Philips AZ1830 User Manual 2

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AZ1830MP3-CD Soundmachine

User manual

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Environmental information

All unnecessary packaging material has been omitted.The packaging can be easily separat­ed into three materials: cardboard, polystyrene and plastic.

Your set consists of materials which can be recycled if disassembled by a
specialized company. Please observe the local regulations regarding the
disposal of packaging, dead batteries and old equipment.

Supplied accessories

– AC power cord

– Remote control

Top and front panels (See 1)

1

Source selector: CD/USB,TUNER, OFF
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selects CD/MP3-CD (or USB mode), or
radio

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switches off the set

2

VOLUME– adjusts volume level

3 LIFT TO OPEN

– lifts here to open the

disc door

4

ALBUM+/-

– For MP3-CD/ USB play: select albums

59 –

stops disc/USB playback;

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erases a program

6

iR

– infrared sensor for remote control

7 Display– shows disc/USB play functions

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DBB– turns the bass enhancement on/off.

9 MODE – selects different play modes:

e.g. REPEAT or SHUFFLE (random order)

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PROG – programs tracks and reviews the

program

! USB port – connects an external USB mass

storage device

@ CD/USB – enters disc or USB mode

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BAND–selects wavebands, MW or FM

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Frequency indicator

– shows the radio fre-

quency of your selected waveband

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TUNING

– tunes to radio stations

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For disc

/ USB play:

– skips to the beginning of a current/

previous/ later track

– fast searches backwards and forwards with-

in a track

&2;–

starts or pauses disc/USB playback

Back panel (See 1)

* Telescopic antenna – improves FM

reception

( Battery door – open to insert 6 x 1.5V

R-14/ UM2/ C-cells

) AC~ MAINS – inlet for power cord

Remote control (See 1)

1 MODE – selects different play modes: e.g.

REPEAT or SHUFFLE

(random order)

2 PROG – programs tracks and reviews the

program

39– stops disc/USB playback;

– erases a program

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2;

– starts/ pauses CD/USB playback

5 ∞§

For disc

/ USB play:

– fast searches back and forward
– skips to the beginning of a current track/

previous/ later track

6 ALBUM +/-

For MP3-CD/USB play: selects albums

Power Supply

Whenever convenient, use the power supply
cord if you want to conserve battery life.
Make sure you remove the plug from the set
and wall outlet before inserting batteries.

Batteries

Main set (See 1)

• Insert 6 batteries, type R-14, UM2 or C-
cells (not included, preferably alkaline) with

the correct polarity.

Remote control (See 1)

Important!

• Before using the remote control, remove
the insulation plastic tab as shown
in figure 0.

• If the remote control does not function
correctly or the operating range is
reduced, replace the battery with a new
(CR2025) type battery

1 Press and hold the latch (A) in the direction

as shown in figure 0.

2 Simultaneously, pull the batter y tray (B) out.

3 Replace a new battery, and fully insert the

battery tray back to the original position.

• Incorrect use of batteries can cause elec­trolyte leakage and will corrode the compart­ment or cause the batteries to burst:

• Do not mix battery types: e.g. alkaline with
carbon zinc. Only use batteries of the same
type for the set.

• When inserting new batteries, do not try to
mix old batteries with the new ones.

• Remove the batteries if the set is not to be
used for a long time.

Batteries contain chemical substances, so
they should be disposed of properly.

Using AC power

1 Check if the power/mains voltage, as shown

on the type plate located on the
bottom of the set, corresponds to your

local power supply. If it does not, consult your
dealer or service center.

2 Connect the power cord to the

AC~ MAINS inlet and the wall socket.The
set is now ready for use.

3 To switch the set off completely, withdraw the

power cord from the wall socket.

4 Install the unit near the AC outlet and where

the AC power plug can be easily reached.

• Disconnect the power cord from the wall
socket to protect your set during heavy thun­derstorms. Children could seriously injure
themselves as the free end of the cable may
still be live if only the connector is removed
from the MAINS socket at the back of the
unit.

The type plate is located on the

bottom of the set.

Auto power saving

• When the source selector is adjusted to
CD/USB and the set is in the PAUSE posi-

tion for 5

minutes, the set will be auto

switched to the stop position to save power.

• When the source selector is adjusted to
CD/USB and the set is in the STOP position

for 15 minutes, the set will be auto switched
to sleep (standby )mode.To wake it up,
press 2;.

Helpful hints:

–To avoid unnecessary energy consumption,

always adjust the source selector to OFF
after using the set.

CAUTION

- Visible and invisible laser radiation.
If the cover is open, do not look at
the beam.

- High voltage! Do not open.You run
the risk of getting an electric shock.
The machine does not contain any
user-serviceable parts.

- Modification of the product could
result in hazardous radiation of
EMC or other unsafe operation.

English Controls / Power Suppy

Power Supply

Basic functions

Switching on/off the set

1 To switch on, adjust the source selector to

CD/USB or TUNER as desired.

2 To switch off, adjust the source selector to

OFF.

Adjusting volume and sound
Adjust the sound with the VOLUME and
DBB controls.

Radio reception

1 Push the source selector to TUNER.

2 Adjust the

BAND

to MW or FM to select

your desired waveband.

3 Tur n TUNING to tune in a radio station.

4 To switch off the radio, adjust the source

selector to OFF.

Helpful hints:

To improve reception

• For FM, extend, incline and turn the

telescopic antenna. Reduce its length if the
signal is too strong.

• For MW, uses a built-in antenna. Direct this
antenna by turning the whole set.

About MP3

The music compression technology MP3
(MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) significantly reduce
the digital data of an audio CD while
maintaining CD quality sound.

• Getting MP3 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 files.)

• Creating a MP3 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 files

end with .mp3.

– 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.

Playing a disc

This player plays Audio Discs including CD-R/
CD-RW, and MP3 CD. Do not tr y to play a
CD-ROM, CD-I, CDV,VCD, DVD or com­puter CD.

IMPORTANT!

• CDs encoded with copyright protection

technologies by some record companies may

be unplayable by this product.

1 Adjust the source selector to CD/USB.

➜ Display shows - - - (see 2), or - - - with

“USB DIRECT” (see 3)

Basic Function/ Radio MP3-CD/ CD Player

2 Press CD/USB to enter CD mode if USB

DIRECT is displayed.

➜ Display will show --- (See 2).

3 To open the disc door, lift the disc door at

the edge marked LIFT TO OPEN.

4 Insert a disc with the printed side facing up

and press the disc door gently to close.

➜ Display:The total number of tracks
appears.

5 Press 2;to start playback.

➜ Display:2 and the current track number.

For MP3-CD only:

➜ The current track number “XXX“ and
album number “ALBUM XXX“ will be
displayed interchangeably (See 45).

6 To pause playback press

2;

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➜ Display:2 and the current track number
flash.

7 Press2;again to resume playback.

8 To stop playback, press 9.

Helpful hints:

The disc playback will also stop when:

–you open the disc compartment door ;
–you select TUNER or OFF position;
– the disc has reached the end of the playback.

Selecting a different track

• Press ∞ or § once or repeatedly until the

desired track number appears in the display.

For MP3-CD: First press ALBUM +/- once
or more to find your album.

• In the pause/stop position, press 2; to star t

playback.

Finding a passage within a
track

1 During playback, press and hold down

∞ or §

.

➜ The disc is played at high speed and low

volume.

2 When you recognize the passage you want,

release

∞ or §

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➜ Normal playback resumes.

Programming tracks

You may store up to 20 tracks in the desired
sequence. If you like, store any track more
than once.

1 In the stop position, press PROG to star t

programming.
➜ Display shows P01 indicating the start of
the program. PROG flashes. (See 6)

2 Press

∞

or §to select your desired track

number.

For MP3-CD: First press ALBUM +/-
once or more to find your album.

3 Press PROG to store the desired track.

➜ Display shows P02, indicating the next

program location available.

4 Repeat steps 2 to 3 to select and store all

desired tracks.

5 Press

2;

to play the program.

To review your program

In the stop position, press and hold PROG 3
seconds.

➜ The display shows all the stored tracks in
sequence.

Helpful hints:

– Display shows P01 if no track is

programmed.

– If you try to store more than 20 tracks, no

track can be selected and the display will
show FUL.

MP3-CD/ CD Player

USB Connection

MP3-CD/ CD Player USB Connection

To erase a program

You can erase a program by:
– pressing 9 (twice during playback or once

in the stop position);
– selecting TUNER or OFF position;
– opening the disc door.

➜ Display: PROG disappears.

Selecting different play
modes (See 7 8)

You can select and change the various play
modes before or during playback, and
combine REPEAT modes with PROG.

REP – plays the current track continuously.

REP ALL – plays the entire disc/program

continuously.

SHUF – plays all tracks in random order.

1 To select play modes, press MODE once or

more.

2 Press 2; to start playback if in the stop

position.

3 To select normal playback, press MODE

repeatedly until the various modes are no
longer displayed.
– You can also press 9 to cancel your play

modes.

Using USB connectivity

• AZ1830 is fitted with a USB port in the front
panel, offering a plug and play feature which
allows you to play, from your AZ1830, digital
music and spoken contents stored on a USB
mass storage device.

• Using a USB mass storage device, you can
also enjoy all the features offered by AZ1830
which are explained and instructed in the
sections of disc operation.

Compatible USB mass storage devices

With the AZ1830, you can use

– USB flash memory (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1)
– USB flash player (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1)

• USB device which requires driver
installation under Windows XP is not
supported.

Note:

In some USB flash players (or memory
devices), the stored contents are recorded
using copyright protection technology. Such
protected contents will be unplayable on any
other devices (such as AZ1830 device).

Supported formats:

– USB or memory file format FAT12, FAT16,
FAT32 (sector size: 512 - 65,536 bytes)
– MP3 bit rate (data rate): 32-320 kbps and
variable bit rate

– WMA v9 or earlier
– Directory nesting up to a maximum of 8

levels

– Number of albums: maximum 99
– Number of tracks: maximum 400
– ID3 tag v2.0 or later
– File name in Uicode UTF8 (maximum

length: 128 bytes

The system will not play or support
the following:

• Empty albums: an empty album is an album
that does not contain MP3/WMA files, and
will not be shown in the display.

• Non-supported file formats are skipped.
This means that e.g.: Word documents .doc
or MP3 files with extension. dlf are ignored
and will not be played.

• AAC, WAV, PCM. NTFS audio files

• DRM protected WMA files

• WMA files in Lossless format

• MP3 files in Lossless format

Playing a USB mass storage device

1 Make sure that your AZ1830 is being pow-

ered by AC mains or specified batteries.

2 Adjust the source selector to CD/USB.

➜ Display shows - - - (see 2), or - - - with

USB DIRECT (see 3)

3 Press CD/USB to enter USB mode if USB

DIRECT is NOT displayed.

➜ Display will show USB DIRECT (see 2).

4 As shown in figure ! , plug a compatible

USB mass storage device to AZ1830’s USB
port mar ked . If needed, use a suitable
USB cable to connect between the device
and AZ1830’s USB port.
➜ The device will automatically power on.

• If the device is not powered on, turn on the
power manually, then re-connnect it.
➜ AZ1830’s display shows USB DIRECT and

the total number of playable audio files
(Max. displayed track number is 400)
stored on the device.

5 Press

2; on your AZ1830 to start play.

➜ AZ1830’s display will show USB DIRECT

and share the display information illustrat­ed in the disc operation.

Helpful hints:

– Up to 400 playable audio files stored on a
USB mass storage device can be played on
AZ1830.
– Up to 99 playable albums stored on a USB
mass storage device can be selected and dis­played on AZ1830.
– Make sure that file names of MP3 files end
with .mp3. and the file names of WMA files end
with .wma.
– For DRM protected WMA files, use Windows
Media Player 10 (or later) for conversion. Visit
www.microsoft.com for details about Windows
Media Player and WM DRM (Windows Media
Digital Rights Management).

No sound/ power

– Volume not adjusted

• Adjust the VOLUME
– Power cord not securely connected

• Connect the AC power cord properly
– Batteries dead/ incorrectly inserted

• Insert (fresh) batteries correctly
– Disc contains non-audio files

• Insert a suitable disc or press

SEARCH ∞ or

§

once or more skip to an audio track, instead of

the data files.

Display does not function properly/No
reaction to operation of any of the con­trols

– Electrostatic discharge

• Switch off and unplug the set. Reconnect after a
few seconds.

no indication

– It is set in the USB mode.

• Press CD/USB to select CD mode.

– No disc inserted

• Insert a suitable disc

– Disc badly scratched or dirty

• Replace/clean CD (See Maintenance)

– CD-R(W) is blank or the disc is not finalized.

• Use a finalized CD-R(W)

– Laser lens steam up

•Wait until lens has cleared.

Note:

Make sure the CD is not encoded with
Copyright protection technologies, as some
do not conform to the Compact
Disc standard.

The disc skips tracks

– Disc damaged or dirty

• Replace or clean disc
– Shuffle or program is active

• Switch off shuffle/program

Note:
For a disc with CD Audio tracks and MP3
files, only the CD Audio tracks will be played.

Sound skips during MP3 playback

– MP3 file made at compression level exceeding

320kbps

• Use a lower compression level to record CD
tracks into MP3 format

– Disc damaged or dirty

• Replace or clean disc.

The USB device doesn’t play on my
AZ1830

– It is not set in the USB mode.

• Press CD/USB to select USB mode.

– The device is not securely connected to AZ1830’s

USB port.

• Re-connect the device, and make sure that the
device is powered on.

– The device is not supported by AZ1830, or the audio

file format stored on the device is not supported by
AZ1830.

• Use a compatible device/ playable audio file for­mat.

Troubleshooting

If a fault occurs, first check the points listed below before taking the set for repair.
If you are unable to remedy a problem by following these hints, consult your dealer or service centre.

WARNING: Do not open the set as there is a risk of electric shock. Under no cir-

cumstances should you try to repair the set yourself, as this will inval­idate the guarantee.

Safety information

• Place the set on a hard, flat and stable surface
so that the system does not tilt.

• Do not expose the set, batteries, CDs to
humidity, rain, sand or excessive heat caused
by heating equipment or direct sunlight.

• The apparatus shall not be exposed to
dripping or splashing.

• Adequate ventilation with a minimum gap of
15 cm between the ventilation holes and sur­rounding surfaces is necessary to prevent
heat build-up.

• The ventilation should not be impeded by
covering the ventilation openings with items,
such as newspapers, table-cloths, cur tains, etc..

• No objects filled with liquids, such as vases,
shall be placed on the apparatus.

• No naked flame sources, such as lighted can­dles, should be placed on the apparatus.

• The mechanical parts of the set contain
self-lubricating bearings and must not be oiled
or lubricated.

•To clean the set, use a dry cloth. Do not use
any cleaning agents containing alcohol,
ammonia, benzene or abrasives as these may
harm the housing.

CD player and CD handling

• If the CD player cannot read CDs correctly,
use a cleaning CD to clean the lens before
taking the set to repair.

• The lens of the CD player should never be
touched!

• Sudden changes in the surrounding
temperature can cause condensation on the
lens of your CD player. Playing a CD is then
not possible. Do not attempt to clean the
lens but leave the set in a warm environment
until the moisture evaporates.

•Always close the CD door to avoid dust on
the lens.

•To clean the CD, wipe in a straight line from
the center towards the edge using a soft,
lint-free cloth. Do not use cleaning agents as
they may damage the disc.

• Never write on a CD or attach any stickers
to it.

Safety & Maintenance

(See 9)