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Operation

11

While the disc is playing, the track being
played will show both as a large number in
the middle of the display and as a smaller,
flashing number at the bottom of the
display. The elapsed time of the track being
played will also appear in the display. As a
disc plays, the track numbers will change,
and the time will reset to

at the start

of each new track.

To momentarily pause the play of a disc,
press the 

button 

6 l

. Note that

a Pause indication 

±

will appear in the

display to remind you that the disc is
paused. Press either the 

button 

4

j

or the 

button 

6 l

to resume

normal play.

To stop the disc, press the 

button 

5 k

. When the Stop button is

pressed the display again will show the
total number of tracks and total running
time of the disc.

To remove a disc from the player, press the

button 

(

. To prevent dirt

and dust from entering the unit, do not
leave the disc tray open.

To place the unit in a Standby mode, press
the 

button 

a

on the remote.

The 

2

will

glow amber, indicating that the unit is off,
but ready to accept a Power On command
from the remote. If the disc drawer is open,
it will automatically close when the unit is
placed in the Standby mode. This ensures
that the unit will not be harmed from dust,
dirt or inadvertent damage to the drawer
mechanism.

Note that the unit is not removed from AC
main power when it is in the Standby
mode. During long periods of inactivity, it
is recommended that the 

1

be used to turn the unit off.

The Status Mode indicator will not be lit
when the unit is totally turned off.
Remember to turn the unit back on with
the 

1

in order to

use the remote control.

You may listen to the output of the HD760
through headphones by plugging a set of
standard headphones with a 

1

⁄4

"

headphone plug into the front panel

*

. The volume of

the headphone output may be adjusted
with the 

knob 

&

.

Note that changing the headphone level
will not change the volume for the main
audio output. This is a fixed output, and it
is changed using the volume control on
your receiver, preamplifier or surround
processor.

In some instances, it may be desirable to
reduce the brightness of the display or to
turn it off completely. To do this, press the

button 

9 s

once to dim the

display to half brightness. Press it again to
turn the display off. A third press will
return the display to normal level.

The HD760’s time display is capable of
showing a wide range of information
about a CD.

In normal operation the display will show
the total running time of a CD after the
disc is first put in the unit. When the disc is
played, the display will show the running
time of a track in play and the 

indicator will light to remind you of the
display function in use. Each time the
track changes, the time display will reset to

and begin to increase again as

the disc plays.

To view the time remaining on an
individual track, press the 

button 

)

n

once. The display will now show the

time left in the track in play, and the

and 

indicators will light

next to the time display as a reminder of
the display’s status.

To view the total time remaining to play
on the disc, press the time button twice.
The 

and 

indicators will

light to remind you of the function in use.

NOTE: When a disc contains more than
thirty (30) tracks, the time display may
read “–  –  :  –  –”. This is normal and it
does not indicate any problem with the
disc or the HD760.

Program Search

12

The HD760 is equipped with a variety of
functions that make it easy to search for
specific parts of any CD.

If you wish to quickly scan through a disc
to locate a particular passage or program,
press the 

buttons 

7 i

. The

button 

—

plays the

disc forward in high speed, while the

button 

‚

plays the disc

backwards in high speed. When the desired
part of the disc is heard, release the

button to resume normal play

speed.

To move from one track on the disc to
another, press one of the 

buttons 

8

h

. Pressing the 

button

fl·

will move you forwards through the

disc, one track at a time, while pressing the

button 

‡fi

will move you

back one track at a time.

The Skip buttons may be used when the
HD760 is either playing or stopped. If the
unit is stopped, the Skip buttons may be
used to locate the first track to be played.
The 

button 

4 j

must be pressed to

begin play. If the Skip buttons are used
while the unit is already playing, the audio
output will stop while the new track is
located, and play will automatically
resume after the Skip button is released.

This feature lets you locate a track by
playing the first 15 seconds of each track.
When the 

button 

p

is pressed, the

unit will play only 15 seconds of each
track, and then automatically move to the
next track. When you have reached a track
that you wish to listen to in its entirety,
press the Intro button again to resume
normal operation. When the Intro feature
is activated, the

indicator will

illuminate in the 

Ó

to remind you that Intro Search is in

use.

Programmed Play Operation

13

The HD760’s advanced programming
capability enables you to preset the order
in which tracks play, to repeat one track or
all tracks, and to repeat any portion of a
disc without regard to track numbers.

To program the order in which the tracks
on a disc play, begin by pressing the

button 

! d

. Note that the

indicator will light in the

Ó

. The total

number of tracks and total disc playing
time is also displayed.

You may now begin to enter the tracks in
the order in which you wish to have them
play. When entering track numbers from
the remote control, simply enter the
numbers using the 

c

. Be certain to enter the second digit of

track numbers 10 and above within two
seconds of the first number. Tracks may
also be entered from the front panel or
remote by pressing the 

buttons 

8

h

until the desired track number

appears. Press the 

button 

!

d

to enter the track to memory, and then

proceed to select the next track you wish to
program.

As tracks are entered, two displays will
appear in the display. The first will indicate
the total number of tracks that have been
programmed along with the last track
number entered.

The second display will show the total
cumulative running time of all tracks
entered along with the last track number
programmed. After 6 seconds, only this
display will appear if no other track
number is entered.

As each track is added to the program list,
its number will illuminate at the bottom of
the display.

When you have entered all the tracks that
you wish to program, press the 

button 

4 j

to begin playback of the

programmed sequence. The tracks will
now play back in the order in which they
were programmed.

When the complete set of programmed
tracks has played, the unit will stop. The
program will remain and may be started
again by pressing the 

button 

4 j

.

The program will remain in the player’s
memory as long as the disc is not removed.

NOTE: Once the disc drawer is opened,
the program information is lost, and must
be reentered even if the same disc  is
placed back in the machine.

To check the contents of a program, press
the 

button 

@ o

. Each press of

the button will show the actual track
number, the position the track occupies in
memory (e.g., second track to play) and
the cumulative time for all tracks that
have been programmed up to the one that
is indicated.

To clear one or all tracks from a program,
first press the 

button 

5 k

.

Pressing the 

button 

e

on the

remote, or the 

button 

5

on

the front panel will remove tracks from the
program sequence one at a time, starting
with the last track programmed. For
example, if track #6 was the last selection
in the program order, it will be the first to
be deleted from the program, regardless of
how many tracks are on the disc, and how
many individual tracks have been
programmed.

To clear all tracks at once, press and hold
either the 

button 

5

on the

front panel, or the 

button 

e

on

the remote until the 

indicator

goes out and the display of the disc’s total
running time and number of tracks
appear. You may also clear the total
contents of a track programming sequence
by pressing the 

button 

(

,

or by turning the unit off.

Programmed Play Operation

14

To remove tracks from the middle of a
previously programmed sequence, press
the 

@ o

button, and then press

the 

buttons 

8 h

until the desired

track number appears in the display. Press
the 

e

or 

5 

button

to remove the track from the sequence.

The HD760’s programming system enables
you to repeat either a single track, the
entire disc (respectively all programmed
tracks) or a specially programmed passage
that you select.

Repeat All
To repeat all of the tracks on a disc, press
the 

button 

f

or the

button 

$

once until the 

and 

indicators light up. When you see

these indicators, the entire disc or all
programmed tracks will play through to
the end, and then start again from the
beginning. The disc will play continually
until the 

button 

5 k

is pressed.

Repeat One
To repeat the track in play, press the

button 

f

or the 

button 

$

twice. The 

and

indicators will light and the track will
continue to play over and over again
continuously. If the track is changed by
pressing the 

buttons 

8 h

while the

Repeat function is in use, the newly
selected track will be repeated. To stop the
repeat play, press the 

button 

5 k

or press the 

button 

$ f

until

the 

indicator goes out.

Repeat A–B
The HD760 may be programmed to repeat
any section within a track, or a complete
passage or program that includes material
in a series of tracks.

To program the unit for A–B play, first
locate the point on the disc where you wish
to begin the repeated section. At that point,
press the 

button 

g

. The

indicator will light in the

and the 

indicator will blink to show that the
program process has started. Let the disc
continue to play or press the 

—

button 

7 i

or 

fl·

button 

8 h

on the front or remote until you have
reached the end of the section to be
repeated. When the end point is reached,
press the 

button 

g

again.

Note that the 

and 

indicators

will now be illuminated.

Once the 

button 

g

is

pressed for the second time to complete the
programming, the HD760 will
automatically go to the start of the selected
passage and continue to play the section
over and over.

To resume normal play press the 

button 

g

again. The 

and

indicators will go out, and the rest of

the disc will play normally.

The HD760 may be programmed to
automatically go into the play mode when
the unit is turned on.

To use this feature, insert a disc in the
drawer and close the drawer as explained on
page 10. Next, locate the 

switch

¢

on the rear panel. Place the switch in the

ON position and then either turn the unit off
by pressing the front panel 

1

until the 

2

goes dark, or place the unit in the Standby
mode by pressing the 

button

a

on the remote.

When the HD760 is turned on using either
the 

1

or the 

button 

b

the unit will automatically go

into the Play mode and the disc will play
through from the first track to the last.

To return the unit to normal operation,
put the 

switch 

¢

in the OFF

position.