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1  STANDBY BUTTON 

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Press this button to switch ON the C 538 from standby mode. The 
Standby LED indicator will turn from amber to blue and illuminate 
the Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD). 

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Pressing the Standby button again turns the unit back to standby 
mode. The Standby LED indicator will change to amber color. 

2  STANDBY LED 

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This indicator will light up amber when the C 538 is at standby 
mode. When the C 538 is at ON state, this indicator will illuminate 
blue.

3  DISC TRAY

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With the disc tray open, insert a CD or other compatible media disc 
face down onto the tray. Place the disc in the drawer, centered in 
the smaller circular recess, with its label facing up. 

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“NO DISC” appears on the C 538’s VFD if the disc is placed upside 
down or there is no disc loaded.

4  VACUUM FLUORESCENT DISPLAY (VFD)

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The Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) provides disc playback 
information, settings and other indicators. 

5  INFRARED (IR) SENSOR

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The Infrared (IR) sensor receives IR commands from the supplied 
remote control. An unobstructed line of sight between the remote 
control and the IR sensor is required.

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Do not expose the IR sensor to a strong light source such as direct 
sunlight or illumination. If you do so, you may not be able to 
operate the remote control with the C 538.

Distance:

 About 23ft (7m) from the front of the IR sensor.

Angle:

 About 30° in each direction of the front of the IR sensor.

6 PLAY/PAUSE

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This dual-function button alternates between initiating disc 
playback and pausing playback.  Toggle this button to start, pause 
or resume disc playback.

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If the disc tray is open, press this button to automatically close the 
tray and start playback if a disc is loaded.

7 STOP

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Playback is stopped and pickup is reset to the beginning of the disc. 
Display reverts to showing the number of tracks and total playing 
time on the disc. For WMA/MP3 files, display will revert to total 
number of files. 

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If the C 538 was programmed to play a selection of tracks/files, the 
program will be retained in the player’s memory. Pressing [STOP] 
twice at program mode will delete the program.

8 DISPLAY

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Use this button to enable or disable auto standby mode.  Refer to 
section about “AUTO STANDBY”.

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The following display information is shown by repeatedly pressing 
DISPLAY button.

INFORMATION

AUDIO CD

MP3/WMA

Elapsed playback time of the current track

Remaining playback time of the current track

Remaining playback time of the disc

Song information

Song Title

Artist Name

Album Name

Elapsed playback time of the current file

NOTES

•  Some information may not be displayed on some discs. Display is 

dependent on the disc’s information content.

•  If the file has no available information about the song title, artist or 

album, the display will show “No ID3”.

9 OPEN/CLOSE

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Disc tray is activated to slide open or draw close. 

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When in standby mode, this button will also power up the C 538 
and at the same time open the disc tray.

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 SKIP 

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SCAN 

8

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SKIP 

0

: Press once to Skip forward to the next track or file. 

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9

 SKIP: Press once to Skip backward to the beginning of current 

track or file. Press again to Skip backward to previous track or file.

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7

 SCAN 

8

: Press and hold to scan backward or forward through 

tracks or files. 

IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLS

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Summary of Contents for C 538

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual ENGLISH Compact Disc Player C538 NAD C538...

Page 2: ...2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digi...

Page 3: ...service or the point of sale where you purchased the items By ensuring compliance and conformance to proper disposal of waste batteries potential hazardous effects on human health is prevented and the...

Page 4: ...et the operation of its digital circuits may produce static that would interfere with reception of weak broadcast signals If this occurs move the C 538 away from other devices or switch it off when vi...

Page 5: ...resume disc playback If the disc tray is open press this button to automatically close the tray and start playback if a disc is loaded 7 STOP Playback is stopped and pickup is reset to the beginning o...

Page 6: ...nterconnect cables to connect these sockets to any line level input of a receiver amplifier or any compatible audio system 3 AC MAINS INPUT Ensure that the supplied power cord s female connector end i...

Page 7: ...ck is scanned or searched fast reversed u Playback is started 7 j Playback is paused 8 INDEX Playback is started from any desired index number 9 FOLDER Scroll up or down the folder list 10 FILE Scroll...

Page 8: ...am For this sample procedure we will use track number 5 as our first programmed track 3 Press PROGRAM again and track number 5 is recorded as programmed track number 1 Display will change to PRO2 05 P...

Page 9: ...y pressing the REPEAT button until the RPT OFF is displayed in the VFD REPEAT A B Implement the following procedures to repeat a playback sequence 1 Press RPT A B at your chosen starting point 2 Press...

Page 10: ...9 0 1 0 dB ref 0dB 1 kHz 16 kHz Standby power 0 5W Idle power 7 5W DIMENSION AND WEIGHT Unit Dimensions W x H x D 435 x 70 x 249 mm Gross 17 3 16 x 2 13 16 x 9 13 16 inches Net weight 3 0 kg 6 6 lbs S...

Page 11: ...ENGLISH 11...

Page 12: ...nal a division of Lenbrook Industries Limited No part of this publication may be reproduced stored or transmitted in any form without the written permission of NAD Electronics International While ever...

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