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 front-
panel 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 front-
panel 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 play-
back. 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 g-
uration 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.
<
(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
<
/
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.
