Sony CDP-CA80ES - Manual (Page 13)

Playing CDs Playing CDs
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Playing in Random Order
(Shuffle Play)
You can have the player “shuffle” tracks and play in
random order. The player shuffles all the tracks on all
discs or on the disc you’ve specified.
Shuffle Play on all discs
You can play all tracks on all discs in a random order.
1 Press SHUFFLE repeatedly until “ALL DISCS”
appears in the display.
2 Press ( (the indicator lights up green) to start
ALL DISCS Shuffle Play.
The
indication appears while the player is
“shuffling” the tracks.
To cancel Shuffle Play
Press CONTINUE.
You can start Shuffle Play while playing
Press SHUFFLE, and Shuffle Play starts from the current
track.
You can specify discs during Shuffle Play (Select
Shuffle Play)
You can specify discs during ALL DISCS Shuffle Play
mode, and the tracks on the specified discs are played in
a random order.
Press DISC 1 – 5 to specify the discs after Step 1.
Semi-circles appear around the specified disc numbers in
the display. To cancel the selected discs, press DISC 1 – 5
again. The semi-circles disappear.
To return to ALL DISCS Shuffle Play, press SHUFFLE
twice.
Shuffle Play on one disc
You can play all tracks on the specific disc in a random
order.
1 Press SHUFFLE repeatedly until “1␣ DISC” appears
in the display.
2 Press DISC 1 – 5 to start 1␣ DISC Shuffle Play on the
selected disc.
The indicator lights up green. The
indication
appears while the player is “shuffling” the tracks.
To cancel Shuffle Play
Press CONTINUE.
You can start Shuffle Play while playing
Press SHUFFLE, and Shuffle Play starts from the current
track.
Creating Your Own Program
(Program Play)
You can arrange the order of the tracks on the discs
and create your own program. The program can
contain up to 32 “steps” — one “step” may contain a
track or a whole disc.
Creating a program on the player
1 Press PROGRAM.
“PROGRAM” appears in the display.
If a program is already stored, the last step of the
program appears in the display. When you want to
erase the whole program, hold down CLEAR until
“CLEAR” appears in the display (see page 15).
2 Press DISC 1 – 5 to select the disc.
“AL” in the display stands for “all” tracks.
When you want to program the whole disc as one
step, skip Step 3 and go to Step 4.
SHUFFLE DISC 1 – 5
(
I / u
A
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5
DISC TRACK MIN SEC
CD1
PROGRAM
(Continued)
PROGRAM
(
DISC 1 – 5 ≠ AMS ±
Number buttons
I / u
PROGRAM
CLEAR
CHECK
=/+
·
DISC
Number
buttons
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