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PERSONAL CD / mp3 PLAYER
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STEREO HEADPHONES
OWNER’S MANUAL
HD7288
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Thank you......... For purchasing this Emerson Personal CD/mp3 Player. The CD/mp3 player has a 20 track programmable memory so you can listen to the songs on your favorite CD's in any order you choose. Or you can use the Random playback feature and let the player select the playback order for you. Use the 3-way Repeat feature to repeat a single track, the entire disc, or a programmed sequence of tracks, indefinitely. We've also included 100 second Electronic Anti-Skip Protection (mp3) which make
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IMPORTANT NOTES WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. Avoid installing the unit in locations described below: • Places exposed to direct sunlight or • Dusty places. close to heat radiating appliances such • Places subject to constant as electric heaters. vibration. • Humid or moist places. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT CAUTION CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION APPAREIL Á LASER DE CLASSE 1 WHEN OPEN AND INTERLOCKS PRODUCTO LASER DE CLASE 1 DE
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PREPARATION FOR USE REMOVE THE TRANSIT CARD This personal CD/MP3 player is shipped with a dummy CD ‘ transit card ‘ inside the CD compartment. The purpose of this card is to prevent the laser from moving during shipment of the product. This card must be removed before using the CD player. Slide the OPEN switch to the right to unlock the CD door. Remove the ‘ transit card’ from the player and discard it. POWER SOURCES This personal CD/MP3 player is designed to operate on two “AA” batteries, not i
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INSTALLING THE BATTERIES Note: The battery compartment is located inside the CD compartment. 1.) Slide the OPEN switch to the right to open the CD door. If you have not already done so, remove the dummy CD ‘ transit card’ and discard it. 2.) Press down on the “Arrow” mark in the center of the battery door and slide the door outward as shown until the door ‘ pops’ open. 3.) Insert two alkaline “AA” batteries in the battery compartment. Be sure to observe the polarity markings engraved in the bat
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CONNECTING THE OPTIONAL AC ADAPTER (NOT INCLUDED) 1.) Connect the small female plug of the optional AC adapter to the “DC IN 4.5 V” jack on the right side of the CD player. 2.) Connect the adapter housing to your 120V AC 60 Hz outlet. DC 4.5V INPUT JACK TO 120V/60Hz AC OUTLET OPTIONAL AC/DC ADAPTER Notes: • Never connect or disconnect the adapter from the AC outlet while your hands are wet. • The housing of the AC adapter may become warm during operation. This is normal. • The female plug
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CONNECTING THE STEREO HEADPHONES Connect the plug of the supplied stereo headphones to the green-colored headphone jack on the left side of the cabinet. IMPORTANT! Always set the VOLUME control to a low level before you put the headphones on and begin playing a CD. Then start playback and gradually increase the volume to a comfortable listening level. Do not play the CD at loud volume levels that might prevent you from hearing warning sounds such as car horns, etc. 6 HD7288_ib070703.p65 6 7/7/2
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LOCATION OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS 11 10 12 9 8 13 14 7 15 6 16 17 5 4 18 3 2 1 1.) OPEN Switch – Slide to the right to unlock and open the CD door. . 2.) LINE OUT Jack. 3.) VOLUME Control – Raises or lowers the volume. 4.) PHONES Jack – Connect stereo headphones, included, to this jack. 5.) HOLD Switch. 6.) EQ Button – Selects preset equalizer: FLAT, DBB, POP, CLASSIC, JAZZ, ROCK. 7.) PLAY/PAUSE Button. 8.) SKIP REV Button. 9.) PROGRAM Button. 10.) ALBUM Button. 11.) LCD Dis
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LCD DISPLAY INDICATORS 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3 14 2 15 1 1.) Status Display. 2.) Directory (Album) Number. 3.) Track Number Display. 4.) PROG (Program) Indicator – Appears when programming tracks or playing programmed tracks. 5.) DIR (Directory) Indicator. 6.) SHUFF (Shuffle) Indicator – Appears when Random playback mode is selected. 7.) INTRO Indicator – Appears when Intro playback mode is selected. 8.) MP3 Indicator – Appears when playing CD’ s containing mp3 audio files. 9
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL FUNCTIONS HOLD Switch The HOLD switch on the left side of the cabinet must CD HOLD be in the ‘Off’ (left) position to start the CD player. If you plan to carry the CD player in a handbag, PLAY briefcase, school bag, back pack, etc, slide the HOLD switch to the ‘ On’ (right) position. While the HOLD switch is ‘ On’ all of the controls on the CD door are disabled. This prevents the player from starting accidentally by something pressing against the PLAY/PAUSE button
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Electronic Skip Protection (ESP) This CD player includes an Electronic Skip Protection circuit that continuously stores 40 seconds of CD music (100 seconds for MP3 discs) in an electronic memory. If the player is bumped or shaken you will not hear any skipping because the player is reading from the memory, not directly from the disc. Of course if the shaking continues for more than 40 seconds (100 seconds for an MP3 disc) the ESP memory will be depleted and that player may skip or stop if the s
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NORMAL CD PLAYBACK • Make sure you have installed the batteries. • Make sure the HOLD switch is set to the ‘Off’ (left) position. • Make sure to set the VOLUME control to a low setting before you put on the headphones. IMPORTANT: This CD player can play normal CDs plus CD Recordable (CD-R) and CD Rewriteable (CD-RW) discs. However the playability of CD-R and CD-RW discs may be affected by the type of software that was used in ‘ ripping’ the tracks from the original discs and ‘ burning’ the
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Notes: • If the disc is a normal CD the “CD” indicator appears in the display. If the disc contains compressed MP3 files the “MP3” indicator will appear in the display. • If the disc contains compressed MP3 files the “READING” process will take longer before playback begins. Also the ESP circuit will turn ‘ On’ automatically. 5.) Adjust the VOLUME, EQ, and ESP controls as desired. 6.) Playback will continue until the end of the disc, then the player will stop automatically and the display wi
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PLAY MODE (P-MODE) BUTTON Pressing the P. MODE button during playback cycles the player through the following four special playback modes: REPEAT 1 REPEAT ALL INTRO SHUFF (Random) Playback. REPEAT PLAYBACK The player can be programmed to continuously repeat a single track or the entire disc automatically. One Track Repeat During playback press the SKIP FWD or SKIP REV CD REPT 1 buttons to select the track to be repeated, then press the P-MODE button once. The REPT 1 PLAY
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INTRO (Intro Scan) PLAYBACK The Intro Scan feature plays only the first 10 seconds of each track on the disc. This feature is useful when you are trying to find a particular song but you cannot remember the title. 1.) Load your disc in the player as usual and press the PLAY/PAUSE button to begin playback. 2.) When playback begins press the P-MODE button 3 times. The INTRO indicator flashes. 3.) Press the PLAY/PAUSE button once more. INTRO CD The INTRO indicator stops flashing and r
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PROGRAMMED PLAYBACK You can program up to 20 tracks on a disc to play in any desired order. NOTE: You cannot program a disc during playback. If the disc is playing press the STOP/CLEAR button first to stop playback and then follow the programming steps below. 1.) While the total tracks and playing time appear on the display press the PROGRAM button once. The PROG indicator and the Program STOP Number (P – 01) appear, and the track number (000) flashes. 2.) Press the SKIP FWD or SKIP REV button t
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MP3 CD PLAYBACK CDs that contain compressed MP3 audio files can store approximately 10 times as much music as a normal CDs. It is possible to record up to 10 hours of music in MP3 format on a single disc. Audio files may be downloaded from the Internet onto your computer’ s hard drive or ‘ ripped’ from normal CDs. They are then compressed into MP3 format files by software on your computer and recorded or ‘ burned’ onto blank discs. Typically when making your own MP3 CDs you will organize the son
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MP3 CD “READING” TIME AND DISPLAY INFORMATION As mentioned on previous page, because MP3 CDs contain much more information than normal CDs it takes longer for the player to ‘ Read’ an MP3 disc and display the Table of Contents information. After you load an MP3 CD in the player and press the PLAY/PAUSE button the player will read each of the ‘Directories’ (or ‘Albums ’) on the disc, one at a time, and display the Directory Number and the cumulative number of tracks in the directories that have a
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MP3 CD PLAYBACK In the above example playback will continue until all 172 tracks have been played, as long as the batteries have sufficient power. The PLAY/PAUSE and STOP/CLEAR controls have the same functions for MP3 CDs as they do for normal CDs. MP3 CD TRACK SKIP OPERATION • During playback press the SKIP FWD or SKIP REV buttons repeatedly to skip forward or backward to locate the desired track. Playback will begin on the desired track. • During playback, press the ESP button to skip forw
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MP3 CD REPEAT PLAYBACK There are 3 Repeat Playback options with MP3 CDs. In addition to the Repeat 1 Track and Repeat All Tracks options which are the same for normal CDs, you may also select Directory Repeat Mode to repeat all the tracks contained in a single Directory (Album). • To repeat a single track on an MP3 CD Select the track to be repeated and start playback as usual. Then press the P-MODE button once. The “REPT 1” indicator appears Blessed and the selected track will be repeated con
