PROGRAMMED PLAY OPERATION
13
Programmed Play Operation
The HD750’s advanced programming capability
enables you to select certain tracks, to preset the
order in which these tracks play, and to clear
specific programmed tracks after the program
was made.
Programmed Play
Programmed play allows you to program up to
32 tracks into the HD750’s memory. To begin
programming the HD750, press the
Program
button
8
3
. The
PROGRAM
indicator will
light in the
Information Display
%
, the num-
ber
01
will blink below the Track indicator,
showing the track number selected, and
P-01
will appear in the Information Display,
replacing the track time. This indicates that you
are about to program the first track.
You may now begin to enter the tracks in the
order in which you wish to have them play. To
select a track on the disc, press the
Numeric
buttons
2
corresponding to the desired track,
be certain to enter the second number of two
digit numbers within two seconds after the first
number was entered. You may also use the
Skip
buttons
7
7
to select a track. When the
track is selected, press the
Program
button
8
3
. Note that the program-step indication on
the right side of the Information Display will
change to
P-02
.
You may now select another track for the next
program step, following the instruction shown
above. When the track is selected, press the
Program
button
8
3
again. Repeat this
procedure for each program step until you have
completed the desired programming. Press the
Stop
button
5
A
once to complete a pro-
gram sequence, or press
Play
4
9
to begin
immediate play of a program sequence. If the
maximum of 32 program steps is reached, the
program-step indication at the right side of the
Information Display will go out, and the disc and
track that have been programmed as the first
program step will be shown.
Once a program list has been entered, press the
Play
button
4
9
to begin listening to the
sequence. After the entire program has been
played, the HD750 will stop. As long as the
Stop
button
5
A
has not been pressed twice and
the
PROGRAM
indicator remains lit, you may
repeat the programmed-play sequence again by
pressing the
Play
button
4
9
.
A program can be edited even after it was com-
pleted by pressing the
Stop
button
5
A
once: Each time you press the
Program
button
8
3
the track number and program step
number will be displayed in the programmed
order, but with steady tracks numbers (not blink-
ing) in contrast to the programming mode. As
soon as the track number starts blinking, the
appropriate program step number shown at the
right side is not programmed yet; now you can
change the track number with the
Skip
buttons
7
7
or the
Numeric
buttons
2
as
described above and add it to the program list
by pressing the
Program
button
8
3
.
Pressing the
Stop
button
5
A
twice will
return to normal mode and the
PROGRAM
indi-
cator will go out, but the program will stay in
memory and can be recalled easily by pressing
the
Program
button. But pressing the
Clear
button
4
(see below) or opening the disc
drawer by pressing
Open/Close
$
F
, will
erase the program information from the unit’s
memory.
Checking Program Contents
To check the contents of a program while the
unit is stopped at first note that the
PROGRAM
indicator is lit (otherwise press
Program
) and
the program step indication
P-01
just below
the
PROGRAM
indicator is not lit (otherwise press
Stop
once). Each time the
Check
button
E
is
pressed now, the Information Display will step
through each of the programmed tracks.
Clearing Programs
To clear a single track from the program list, press
the
Program
button
8
3
until the track to be
deleted from the program sequence appears in the
Information Display
%
.When the track number
appears, press the
Clear
4
once, the track
selected will be deleted and the track number
will be replaced by the next programmed one.
Now you can delete that track too with the
Clear button or press the
Stop
button
5
A
and again the
Program
8
3
button to select
lower track numbers to be deleted.
When the unit is stopped and the program step
indication
P - 01
is not lit (otherwise press
Stop
once), but the
PROGRAM
indicator is still lit
(otherwise press
Program
8
3
) you may clear
the entire contents of a program by pressing the
Clear
button
4
.
Important Note:
When you´ve pressed the
Program
button
8
3
(once or several times)
and the track number on the left starts blinking,
the appropriate program step number (e.g.
P - 08
) shown at the right display side is not
programmed yet. Do not continue to press the
Program button now, otherwise the track select-
ed will be memorized too. If you´re in doubt,
press
Stop
button
5
A
and start the proce-
dure again with
Program
8
3
.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Tracks programmed as
described above in chapter ”Programmed Play”
can be played repeatedly too: When you press
Repeat
!
5
once after a program is created
(the
PROGRAM
indicator must be lit, (otherwise
press Program) and the program step indication
P-01
is not lit (otherwise press
Stop
once),
the
REPEAT 1
indicator will light and the track
currently selected or playing will be repeated
continuously. If
Repeat
is pressed twice
REPEAT
ALL
will be displayed, all programmed tracks will
be played subsequently and the sequence will
be repeated continuously until the Stop button is
pressed.
