Yamaha CDX-397 manual

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    YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CANADA YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RELLINGEN BEI HAMBURG, GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZAT BP70 CROISSY-BEAUBOURG 77312 MARNE-[...]

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    i As long as this unit is connected to the A C wall outlet, it is not disconnected from the A C po wer source ev en if you turn off this unit by POWER. D ANGER When this unit is plugged to the wall outlet, do not place your ey es close to the opening of the disc tray and other openings to look into inside. W ARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELE[...]

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    English 1 En RANDOM-SEQUENCE PLA Y ...................... 12 REPEA T PLA Y .............................................. 12 Repeat a selected item .............................. 12 Repeat A-B ................................................. 13 PROGRAM PLA Y ......................................... 14 INDEX SEARCH ................................[...]

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    2 En What is MP3? “MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3)” is a standard technology and format for compressing an audio sequence into a small- sized file. However , the original level of sound quality is preserved during playback. Some MP3 discs have the ID3 tag information. * ID3 tag means the metadata recorded on the MP3 disc such as the song title, arti[...]

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    English 3 En Battery installation 1. T urn the remote control over and remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it in the direction of the arrow . 2. Insert the batteries (AAA, R03, UM-4) according to the polarity markings on the inside of the battery compartment. 3. Close the battery compartment cover . Battery replacement If you notice tha[...]

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    4 En ■ To connect this unit to y our amplifier , choose one of the wa ys listed below . Caution Do not plug in this unit to a wall outlet until all connections are complete. When the DIGIT AL OUT (OPTICAL) terminal of this unit is used ( 2 ) ● Make the connection from this terminal to the optical input terminal of an amplifier by using a commer[...]

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    English 5 En A udio CD MP3, WMA (CDX-497 only) IDENTIFICA TION OF COMPONENTS ( ) indicates the page number on which the controls are best described. POWER (p. 7) Display panel Disc tray (p. 7) Remote control sensor (p. 3) PHONES jack (p. 1 1) The control functions on the main unit and on the remote control are virtually identical, with the exceptio[...]

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    6 En SEARCH TIME/INFO FOLDER FOLDER ENTER FILE OUTPUT LEVEL FILE SYNCHRO T APE PEAK SP ACE REPEA T DIMMER RANDOM INDEX 0 9 6 5 8 7 2 1 4 3 OPEN/CLOSE A–B PROGRAM CLEAR DIMMER (p. 1 1) SYNCHRO (p. 21) SP ACE (p. 1 1) T APE (p. 16) Numeric buttons (p. 8) REPEA T (p. 12) RANDOM (p. 12) INDEX (p. 15) CLEAR (p. 15) PROGRAM (p. 14) PEAK (p. 20) (pause)[...]

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    English 7 En Notes ● After closing the disc tray by pressing ) OPEN/CLOSE , the display shows the follo wing information. Caution When the disc tray is open, do not touch the inside gear wheel . If you touch the gear wheel, your finger may be caught in the closing tray and injured. 1 Gear wheel B ASIC OPERA TION This manual describes how to opera[...]

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    8 En Select a desired track by using the numeric buttons. Example: T o select a track number 5 Press “0” and then, press “5”. * In case of an MP3 or WMA f ile which has 100 f iles or more, press “0” twice and then, press “5”. * Pressing a desired track and waiting for a fe w second can also start playback. MP3 CD To pause pla ybac k[...]

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    English 9 En ● The sound can be heard (although slightly garbled) during manual search in either direction. This is convenient for locating a precise position within a track, or for reviewing the contents quickly . ● In case Manual search is performed, pause will be canceled. ● These operations can also be performed using / and / on the front[...]

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    10 En Notes ● The text information may not be displa yed with some CD-TEXT discs. ● This unit can only shows alphan umeric characters. Notes ● Some information of ID3 tags may not be displayed with some discs. ● This unit can only shows alphan umeric characters. TIME/INFO MP3 MP3 MP3 MP3 MP3 MP3 MP3 MP3 MP3 CD CD CD CD CD CD CD TIME/INFO Y [...]

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    English 11 En Normal illumination Slightly dim Dim Notes ● When the automatic spacing function is in effect, the display of the total time and of the total remaining time includes each interval of the 4 seconds between tracks. ● When the automatic spacing function is in ef fect during the playback, "A UT O SPC 4" (the remaining second[...]

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    12 En Note If the power is switched of f during random-sequence play , pressing POWER again to turn on the unit automatically restores random-sequence play . ALL ” (Single repeat) A single track is played back repeatedly . * This also works for program play and random-sequence play . (If repeat play is switched of f, program play or random- seque[...]

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    English 13 En Repeat A-B Y ou can repeat the specified section of the disc by setting two points (start and end point). 1 Press A-B to select the start point of repeat play . 2 Press A-B to select the end point of repeat play . The selected section is played back repeatedly . “A ” ” lights up and “B” blinks. “A ” B” lights up. A–B[...]

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    14 En 1 Press to stop the playback. 2 Press PROGRAM . Display inf ormation in step 3 1 Shows the total number of the tracks currently programmed. 2 Shows the total time of the tracks currently programmed. 3 Shows the program number for the track to be programmed next. Y ou can enjoy listening to your favorite tracks in any desired order by programm[...]

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    English 15 En To cancel the index searc h function Press INDEX . Notes ● Not all discs hav e index numbers. In addition, among those discs which hav e index numbers, not all discs necessarily hav e more than one index number . ● The index system is a method for sub-di viding tracks into smaller divisions for easier loca tion of those parts. The[...]

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    16 En 1 Press to stop the playback. * T he peak lev el search function of this unit is useful for adjusting recording lev el on the tape deck. (For details, refer to page 20.) 2 If desired, you can automatically insert additional time space between tracks. (For details, refer to page 1 1.) 3 Press T APE to show the total possible recording time of [...]

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    English 17 En Notes ● In step 4, you can check the program data for side A and side B after pressing REPEA T . Information for each side is displayed for 3 seconds. 1 Shows the number of programmed tracks. 2 Shows the total time of programmed tracks. 3 Shows the side of the tape. ● All tracks may not be programmed if the tape length is not enou[...]

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    18 En 5 Use numeric buttons to select the track numbers (to be recorded on the side B) in any order . 6 Press PROGRAM . 7 Start recording on the tape deck, and then press on the remote control of this unit. 8 This unit automatically pauses at the end of the side A. T urn the tape over to the side B, resume recording on the tape deck, and then press[...]

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    English 19 En Notes ● Because programmed data changes ev ery time RANDOM is pressed, the unrecorded space at the end of each side of the tape also varies accordingly . ● All tracks may not be programmed if the tape length is not enough. T o program all tracks, use a tape that is longer than the actual playing time. ● In step 2, you can check [...]

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    20 En To cancel the peak level sear ch function Press . Note Even if the peak le vel search is performed se veral times on the same disc, the same part may not be alw ays selected. That is because the unit searches for the peak le vel among parts of the disc that are randomly selected by the internal microcomputer . 1 Press to stop the playback. 2 [...]

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    English 21 En 4 Press . Both CD playback and tape deck recording start. * CD playback starts shortly after starting the recording. 5 If you want to stop recording temporarily and restart recording from a desired track, stop this unit by pressing , and the tape deck as well, then follow steps 3–4 again. To cancel synchr onized CD-tape recording fu[...]

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    22 En Notes about handling compact discs ● Always handle the disc with care so that its surface is not scratched. ● Compact discs are not subjected to wear during playback, but damage to the disc surface when the disc is being handled can adversely affect the disc playback. ● Be sure to use a felt-tip pen or similar writing tool when writing [...]

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    English 23 En If the unit fails to operate normally , check the following points to determine whether the fault can be corrected by the simple measures suggested. If it cannot be corrected, or if the fault is not listed in the SYMPTOM column, disconnect the power cord and contact your authorized Y AMAHA dealer or service center for help. SYMPT OM T[...]

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    24 En SPECIFICA TIONS A udio Section Frequency response ..................... 2 Hz – 20 kHz, ± 0.5 dB Harmonic distortion + noise (1 kHz) ................................................................ 0.003 % or less S/N ratio ...................................................... 105 dB or more Dynamic range ..................................[...]

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    CAUTION VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIA TION WHEN OPEN. A VOID EXPOSURE T O BEAM. ADV ARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRALING VED ÅBNING. UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING. ADV ARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING NÅR DEKSEL ÅPNES. UNNGÅ EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN. V ARNING SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD. BETRAKT A[...]

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    YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CANADA YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RELLINGEN BEI HAMBURG, GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZAT BP70 CROISSY-BEAUBOURG 77312 MARNE-[...]