Operation Manual Multi-CD control High power CD/MP3 player with FM/ AM tuner English DEH-P3550MP Español Português (B) Contents Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. Before You Start About this manual 4 Precautions 4 Features 4 Protecting your unit from theft 4 Removing the front panel 5 Attaching the front panel 5 Whats What Head unit 6 Remote control 6 Power ON/OFF Turning the unit on 8 Selecting a source 8 Turning the unit off 8 Tuner Listening to the radio 9 Introduction of advanced tuner operation 10 Storing and recalling broadcast frequencies 10 Tuning in strong signals 10 Storing the strongest broadcast frequencies 11 Built-in CD Player Playing a CD 12 Introduction of advanced built-in CD player operation 13 Repeating play 13 Playing tracks in a random order 13 Scanning tracks of a CD 13 Pausing CD playback 14 Selecting the search method 14 Searching every 10 track in the current disc 14 Using disc title functions 15 Entering disc titles 15 Displaying disc titles 15 Using CD TEXT functions 15 Displaying titles on CD TEXT discs 15 Scrolling titles in the display 16 MP3 Player Playing a MP3 17 Introduction of advanced built-in CD player (MP3) operation 18 Repeating play 18 Playing tracks in a random order 19 Scanning folders and tracks 19 Pausing MP3 playback 20 Selecting the search method 20 Searching every 10 track in the current folder 20 Switching the ID3 tag display on MP3 disc 20 Displaying text information on MP3 disc 21 Scrolling text information in the display 21 Multi-CD Player Playing a CD 22 50-disc multi-CD player 22 Introduction of advanced multi-CD player operation 23 Repeating play 23 Playing tracks in a random order 23 Scanning CDs and tracks 24 Pausing CD playback 24 Using ITS playlists 24 Creating a playlist with ITS programming 24 Playback from your ITS playlist 25 Erasing a track from your ITS playlist 25 2 En Contents English Erasing a CD from your ITS playlist 26 Using disc title functions 26 Entering disc titles 26 Displaying disc titles 27 Using CD TEXT functions 27 Displaying titles on CD TEXT discs 27 Scrolling titles in the display 27 Using compression and bass emphasis 27 Audio Adjustments Introduction of audio adjustments 28 Using balance adjustment 28 Using the equalizer 28 Recalling equalizer curves 29 Adjusting equalizer curves 29 Fine adjusting equalizer curve 29 Adjusting loudness 30 Front image enhancer (F.I.E.) 30 Adjusting source levels 31 Initial Settings Adjusting initial settings 32 Setting the clock 32 Setting the FM tuning step 32 Setting the AM tuning step 33 Switching the warning tone 33 Switching the auxiliary setting 33 Other Functions Turning the clock display on or off 34 Using the AUX source 34 Selecting AUX as the source 34 Setting the AUX title 34 Additional Information Understanding built-in CD player error messages 35 CD player and care 35 CD-R/CD-RW discs 36 MP3 files 36 About folders and MP3 files 37 Terms 38 Specifications 39 En 3 Section HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Before You Start 01 About this manual This unit features a number of sophisticated functions ensuring superior reception and operation. All the functions have been designed for the easiest possible use, but many are not self-explanatory. This operation manual will help you benefit fully from this products potential and to maximize your listening enjoyment. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the functions and their operation by reading through the manual before you begin using this unit. It is especially important that you read and observe precautions on this page and in other sections. Features CD playback Music CD/CD-R/CD-RW playback is possible. MP3 file playback Precautions CAUTION: USE OF CONTROL OR ADJUSTMENT OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE. CAUTION: THE USE OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH THIS PRODUCT WILL INCREASE EYE HAZARD. It is possible to play back MP3 files recorded on CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW (ISO9660 Level 1/ Level 2 standard recordings). ! Supply of this product only conveys a license for private, non-commercial use and does not convey a license nor imply any right to use this product in any commercial (i.e. revenue-generating) real time broadcasting (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or any other media), broadcasting/streaming via internet, intranets and/or other networks or in other electronic content distribution systems, such as pay-audio or audio-on-demand applications. An independent license for such use is required. For details, please visit http://www.mp3licensing.com. Protecting your unit from theft The front panel can be detached from the head unit and stored in the protective case provided to discourage theft. ! If the front panel is not detached from the head unit within five seconds of turning off the ignition, a warning tone will sound. ! You can turn off the warning tone. See Switching the warning tone on page 33. Important ! Never use force or grip the display and the buttons tightly when removing or attaching. ! Avoid subjecting the front panel to excessive shocks. ! Keep this manual handy as a reference for operating procedures and precautions. ! Always keep the volume low enough so you can hear sounds outside of the car. ! Protect this product from moisture. ! If the battery is disconnected or discharged, the preset memory will be erased and must be reprogrammed. ! If this unit does not operate properly, contact your dealer or nearest authorized Pioneer Service Station. 4 En HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Before You Start Section 01 ! Keep the front panel out of direct sunlight and high temperatures. English Removing the front panel 1 Press OPEN to open the front panel. 2 Grip the left side of the front panel and pull it gently outward. Take care not to grip it tightly or drop it. 3 Put the front panel into the protective case provided for safe keeping. Attaching the front panel % Replace the front panel by holding it upright to this unit and clipping it securely into the mounting hooks. En 5 Section HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Whats What 02 1 2 34 5 d 6 c b a 987 8 BAND button Press to select among three FM and one AM bands and cancel the control mode of functions. 9 LOUDNESS button Press to turn loudness on or off. a 16 buttons Press for preset tuning and disc number search when using a multi-CD player. b SOURCE button This unit is turned on by selecting a source. Press to cycle through all of the available sources. c VOLUME Press to increase or decrease the volume. d EQ button Press to select various equalizer curves. Head unit 1 CLOCK button Press to change to the clock display. 2 DISPLAY button Press to select different displays. 3 PAUSE button Press to turn pause on or off. 4 AUDIO button Press to select various sound quality controls. 5 OPEN button Press to open the front panel. 6 a/b/c/d buttons Press to do manual seek tuning, fast forward, reverse and track search controls. Also used for controlling functions. 7 FUNCTION button Press to select functions. Remote control The remote control CD-R30 is sold separately. 6 En HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Whats What Section 02 c 8 7 e 3 Operation is the same as when using the button on the head unit. See the explanation of the head unit about the operation of each button with the exception of ATT, which is explained below. e CD button Press to select the built-in or multi-CD player as the source. f TUNER button Press to select the tuner as the source. g ATT button Press to quickly lower the volume level, by about 90%. Press once more to return to the original volume level. English g 4 f 6 En 7 Section HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Power ON/OFF 03 Turning the unit on % Press SOURCE to turn the unit on. When you select a source the unit is turned on. Selecting a source You can select a source you want to listen to. To switch to the built-in CD player, load a disc in this unit (refer to page 12). 1 When using the head unit, press SOURCE to select a source. Press SOURCE repeatedly to switch between the following sources: Built-in CD playerTelevisionTuner Multi-CD playerExternal unit 1External unit 2AUX 2 When using the remote control, press TUNER or CD to select a source. Press each button repeatedly to switch between the following sources: TUNER: TelevisionTunerSources off CD: Built-in CD playerMulti-CD player Sources off Notes ! In the following cases, the sound source will not change: When a unit corresponding to each source is not connected to this unit. When no disc is set in this unit. When no magazine is set in the multi-CD player. When the AUX (auxiliary input) is set to off (refer to page 33). ! External unit refers to a Pioneer product (such as one available in the future) that, although incompatible as a source, enables control of basic functions by this unit. Two external units can be controlled by this unit. When two exter- nal units are connected, the allocation of them to external unit 1 or external unit 2 is automatically set by this unit. ! When this units blue/white lead is connected to the cars auto-antenna relay control terminal, the cars antenna extends when this units source is turned on. To retract the antenna, turn the source off. Turning the unit off % Press SOURCE and hold until the unit turns off. 8 En HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Tuner Section 04 Listening to the radio 4 To perform manual tuning, press c or d with quick presses. The frequencies move up or down step by step. 5 To perform seek tuning, press and hold c or d for about one second and release. The tuner will scan the frequencies until a broadcast strong enough for good reception is found. English 1 23 4 These are the basic steps necessary to operate the radio. More advanced tuner operation is explained starting on the next page. Important If you are using this unit in North, Central or South America, reset the AM tuning step (see Setting the AM tuning step on page 33). # You can cancel seek tuning by pressing either c or d with a quick press. # If you press and hold c or d you can skip broadcasting stations. Seek tuning starts as soon as you release the buttons. Note When the frequency selected is being broadcast in stereo the stereo (5) indicator will light. 1 Band indicator Shows which band the radio is tuned to, AM or FM. 2 Frequency indicator Shows to which frequency the tuner is tuned. 3 Stereo (5) indicator Shows that the frequency selected is being broadcast in stereo. 4 Preset number indicator Shows what preset has been selected. 1 Press SOURCE to select the tuner. Press SOURCE until tuner is selected as the source. 2 Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level. Press to increase or decrease the volume. 3 Press BAND to select a band. Press BAND until the desired band is displayed, F1, F2, F3 for FM or AM. En 9 Section HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Tuner 04 Introduction of advanced tuner operation 12 1 Function display Shows the function status. 3 % When you find a frequency that you want to store in memory press a preset tuning button 16 and hold until the preset number stops flashing. The number you have pressed will flash in the preset number indicator and then remain lit. The selected radio station frequency has been stored in memory. The next time you press the same preset tuning button 16 the radio station frequency is recalled from memory. Notes ! Up to 18 FM stations, 6 for each of the three FM bands, and 6 AM stations can be stored in memory. ! You can also use a and b to recall radio station frequencies assigned to preset tuning buttons 16. 2 LOC indicator Shows when local seek tuning is on. 3 Preset number indicator Shows what preset has been selected. % Press FUNCTION to display the function names. Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch between the following functions: BSM (best stations memory)LOCAL (local seek tuning) # To return to the frequency display, press BAND. Note If you do not operate the function within about 30 seconds, the display is automatically returned to the frequency display. Tuning in strong signals Local seek tuning lets you tune in only those radio stations with sufficiently strong signals for good reception. 1 Press FUNCTION to select LOCAL. Press FUNCTION until LOCAL appears in the display. 2 Press a to turn local seek tuning on. Local seek sensitivity (e.g., LOCAL 2) appears in the display. 3 Press c or d to set the sensitivity. There are four levels of sensitivity for FM and two levels for AM: FM: LOCAL 1LOCAL 2LOCAL 3 LOCAL 4 AM: LOCAL 1LOCAL 2 Storing and recalling broadcast frequencies If you press any of the preset tuning buttons 16 you can easily store up to six broadcast frequencies for later recall with the touch of a button. 10 En HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Tuner Section 04 The LOCAL 4 setting allows reception of only the strongest stations, while lower settings let you receive progressively weaker stations. 4 When you want to return to normal seek tuning, press b to turn local seek tuning off. LOCAL:OFF appears in the display. English Storing the strongest broadcast frequencies BSM (best stations memory) lets you automatically store the six strongest broadcast frequencies under preset tuning buttons 16 and once stored there you can tune in to those frequencies with the touch of a button. 1 Press FUNCTION to select BSM. Press FUNCTION until BSM appears in the display. 2 Press a to turn BSM on. BSM begins to flash. While BSM is flashing the six strongest broadcast frequencies will be stored under preset tuning buttons 16 in order of their signal strength. When finished, BSM stops flashing. # To cancel the storage process, press b. Note Storing broadcast frequencies with BSM may replace broadcast frequencies you have saved using 16. En 11 Section HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Built-in CD Player 05 Playing a CD 4 Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level. Press to increase or decrease the volume. 5 To perform fast forward or reverse, press and hold c or d. 1 2 These are the basic steps necessary to play a CD with your built-in CD player. More advanced CD operation is explained starting on the next page. 1 Play time indicator Shows the elapsed playing time of the current track. 2 Track number indicator Shows the track currently playing. 1 Press OPEN to open the front panel. CD loading slot appears. # If you select the search method to ROUGH, pressing and holding c or d enables you to search every ten track in the current disc. (Refer to Selecting the search method on page 14.) 6 To skip back or forward to another track, press c or d. Pressing d skips to the start of the next track. Pressing c once skips to the start of the current track. Pressing again will skip to the previous track. Notes ! The built-in CD player plays one, standard, 12cm or 8-cm (single) CD at a time. Do not use an adapter when playing 8-cm CDs. ! Do not insert anything other than a CD into the CD loading slot. ! If you cannot insert a disc completely or if after you insert a disc the disc does not play, check that the label side of the disc is up. Press EJECT to eject the disc, and check the disc for damage before inserting the disc again. ! If the built-in CD player does not operate properly, an error message such as ERROR-11 may be displayed. Refer to Understanding built-in CD player error messages on page 35. ! When a CD TEXT disc is inserted, the disc and track titles begin to scroll to the left automatically. # After a CD has been inserted, press SOURCE to select the built-in CD player. 2 Insert a CD into the CD loading slot. Playback will automatically start. CD loading slot EJECT button # You can eject a CD by pressing EJECT. # To avoid a malfunction, make sure that no metal object comes into contact with the terminals when the front panel is open. 3 Close the front panel. 12 En HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Built-in CD Player Section 05 Introduction of advanced built-in CD player operation 2 Press a to turn repeat play on. RPT :ON appears in the display. The track currently playing will play and then repeat. 3 Press b to turn repeat play off. RPT :OFF appears in the display. The track currently playing will continue to play and then play the next track. Note If you perform track search or fast forward/reverse, repeat play is automatically cancelled. English 1 2 1 RPT indicator Shows when repeat play is turned on. 2 Function display Shows the function status. % Press FUNCTION to display the function names. Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch between the following functions: RPT (repeat play)RDM (random play) SCAN (scan play)PAUSE (pause) FF/REV (search method)TAG (ID3 tag display) Playing tracks in a random order Random play lets you play back tracks on the CD in a random order. 1 Press FUNCTION to select RDM. Press FUNCTION until RDM appears in the display. 2 Press a to turn random play on. RDM :ON appears in the display. Tracks will play in a random order. 3 Press b to turn random play off. RDM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks will continue to play in order. # To return to the playback display, press BAND. Notes ! When playing audio data (CD-DA), it is not effective even if you turn TAG (ID3 tag display) on. (Refer to page 20.) ! If you do not operate the function within about 30 seconds, the display is automatically returned to the playback display. Scanning tracks of a CD Repeating play Repeat play lets you hear the same track over again. 1 Press FUNCTION to select RPT. Press FUNCTION until RPT appears in the display. Scan play lets you hear the first 10 seconds of each track on the CD. 1 Press FUNCTION to select SCAN. Press FUNCTION until SCAN appears in the display. En 13 Section HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Built-in CD Player 05 2 Press a to turn scan play on. SCAN:ON appears in the display. The first 10 seconds of each track is played. 3 When you find the desired track press b to turn scan play off. SCAN:OFF appears in the display. The track will continue to play. Selecting the search method You can switch the search method between fast forward/reverse and searching every 10 track. 1 Press FUNCTION to select FF/REV. Press FUNCTION until FF/REV appears in the display. # If the search method ROUGH has been previously selected, ROUGH will be displayed. # If the display has automatically returned to the playback display, select SCAN again by pressing FUNCTION. Note After scanning of a CD is finished, normal playback of the tracks will begin again. 2 Press c or d to select the search method. Press c or d until the desired search method appears in the display. ! FF/REV Fast forward and reverse ! ROUGH Searching every 10 track Pausing CD playback Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of the CD. 1 Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE. Press FUNCTION until PAUSE appears in the display. 2 Press a to turn pause on. PAUSE:ON appears in the display. Play of the current track pauses. 3 Press b to turn pause off. PAUSE:OFF appears in the display. Play will resume at the same point that you turned pause on. Note You can also turn pause on or off by pressing PAUSE. Searching every 10 track in the current disc If a disc contains over 10 tracks, you can search every 10 track. When a disc contains a lot of tracks, you can roughly search the track you want to play. 1 Select the search method ROUGH. Refer to Selecting the search method on this page. 2 Press and hold c or d to search every 10 track in a disc. # If a disc contains less than 10 tracks, pressing and holding d recalls the last track of a disc. Also, if the remaining number of tracks after searching every 10 tracks are less than 10, pressing and holding d recalls the last track of a disc. # If a disc contains less than 10 tracks, pressing and holding c recalls the first track of a disc. Also, if the remaining number of tracks after searching every 10 tracks are less than 10, pressing and holding c recalls the first track of a disc. 14 En HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Built-in CD Player Section 05 Using disc title functions You can input CD titles and display the title. The next time you insert a CD for which you have entered a title, the title of that CD will be displayed. 6 Press BAND to return to the playback display. Notes ! Titles remain in memory, even after the disc has been removed from built-in CD player, and are recalled when the disc is reinserted. ! After data for 48 discs has been stored in memory, data for a new disc will overwrite the oldest one. ! If you connect a multi-CD player, you can input disc titles for up to 100 discs. English Entering disc titles Disc title input lets you input CD titles up to 8 letters long and up to 48 disc titles into the built-in CD player. 1 Play a CD that you want to enter the title. 2 Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN appears in the display. Displaying disc titles You can display the title of any disc that has had a disc title entered. % Press DISPLAY. Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between the following settings: Play timeDISC TTL (disc title) When you select DISC TTL, the title of the currently playing disc is shown in the display. # If no title has been entered for the currently playing disc, NO TITLE is displayed. # When playing a CD TEXT disc, you cannot switch to TITLE IN. The disc title will have already been recorded on a CD TEXT disc. 3 Press a or b to select a letter of the alphabet. Each press of a will display a letter of the alphabet in A B C ... X Y Z, numbers and symbols in 1 2 3 ... > [ ] order. Each press of b will display a letter in the reverse order, such as Z Y X ... C B A order. Using CD TEXT functions 4 Press d to move the cursor to the next character position. When the letter you want is displayed, press d to move the cursor to the next position and then select the next letter. Press c to move backwards in the display. 5 Move the cursor to the last position by pressing d after entering the title. When you press d one more time, the entered title is stored in memory. Some discs have certain information encoded on the disc during manufacture. These discs may contain such information as the CD title, track title, artists name and playback time and are called CD TEXT discs. Only these specially encoded CD TEXT discs support the functions listed below. Displaying titles on CD TEXT discs % Press DISPLAY. Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between the following settings: En 15 Section HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Built-in CD Player 05 Play timeDISC TTL (disc title)ART NAME (disc artist name)TRK TTL (track title) ART NAME (track artist name) # If specific information has not been recorded on a CD TEXT disc, NO XXXX will be displayed (e.g., NO D-TTL). Scrolling titles in the display This unit can display the first 8 letters only of DISC TTL, ART NAME, TRK TTL and ART NAME. When the recorded information is longer than 8 letters, you can scroll the text to the left so that the rest of the title can be seen. % Press DISPLAY and hold until the title begins to scroll to the left. The rest of the title will appear in the display. 16 En HHHHHHHHHHHHHH MP3 Player Section 06 Playing a MP3 CD loading slot English 1 23 4 EJECT button These are the basic steps necessary to play an MP3 with your built-in CD player. More advanced MP3 operation is explained starting on the next page. 1 Folder number indicator Shows the folder number currently playing. 2 MP3 indicator Shows when the MP3 file is playing. 3 Play time indicator Shows the elapsed playing time of the current track (file). 4 Track number indicator Shows the track (file) currently playing. ! If a track number 100 to 199 is selected, d on the left of the track number indicator will light. ! If a track number 200 or more is selected, d on the left of the track number indicator will blink. 1 Press OPEN to open the front panel. CD loading slot appears. # You can eject a CD-ROM by pressing EJECT. # To avoid a malfunction, make sure that no metal object comes into contact with the terminals when the front panel is open. 3 Close the front panel. 4 Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level. Press to increase or decrease the volume. 5 # You cannot select a folder that does not have an MP3 file recorded in it. # To return to folder 01 (ROOT), press and hold BAND. However, if folder 01 (ROOT) contains no files, playback commences with folder 02. Press a or b to select a folder. # After a CD-ROM has been inserted, press SOURCE to select the built-in CD player. # This is fast forward and reverse operation only for the file being played. This operation is canceled when the previous or next file is reached. # If you select the search method to ROUGH, pressing and holding c or d enables you to search every ten track in the current folder. (Refer to Selecting the search method on page 20.) 6 To perform fast forward or reverse, press and hold c or d. 2 Insert a CD-ROM into the CD loading slot. Playback will automatically start. 7 To skip back or forward to another track, press c or d. Pressing d skips to the start of the next track. Pressing c once skips to the start of the current track. Pressing again will skip to the previous track. En 17 Section HHHHHHHHHHHHHH MP3 Player 06 Notes ! When playing discs with MP3 files and audio data (CD-DA) such as CD-EXTRA and MIXEDMODE CDs, both types can be played only by switching mode between MP3 and CD-DA with BAND. ! If you have switched between playback of MP3 files and audio data (CD-DA), playback starts at the first track on the disc. ! The built-in CD player can play back an MP3 file recorded on CD-ROM. (Refer to page 36 for files that can be played back.) ! Do not insert anything other than a CD into the CD loading slot. ! There is sometimes a delay between starting up playback and the sound being issued. This is particularly the case when playing back multi-session and many folders. When being read in, FRMTREAD is displayed. ! If you cannot insert a disc completely or if after you insert a disc the disc does not play, check that the label side of the disc is up. Press EJECT to eject the disc, and check the disc for damage before inserting the disc again. ! Playback is carried out in order of file number. Folders are skipped if they contain no files. (If folder 01 (ROOT) contains no files, playback commences with folder 02.) ! When playing back files recorded as VBR (variable bit rate) files, the play time will not be correctly displayed if fast forward or reverse operations are used. ! If inserted disc contains no files that can be played back, NO AUDIO is displayed. ! There is no sound on fast forward or reverse. ! If the built-in CD player does not operate properly, an error message such as ERROR-11 may be displayed. Refer to Understanding built-in CD player error messages on page 35. ! When a MP3 disc is inserted, folder name and file name begin to scroll to the left automatically. Introduction of advanced built-in CD player (MP3) operation 1 2 1 RPT indicator Shows when repeat range is selected to current track (file). 2 Function display Shows the function status. % Press FUNCTION to display the function names. Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch between the following functions: RPT (repeat play)RDM (random play) SCAN (scan play)PAUSE (pause) FF/REV (search method)TAG (ID3 tag display) # To return to the playback display, press BAND. Note If you do not operate the function within about 30 seconds, the display is automatically returned to the playback display. Repeating play For MP3 playback, there are three repeat play ranges: FLD (folder repeat), TRK (one-track repeat) and DSC (repeat all tracks). 1 Press FUNCTION to select RPT. Press FUNCTION until RPT appears in the display. 18 En HHHHHHHHHHHHHH MP3 Player Section 06 2 Press c or d to select the repeat range. Press c or d until the desired repeat range appears in the display. ! FLD Repeat the current folder ! TRK Repeat just the current track ! DSC Repeat all tracks Notes ! If you select other folder during repeat play, the repeat play range changes to DSC. ! If you perform track search or fast forward/reverse during TRK, the repeat play range changes to FLD. ! When FLD is selected, it is not possible to play back a subfolder of that folder. Note English If you turn random play on during FLD and then return to the playback display, FRDM appears in the display. Scanning folders and tracks While you are using FLD, the beginning of each track in the selected folder plays for about 10 seconds. When you are using DSC, the beginning of the first track of each folder is played for about 10 seconds. 1 Select the repeat range. Refer to Repeating play on the previous page. 2 Press FUNCTION to select SCAN. Press FUNCTION until SCAN appears in the display. 3 Press a to turn scan play on. SCAN:ON appears in the display. The first 10 seconds of each track of the current folder (or the first track of each folder) is played. 4 When you find the desired track (or folder) press b to turn scan play off. SCAN:OFF appears in the display. The track (or folder) will continue to play. Playing tracks in a random order Random play lets you play back tracks in a random order within the repeat range, FLD and DSC. 1 Select the repeat range. Refer to Repeating play on the previous page. 2 Press FUNCTION to select RDM. Press FUNCTION until RDM appears in the display. 3 Press a to turn random play on. RDM :ON appears in the display. Tracks will play in a random order within the previously selected FLD or DSC ranges. 4 Press b to turn random play off. RDM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks will continue to play in order. # If the display has automatically returned to the playback display, select SCAN again by pressing FUNCTION. Notes ! After track or folder scanning is finished, normal playback of the tracks will begin again. ! If you turn scan play on during FLD and then return to the playback display, FSCN appears in the display. En 19 Section HHHHHHHHHHHHHH MP3 Player 06 Pausing MP3 playback Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of the MP3. 1 Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE. Press FUNCTION until PAUSE appears in the display. 2 Press a to turn pause on. PAUSE:ON appears in the display. Play of the current track pauses. 3 Press b to turn pause off. PAUSE:OFF appears in the display. Play will resume at the same point that you turned pause on. Note You can also turn pause on or off by pressing PAUSE. Searching every 10 track in the current folder If the current folder contains over 10 tracks, you can search every 10 track. When the one folder contains a lot of tracks, you can roughly search the track you want to play. 1 Select the search method ROUGH. Refer to Selecting the search method on this page. 2 Press and hold c or d to search every 10 track in the current folder. Selecting the search method You can switch the search method between fast forward/reverse and searching every 10 track. 1 Press FUNCTION to select FF/REV. Press FUNCTION until FF/REV appears in the display. # If the search method ROUGH has been previously selected, ROUGH will be displayed. # If the current folder contains less than 10 tracks, pressing and holding d recalls the last track of the folder. Also, if the remaining number of tracks after searching every 10 tracks are less than 10, pressing and holding d recalls the last track of the folder. # If the current folder contains less than 10 tracks, pressing and holding c recalls the first track of the folder. Also, if the remaining number of tracks after searching every 10 tracks are less than 10, pressing and holding c recalls the first track of the folder. Switching the ID3 tag display on MP3 disc It is possible to turn the ID3 tag display on MP3 disc on or off, if MP3 disc contains the ID3 tag. ! ID3 tag refers to text information such as track title and artist name. 1 Press FUNCTION to select TAG. Press FUNCTION until TAG appears in the display. 2 Press a to turn ID3 tag display on. TAG :ON appears in the display. 2 Press c or d to select the search method. Press c or d until the desired search method appears in the display. ! FF/REV Fast forward and reverse ! ROUGH Searching every 10 track 20 En