Playing An Audio Cd - Zoom MRS-1608 Operation Manual

Playing an audio CD

To play an audio CD inserted in the CD-R/CD-RW drive,
proceed as follows. This method can also be used to
audition a CD-R/CD-RW disc which has not been
finalized yet.
NOTE
• A CD-R/CD-RW disc which has not been finalized can only be
played with this method.
• Mixed-mode CDs or copy-controlled CDs cannot be played.
1.
Insert an audio CD in the CD-R/RW drive.
2.
From the main screen, press the [CD-R/
RW] key in the control section.
The CD-R/RW menu appears.
3.
Verify that the indication "CD-R/RW AUDIO
CD" is shown on the display, and press the
[ENTER] key.
The display indication changes as follows.
AUDIO CD AUDIO CD
BURN CD BURN CD
4.
Use the cursor left/right keys to bring up
the indication "AUDIO CD PLAYER", and
press the [ENTER] key.
The CD player screen for audio CD playback appears.
The second line of the display shows the track number
and playback method for the inserted audio CD. If a non-
finalized disc is inserted, a
ZOOM MRS-1608
*
symbol is shown.
Track number
The number of the currently selected track on the
audio CD is shown.
Finalize status
When a symbol is shown here,
*
a non-finalized CD-R/RW disc is inserted.
PLAYER PLAYER
Track1 * DIGITAL Track1 *
0 3 332 32
Current position in track
The location in the
current track is shown
here in hours (H),
minutes (M),
and seconds (S).
5.
T
Use the REW [
transport section to select the track to be
played.
Y
The FF [ ] key selects the next track and the REW [
key selects the previous track.
6.
Use the cursor up/down keys to select the
playback method for the audio CD.
The following two methods are available.
●
DIGITAL (Digital playback)
The digital audio signal of the CD is read by the MRS-
1608 in the digital domain and becomes available as an
audio signal at the rear panel MASTER OUTPUT jacks,
DIGITAL OUTPUT connectors, and front panel
MASTER PHONES jack. (Default setting)
The audio CD playback volume can be adjusted with the
[MASTER] fader.
●
ANALOG (Analog playback)
The audio signal of the CD is reproduced via the
headphone outputs of the CD-R/RW drive. Adjust the
volume with the volume control of the drive.
7.
To start playback of the audio CD, press the
R
PLAY [ ] key.
Playback of the selected track starts. When the track is
finished, playback continues with the next track. During
audio CD playback, all faders except for the [MASTER]
fader as well as the EQ, reverb, chorus/delay, and pan
settings are disabled.
Reference [Creating a CD]
DIGITAL
Playback method
Indicates the currently
selected audio CD
playback method:
DIGITAL or ANALOG
Y
] and FF [ ] keys in the
T
]
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