PANASONIC SLCT730
Owner's Manual

Listening to CDs (Basic play)
Removing a disc

MP3 and CD-DA indicate limitations on these discs only.
MP3 Lights while playing MP3
MP3

Open the lid.
Press firmly into the unit.

Insert a disc and close the disc lid.

Slide to cancel HOLD.
(The unit and remote control each have independent HOLD switches.)
HOLD

Press.
(The power switches on and play starts.)

1 0:01

OPEN

Insert the plug fullya.

1

0:01

Insert the plug fullya.

Current track Elapsed play number time of track

For U.S.A.
Long cord to the right Move this when the earphones are not in use. (Prevents tangling)


Tilt to control the
For Canada
4 3
/ w

5U


VOL

T

volume. (0 to 25) (T: Increase  side for the right ear, U: Decrease)  side for the left ear Remote control button guide Remote control operation tone
Press Tilt up Tilt right
EQ
Remote control

Bottom of product HOLD

While stopped, each time you press and hold

a If the plug is not fully inserted, problems may occur with the remote control display and operation, and the sound may be interrupted.

Tilt left Tilt down

BP OFF
Tone off

BP ON
Tone on

Pause
Remote control

Skip
Main unit / Press. Remote control Backward Forward Main unit Backward   Forward

Cannot operate.

pPress again to restart play.

Tilt.

Press.

Stop
Remote control

pTilt left twice (Remote control) or press [] twice (Main unit) consecutively to skip to the beginning of the previous track while playing.
Main unit w Press. CD-DA

Press.

pYou cannot use [] to skip to any previous tracks during random and random repeat play modes ( page 6).

11 51:52
Total play time

Album Skip
Remote control Backward

MP3

Number of tracks

Until the album you want appears,
Main unit Forward Backward   Forward

MP3

ALBUM

6

25

Number of albums Number of tracks

Search
Remote control Backward Forward Main unit Backward   Forward

tilt and hold, while stopped.
ALBUM

press and hold, while stopped.
10

3

Album number Number of tracks in the album

While playing, tilt and hold.

While playing, press and hold.

Turn off
Remote control Main unit

pYou can only search within the current track except for during all track repeat ( page 6) and regular play. pWhen playing MP3, the elapsed play time displayed may differ from the actual elapsed time particularly while searching MP3 with variable bit rates. pWhen searching during play, the sound is interrupted longer while playing MP3 than CD-DA. pWhen searching MP3 during play, short tracks (less than approx. 10 seconds for MP3 recorded at 128 kbps) may be skipped. For CD-DA format, use a music disc and finalizea it after recording. The unit may not be able to play some discs due to the condition of the recording.
a A process performed after recording that enables CD-R/CD-RW players to play audio CD-R and CD-RW.

While stopped, press and hold.

w

While stopped, press.

(Everything disappears from the display.)

pIf the unit is left in stop mode for approximately 10 minutes, it turns itself off automatically.

Note on CD-R and CD-RW

wWhen creating MP3 files to play on this unit
CD-ROM drive

Disc formats: ISO9660 level 1 and level 2 (except for extended formats)
Naming tracks and albums
001track.mp3 002track.mp3 003track.MP3

001album
1

Playing MP3
MP3: A method of compressing data with little loss to the original sound quality.

Prefix with 3-digit numbers in the order you want to play Extension

wUnit limitations

002album
2

pOnly the artist name and track title ID3 tags (version 1.0 and 1.1) are displayed. pThis unit is compatible with multi-session discs but if there are a lot of sessions it takes more time for play to start. Keep the number of sessions to a minimum to avoid this. pThis unit cannot play files recorded using packet write. pDepending on how you create MP3 files, they may not play in the order you numbered them or may not play at all.

004track.mp3 005track.mp3

Up to 32 characters ID3 tags are limited to 30 characters If you create an album like this, the files may not play in the order you numbered them. The albums would play in the order , , ,
.

001track.mp3 (or.MP3)

004album
3

008track.MP3 009track.MP3

003album
4

006track.mp3 007track.MP3

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