Loading A Sacd Or Audio Disc; Playing A Sacd Or Audio Disc - Philips SACD Player Manual

Operation - Audio (Super Audio CD and CD)

Loading a SACD or Audio disc

OPEN/CLOSE
1 Press / OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the player.
The disc loading tray opens.
2 Lay the disc in the tray, label side up. Make sure it is
sitting properly in the correct recess.
3 Gently push the tray, or press / OPEN/CLOSE,
to close the tray.
➤ READING appears on the player display and in
the status window (if TV is on).
If a Super Audio CD is inserted the Sound Modes
available on the disc will be shown on the player display.
The current Sound Mode is indicated on both player
display (with a bullet) and screen (if TV is on).

Playing a SACD or Audio disc

G Press 2 PLAY to start playback.
➤ During playback of Super Audio CDs and audio
discs all functions can be operated via the buttons
on the remote control and the player front.
➤ If the TV is on, the Super Audio CD or the
Audio CD screen appears.
➤ During play, the current track number and its
elapsed playing time will be shown on the player
display (and on the screen). If a default Display Time
setting (Total Time/Remaining Time) is made in the
Personal Preferences menu this will be shown during
playback. With the DISPLAY button on the
remote control other time indications can be
selected.
➤ When playing a Super Audio CD the currently
selected Sound mode will be indicated on the display
with a bullet.
➤ At the beginning of each track the number of
front channels and surround channels will be
displayed (e.g. 3/2). If a subwoofer channel is present
this will also be displayed (+1).
DSD
CD
SACD STEREO
MCH
STOP PLAY PAUSE
REPEAT PREV NEXT
➤ If a default Sound mode (Stereo/Multi-channel) is
selected in the Personal Preferences menu and this
Sound mode is not availabale on the disc inserted,
playback will start in the first available Sound mode
on the disc.
➤ Playback will stop at the end of the disc.
G To stop play at any other time, press 9 STOP.
➤ The number of tracks and the total playing time
will be shown on the player display (and on the
screen).
Sound mode - SACD playblack
G Press SOUND MODE on the player or the
remote control to select the required Sound mode:
Stereo - Super Audio Stereo reproduction.
Multi-channel - Super Audio Multi-channel
reproduction.
CD - normal CD stereo reproduction (press 9
STOP first, then press SOUND MODE).
The sound modes available on the disc are indicated on
the display. When selecting Multi-channel make sure
your speaker configuration is set up for Multi-channel
reproduction.
Pause
G Press ; PAUSE during play.
G To return to play, press 2 PLAY.
Search
G To search forwards or backwards through the disc
at 4x normal speed, press 5 REVERSE or 6
FORWARD during play.
➤ Search begins.
G To step up to 8x normal speed, press 5 REVERSE
or 6 FORWARD again.
➤ Search will change to 8x speed.
G To return to 4x normal speed, press 5 REVERSE
or 6 FORWARD again.
G If the TV is on, search speed and direction are
indicated on the screen each time 5 REVERSE or
6 FORWARD is pressed.
G To end the search, press 2 PLAY or 9 STOP as
desired.
➤ Sound muted in 4x and 8x search.
Moving to another track
G Press K NEXT briefly during play to step forward
to the next track.
G Press J PREVIOUS briefly during play to return to
the beginning of the current track. Press J
PREVIOUS briefly again to step back to the
previous track.
G To go directly to any track, enter the track number
using the numerical keys 0-9.
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