Philips CD 781 - Manual (Page 5)

SWITCHING ON AND OFF (ON/OFF)
Switching on
• Press ON/OFF.
> The display lights up.
Switching off
• Press ON/OFF again.
> The display is extinguished.________________
LOADING AND UNLOADING THE DISC
(OPEN/CLOSE)
Loading (Fig. 7-9)
• Open the disc tray by pressing OPEN/CLOSE.
• Insert the disc into the tray printed side up.
• To close the tray:
- Press the front of the tray lightly or press PLAY/
REPLAY if you wish to simply play the disc.
- Press SHUFFLE if you wish the disc to be played
in random order.
- Press OPEN/CLOSE if you wish to start with a
track number other than the first one or you wish
to compile a programme.
If ERROR lights up after the tray is closed, this
means that you have loaded the disc upside down
or it is dirty, badiy scratched or faulty, for example
warped. ERROR also lights up if you close an empty
tray by hand, by pressing PLAY/REPLAY or
SHUFFLE.
Unloading
• Open the tray by pressing OPEN/CLOSE.
• Hold the disc in same way as when loading.
• Store the disc immediately in its holder. This
prevents soiling and damage.
• Close an empty tray by pressing OPEN/CLOSE.
Avoid leaving the tray open, to prevent dust from
entering._________________________________
PLAYING THE ENTIRE DISC (PLAY/REPLAY)
• Close the tray by hand or by pressing PLAY/
REPLAY.
> The indication lights up.
) 'V appears on the display.
> Play starts as soon as the elapsed playing time of
the first track number is shown.
> At each following track the track number jumps
on. The display of the playing time starts again at
’0 00’ afteranypreceding pause has been count­
ed off.
> After the last track the disc stops.
The indication goes out.
The display shows thenumberof tracks and the
total playing time of the disc._______________
GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF A TRACK
(PLAY/REPLAY)
• Press PLAY/REPLAY.
) The track starts again from the beginning.
SELECTING ANOTHER TRACK DURING PLAY
(W TRACK >1)
Selecting a following track
• Press TRACK CH until the desired track number
appears on the display.
> The playing time indication disappears.
> Play is interrupted when the key is reieased.
> As soon as the playing timeindication returns, the
selected track begins to play.
If you press TRACK >1 while playing the last track,
ERROR lights up to remind you that there is no next
track and playing of the last track continues. If the
player is in the repeat mode, then play continues
with the first track.
Selecting a previous track
• Press M TRACK until the required track number
appears on the display.
) The playing time indication disappears.
> Play is interrupted when the key is released.
> As soon as the playing time indication returns, the
selected track begins to play.
If you press W TRACK while playing the first track,
ERROR lights up to remind you that there is no
previous track and playing of the first track con­
tinues. If the player is in the repeat mode, then play
continues with the last track.
SEARCHING FOR A PARTICULAR PASSAGE
DURING PLAY (O SEARCH D)
• Hold O SEARCH down to search backwards to
the beginning.
• Hold SEARCH D down to search forwards to the
end.
As soon as the key is released play restarts at once.
The length of time for which you hold the key down
determines the search speed:
- the first three seconds relatively slowly;
- after approx, four seconds slightly faster;
- the highest speed is reached after approx, seven
seconds.
Atthe firsttwo speeds the sound of the disc remains
audible, although accelerated. When searching by
ear it is therefore advisable to release the key as
soon as the sound disappears. If you have pressed
PAUSE before you started the search, you will hear
nothing.
As soon as you reach the beginning of the first
track, ERROR lights up. Play will resume there as
soon as you release the key. If you reach the end of
the last track, ERROR will also light up. If you then
release the key, play will resume a few seconds
before the end of the disc.