Playing tracks from a USB
memory device
Press the FRONT button on the remote control two
times. Alternatively, press the top panel SOURCE button
until ‘USB’ is shown as the source.
Plug the USB memory device holding the audio tracks
into the USB socket on the front panel. Solo Mini can
play MP3 or WMA file formats.
Browsing music
Navigation through the audio tracks held on the device
depends on how the audio files have been organised into
folders and files. We recommend a fairly ‘flat’ organisation,
to simplify navigation.
Typically, there may be folders for ‘Genre’ (Classical, Rock,
Jazz, etc.), ‘Artists’ or ‘Albums’. Files that are not stored
inside a folder (i.e. ‘loose’ audio files) are treated as
though they were placed in a folder entitled ‘Songs’.
To navigate through folders, use the
B
or
C
buttons
on the remote control (or
0
or
/
on the top panel).
To select a folder to browse, press OK on the remote
control.
Once a folder containing audio files is selected, you
can navigate through the files using the the
B
or
C
buttons on the remote control (or
0
or
/
on the top
panel). Song titles and Album titles (i.e. enclosing folder
names) are normally displayed.
Playing music
Press
4
on the remote control (or
4
/
;
on the top
panel) to start playing the track.
The display shows the track title (scrolling if necessary)
with the elapsed time and volume setting. You can toggle
the information displayed by pressing the
INFO button.
To skip a track, use the
0
or
/
buttons on the remote
control or top panel.
DAB
DAB Setup
The first time you select DAB as the source on a new
Solo Mini, you are prompted to scan for new stations.
Make sure you have an aerial installed, and confirm with
OK. Found stations are added automatically to a list of
available stations when the scan is complete.
You can scan for new stations at any time after the initial
scan. Select DAB as the source, then press the
MENU
button. Navigate through the menu options (see page
16) until ‘DAB Setup’ is displayed. There are two options
under this menu item – ‘Scan’ and ‘Erase settings’.
Selecting ‘Scan’ adds new DAB stations to the list
of available stations, but stations that are no longer
transmitted are not erased. Over time, or if you change
location, this may lead to you having a number of stations
in your list that cannot actually be received. In this case,
select ‘Erase settings’, then perform a new scan; when
the scan is complete, only stations that are currently
receivable are shown.
AM/FM
Tune mode: Manual tuning
Press the
B
or
C
buttons on the remote control
(or
0
or
/
on the top panel) for less than one second
to select the desired tuning frequency. Manual tuning
is useful for tuning to a known frequency, or if you are
trying to select a station that is too weak to capture by
automatic tuning.
Tune mode: Automatic tuning
Press the
B
or
C
buttons on the remote control (or
0
or
/
on the top panel) for longer than one second
to engage automatic tuning. Solo Mini searches for a
radio station signal of sufficient strength, then stops. To
skip to the next station, press one of the buttons again.
Automatic tuning is available for both FM and AM.
Repeat and Shuffle play
To change the play mode, use the MODE button on the
remote control.
Press
MODE again to cycle through the various repeat
and shuffle options.
In the example above, ‘Repeat all’ play mode is shown.
The USB play modes available are listed in the following
table:
USB Play modes
USB
Default play mode.
Tracks are played back in sequential order.
USB RPT
ALL
Repeat all.
All tracks on the USB device are played
in order. After the last track has finished,
playback restarts from the first track on
the device.
USB RPT
FDR
Repeat folder.
Tracks in the current folder are played in
order. After the last track in the folder has
finished, playback restarts from the first
track in the folder.
USB RPT
TRK
Repeat track.
Playback of the current track is repeated
until cancelled.
USB SHF
ALL
Shuffle all.
Tracks on the device are played in
random order.
USB R F
SHF
Repeat folder shuffle.
Tracks in the current folder are played in
a random order. After every track in the
folder has been played once, playback
restarts from the first track.
USB R A
SHF
Repeat all shuffle.
All the tracks on the USB device are
played in a random order. After every
track on the device has been played once,
playback restarts from the first track.
Disconnecting a USB device
To disconnect a USB device from Solo Mini, either put
Solo Mini into Clock mode, or select a different source
using the remote control (or the SOURCE button on
the top panel). After a short delay to allow any read
operation to conclude, the USB device may be safely
removed from the front panel.
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