Helpful Hints: • p / LINE OUT can also be used to connect this set with your HiFi system. To adjust the sound and volume, use the controls on the connected audio equipment and the CD player. IMPORTANT! Hearing safety: listen at a moderate volume, using headphones at high volume can impair your hearing.We recommend headphone no. AY3308 for this product. Important: (for models with bypacked headphones):Philips guarantees compliance with the maximum sound power of its audio players as determined by relevant regulatory bodies only with the original model of provided headphones. In case this one needs replacement, we recommend that you contact your retailer to order a model identical to that of the original, provided by Philips. Traffic safety: Do not use headphones while driving a vehicle. It may create hazard and it is illegal in many countries. SELECTING A TRACK AND SEARCHING Selecting and searching on all discs Selecting a track • Briefly press .or §once or several times to skip to the beginning of the current, previous or subsequent track. • In the pause/stop position, press 2; to start playback. .Playback starts with the selected track. Searching for a passage during playback 1 Press and hold .or §to find a particular passage in a backward or forward direction. .Searching starts while playback continues at low volume. After 2 seconds the search speeds up. 2 Release the button when you reach the desired passage. .Playback continues from this position. Selecting on MP3/WMA CDs To find a MP3/WMA track, you can first press + / . to select your desired album. Selecting an album •Hold down or press + / . repeatedly until you find the desired album number. •In the pause/stop position, press 2; to start playback. .The first track of the selected album plays. Helpful Hints: – When playback of a MP3/WMA CD track in program mode, use of the + / . keys is void. HOLD HOLD- locking all buttons You can lock the buttons of the set. When a key is pressed, no action will be executed. With HOLD activated, you can avoid accidental activation of other functions.Simply adjust the HOLD slider to HOLD or OFF position as desired. For example: • Switch the OFF–RESUME–HOLD slider to HOLD to activate HOLD on the set. .The display shows HOLd. All buttons are locked and no action will be executed when you press any button on the set. If the set is switched off, HOLd appears when 2; is pressed. • To deactivate HOLD, switch the slider to OFF .All the buttons are unlocked. ESP, POWER SAVE MODE With a conventional portable CD player, you might have experienced that music stopped (e.g. when you were jogging). The Electronic Skip Protection prevents playback interruption caused by light vibrations and shocks. Continuous playback is ensured. However, ESP does not prevent playback interruptions during vigorous running. It also does not protect the unit against any damage caused by dropping! In this set ESP is default ON. It is possible to set ESP off. • Press ESP. . disappears. • Press ESP. . is displayed. ESP on . ESP off . ESP on Helpful Hints: – For a MP3/WMA CD, ESP is by default always activated. POWER SUPPLY Batteries (not included) Inserting AA (LR6, UM3) batteries 1 Open the battery compartment. 2 Insert 2 x AA batteries as shown into the battery compartment. 3 Close the battery compartment. Helpful Hints: – Old and new or different types of batteries should not be combined. – Remove batteries if they are empty or if the player is not going to be used for a long time. Battery indication The battery level is shown in the display screen as follows: Battery full Battery two-thirds full Battery one-third full Battery dead or empty.When the batteries are dead or empty, the symbol flashes, rP bAtt is displayed, and the beep tone sounds repeatedly. ABOUT MP3 / WMA The music compression technology MP3/WMA (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) significantly reduce the digital data of an audio CD while maintaining CD quality sound. • Getting MP3/WMA files: you can either download legal music files from the internet to your computer hard disc, or create such files by converting audio CD files in your computer through appropriate encoder software. (128kbps bit rate or higher is recommended for MP3/WMA files.) • Creating a MP3/WMA CD: burn the music files from your computer hard disc on a CDR or CDRW using your CD burner. Helpful Hints: – Make sure that the file names of the MP3/WMA files end with .mp3 . or .wma – Total number of music files and albums: around 350 (with a typical file name length of 20 characters) – The length of file names affects the number of tracks for playback. With shorter file names, more files can be burned on a disc. All trademarks used are owned by their respective owners. MP3 and WMA song playback 1 Your CD player may only playback CD containing MP3 or WMA musics, it is not possible to download MP3 or WMA music directly into the CD player. Please download MP3 and WMA music from the Internet into your computer and then use CD burner soft...