Philips AZ5160 User Manual

VCD MP3 CD Soundmachine AZ5160

User manual

INDEX

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MP3 General Information..............6

Controls .........................................7

Remote Controls.........................7-8

Power Supply ...........................9-10

General Operation / Radio ..........10

CD/VCD/MP3-CD

...............................................11–17

Cassette recorder..................18–19

Maintenance ..........................19-20

Troubleshooting ...........................21

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MP3 General Information

Dear Customer,

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Thank you for buying the Philips MP3-CD Soundmachine. Your great new acquisition will allow you to listen to up to 10 hours of CD-like quality music, using the innovative new music compression technology MP3.

MP3 technology

MP3 is short for MPEG1 Layer-3 encoding and decoding technology, a very powerful encoding algorithm with which you can shrink down the orginal digital audio sound data with a factor of up to 10 without losing significant sound quality.

Recording and Playback It is recommended to set your recording bit rate to 128kbps, sampling frequency at 44.1kHz to achieve CD-like music playback quality.

Since downloading MP3 files from the Internet, ripping songs from your own legal CD’s and burning MP3 songs onto a CD-R, are a delicate process, the quality of a MP3 song may vary by these process. Subsequently, making a MP3-CD may not be entirely perfect.

As a result of the above imperfection, you may experience an occasional “skip” while listening, or an occasional delay in accessing “previous/next” title to MP3-CD’s. This is considered to be normal.

A comparison chart is enclosed as below:

Sound Bit Approximate Approximate total Comment Quality Rate Reduction Ratio MP3-CD time

MW radio 32 kbps 40 : 1 40 hrs Sound quality significantly FM radio 64 kbps 20 : 1 20 hrs affected-not recommended. Near-CD 96 kbps 15 : 1 15 hrs Balanced sound quality CD-like 128 kbps 10 : 1 10 hrs compression rate. CD 256 kbps 5 : 1 5 hrs Compression rate low CD 320 kbps 3 : 1 3 hrs suggest to play CDs instead.

CONTROLS

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TOP AND FRONT PANEL

1 Source selector - power on/off switch and to

select source of sound source: CD/TUNER/TAPE.

2 VOLUME - to adjust volume level. 3 DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost) - for a more

vivid bass response.

4 LIFT - OPEN - to open the CD door. 5

Cassette keys:

; - to interrupt recording or playback. 9/- to stop the tape and to open the cassette

holder.

5 / 6 - to fast wind/rewind the tape. 1 - to start playback. 0 - to start recording.

6 LCD Display - to show the VCD, MP3 functions

and disc status.

iR - infrared sensor for remote control

8 PROG - for CD/VCD/MP3-CD to programme

disc tracks

9 REPEAT - to repeat a track/programme/entire

CD playback

0 BAND - to select FM or MW waveband

BACK PANEL

! TUNING - to tune to radio stations @ 2; - to start or interrupt CD playback.

9 - to stop playback ∞ / § - to skip or search a passage or a track

Telescopic aerial - to improve FM radio reception

VIDEO/AUDIO OUT - connect to the TV or VCR VIDEO/AUDIO IN

% AC MAINS ^ Battery door - to open the battery

compartment

& Voltage Selector - to adjust and match the

local voltage 110/220V before plugging in the set.

~ - socket for mains lead

IMPORTANT!

• PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VOLTAGE

SELECTOR LOCATED IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT AT THE REAR OF THIS SYSTEM IS PRESET AT 220V FROM THE FACTORY. FOR COUNTRIES THAT OPERATE AT 110V-127V PLEASE ADJUST TO 110V-127V BEFORE YOU SWITCH ON THE SYSTEM.

SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES

Remote Control Mains Cord Audio / Video Cable

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REMOTE CONTROL

1 OSD - to switch on/off the on screen display on

the TV screen.

2 RepAll

for CD/VCD/MP3-CD to repeat a whole disc.

3 Rep

for MP3-CD.................to repeat a track, or the

whole disc.

for CD/VCD . . . . . . . .to repeat a disc track or

the whole disc.

4 ProG

for CD/VCD/MP3-CD..to programme disc tracks.

5 ZOOM

for VCD only ................ to zoom in or zoom out

picture.

6 Slow - to watch a VCD at a slower speed (for

VCD operation only).

7 A - B - to playback a certain scene or passage

repeatedly (for CD/VCD/MP3 operation ).

8 SHUFF - When in CD/VCD/MP3 mode, press to

start or stop shuffle play mode (for VCD, only available in PBC off mode)

9 Mute - to switch playback sound off and on 0 GoTo - to start playback at any chosen time on

the disc (for CD/VCD operation only and PBC mode is off).

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