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Controls and Indicators
EN
CD Player
OPEN/CLOSE
— Opens or closes
the disc tray.
DISC 1 - DISC 5
— Selects disc 1, 2,
3, 4, or 5
DISC SKIP
— Skips to the next CD
in the tray
STANDBY/POWER
(RCA models)
— Turns power on or off (STAND-
BY mode).
STANDBY/ POWER/
ECO
(Thomson models) — keep
pressing briefly
STANDBY
mode
to enter ECO (power saving, with-
out clock display) mode.
PHONES
— Jack for connecting
headphones
SOURCE
— Selects the CD player/
tuner/ tape player/ external source
SET
— Sets tuner or CD presets
mode
DEMO/DIMMER
— Turns the fea-
ture demonstration on or off
STOP
— Stops CD track
(stops tape on digital
tape drives)
SKIP FORWARD
—
Increments radio fre-
quency or CD tracks
SKIP BACKWARD
—
Decrements radio fre-
quency or CD tracks
PLAY/PAUSE
— Plays or
pauses CD
CLOCK
— Shows clock time and
enters clock setting mode.
TIMER
— Enters timer setting
mode and turns the mode on/off.
BAND
— Changes among tuner
bands. FM/AM for RCA and
FM/MW/LW for Thomson.
Enters autopreset program in
FM mode.
FM ST/ SCAN
— Toggles between
FM stereo and mono. Enters tuner
scan mode.
SHUFFLE
— Turns SHUFFLE mode
on or off to play CDs randomly.
(
PTY/MIX
for Thomson series)
INTRO
— Turns INTRO mode on or
off to play the first 10 seconds of
each track. (
RDSTIME/INTRO
on
Thomson models)
REPEAT
(for RCA models) —
Turns REPEAT mode on or off to
repeat a track, a disc, or all discs.
REPEAT/ RDS
(for Thomson mod-
els) — also shows RDS informa-
tion in Tuner mode (FM).
ATS
— Sets up an automatic track
skip program
BASS BOOST
— Turns bass boost
on or off
EQ/ CUSTOM EQ
— Toggles
among
FLAT, ROCK
,
JAZZ
,
POP,
CLASSICAL
&
CUSTOM
modes.
X-SOUND/ HELP MODE
—
Press once to activate X-SUR-
ROUND (only for RS2521, RS2522,
RS3520, RS3522, A3200, A3205,
A3400). Keep pressing briefly to
turn HELP mode on or off to dis-
play useful information about sys-
tem keys and features.
VOLUME
— Increases/ decreases
volume.
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RECORD/PLAYBACK
PLAYBACK
D E C K
1
D E C K
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DISC SKIP
D I R E C T D I S C A C C E S S
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DISC
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DISC
3
DISC
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DISC
5
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STOP
PHONES
DIMMER/DEMO
POWER
FM ST/SCAN
TIMER
CLOCK
BAND
B. BOOST
PLAY/PAUSE
VOLUME
SOURCE
OPEN/CLOSE
S O U N D S Y S T E M
KEVLAR
BASS
BOOST
EQ/
CUSTUM EQ
HELP MODE/
D I G I T A L M U L T I F U N C T I O N F L U O R E C E N T D I S P L A Y
X-SURROUND
X-S
URROUND
X-SURR.
JOG WHEEL
—
Turn (+) to
increase or (-)
to decrease
numeric values
on display/
select tuner
preset stations/
select CD tracks
Multi-function JOG
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