Philips AK640 - Page 9

OPERATION
Erasing a program
• To clear all programmed tracks, press
CLEAR.
- "C" will appear on the display.
Note:
- Opening and closing the CD tray and
switching the unit off will also cancel the
programme.
Introductory Play
The INTROSCAN function can be used in
both STOP and PLAY modes by pressing the
INTROSCAN button. The INTROSCAN
function causes the first 10 seconds of every
track on all CDs to be played (If CD is already
in PLAY mode, only the first 10 seconds of
the remaining tracks are played). After playing
the opening seconds of a track, the CD
player jumps to the beginning of the next
track. The corresponding track number
appears in the display.
• Press INTROSCAN on the unit.
- The first ten seconds of each track on
the disc will be played.
- Press PROGRAM when you recog¬
nise a track which you wish to pro¬
gramme into the memory
- The display shows and the total
playing time on the disc.
• Press INTROSCAN again if you want to
play the complete track.
- If you press PLAY/PAUSE Ml during
the mtroscan mode, then the unit will
resume play mode.
Shuffle Play
All the tracks of the disc can be randomly
played
• Press SHUFFLE on the main unit before
or during play
- The display shows SHUFFLE and play
starts with a track which has been
randomly selected.
- When one track finishes, its number
disappears from the display and an¬
other track is randomly selected from
those which have not yet been played.
- During play you can press NEXT or
PREVIOUS briefly (less than 0.5 sec¬
ond) to select another random track.
• Press PROGRAM when you recognise a
track which you wish to programme into
the memory.
• To resume normal play mode, press
SHUFFLE again.
• If you open the CD tray, the shuffle
function will be cancelled.
Repeat Play
If at any time you wish to listen to a disc or
programmeover and over again, the REPEAT
function will allow you to do so.
• Press REPEAT on the unit.
The “Repeat" flag will be lighted on.
• Press STOP ■ , OPEN/CLOSE or
REPEAT to cancel the repeat function.
Selecting a different track during
playback or programmed play
• Press PREVIOUS or NEXT briefly (less
than 0.5 second) until the required track
number appears in the display.
- Shortly after this, the chosen track will
start playing.
Starting again with the track that is
currently playing
• Press PREVIOUS briefly (less than 0.5
second).
- The track will be started again from the
beginning.
Searching for a passage during playback
or programmed play
• Hold PREVIOUS or NEXT pressed down
to search for the required passage. If you
release the button, play will continue.
Note:
This is an "AUDIBLE SEARCH”.
The volume will automatically be reduced to
a low level during search operation and will
return to its normal level when the search
button is released.
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