With Optional Equipment
CD/MD Unit
This unit can control a maximum of seven
external CD/MD units in this configuration:
CD unit – maximum of five
MD unit – maximum of five
Any combination up to seven will work.
If you connect an optional CD unit with the
CD TEXT function, the CD TEXT information
will appear in the display when you play a CD
TEXT disc.
Playing a CD or MD
1
Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the
CD or MD.
2
Press (MODE) until the desired unit
appears.
CD/MD playback starts.
When a CD/MD unit is connected, all the
tracks play from the beginning.
Changing the displayed item
Each time you press (DSPL) during CD, CD
TEXT or MD playback, the item changes as
follows:
Track number/
Elapsed playback time
Disc name*
1
Track name*
Clock
*
1
If you have not labelled the disc or if there is no
disc name prerecorded on the MD, "NO
D.Name" appears in the display.
2
If you play a CD TEXT disc, the artist name
*
appears in the display after the disc name. (Only
for CD TEXT discs with the artist name.)
3
If the track name of a CD TEXT disc or MD is not
*
prerecorded, "NO T.Name" appears in the
display.
Tip
If the name of the MD or CD TEXT disc is too long,
you can scroll it across the display by pressing
(SHIFT), then (1) (N).
$
$
/Artist name*
2
$
3
$
You can label CD and CD TEXT discs with a
personalized name using the disc memo
function. Refer to "Labelling a CD" (page 21).
However, if you use personalized labels, they
will always take priority over the original CD
TEXT information when such information is
displayed.
Tip
If you want to display the original CD TEXT
information after labelling the CD TEXT disc with a
personalized name, press (SHIFT), then (4) (n).
After you select the desired items, the display
will automatically change to the Motion
Display mode after a few seconds. In the
Motion Display mode, all the above items are
scrolled in the display one by one in order.
Tip
The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See
"Changing the sound and display settings" on
page 18.)
Automatically scrolling a disc name
— Auto Scroll
If the disc name, artist name or track name on
a CD TEXT disc or MD exceeds 10 characters
and the Auto Scroll function is on, information
automatically scrolls across the display as
follows:
• The disc name appears when the disc has
changed (if the disc name is selected).
• The track name appears when the track has
changed (if the track name is selected).
• The disc or track name appears depending on
the setting when you press (SOURCE) to select
an MD or CD TEXT disc.
If you press (DSPL) to change the display
item, the disc or track name of the MD or CD
TEXT disc is scrolled automatically whether
you set the function on or off.
1
During playback, press (SHIFT).
2
Press (2) (SET UP) repeatedly until
"A.Scrl" appears.
3
Press (4) (n) to select "A.Scrl on".
4
Press (SHIFT).
To cancel Auto Scroll, select "A.Scrl off" in
step 3 above.
Note
For some CD TEXT discs with very many characters,
the following cases may happen:
— Some of the characters are not displayed.
— Auto Scroll does not work.
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