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English
Loading discs
1
Press SOURCE on the front panel of the
system to select CD or press CD on the
remote.
2
Press LEFT OPEN • CLOSE or RIGHT
OPEN • CLOSE on the front panel ( L
ç
or
R
ç
on the remote) to open the left or right
CD door respectively.
➜ OPEN
is displayed when the left or right CD
door slides open.
3
Insert one or more discs with the printed side
facing you. Press
LEFT OPEN • CLOSE or
RIGHT OPEN • CLOSE on the front panel
( L
ç
or R
ç
on the remote) again to close the
CD door.
➜ CLOSE
is displayed briefly. Then, the CD
player will play all the discs in the four disc trays
one by one starting from “DISC 1”. If no disc is
found in a disc tray, the CD player will
automatically turn to the next one. In this case,
CHANGING
will be displayed briefly followed by
TOC READ
. If no disc is found in any of the four
disc trays,
NO DISC
will be displayed.
➜ TOC READ
is displayed as the CD player
scans the contents of a disc, and then the total
number of tracks and playing time (or the total
number of albums and tracks for MP3 disc) are
shown.
IMPORTANT!
– This system is designed for regular discs.
Therefore, do not use any accessories such
as disc stabiliser rings or disc treatment
sheets, etc., as offered on the market,
because they may jam the changer
mechanism.
– Do not load more than one disc into
each tray.
– The lens of the CD player should never
be touched.
Discs for playback
This CD player plays Audio Discs including CD
Recordables, CD-Rewritables and MP3 CD.
●
CD-ROM, CD-I, CDV, VCD, DVD or computer
CDs, however, are not possible.
About MP3 disc
Supported MP3 disc formats:
– ISO9660, Joliet, UDF 1.5
– Maximum title number: 256 (depending on
filename length)
– Maximum album number: 99
– Supported sampling frequencies: 32 kHz,
44.1kHz, 48 kHz
– Supported Bit-rates: 32~256 (kbps), variable
bitrates
CD/MP3-CD Operation
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