McIntosh MXA60 60th Anniversary, Owner'S Manual

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How to Operate the SACD/CD Player, con’t

1. With a disc loaded and not playing, press the 

RANDOM Push-button, “RND” will be indicated 

in the Information Display. Refer to figure 87.

2. Press the 

„

/

;

 PLAY/

PAUSE Push-button 

on the Front Panel of 

the MXA60 or 

„

;

/

TUN Push-button on 

the Remote Control to start Random Playback. 

After all the tracks have been played the MXA60 

will stop.

Notes: 1. The 

9

 BACK track function will begin 

playback from the beginning of the current 

track.

2. The 

:

 NEXT track function will advance 

to the next random selection and start play-

ing.

3. To cancel the Random Playback Mode, press 

the

<

/ 

 STOP/OPEN Push-button on the 

MXA60 Front Panel or the 

<

 /TUN 

q

 Push-but-

ton on the Remote Control, then press the RAN-

DOM Push-button.

MP3/WMA Disc Playback

The MXA60 has the ability of playing back MP3 and 

WMA encoded discs. MP3/WMA allow more tracks 

on the Disc by using the technique of lossy compres-

sion applied to the original audio information. The 

MP3/WMA Track has lower audio quality than the 

original recording. Load a MP3/WMA disc into the 

MXA60. Refer to figure 88.

 1. Press the 

„

/

;

 PLAY/

PAUSE Push-button 

Push-button on the 

Front Panel of the 

MXA60 or 

„

;

/

TUN Push-button on the Remote Control to start 

Playback. Refer to figures 89 and 90. After all the 

tracks have been played the MXA60 will stop.

Notes: 1. The MXA60 

will indi-

cate either 

elapsed 

time or 

remaining 

time for 

each track 

when play-

ing MP3/

WMA Discs.

2. When playing MP3/WMA Discs, the left 

side of the Front Panel Information Dis-

play indicates the total number of folders 

on the disc followed by the Track Number 

or the Track Time.

Display Modes

The MXA60 Front Panel Information Display allows 

for either Track or Time indications. To change from 

the default setting of Track indication to Time, press 

the TIME Push-button on the Front Panel or the DISP/

TIME Push-button on the Remote Control. Refer to 

figures 74 and 80.

The Time Display Choices are Single Track Elapse 

Time (figures 90 and 91), 

Single Track Remaining 

Time (figures 92 and 93) 

or Total Tracks Remaining 

Time (figures 94 and 95).

Resetting the MXA60 

SACD/CD Player

In the unlikely event the 

SACD/CD Player stops func-

tioning, the microprocessors 

can be reset by performing 

the following:

1. Press and hold in the 

:

NEXT and 

„

/

;

 PLAY/

PAUSE Push-button 

Push-buttons simul-

taneously. The Front 

Panel Lower Display will 

indicate “INITIAL”, then 

release your fingers from 

the two Push-buttons. 

Refer to figure 96.

Figure 80

Figure 87

   0 2 : 3 6

Figure 88

        2 6 Tr

Figure 89

 0 4 F

d

3 6 Tr

Figure 90

 0 2 F

d

2 6 Tr

Figure 90

S I N G .   E .

Figure 92

S I N G .   R .

Figure 91

   0 2 : 3 6

Figure 93

  -0 1 : 1 3

Figure 94

T O T A L   R .

Figure 95

  -5 6 : 1 8

Figure 96

I N I T I A L