NAD 5420 COMPACT DISC PLAYER and
5425
REMOTE·CONTROL COMPACT DISC PLAYER
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION
AND OPERATION
NOTE: The NAD 5420 and 5425
CD
players are
identical, except that the 5425
is
equipped with wire-
less infrared remole control.
REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS
1. OUTPUT JACKS
Connect a cable lrom these output jacks
to
Ihe
CD
,
AUXiliary, or any
oth
er
"
Ijne
~
tevel
"
input jacks on your
stereo amplifier. Take care that the lower (right-
channel) jack is connected
to
a right-channel input
on
your amplilier.
Do
NOT connecl this cable
to
the
amplifier's
PHONO input jacks.
2_
AC
LINE CORD
Connect this power cord
to
an AC mains wall outlet
or
to
an
AC
convenience outlet at
the
rear of your ampli-
fier
.
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
1.
POWER
ON
/OFF
Press this button
to
switch
on
the power
to
the
disc
playe
r.
Press again and release
to
switch
th
e power
off.
2. DISC DRAWER
To
playa
di
sc,
place it within
th
e large
ci
rcular
recess
in
the drawer,
wi
th
its Iransparent playing sur-
face facing down. The label must face
UP
.
CD-3 discs (3-inch CD "singles") can
be
played with-
out the aid
of
an
adapter. Place the disc
in
the disc
drawer, in the smaller
ci
rcular recess,
with
the label
facing
UP.
NOTE:
Thi
s player was not d
es
igned to accommo-
date a "dampi
ng
dis
c"
placed on a CD, nor two
CD
s
stacked together.
3. OPEN/CLOSE
Press this button
to
open the disc drawer, and
pr
ess
it
again to close
th
e drawer.
If
th
is button is pressed
while a disc is being played, the playback
wi
ll sto
p,
the
laser
wi
ll
re-sel
to
the beginni
ng
of Ihe disc, and the
drawer
will open. The OPEN/CLOSE bullon also
erases any track-sel
ec
t program that may
be
stored
in
the player's memory.
When
the disc drawer
is
open,
th
e drawer-closi
ng
mech
an
ism can also
be
aclivated
by
press
ing
PLAY or
by
gently pushing
the
drawer inward.
CAUTION: The disc drawer is open
ed
and closed
by
an
internal motor.
Do
not close
the
drawer
by
hand
with the power off.
When the drawer closes,
Ihe player scans the disc's
"table
of
conte
nt
s" and briefly displays
Ih
e number
of
tracks and total playing time of
th
e disc.
If
you press
PLAY to close the drawer, this display is
sk
ipped,
an
d
pl
ay
commences immediate
ly
at Track 1.
4. PLAY/PAUSE
Th
is
dua
l-function button alternales between start-
ing and stopping playback. Press
to
start play or
to
r
es
ume play after Pause. During play, press this bullon
to
stop playback lemporarily, keeping
th
e laser at its
current
position
on
the
disc
.
To resume playback at the exact point where it
stopped, press
PLAY/PAUSE again. If
you
don't want
to
resume play at the same point, you may use
the
SKIP/SCAN control
to
cue
th
e laser
to
a
di
ffe
rent
starting point before pressi
ng
PLAY again.
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