Basic Functions; Digital Tuner; About Mp3 - Philips AZ2538 User Manual

BASIC FUNCTIONS

SWITCHING ON AND OFF
1. Press STANDBY ON y on the set to switch on (or
press y on the remote control).
2. Press the Source selector once or more to select
your desired function: CD, FM, AM, USB PC
LINK, GAME AUX.
3. Press STANDBY ON y on the set to switch off.
(or press y on the remote control to switch the
set to standby mode)
Helpful Hints:
– The tone, sound settings, tuner presets and the
volume level (up to a maximum volume level of
VOL 20 ) will be retained in the set's memory.
ADJUSTING VOLUME AND SOUND (See 2)
• Adjust the volume with the VOLUME control.
= Display shows the volume level
and a
number from 0-32.
MAX SOUND
To enhance the bass response: press MAX SOUND
once or more to switch on / off.
= MAX SOUND-key backlight lights up when
MAX SOUND is turned on.
Helpful Hints:
– MAX SOUND can be used when you play FM, AM,
CD, USB PC LINK and GAME AUX source.
– Some discs might be recorded in high modulation,
which causes a distortion at high volume. If this
occurs, deactivate MAX SOUND or reduce the
volume.
The set complies with the FCC-Rules, Part 15 and with 21 CFR 1040.10.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interfer-
ence that may cause undesired operation.
EQUALIZER
1. To adjust the bass, mid and treble frequencies
press EQUALIZER once or more;
2. Rotate VOLUME within 3 seconds to adjust each
level.
=Display briefly shows
, or
,
level (-5 to +5) or .
Helpful Hints:
– EQUALIZER can be used during FM, AM, CD,
USB PC LINK and GAME AUX source.
– To prevent sound interference the bass control
options operate exclusively. You cannot combine the
bass from EQUALIZER with MAX SOUND.
GAMESOUND
To adjust the game sound, press GAMESOUND once
or more to select your option.
=Display briefly shows
,
or
.
Helpful Hints:
– GAMESOUND is only available when you play in
GAME AUX source.
How to MUTE the sound
1. Press MUTE on the remote control to interrupt
sound reproduction instantly.
= Playback continues without sound and the
display flashes .
2. To reactivate sound reproduction you can:
– press MUTE again;
– adjust the volume controls;
– change to another source.

DIGITAL TUNER

Tuning to stations (See 3)
1. Press STANDBY ON y to on, then press Source
selector once or more to select FM/AM (or press
TUNER once or more on the remote control).
= Display: shows
briefly followed by
waveband, frequency, and preset station
number if already stored.
2. Tuning to stations: you can tune to your
stations manually or by automatic search tuning:
Press down on ∞ or § ( 5 or 6 on the remote
control) and release button when the frequency in
the display starts running.
= The radio automatically tunes to a station of
sufficient reception. Display shows
during automatic tuning.
3. Repeat step 2 if necessary until you find the
desired station.
,
• To tune to a weak station, press ∞ or § briefly
and repeatedly until you have found optimal
reception.
Helpful Hints:
To improve radio reception:
– For FM, extend, incline and turn the telescopic
antenna. Reduce its length if the signal is too
strong.
– For AM, the set uses a built-in antenna. Direct this
antenna by turning the whole set.
Programming tuner stations:
You can store up to a total of 30 radio stations in the
memory, manually or automatically (Autostore).
Autostore
Automatic programming will start from preset 1 or a
chosen preset number. The set will only program sta-
tions which are not in the memory already.
-
/+
1. Press ALBUM/PRESET once or more to
select the preset number where programming
should start.
Helpful Hints:
– If no tuner preset number is selected, default is
preset 1 and all your presets will be erased.

ABOUT MP3

2. Press PROG for 4 seconds or more to activate
auto store programming.
= Display:
is shown and available
stations are programmed in order of waveband
FM, followed by AM.
3. The first preset station will then be played after all
stations are stored automatically.
Manual programming
1. Tune to your desired station (see Tuning to
stations).
2. Press PROG to activate programming.
= Display: program flashes.
-
/+
3. Press ALBUM/PRESET once or more to
allocate a number from 1 to 30 to this stations.
4. Press PROG again to confirm.
= Display: shows the preset number, waveband
and the frequency of the preset station.
About MP3
The music compression technology MP3 (MPEG Audio
Layer 3) reduces the digital data of an audio CD
significantly while maintaining CD-like sound quality.
How to get music files
Either download legal music files from the internet to
your computer hard disc or create them from your own
audio CDs. For this, insert an audio CD into your
computer´s CD-ROM drive and convert the music
using an appropriate encoder software. To achieve a
good sound quality, a bit rate of 128 kbps or higher is
recommended for MP3 music files.
How to make a CD-ROM with MP3 files
Use your computer´s CD burner to record ("burn") the
music files from your hard disc on a CD-ROM.
Helpful Hints:
– For details on using MP3 encoder and writing soft-
ware, please refer to the operating instructions of
the software.
– Make sure that the file names of the MP3 files end
with .mp3.
– Total number of music files and albums: around 350
(with a typical file name length of 20 characters)
– The number of music files that can be played
depends on the length of the file names. With short
file names more files will be supported.