Important front panel controls
Power 
Press the POWER button to  
switch Solo between ‘on’ 
and ‘stand-by’.
When Solo is in stand-by 
the light next to the power 
button on the front-panel 
glows red, and the frontpanel display shows the 
current time. Pressing 
POWER when the unit is 
in stand-by will cause the 
unit to switch on, when 
the power button light will turn blue.
Note that the primary power-switch for Solo is 
on the rear of the unit. If the power light is not 
illuminated at all, please read the instructions on 
page 4 ‘Power’.
Volume and Mute 
Use these controls to mute, increase, or decrease 
the volume. If Solo is muted, pressing the MUTE 
button for a second time or changing the volume 
will unmute it. The current volume is shown in the 
top right corner of the display.
Source –/+
Used to change the audio source. If you wish to 
listen to FM radio, for example, press SOURCE+  
repeatedly until ‘FM’ is shown in the top left 
corner of the display.
These buttons are also used when navigating 
the Solo menu. See the section ‘Product 
con guration’ (page 11) for more information.
making music
Source selection  Play-back mode Current volume
Track number, song text, playback time, etc.
Play-state indicator
Skipping/scanning tracks
Press brie y the 0 and / buttons on the frontpanel or remote control to skip to the previous 
or next track of a CD.
On skipping forward, play-back will start from 
the beginning of the next track on the disc 
(if there is one); when skipping backwards, 
pressing the 0 button within the  rst 3 
seconds of a track will skip to the prior track (if 
there is one), otherwise play-back will re-start 
from the beginning of the current track. From  
most positions, therefore, it is normal to have 
to press 0 twice to skip to the beginning of the 
previous track.
The 0 and / buttons are used also for 
scanning. To scan backwards or forwards 
within a track, press and hold the 0 or / 
button – the track will be scanned until the 
button is released.
Special play-back modes
Press MODE on the remote-control to cycle 
through the repeat/shuf e modes for CD playback. The options are as follows:
1. Repeat disc: the tracks on the disc are 
played in order. After the last track has 
 nished, play-back re-starts from the  rst 
track on the disc;
2. Repeat track: play-back of the current track 
is repeated until cancelled;
3. Shuf e: the tracks on the disc are played in 
a random order;
4. Repeat shuf e: this combines ‘repeat disc’ 
and ‘shuf e’. Each time that play-back is 
restarted, the track order is shuf ed.
To cancel any of the shuf e/repeat modes, 
press MODE repeatedly until the play-back 
mode is removed from the display.
Note that the repeat/shuf e modes are 
not available during programmed play-back 
(described in the next panel).
Programming the play-back order
The order in which tracks on a CD are played 
can be programmed. This is part of the con guration menu of Solo, which is described fully 
on page 11; brief instructions are given here.
1. Press MENU to open the con guration menu;
2. Press C (SOURCE– on the front-panel), until 
the top line of the display shows ‘Prog’;
3. Press OK to enter programme mode, then 
use the – and + keys (front-panel: 0 and /) 
to move the highlight to the next track to be 
added to the play-list. Press OK to add the 
track. Repeat this operation until all the tracks 
you want to play have been added to the 
play-list.
4. To exit programme mode, press MENU. 
Press MENU again to close the con guration 
menu.
To clear any programme, press < twice on the 
remote-control, or eject the disc.
Display modes
Solo provides four different display modes 
when listening to the CD. The mode is 
changed by pressing the INFO button on either 
the front-panel or the remote-control.
1. Current track time: this is the ‘conventional’  
display for a CD player, showing the track 
number, together with track time.
2. Remaining track time: this shows the  
current track number, together with the track 
time that remains to be played.
3. CD text: if available, text from the disc (CD 
text) will be displayed when in this mode 
(track name or artist, for example). If CD text is 
unavailable, then this mode is the same as for 
‘current track time’.
4. Large-character display: this mode is a  
double-height display, showing just the current 
track number and the volume.
CD play-back commands summary
4
 (Play) – press this button to start the play-
back of a CD.
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 (Stop) – press to stop the play-back of a CD.
;
 (Pause) – press to pause the play-back of 
a CD. Press again (or press play) to re-start 
play-back.
/ 
(Skip/Scan forwards) – press and release this 
button of skip forwards to the beginning of 
the next track. Press and hold the button to 
scan forwards.
0
 (Skip/Scan backwards) – press and 
release this button to skip backwards 
to the beginning of the current/previous 
track. Press and hold the button to scan 
backwards.
1
 (Open/Close) – press to open the CD tray; 
press again to close it.
Direct track access
Direct access may be gained to tracks on the disc 
by using the numeric keys on the remote-control.
For tracks 1–9, press the number of the track that 
you want to hear. To select a track greater than 9, 
press and hold the  rst digit of the track (e.g. 1) 
until that number is shown in the bottom left 
corner of the display (‘1–’), then press the second 
digit.
Listening to a CD
Quick-start – to play a CD:
1. Press the
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/1 button (load) on the front-panel 
or
 1 
on the remote control to open the CD tray.
2. Place the CD in the centre of the tray, making sure 
that the text printed on the CD is face-up. Press 
the
 1 or 4 
(play) button to close the drawer.
3. Wait for the disc to load. If play was pressed to 
close the drawer, then the disc will start playing 
automatically, otherwise press 4/; (remote: A) to 
start playback.