Special Features With Super Audio Cd (Sacd) - T+A HV SERIES User Manual

Special features with Super Audio CD (SACD)

General information
Switching between layers
Screen display
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There are three types of SACD disc: Single Layer, Dual Layer and Hybrid. The
Hybrid type contains a standard audio CD layer as well as a Super Audio CD.
All SACDs should contain a pure stereo soundtrack; an area containing
multi-channel recordings may also be present. However, a small number of
SACDs are pure multi-channel discs, i.e. without a stereo track.
Since the PDT 3100 HV is designed to reproduce pure stereo sound only, it is
not possible to play back multi-channel discs.
Switching between the CD and SACD layers on hybrid SACDs
 Open the disc drawer.
 Turn the SOURCE knob on the PDT 3100 HV to the left or right depending on
the desired layer.
 Optionally, the layer can also be selected with the  / -
buttons on the remote control handset F3100.
 Close the disc drawer by touching the
 Playback can be started by pressing the  button on the remote
control handset once the CD or SACD layer has been read.
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Note:
It is not possible to switch between the CD and SACD layers when playback
is in progress; you must stop the disc and open the disc drawer before
switching layers.
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If an inserted disc does not contain the selected preferred layer, the
alternative layer is automatically read in.
Play mode indication
 Disc: SACD (2-CH) indicates that the stereo track of an SACD has been
read.
 Disc: CD indicates that a normal audio CD or the CD layer of a hybrid SACD
has been read.
 button on the PDT 3100 HV.