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17 PLAYBACK BASICS

During normal playback of MP3 discs,
pressing the CDP or CDR Display Button
b

tion, in order:
Elapsed time of current track ➜ Remaining Time
of current track ➜ Current Track Number ➜ File
name of Current Track (Up to the first six digits)

To read the total time of all tracks recorded 
on an MP3 disc, the disc must be stopped.
Then, press the CDP or CDR Display Button
b

(as appropriate) for three seconds, until 

a TTL TIME ON message appears in the
Time/Message Display

F. Then press the

CDP or CDR Display Button 

b

again to

alternate between a display of the total number
of tracks and the total time of the disc. Press 
and hold the CDP or CDR Display Button 

b

again for three seconds until a TTL TIME OFF
message appears in the Time/ Message Display

F

to return to standard display.

While MP3 playback is possible from both the
CDP and CDR decks, only one MP3 disc may be
played at a time. If you load two MP3 discs at
the same time, both MP3 Indicators 

P will

flash. Press the Play Button 

j(

for 

the deck you wish to play first, and the MP3
Indicator 

P above that deck will continue to

flash to indicate active MP3 playback.

If a disc with MP3 data is in both decks, either in
the form of an MP3-only disc, Multisession discs,
or one of each, an MP3 ON message will flash
three times in the center of the Message
Display

F. Press the MP3 Button rÒ to

select MP3 ON or MP3 OFF as desired for the
deck with the Multisession disc, and then press
the Play Button 

j(

to proceed.

Notes About MP3 Playback:
• When an MP3 disc is played, only the Analog

Audio Outputs ¡™ are available. There is
no signal at the Digital Audio Outputs
¢∞•ª during MP3 playback. To ensure
that the MP3 output is heard, make certain
that the correct analog input is selected on
your receiver, processor or preamp.

• The forward and reverse “fast play” or Search

fy do not operate during 

MP3 playback. However, the standard Play
j(

, Pause 

Ô

v and Stop

Ó

u Controls operate as they do for 

normal play. The Next Track 

wÛ˝

and Previous Track 

iÙ

also work normally during MP3 playback.

• The CDR 30 will play only standard MP3 discs

recorded in the MPEG 1/Layer 3 format. Other
compressed digital audio formats will not be

played back, and any non-MP3 tracks will be
skipped.

• When an MP3 disc is dubbed in the CDR 30,

the copy disc will be recorded in the standard
“Red Book” CD Audio format. It is not possible
to make an MP3 copy of an MP3 disc.

HDCD Playback
HDCD, which stands for High Definition
Compatible Digital, is a special recording process
that enables the CDR 30 to deliver the ultimate
in CD audio playback. The CDR 30’s circuitry
takes advantage of the special HDCD recording
process when HDCD-encoded discs are used, and
it is also completely compatible with non-HDCD
discs, which benefit from the unit’s advanced 
digital-to-analog converters.

No special adjustment is needed to play HDCD
encoded discs. Simply use the disc as you would
any other CD. Although these discs also play on
conventional CD players, when played on the
CDR 30 the special HDCD decoding circuitry is
automatically activated, delivering extraordinary
fidelity and the highest possible overall quality.

The CDR 30 will play back and internally decode
HDCD discs from either the CDP or CDR decks.
However, when the HDCD decoding is done in 
an external receiver or processor using a digital
output connection from the CDR 30, playback of
HDCD or DTS

®

-encoded discs must be made from

the Play/CDP Deck 

3 only.

When an HDCD disc is playing, the appropriate
HDCD Indicator 

N will light above the deck 

in use.

CD Text Playback
An increasing number of CD discs are recorded
with CD Text information that may display the
disc’s title, the name of the artists, the title of
specific individual tracks, and the artist for specific
individual tracks, depending on how the disc’s
producers program the information.

When a disc’s Table of Contents (TOC) has been
read, but the disc is stopped, press the CD Text
Button 

l for the deck in use (either the left

side, Play/CDP deck or the right side, Record/CDR
deck) to view the title of the disc followed by the
disc’s artist.

When a disc with CD Text information is playing,
press the CD Text Button 

l for the deck in

use (either the left side, Play/CDP deck or the right
side, Record/CDR deck) to view the name of the
track that is playing and the artist for that track.

Notes on CD Text Display:
• If the CD Text buttons are pressed when the

disc playing does not contain CD Text informa-
tion, a NO TEXT message will flash three
times in the Time/Message Display

F.

• CD Text displays will appear only in English.
• Only capital letters will be displayed, and lower

case letters will be capitalized.

• Blank spaces may occasionally appear in place

of invalid text characters.

Search
You may quickly scan through the contents of a
disc while listening to the playback at high speed
in forward or reverse. To move forward through a
disc, press the Forward Search Button 

y on

the remote or press and hold the Next Button
Û˝ on the front panel that is appropriate for
the deck in use. To move backwards through a
disc, press the Reverse Search Button 

f on

the remote, or press and hold the Previous Button
Ù

on the front panel that is appropriate for

the deck in use. When using the remote, always
remember to make certain that you have selected
the deck you wish to control by pressing the
appropriate Selector Button 

dz before

entering the desired remote command.

Track Skip
To move from one track on a disc directly to
another, enter the number for the desired track
with the Numeric Keys

o. The disc will pause

briefly to locate the track, and then immediately
play it. When entering a two digit track number,
the second digit must be entered within three
seconds of the first digit.

To move to the next track on a disc by cycling
through the individual tracks, press the Next
Button 

w on the remote, or the appropriate

front panel Next Button 

Û˝ for the deck in

use. Additional presses of the button will move
forward through the tracks on the disc.

When a disc is playing, press the Previous
Button 

iÙ

to return to the beginning 

of the track being played. Additional presses 
of the Previous button will move backwards
through the tracks on the disc.

When a disc is stopped, you may press the Next
or Previous buttons to locate a specific track that
you wish to play. When the desired track number
appears at the left side of the appropriate
Time/Message Display

F, press the Play

j(

to hear that track.

18 PLAYBACK BASICS

Dual-Play Mode
Since the CDR 30 has more than one CD deck,
you may play a disc in either drawer. When only
one deck is playing, the unit is in the Single
mode. In the Single mode, the audio output will
be fed to all digital and analog jacks for both
decks. This means you may select the input on
your receiver, preamp or processor for either
deck. For example, if you have the Play Deck
connected to “CD” and the Record Deck con-
nected to “Tape,” when only one deck is play-
ing, either input may be selected.

It is also possible to play two discs at once, using
the Dual mode. To initiate dual-mode playback,
press the Dual Play Select 

x button on

the remote or the Dual/Single Play Select

¸

button on the front panel. When the Dual-Play
Indicator

D is lit, you may play a different

disc in both decks at the same time. The output
of each deck will be sent to the appropriate
output jacks, and you will need to select the
deck you wish to listen to using the input selec-
tors on your receiver, preamp or processor. You
may also use the output of one deck to feed
your main-room system, while the second deck
is used to feed a remote room.

As long as the Dual-Play Indicator

D is lit,

each deck functions as a separate CD player,
and will respond  to its own set of controls on
the front panel for either the Record Deck
(ÓÔÚÛÙˆ or Play Deck
˘˝

. To control the trans-

ports using the remote, remember to first press
the Selector button for either the Play/CDP
Deck

d or the Record/CDR Deck z, and

then press the desired command function.

NOTE: When in the Dual mode, you may return
to Single play mode by pressing the Single
Play Select Button 

g on the remote or the

¸ on the

front panel. However, pressing the Single
Button 

g¸ while both decks are playing

will automatically stop playback of the disc in
the Record Deck

% while the disc in the

3 continues to play. The output 

of the play deck will be sent to both sets of
output jacks.

NOTE: When using the dual-play function with
MP3 or HDCD-encoded discs, start the play for
either of those discs first before playing a con-
ventional CD Audio disc.

Dual-Deck Operation
Since the CDR 30 has two separate CD decks, it
may be used as a two-disc changer, so that you
can continually play two discs.

When the CDR 30 is in the Single-Play mode,
as shown by the Single Play Indicator

D

being lit, when the disc in one deck has played
through to the end, the disc in the other deck
will automatically begin to play. Each disc will
play through, and when one deck is finished
the other will start. To stop playback, press the
Stop Button 

uÓ

for the deck that is

currently playing.

To have the CDR 30 function as two separate
CD players, where the deck in use stops at the
end of a disc, press the Dual Button 

¸x

until the Dual-Play Indicator

D lights. In the

Dual mode, each deck acts independently of the
other and when the disc in one deck finishes, it
stops unless one of the Repeat functions has
been activated.

NOTE: Remember that only one MP3 disc may
play at a time, even when the Dual Play mode
is in use. If two discs containing MP3 selections
are loaded in the CDR 30, one must be removed
and replaced with a standard CD Audio disc for
the dual play mode to operate.

Time Display
The CDR 30’s time display is capable of show-
ing a wide range of information about the con-
tents of a CD.

For Standard CD Audio discs, once the disc’s
Table of Contents or TOC data has been read,
the Time/Message Display

F will show the

number of tracks on the disc in the two left
digits of the display, and the total running time
of the disc in the remainder of the display.
When the disc is playing, the tracks will count
up as each new track is reached, and time dis-
play will show the elapsed time for the track
being played.

To view the time remaining in the track being
played, press the Display Button 

b

ˆ˘ for the deck in use so that the
REMAINING TIME Indicators ST
illuminate. The Time/Message Display

F

will count down the time remaining in the
track, and at the start of the next track the
counter will start to count down the running
time of that track.

To view the total time remaining on the disc,
press the Display Button

b

ˆ˘ for

the deck in use so that the Total Time
Indicators

TV light. The Time/Message

F will show the total time remaining

for all tracks on the disc and count down until
the disc has finished playing. When the disc has
played all the way through, the total number of
tracks and the total running time of the disc
will be displayed.

For MP3 discs, once the disc’s Table of Contents
data has been read, the Time/Message Display
F will show the total number of tracks on the
disc. During disc playback, press the appropriate
Display Button 

b

ˆ˘ for the deck

in use once, and the display will cycle through
the following available information:
Elapsed time of current track ➜ Remaining Time
of current track ➜ Current Track Number ➜ File
name of Current Track (Up to the first six digits)

To read the total time of all tracks recorded on
an MP3 disc, the disc must be stopped. Then,
press and hold the CDP or CDR Display
Button

b

ˆ˘ (as appropriate) for

three seconds, until a TTL TIME ON mes-
sage appears in the Time/Message Display
F. Then press the CDP or CDR Display
Button

b

again to alternate between a

display of the total number of tracks and the
total time of the disc. Press and hold the CDP
or CDR Display Button

b

ˆ˘ again

for three seconds until a TTL TIME OFF
message appears in the Time/Message
Display

F to return to standard display.

Headphone Listening
You may listen to the output of the CDR 30
through headphones at any time by simply
plugging the headphones into the Front Panel
Jack

4. The volume of the headphone output

may be adjusted with the Headphones Level
Control 

5. Note that changes to the head-

phone level will not alter the output settings to
the analog outputs. Those levels are fixed, and
the volume should be adjusted using your
receiver, preamp or processor.

Note that when only one deck is playing back a
disc in the Single-Play mode, the output of that
deck will be fed to the headphone jack. When
the unit is in the Dual-Playback mode, only the
output of the Play Deck

3 will be fed to the

headphone jack.

19 PROGRAM PLAY

The CDR 30’s advanced programming system
enables you to program the order in which
tracks are played, to repeat one track or all
tracks, or to repeat any segment of a disc 
without regard to track numbers.

Programming Play Lists
To program the order of playback for the tracks
on a disc, insert the disc, let the unit read the
Table of Contents information, and wait until
the disc has stopped and the number of tracks
and total running time is displayed. Next,
select the deck that will be programmed by
pressing the CDP Select Button 

d on 

the remote for the Play Deck

3 or the 

z on the remote for

the Record Deck

%.

To begin the programming sequence, press the
Program Button 

eÚ

and note that

the PROG Indicator C will light and the
Time/Message Display

F will show 

03 P-01 for standard CD Audio discs and
---P01 for MP3 discs.

Next, enter the track numbers to be played by
pressing the Numeric Keys

o. For two-digit

track numbers, be certain to enter the second
digit within three seconds after the first number
is entered. As each track is entered, the display
will blink three times, alternating between two
displays. The first display will show the track
number just entered on the left side of the
Time/Message Display

F under the Track

W, while the right side will flash

the number of steps that have been pro-
grammed. For example, after programming the
first step to be track number 3, the display will
flash 03 P-01 for CDs or 03-P01 for
MP3 discs.

Alternating with the track number and program
step will be a display of the track and the total
running time of all tracks that have been 
programmed so far. For example, a display of
06 11:25 will indicate that track number
six was the last track programmed, and that the
total time of all tracks so far is 11 minutes and
25 seconds. The Total Time Indicators 

SV

will flash with this display to remind you of the
display’s contents.

These displays will alternate three times, and
then show a steady display of the total time
and last track programmed.

Continue to add tracks in the order you wish to
have them played until the programming ses-
sion is complete. You may add up to 20 tracks,
repeating a track if desired, as long as the total
number does not exceed 32. If you exceed the
32-track limit, the Time/Message Display

F

will read FULL. Tracks may also be added
using the Next

wÛ˝ and Previous 

iÙ

to locate the track, and

the Program Button 

eÚ

to enter that

track in the programmed sequence.

When the complete list of tracks has been
entered, press the Play Button 

j(

.

The tracks will then play in the order in which
they were entered. Note that a programmed list
of tracks may also be recorded if the disc being
programmed is in the Play Deck

3. Follow

the instructions on page 21 for complete 
information on recording and dubbing.

Checking, Editing and Clearing
Programmed Play Lists
Once you have entered a program list it will
remain in the unit’s memory until the disc is
removed or the unit is turned off. Thus, if you
play through a program list, simply press the
Play Button 

j(

again to replay the

list. If you find that you wish to check the list or
make changes, that is also possible by following
a few simple steps.

To scroll through a program list, press the
Program Check Button 

h. Each press of

the button will move through the tracks that
have been programmed. The display will alter-
nate between the track number of the program
step number (e.g., 12 P-03 for CD Audio
discs, or 012P03 for MP3 discs, tells you
that Track 12 on the disc is the 3rd program
step) and the track number and the total 
running time so far in the program (e.g.,
12 16:04 or 05 012 for MP3 discs tells
you that at this point you have programmed a
total of 16 minutes and 4 seconds of material).

At any point in the list you may insert a new
track by simply entering the track number using
the Numeric Keys 

o. Simply press the but-

tons that correspond to the number of the track
you wish to add. Any tracks that are in the pro-
gram will remain.

To remove a step in the program, first use the
Program Check Button 

h to locate the

track you wish to delete. Next, press the Clear
Button 

. The information in the display

will blink and the step will be removed from
the program list. Program steps need not be
deleted in any order; as long as you have locat-
ed a step in the program list, it may be erased.

To cancel an entire program list while the pro-
gram is playing, press the Program Button
e and note that the Program Indicator C
will go out. To remove a total program list
when the disc is stopped, simply open and
close the disc drawer. Whenever a disc is
removed or the unit is turned off, the program
list is erased.

Repeat Programmed Play
The CDR 30’s programming system enables you
to repeat either a single track on a disc, the
entire disc, or a specially programmed passage
that you select.

Repeat One Track
To repeat the track you are currently listening to,
press the Repeat Button 

q and note that

the Repeat Mode Indicator

B will light

Repeat 1. If the track is changed by using 
the Next/Previous Skip Button
iwÛÙ˝

while the Repeat 1

mode is active, the new track will now be
repeated.

Once Repeat 1 playback has been started, it
will continue until the unit is stopped by press-
ing the Stop Button 

uÓ

, or the disc

deck is opened by pressing the appropriate
Open/Close Button 

6$c`. When

playback is stopped, the Repeat sequence is
erased and must be reentered if you wish to
repeat a track on another disc.

Repeat All Tracks
To repeat all the tracks on a disc in order, press
the Repeat Button 

q twice while the disc

is playing and note that the ALL Repeat
Mode Indicator

B will light. Once the Play

j(

is pressed, the disc will play

through from beginning to end continuously,
until the Stop Button 

uÓ

is pressed.

The Repeat All function may be cancelled at any
time by pressing the Repeat Button 

q once

until ALL Repeat Mode Indicators 

B go

out. The Repeat All Function is also canceled
when the disc drawer is opened.

Repeat A-B
The CDR 30 may be programmed to repeat any
section within a track, or a complete passage
that includes material from a series of consecu-
tive tracks.

To program the unit for A-B Repeat play, first
play the disc and locate the point where you
wish to begin the repeated section. At the start
point, press the A-B Repeat Button 

p and

note that the Repeat Mode Indicator

B

will show an A and flash. Let the disc play until
the point at which the section to be repeated
will end. At that end point, press the A-B
Repeat Button 

p again and note that the

B will stop flash-

ing and will light showing Repeat A-B.

The unit will immediately begin to play the 
section you have programmed, and continually
repeat it.

Notes on Program Play:
• The program material selected for A-B repeat

must be at least 4 seconds long.

• The repeat A-B feature does not function when

an MP3 disc is playing.

To resume normal play, press the A-B Repeat
Button 

p. The Repeat A-B Indicators B

will go out, and the disc will continue playing
through to the end. Stopping the disc or open-
ing the disc drawer will automatically cancel
the Repeat A-B programming.

Random Play
The CDR 30 may be programmed to play all the
tracks on any disc in random order, playing each
track until the entire disc has been played.

To playback the tracks in a random sequence,
press the Random Play Button 

k, making

certain that you have first pressed the CDP

d

or CDR Select Button 

z , as appropriate,

so that the random command will be accepted
by the proper deck. Once the Random Play
Button 

k is pressed, the CDR 30’s internal

processor will select the tracks to be played in
random order and play through the disc.

If one of the Next Track Buttons 

wÛ˝

is pressed during Random Play, the unit will
move to the next randomly selected track, not
the next track in numerical sequence.

To stop a Random Play sequence, simply press
the Stop Button for the deck in play 

uÓ

.

A Random Play sequence is also stopped when
a disc drawer is opened by pressing one of the
Open/Close Buttons 

c`6$.

Intro Scan Play
Intro Scan Play is a feature of the CDR 30 
that allows you to quickly sample the contents
of a disc by automatically playing the first 
10 seconds of each track.

To begin Intro Scan Play, press the Intro Scan
Button 

s for the deck containing the disc

you wish to hear. The deck will automatically go
into the Play mode, and will play the first 10
seconds of each track on the disc in sequence.

To hear the entire contents of a track while it 
is playing in the Intro Scan mode, press the Play
Button 

j(

for the appropriate deck.

20 PROGRAM PLAY