Philips CDC 345 - Manual (Page 4)

OPERATION
Warning
• Check that you have removed the red transit
protection clamp on the underside of the player (but
refit it during further transport).
• Always remove the CDs from the player before
moving the unit!
TO PLAY DISCS
• Switch on with ON/OFF ©.
• Press OPEN/CLOSE @ to open the CD tray ©.
• Holding the disc between the thumb and fingers of
the outstretched hand, remove it from the packaging
(Rg. 3) and place it with the label uppermost in the
tray © (Rg. 5). Both standard 12 cm (5") discs and
8 cm (3") discs (CD singles) can be used.
• Use the PREFERRED POSITION in the tray, when
you insert only one disc.
• When you wish to insert more discs, press the
LOAD button © to rotate the turntable in the tray.
• Press the OPEN/CLOSE button ©to close the tray
©
• Press the PLAY/REPLAY button ®. The CD of the
preferred position will now be played.
• To play another CD. select the desired disc
number with one of the DISC SELECT buttons @.
Play begins within a few seconds. In display ©you
can always see which disc and which track are being
played. Play will stop after the last disc.
Important
If an E (for Error) appears in the display, the CD-player
cannot read the disc. Possible causes are;
-you inserted the CD the wrong way: the label should
face up (Rg. 5);
- the surface of the disc is badly scratched or dirty,
see ’Maintenance’;
- the lens is steamed up because of a sudden
transition from a cold into a warm environment. Let
the set acclimatize for a while.
If EE appears in the display, the CD-player cannot
reach the desired mechanical position. Possible
causes are:
-You did not remove the red transit protection clamp;
- the CD-tray or the turntable in the tray is blocked (a
disc is not properly positioned in the tray, or the tray
cannot open or close).
In case of this error, make sure that the tray and the
turntable are free to move, switch off the set and then
on again.
Changing discs during piay
• Press OPEN/CLOSE @ to open the CD tray ©
Two discs can now be changed.
• Press the LOAD button ©to rotate the turntable in
the tray, after which the other two discs can be
changed.
Selecting a different disc during play
• Press the desired number of the DISC SELECT
buttons ®.
In display © the disc number will appear and shortly
afterwards the first track of the chosen disc will start
to play.
Selecting a different track during play
• Press NEXTTRACK/SEARCHUP © (or PREV-
TRACK/SEARCH DOWN ©) until the required track
number appears in the display.
- Shortly after this, the chosen track wili start playing.
Starting again with the track that is currently
playing
• Press PLAY/REPLAY®.
- The track will be started again from the beginning.
Searching for a passage during play
• Hold NE)CrTRACK/SEARCHUP (j) or PREV-
TRACK/SEARCH DOWN © pressed down to
search for the required passage. If you release the
button, play will continue.
Repeating play
• During play press REPEAT © The REPEAT
indication lights up.
- All discs are played and then repeated.
• Press REPEAT again to stop the repeat function.
The REPEAT indication goes out.
- Play continues as normal.
• REPEAT can also be used during a PROGRAM,
SHUFFLE, and INTROSCAN.
Introscan
The INTROSCAN function can be used in both STOP
and PLAY modes by pressing the INTROSCAN
button © SCAN will then appear in the display.
The INTROSCAN function causes the first few
seconds of every track of all CDs to be played (in
PLAY mode only the rema/nmg tracks). After playing
the opening seconds of a track the CD player jumps
to the beginning of the next track. The corresponding
track number appears in the display ®
• Pressing the PLAY/REPLAY button ® cancels the
INTROSCAN function. The CD plays normally from
the current track onwards.
• If you press the NEXT TRACK/SEARCH UP button
© or the PREV TRACK/SEARCH DOWN button ©
the unit remains in the INTROSCAN function and the
first few seconds of the next track or the previous
track respectively are played.
• If the INTROSCAN function is not cancelled by
pressing the PLAY/REPLAY button ® or the
STOP/CP button ®. the CD player automatically
reverts to the STOP position at the end of the last CD.