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AZ1838 EN User manual Register your pr oduct and get support at www .philips.com/w elcome[...]
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a d b c e f g j h k l m n i AC-MAINS o q p r[...]
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EN 1 Impor tant Safety Kn ow th es e sa fe t y sy mb ols Th is ‘ b ol t of li gh tn ing ’ in di ca te s un in sul at ed m at er i al w i th in yo ur u ni t may c a use an e le c t r ic al s ho ck . F or t he s afe t y of ev er yon e in yo ur h ou se ho ld , pl ea s e do n ot r em ove p ro du c t cove r in g. Th e ‘ex cla ma ti on m ar k ’ c[...]
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i Pro te ct t he p ower c ord fr om be in g wa lke d on or p inc he d, p ar tic ul ar ly at pl ug s, c onve nie nc e rec ep t acl es , a nd t he po in t whe re t hey e xi t fro m th e apparatus. j On ly u se at t ac hm en t s/ac ce sso rie s sp ec i fi ed by t he m an uf ac tu rer . k Un pl ug t hi s ap pa ra tu s dur in g lig ht ni ng s to rm s o[...]
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Notice Any c ha ng es or m od i fi cat io ns ma de t o th is d ev ice t ha t ar e n ot ex p re ss ly a p pr ove d by Ph il ips C on su me r L ife s t y le m ay voi d th e us er ’s a u th or i t y t o op er a te t h e eq ui pm en t . Th is p ro du c t co mp lie s w it h t he r a di o int er fe r en ce r eq ui r em en t s of th e Euro pean Com mun[...]
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T rademark notice Wi nd ow s Me di a an d th e W in dow s lo go a re t r a de ma r k s , o r r egi s te r ed t r ad em ar k s of Mi cr osof t Co r po r at io n in t he U ni t ed St at es a nd /or ot he r cou nt r i es . Th is ap p ar at us in cl ud es t hi s la be l: Cl as s II e q uip me nt s ym bo l: Th is s y mb ol i nd ic at es t ha t th is p r[...]
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lis te n to F M/ M W r ad io • pr og r a m th e play s e qu en ce of tr a ck s . • What’ s in the box Check and identify the contents of the package: Main unit • AC powe r cor d • M P3 li nk co rd • User Manual • Overview of the main unit a S ou rce se le c tor : CD/USB , FM , MW , OFF Se le c t C D/ US B , F M , MW(A M) s ou rce o r [...]
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m MODE Se le c t a p lay mo de : R EP E A T or S H UF F LE . • n PROG Fo r MP 3 - CD s: P r og r am t r a ck s a nd b r ows e th e pr o gr a m . • o Te l e s c o p i c a n t e n n a Adjus t FM reception. • p M P3 LI N K So cke t for co nn ec tin g an e x t er nal d ev ice . • q AC MA IN S Ja ck fo r th e su pp li ed AC po we r cor d . • r[...]
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Connect A C power Caution R is k of p r od uc t d am ag e ! En su re t h at t he p owe r s up pl y vo lt a ge co r r es po nd s to t h e vol t ag e pr i nt ed • on t he b ac k or t h e un de r s id e of t he u ni t . W arning R is k of e le c t r ic s ho ck ! W h en y ou d is con ne c t t he AC p owe r, al way s pu ll t h e pl ug f r om t he s oc[...]
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4 Use y our CD Soundmachine Pla y a CD Note Y ou c a nn ot p lay C Ds e n cod ed w i th c opy r i gh t pr ot ec t io n te ch no lo gi es . • Y ou can play commercially availab le audio CDs: CD- Recordables ( CD -R) • CD- Rewrit ables ( CD-RW ) • MP3-CDs • WMA-CDs • 1 Swi t ch t he so ur ce s el ec t or t o CD/USB . 2 Pr es s a nd o pe n t[...]
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Pla y from USB de vices Note E nsu r e th at t h e US B d ev ice c on ta i ns pl ay ab le a u di o con te nt s fo r s up po r ted f or m at s . • 1 In se r t th e U SB co nn ec tor o n th e de vi ce in to t he socket. 2 Sw it ch t he s ou rce s el ec tor t o CD/USB . 3 P r es s USB to s el ec t U S B so ur ce . 4 P r es s - AL B UM + t o se le c [...]
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• [ ] (s h u f fl e ) - p lay t r a ck s r a nd om ly • [ ] (s h u f fl e re p ea t al l) - r e pe at a ll t r ac k s r a nd om ly. 2 T o r et ur n t o nor ma l play, pr es s MODE r e pe at ed ly u nt il pl ay mo de i con s ar e no longer displayed. Tip Shuf fl e play c a nn ot b e se le c te d w he n yo u pl ay pr og r a mm ed t r a ck s . [...]
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2 Tu r n TUNING+/ - u nt il y ou fi nd op ti ma l re ce pti on . Tip T o i mp ro ve F M re ce pt io n , you c a n ex te nd , in cl in e or t ur n th e te le sco pi c a nt en na fo r b es t r ec ep ti on . • To imp ro ve M W r ece pt i on , tu r n t he a pp ar a tu s to f ac e a di f fe r en t di r ec t io n . • 5 Pr oduct information Note P ro[...]
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I D 3 t ag v2 .0 o r la te r • Fi le n am e in U ni cod e U TF 8 (max i mu m le ng th : 1 28 by tes) • Unsupported formats: Em pt y a lb um s: a n em pt y a lb um i s an a lb um t h at d oe s not co nt a in M P3/ W MA • fi les , a nd i s not b e sh ow n in t he d is pl ay. Unsup por ted fi le f or m at s a re s k i pp ed . Fo r ex am pl e ,[...]
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Cannot pla y disc En su re t ha t t he d isc l ab e l is in se r te d wi t h t he p r in ted s id e f aci ng u p. • Wi pe t h e dis c w it h fi br e cl ea ni ng cl ot h fr om t h e cen tr e to t h e ed ge in a • stra ig ht lin e. Th is d is c may b e def ec t iv e . Play a no th e r dis c . • En su re t ha t t he C D is a fi nalised CD/CD-R[...]
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