Musical Fidelity CD Pre24 - Manual (Page 11)

CD Pre 24 Instructions for Use. Page 11 of 19 Issue 4: May 2002
CD - BASIC OPERATION
LOADING AND PLAYING
COMPACT DISCS
If mains power to the CD Pre 24 is switched
on with a disc already loaded, it will auto-
matically search for the disc and begin
playing from the first track. However,
playback will not be audible if the input
has previously been set to another source
before being switched off. The CD button
must therefore be pressed first.
If no disc is loaded, after about 3 or 4 sec-
onds the unit will display the following:
To play a disc, press the OPEN/CLOSE
button to open the transport drawer.
When the drawer is fully extended, insert
the required disc with the label facing
upwards and then press either the
OPEN/CLOSE or PLAY/PAUSE button
to close the transport drawer again.
If OPEN/CLOSE is pressed, the disc
drawer closes and the CD player scans the
contents of the disc. After a short delay,
the display window then shows for approx-
imately 4 seconds the total number of
tracks available on the CD, and total play-
ing time, for example:
Display time
0
on the left then replaces
the temporary track and time information,
indicating that a disc is loaded but not yet
playing.
The “calendar” grid pattern at the right-
hand end of the display also confirms
tracks available for playing up to the first
20, but remains displayed. In the above
example there are 4 tracks on the disc.
DISC PLAY
If PLAY/PAUSE is pressed, the CD player
will go into play mode, an arrow confirm-
ing playback will appear on the left, and
the current track and index point will be
displayed similar to the following example:
Again, the calendar grid shows playback
progress of the first 20 tracks only.
When all tracks on the CD have been
played, playback stops and the display
reverts to:
PAUSE
Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button whilst a
disc is playing pauses playback of the disc.
A pause symbol ( ll ) appears in the dis-
play window next to the play arrow.
The disc will continue spinning but the
track does not advance and the CD Pre’s
output is muted.
Pressing PLAY/PAUSE again resumes
playback from the same place.
INDEX POINTS
Some CDs contain index points within a
track to separate a musical piece into dif-
ferent movements. If used, these index
point numbers (one or two digits, up to 99)
will appear in the display under the
INDEX
graphic. Otherwise, index number 1 will
be displayed.