Optimus CD-3327 manual

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    Cat. No. 14- 505B O WNER’S MANU AL Pleas e read be f ore using this equi pment. CD-3327 Portable Triple Play Compact Disc Player with AM/FM St ereo Cassette Recorder 14-505b.fm Page 1 Wednesday, February 10, 1999 3:55 PM[...]

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    2 FEATURES Your Opti mus CD-3 327 Po rtable Trip le Play Com pact Disc P layer com bines a CD player, a n AM/FM radi o, and a c as- sette play er with detachabl e speakers — all in on e conveni ent, porta ble pack - age. CD Player Features Programmable Play — lets you pro- gram up to 16 tracks to play in any se - quence y ou choos e. Audible Se[...]

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    3 CONTENTS Preparation ....... ............. ................... ............. ................... ............. ............. ............. 4 Connectin g the Spea k ers .................. ............. .................... ............. ............ ....... 4 Connectin g P ower ................ ............. ............. .................... ....[...]

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    4 PREPARATION CONNECTING THE SPEAKER S Caution: Do not plug in the po wer cord or insta ll batt eries until you c onnect the speaker s. Operati ng the CD-3327 with- out sp eakers co nnecte d could d amage it. Follow these ste ps to connect the speaker s to the s ystem. 1. Align the dovetails on the side of the right s peaker with the tracks on the [...]

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    5 CONNECTING P OWER You can power you r CD-3327 fr om ei- ther: • standar d A C power (wit h the sup - plied power cor d) • eight D bat ter ies (not s upplied ) Note: Conne cting th e pow er cord dis - conne cts inte rnal batte ries. Using A C P ower To use AC po wer, plug t he suppli ed power co rd in to the AC ~ j ack on t he back of the CD-3[...]

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    6 2. Put ei ght D b atter ies in the batter y compa r tm ent as indi cated by the polar ity sy mbols ( + and –) m arked inside. 3. Replace t he cov er and s nap it s hut. When the sound weakens or the CD - 3327 sto ps oper ating pr operly, r eplace all eigh t batterie s. Cautions: • Alwa ys remove old or weak batter- ies. Batter ie s can l eak [...]

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    7 USING THE R ADIO 1. Set FUNCTION to TUNER to tur n on the radio . POWER lights. 2. Set B AND to AM , FM , or FM ST . 3. Adju st TUNING to the d esired s ta- tion. Notes: • When you set BAND to FM ST . and the radio rec eives an FM stati on in ster eo , the FM ST EREO indi ca- tor lights. • T o improve reception f or weak FM station s, set B A[...]

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    8 USING THE CD PLA YER LOADING AND PLAYING A CD The CD-3327 pla ys both 3- and 5- inch CDs. 1. Set FUNCTION to CD . POWER lights. If no CD i s loaded, 00 th en no app ears. If a CD is in th e com- par tment, 00 th en the total numbe r of tracks on the CD ap pears. 2. Li ft open the CD com par tme nt’ s door . 3. Pl ace a CD s ecurely i n the comp[...]

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    9 SPECIAL FEATURES Pa u s e To pause a CD du ring p lay, press PLA Y/ PA U S E . The tr a ck nu mbe r b li nks a nd the CD stops p laying. To resume pl ay, press PLA Y/P A USE again. A udible Searc h To search forwar d on the CD, ho ld down SKIP | during play. A s you hold down SKIP | , the CD rapidly a dvances and you hear the tracks at a faster s[...]

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    10 Cue To select a track be fore you begin pla y or while a CD i s p aus ed, pres s SKIP | or | until the d esired track numbe r ap- pears on the display. The n press PLA Y/ PA U S E to pl ay the trac k. Repeat You can repeatedl y play one tr ack, a programme d sequ ence (see “ Pro- grammed Play”), o r an enti re CD. To repeat a singl e trac k,[...]

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    11 • After programmi ng a sequen ce of tracks, y ou can re view the tracks by pressing PROGRAM/REPEA T and then SKIP | or | . • T o add to the programmed seque nce, press PR OGRAM/ REPEA T until you reac h the end of the program and the next sequenc e is av ailable. Then press SKIP | or | to find the track y ou want and pr ess PROGRAM/ REPEA T [...]

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    12 • Moving the CD pla yer suddenly from a cold place to a war mer one c an cause m oisture to form on the pickup lens and dis rupt operation. If this happ ens , wait about 2 hou rs f o r the mois ture to ev ap orate before pla ying a CD . Notes: • Most CDs that c an be play ed on this player hav e this m ark on th em: • Most mater ial on com[...]

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    13 USING THE CASSETTE PL A YER The CD-3327’s cassette deck lets you play yo ur favor ite cas sette tape s and make recordi ngs from the rad io or CD player. LOADING A CASSETTE TA P E 1. T ak e u p an y slac k in th e cass ette tape by tur ning the hu b with a pen - cil. I f y ou do not rem ov e e xcess slack, the tape m ight becom e tan- gled in [...]

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    14 3. Adju st VO L U M E to a co mf or tab le lis- tening lev el an d set TO N E to HIGH to enhance th e treble sound, or to LO W to enhanc e the ba ss soun d. 4. The CD-3327 au tomatical ly stops when it r eaches a tape’s e nd. T o stop it soon er , press ST OP/EJECT . PO WER dims. Notes : • While the tape is stopped, pres s F. F W D or REW to[...]

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    15 Caution: If you tr y to record on a cassett e tape that has h ad the erase-prote ction tab s remov ed, you can not pr ess do wn RECO RD . Do not f orce it, as th is can damage the mechani sm. Recording fr om the CD Player 1. Set FUNCTION to CD and load a CD . Notes: • If needed, pre ss SKIP | or | to find the desired track. • T o reco rd a p[...]

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    16 T APE TIPS Eras ing a Cassette T ape If you n o long er want a recordi ng, you can rec ord over i t or erase i t. To record over a ca ssett e tape, si mply record over the prev iou s rec ordi ng. To er ase th e en - tire ca ssette tape, let t he tape record to the end w ith FUNCTION set to T APE/STD- BY . You can quic kly er ase bot h sides of a[...]

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    17 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Opti mus CD-33 27 P or tabl e Trip le P la y Com pa ct Disc Pl ay er is an e xa mpl e of super ior design and craftsmans hip. The fol lowing sug gestions will help yo u care for your C D-3327 so you can enjoy it for years . Keep the CD-332 7 dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry im mediately . Liquid s might co ntain m iner[...]

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    18 CLEANING THE T APE- HANDLING P AR T S Dirt, dust, or particl es of the tape’s coat- ing can accumul ate on the tape h eads and other parts th at the tape t ouche s. This can gre atly reduce the per formance of the C D-3327. Use the fol lowing cl ean- ing pro cedure a fter every 20 hour s of operatio n. 1. Rem ov e the batter ies and di scon- n[...]

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    19 SPECIFICATIONS RADIO F req uency Ran ge ................. ............. ................... ............. ........... AM: 530 –1710 kHz FM: 88–108 k Hz CASSETT E PLAYER T ape Spee d ........ ................... ............. ............. ................... ............. ................. 1 7 / 8 ips T ape System ............ ..............[...]

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    RadioShac k A Division of T and y Corporation For t W or th, T exas 76102 02A9 9 Pr inte d in Ch ina Li m ite d N inet y-D ay W ar rant y This product is warran ted by RadioSh ac k agai nst manufacturing defects in mater ial and wor kman- ship under nor mal use f or nine ty (90) days from th e date of purchase fr om RadioSha c k comp any- owned s t[...]