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POSSIBLE ERROR MESSAGES
If the CD inserted is illegible (e.g.: CD-ROM
inserted, CD not inserted properly or read-
ing error), the display will show the mes-
sage “CD ERROR” for about 2 seconds.
The CD is then ejected and the previous
source before CD was selected returns.
DISPLAY INFORMATION
When the CD player is working, the display
shows the following information which
means:
“T05”: shows the number of the track on
the CD;
“03:42”: shows the time elapsed since the
start of the track (if the corresponding Menu
function is on);
SELECT TRACK
(forward/backward)
Briefly press button
÷to play the previ-
ous track and button
˜to play the next
one. Tracks are played in sequence: after the
last track, the first one will be played and
vice versa.
If playing the track started more than 3 sec-
onds ago, pressing briefly button
÷the
track is played again from the start. In this
case if wanting to play the previous track,
press the button twice consecutively.
FAST FORWARD/BACKWARD
Keep button ˜pressed to move the track
selected forward at high speed and keep but-
ton
÷pressed to move it quickly back-
ward. Fast forward/backward is stopped
once the button is released.
PAUSE FUNCTION
To pause the CD player, press button MUTE.
The display will show “PAUSE”.
To resume playing the track, press button
MUTE again.
The pause function is deactivated changing
the sound source.
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SOUND SYSTEM
MP3 MODE
In addition to standard audio CDs, the sound
system can also play audio files in MP3 for-
mat. Sound system will operate as described
in the previous section (“Sound system with
Compact Disc player”) when inserting a con-
ventional audio CD.
For optimal playing use only top quality CDs
mastered at a speed as low as possible.
MP3 CD files are structured by directories,
with sequential lists of all directories con-
taining MP3 tracks (directories and sub-di-
rectories are all brought to the same lev-
el), directories not containing MP3 tracks
cannot be selected.Technical data and operating conditions for
MP3 files are as follows:
❒adopted CD-ROM shall be mastered ac-
cording to ISO9660 Standard;
❒music files shall be renamed as “.mp3”
otherwise they cannot be played;
❒sampling frequencies are: 44.1 kHz,
stereo (96 to 320 kbit/s) - 22.05 kHz,
mono or stereo (32 to 80 kbit/s);
❒it is possible to play variable bit-rate tracks
(files).
IMPORTANT Characters: blank, ‘ (apostro-
phe), ( and ) (open and closed brackets)
are not admitted in MP3 track names. When
sampling MP3 CD you must not use these
characters to name files otherwise the sound
system will not be able to play it.
INTRODUCTION
This section only describes MP3 CD player
operation variants: as concerns sound sys-
tem operation, refer to section “FUNCTIONS
AND ADJUSTMENTS”.
NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding tech-
nology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and
Thomson multimedia.
M M
P P
3 3
C C
D D
P P
L L
A A
Y Y
E E
R R
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PROTECTION AGAINST THEFT
Refer to section “COMPACT DISC PLAYER”.
SELECT NEXT/PREVIOUS
DIRECTORY
Press button Nto select the next directory
or press button
Oto select the previous one.
The name of the new selected directory will
be shown on the display.
Directories are selected in cyclic sequence:
after the last directory the first one is se-
lected and vice versa.
If no other directory/track is selected in the
following 2 seconds, the first track in the
new directory will be played.
If the last track in the currently selected di-
rectory is played, the next will then be
played.
DISPLAY INFORMATION
ID3-TAG info display
In addition to time elapsed, directory name
and file name, also ID3-TAG info relevant
to track Title, Artist, Author (see section
“MP3 DISPLAY FUNCTION”) are displayed.
The MP3 directory name shown on the dis-
play corresponds to the name with which
the directory is stored on the CD, followed
by an asterisk.
Example of full MP3 directory name: BEST
OF *.
If you want to display one ID3-TAG info (Ti-
tle, Artist, Album) and the track being played
has no ID3-TAG info then, the file name will
be displayed.
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OVERVIEW
Low volume
The Fader function shall only be set to “F”
(front), to prevent sound system output
power reduction and volume muting if the
Fader level set is = R+9.
Required source cannot be
selected
No CD loaded. Load the CD or the MP3 CD
you want to play.
T T
R R
O O
U U
B B
L L
E E
S S
H H
O O
O O
T T
I I
N N
G G
COMPACT DISC PLAYER
CD not played
Loaded CD is dirty. Clean the CD.
Loaded CD is scratched. Try to play another
CD.
Required CD cannot be loaded
Another CD is already loaded. Press button
ıand remove the CD.
MP3 FILE READING
Skipping when reading MP3 files
Loaded CD is scratched or dirty. Clean the
CD as described in paragraph “CD” in sec-
tion “INTRODUCTION”.
MP3 track length not displayed
correctly
In certain cases (due to recording) MP3
track length can be displayed incorrectly.
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