Repeat Play (Repeat); To Temporarily Halt Play (Pause); To Stop Play (Stop); Power Off - SPHINX MYTH 9 MK2 User Manual

Repeat Play (REPEAT)

The Repeat mode will repeat the selected Play
mode: Play, Program Play and Shuffle Play. There
are two options.
Repeat 1: Play will be repeated once.
Repeat: Play will be repeated continuously.
You may select the Repeat 1 mode by pressing the
?? REPEAT button once: the REPEAT1 indication
will light.
With a second press you select the Repeat mode:
the REPEAT indication will now be lit.
Another press de-activates the mode.

To temporarily halt Play (PAUSE)

All Play modes can be temporarily interrupted with
the ?? PAUSE button. Another press on this button
(or on the ?? PLAY button) will resume Play mode.

To stop Play (STOP)

Pressing the ?? STOP button during any mode will
de-activate this mode completely, the CD will stop
and the display will show the same CD data as
right after placing a new CD in the tray.
At any time you can also press the ?? OPEN button:
all modes will stop immediately and the tray will
open.

Power off

You switch the Myth 9 Mk2 off (to stand-by) with the
?? STBY button (7).

Special modes for recording CD's

Recording a CD onto tape is highly simplified with
two special modes: Peak and Fade. The first will
automatically find the loudest signal level on the
CD, the second enables you to fade tracks in and
out.
The ?? PEAK button (10) activates the:
Peak mode when the CD has stopped (STOP)
Fade mode when the CD is playing.

The PEAK mode

In Peak mode the CD player scans and analyses
the CD (the PEAK indication will blink). Finally the
display will show under TRACK the track number
and under TRACK TIME the time code of the
loudest part on the CD.
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About 3 sec of this part will then continuously be
repeated (the time display will fallback to the
starting point) and the signal is sent to the output.
You can now simply adjust the recording level of the
recorder to the maximum value. So you don't have
to worry about sudden signal peaks causing
distortion or noise caused by too low a recording
level!
You may de-activate the Peak mode by pressing the
?? PLAY, ?? STOP or ?? OPEN button.

The FADE mode

With the Fade mode you can fade-out a track
(slowly decrease the level to 0), create a longer
space between two tracks and fade-in a track.
During Play mode (with the correct track and at the
correct moment!) press the ?? PEAK button. The
display will show sequentially (this will take some 5
seconds):
» FADE ? «
» FADE ? «
» FADE ? «
At the same time the signal level is slowly reduced
to 0 (fade-out) and the Pause mode is selected.
The display shows the PAUSE indication (left), the
track number and the time at which the track has
been halted.
To resume playback you have two options:
1. Pressing the ?? PEAK button resumes playback
and the display will show (this takes some 5
seconds):
» FADE ? «
» FADE ? «
» FADE ? «
At the same time the signal level is slowly
increased from 0 to the previous level (fade-in).
2. Pressing the ?? PAUSE or ?? PLAY button will
extinguish the PAUSE indication and the track will
resume playback, only now with the level
immediately at maximum: there is no fade-in!

The best way to treat a CD

The Myth 9 Mk2 CD player will ensure a uniquely
perfect CD reproduction quality. But only when all
other links in the audio chain are as prefect. The
CD is a sturdy medium and can take a lot of bad
handling without serious damage.
However, it is still important to handle the CD with
care. Al scratch or blob will not cause an immediate
audible problem thanks to the digital error
correction of the player. However, every time the
correction circuits have to correct something this
will have influence on the maximum obtainable
audio quality. The following tips will help you to
keep the CD's is pristine condition.
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