MCD550. The Front Panel
Display will first scroll the Album Title of the SACD
Disc (available on most SACD Discs). Refer to figures
9, 10 and 11.
The Album Title is followed by the Table of Contents.
Refer to figure 12.
Press the PLAY/PAUSE
/
;
Push-button on the Front
Panel of the MCD550 or Remote Control. Refer to
figures 2 and 21. The Disc will start playing the first
track of the SACD Layer.
Note: The default setting for SACD/CD Hybrid Disc
is to play the SACD Stereo Layer. The default
setting may be changed to play the CD Layer
or the SACD Multichannel Layer, when avail-
able. With the MCD550 On and no disc loaded,
press the DISC LAYER Push-button until the
Front Panel Display indicates the desired
layer.
How to Operate the MCD550
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