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A-B : Press once to establish a beginning point (point A ) for an end-
less playback loop. The display will flash the letter B to indicate
that it is ready to accept your designated ending point (point B ).
Once this has been done, the Nº31.5 will repeat the segment of
the disc between points
A and B until you press A-B or stop .
(Note that A must precede B on the disc.) Directly accessing a
point beyond the end of your A-B loop ( next , direct time , or
direct track ) will cancel the repeat A-B function and return the
Nº31.5 to play at your selected point.
repeat : Press once to enter repeat disc mode (repeating the entire
disc, or an entire playlist if one is entered). This action will illu-
minate the
repeat disc LED . Press a second time to enter the re-
peat track mode (repeating a single track ad nauseam). A third
press will cycle you back to normal operation, as will pressing
stop .
(–) track – : When pressed, this will take you to the beginning of the
previous track. Also used to add a track to a playlist when creat-
ing a custom program. (See Introduction to Programming.)
3 NUMERIC KEYPAD
The numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 may be used to directly access in-
dividual track numbers of discs played by the Nº31.5. For example, to go
directly to track 13, press
1 followed by 3 , and then press play . You do not
have to add a 0 before a single-digit track number: 7 , followed by play , will
take you directly to track number 7. (In fact, if the Nº31.5 is already in play,
simply pressing the number button will be sufficient.)
The Nº31.5 displays a certain amount of intelligence with respect to direct
track access. If the first number entered identifies a particular track unam-
biguously (such as 2 on a 12-track disc), the Nº31.5 is “smart” enough to im-
mediately move to that track. If the first number entered could be the first
of two digits (such as 1 on a 12-track disc), the Nº31.5 will wait for a mo-
ment to determine whether you wish to enter a second number. If not, it
will then go to the single-digit track you selected.
If you request a non-existent track (pressing 2 , 1 on a 12-track disc, for ex-
ample), the Nº31.5 will display NO TRACK XX (where XX is the track you
requested that does not exist) and resume play.
Selecting a particular track does not affect the operating mode. That is to
say, pressing
7 while in play begins playing track 7; pressing 4 while in
pause leaves you paused at the beginning of track 4. Similarly, using direct
track access during the playing of a program will temporarily override the
program; pressing stop will return you to your original programmed playlist
as though nothing had ever happened.
Random Play Incidentally, if you press 0 followed by play , the Nº31.5 will enter a
random play mode in which the order of the current disc’s playlist is
scrambled, and then played. The first character of the display (that shows a
P when playing a playlist) will show R to indicate random play . Moreover,
placing the Nº31.5 into random play mode while the disc repeat function
is engaged will cause it to play the various tracks on the disc randomly in-
definitely (until you stop it). This can be a great way to provide back-
ground music during a dinner party, for example.