McIntosh MCD550 User Manual

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How to use the Remote Control
How to use the Remote Control
The Remote Control is capable of performing most
Operating Functions for the MCD550 SACD/CD
Player.
Note: Refer to the “How to Operate” Section of this
manual for additional information using this
Remote Control.
Play
With a disc loaded, press the PLAY Push-button to
start the disc playing. Press the PLAY Push-button
a second time to temporarily stop disc playback at any
time (Pause).
Note: The Play and Pause Push-buttons have been com-
bined into a single rocker type push-button. Press
the upper portion where the
 symbol is for play-
back and and for pausing the playback of a disc.
Stop
Press the STOP< Push-button to stop disc playback
and return to displaying the table of contents of the
disc.
Numbered Push-buttons
Press 1 through 9 to directly access one of the first
nine Disc Tracks using the Front Panel Information
Display. For track numbers greater than 10, press the
+10 Push-button followed by the 0-9 Push-button. For
example, to access Disc Track 23, press the +10 Push-
button twice and then the 3 Push-button.
Reverse and Fast Foward
Press the7 (Reverse) or8 (Fast Forward) Push-button
to start moving rapidly through a track on the disc.
When the desired location is reached release the
7
(Reverse) or8 (Fast Forward) Push-button to resume
normal playback.
Back and Next
Press the : (Next) Push-button to move forward one
track or the 9 (Back) Push-button to move back to the
beginning of the current track playing. Also used to
review the Programmed Tracks from the disc on the
Front Panel Information Display, while in the Program
Mode.
Note: If the 9 (Back) Push-button is pressed during
playback of the first three seconds of the track, the
MCD550 will start playing back the previous track
from the beginning. If the Front Panel Information
Display is indicating time, the display will momen-
tarily indicate the track number.
SACD or CD Track Selection
Press the DISC LAYER Push-button to select the
SACD or CD Tracks from a hybrid disc for playback.
Display/Time
Press the DISPlay/TIME Push-button to access vari-
ous disc times. It is also used to return the Front Panel
Information Display to indicating time instead of text
information on a SACD Disc.
Menu/Text
Press the MENU/TEXT Push-button to select the vari-
ous text information on a SACD Disc such as Album,
Artist and Track Titles (disc dependent).
Repeat Modes
Press the REPEAT Push-button to select either One
Track, All Tracks or cancel the Repeat Mode.
Clear
Press the CLEAR Push-button to erase a program
track(s).

McIntosh MCD550 Specifications

General

SACD playback	Yes
CD changer	-
Device type	Personal CD player
Product color	Black, Silver
Channels quantity	2 channels
Playback disc types	CD
Frequency range	4 - 40000 Hz
Audio formats supported	MP3, WMA
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)	110 dB
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)	0.0015 %
Package weight	19200 g
Volume control	Rotary

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	483 mm
Width	445 mm
Height	153 mm
Weight	12700 g