Front Panel - Bryston BCD-3 Owner's Manual

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Front Panel

1. Power / Standby
Press this button to toggle the BCD-3 on or into
standby mode.
Unlit BCD-3 is not receiving power. Plug unit
into AC mains power.
Red Plugged into AC Mains but in standby
mode.
Green or BCD-3 is on and operational.
Blue
Blinking Secondary power supply failure. Contact
Red Bryston technical support.
2. Transport Controls
Each of these 10 buttons controls a specific
aspect of CD playback.
• Play: Once a disc is inserted, press Play to initiate
playback. If a disc is already playing, press Play to
restart the current track from the beginning.
• Pause: While a disc is playing, press Pause to freeze
playback at the current location.
• Prev / Next: While a disc is playing, press Prev to
skip to the track number before the current playing
track and press Next to skip to the next track. Press
multiple times quickly and the bottom row of text on
the display will indicate the track number on which
you will land.
• Rev / Fwd: While a disc is playing, Press Rev once and
audio will scrub backwards through the currently
playing track slowly. Press again and it will reverse
quickly. Press Fwd once and it will search forward
once slowly. Press again it will search forward
more quickly. Press a third time to resume normal
playback. Pressing play during any forward or reverse
searching will resume normal playback.
• Stop: Press once during playback to halt playback
and forget current playback location. Press once
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when disc is stopped to display the IP address if the
BCD-3 is connected to the network.
• Time: The display normally displays time elapsed
during playback for each track. Cycle through time
display modes by pressing the Time button. The
modes in order are: track elapsed (default), track
remaining, disc elapsed, disc remaining
• Repeat: Press once to engage Repeat Track mode
which will play the currently playing track again upon
completion. Press again to repeat the entire disc.
Press a third time to resume normal disc playback
operation.
• Random: In random mode, the disc plays tracks in
random order.
3. CD Tray
Press the Open/Close button to open and close
the CD tray. Discs should be carefully placed into
the tray with the label side facing up. Be careful
not to smudge or scratch either surface of your
CDs. Never force the CD tray to open or close.
Only use the button. Do not place any object
besides a single CD on the tray to avoid damage.
4. Open / Close Button
Press the button to open or close the CD tray
when loading and unloading a disc.
5. Infrared Receiver
The BCD-3 can be controlled by an IR remote
control such as models provided by Bryston or
third-party manufacturers.
6. Display
The OLED display indicates relevant information
about the player or disc loaded depending
on the current state of the BCD-3. It can be
ordered from the factory as blue or green.
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