Musical Fidelity A3.2 CD - Manual (Page 9)

A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 9 of 17
Issue 6: March 2003
BASIC OPERATION
LOADING AND PLAYING COMPACT
DISCS
If mains power to the A3.2 CD player is
switched on with a disc already loaded, it
will automatically search for the disc and
begin playing from the first track.
However, if no disc is loaded, after approx-
imately 3 or 4 seconds 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 A3.2 CD'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.