Emerson MS3108C manual

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1 TO PR EV EN T F IR E O R S HO CK HA ZA RD , D O NO T U SE TH IS PL UG W IT H A N EXTE NSION CORD , REC EPTACL E OR OTHER OUTL ET UN LESS THE BL ADES CAN BE FULLY INSERTE D TO PREV ENT BLADE EXPOSUR E. TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHO CK HA ZA RD , DO NOT EXP OS E THIS AP PLIA NCE TO RAIN OR MOI STUR E. I M P O R T A N T S A F E T Y I N S T R U C T I O N S [...]

2 Tha nk yo u for purc hasi ng th is Ho me Audio Sy stem w ith 3- CD Cha nger and progr ammabl e C D-R/RW Pl ayer from Emers on. This sy stem include s an AM/FM di gital tuner with 20 preset statio n memories, a digital clock, a full-function remote control, and a pair of matching speakers. Plea se review this manu al complet ely and c arefully t o[...]

3 • O p e r a t e c o n t r o l s a n d s w i t c h e s as described i n the m a nual. • Be fo r e tu r ni n g o n t h e p o wer, m ak e certa in that the pow er cord is pro perl y install ed. • W hen moving the set, be sure to first di sco n ne ct the pow er co rd a nd re move cords conne cted to other e quipment. • A v o i d i n s t a l l[...]

4 P R E P AR A T I O N F O R U S E U n p a c k i n g a n d S e t U p • This carton contain s the main unit, tw o speakers, the pedestal stand, and the remote control handset. Carefully remove all the components from the carton and remov e all packing materials form the component s. Make sure nothing is accidentally dis carded with the packing m a[...]

5 A t t a c h i n g T h e P e d e s t a l S t a n d 1.) Pla ce the m ain unit f a ce down on a flat surfa ce a s shown. 2.) Positi on the pedes tal ba s e so that th e 4 guide h ooks on the ba se slide i nto the 4 slots on th e ba ck of th e main unit. 3.) Tu r n t h e pe d e s ta l b as e l oc k i n g screw ‘ clockwise’ to secure . 4.) Return [...]

6 If you ev er need to remove the main unit f rom the pedestal: 1. ) Pl a ce th e entir e uni t fa ce dow n on a flat su rfa ce . 2.) Turn t he pedestal base locking s c re w ‘ c o u n te r - c l o c k w i s e’ t o loosen. 3.) Sl ide the ped estal out ward a nd lift it up to completely re m ove it from t he main unit. MS3108_062806 .p65 28/6/20[...]

7 I n s t a l l i n g T h e R e m o t e C o n t r o l B a t t e r i e s The rem ote cont rol requi res two “AAA” b atte ries , n ot incl uded . We re comm end th at yo u u se a w el l k no wn br an d o f a lk al in e b at ter ie s f or lo ng es t l if e a nd be st performan ce. Open the remote control ba ttery compartment by sliding the batter [...]

8 C o n n e c t i n g T h e S p e a k e r s N O T E : A l w a y s c o n n e c t t h e s p e a k e r s b e f o r e s w i t c h i n g t h e p o w e r ‘O n ’ , an d ne ve r op er at e th e sy st em w it ho ut t he s pe ak er s pr op er l y c on n ec te d. Make sure: The left speaker is connected the left-pair ( L ) terminals. The right speaker is [...]

9 A u x i l i a r y I n p u t J a c k s Thi s sys tem inc ludes AUX IN R /L Jac ks . Thes e jack s all ow you to co nn ec t exte rn al aud io equ ipmen t to thi s syst em and lis ten to the sou nd fro m the exter nal eq uipme nt through the speakers of this system. Ex am pl es of the type s of exte rnal equ ipme nt th at may be co nn ec te d are: a[...]

1 0 Always refer to the Instr uctions Manual of the ext ernal equipment . L I N E O U T L / R O u t p u t J a c k s Th i s s ys te m i nc l ud e s L / R L I NE O UT ou tp ut j ac ks f or th e c o nn ec t io n t o y o ur recording equipment (eg. MiniDisc or Cassette Recorder). Conn ect t he L/R LIN E OUT jac ks of th is system to t he L/R Recor d In[...]

1 1 AC Pl ug AC O utl et P o w e r S o u r c e T h i s s y s t e m i s d e s i g n e d t o o p e r a t e o n 1 2 0 V A C 6 0 H z h o u s e c u r re n t o n l y . Co nn ect in g t hi s s ys te m t o a ny ot he r p ow er so ur ce ma y c au se da ma ge to th e system and suc h damag e is n ot cove red by your w arranty. NOT E: T he s ys tem has pol ar[...]

1 2 S t e r e o H e a d p h o n e J a c k This system includes a stereo PH ONES jack on the top panel of the main unit. You may co nnect a set of ster eo headphone s, not in clude d, to thi s jack for p rivat e listening without dis turbing ot hers. The main speakers are automati cally shut off when headphone s are c onnec ted to th e PH ON ES ja c[...]

1 3 L O C A T I O N O F C O N T R O L S A N D I N D I C A TO R S F r o n t P an e l T o p P a n e l 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1 25 26 27 28 29 24 23 2 12 22 MS3108_062806 .p65 28/6/2006, 16:54 13[...]

1 4 1 .) M EM O RY / CL O CK AD J . Bu t to n. 2 .) S L EE P / TI M E R Bu tt o n. 3 .) C D D oo r O P E N/ C LO S E Bu t to n. 4 .) C D D oo r . 5 .) D i s c 1 Tr a y . 6 .) D i s c 2 Tr a y . 7 .) D i s c 3 Tr a y . 8 .) S TAN DBY B ut t on W it h L ig h ti ng . 9 .) R AN D OM /P R ES E T B ut to n . 10 . ) RE P EA T / P RE S E T B ut t on . 11.)[...]

1 5 R em o t e C o n t r o l 1.) CD3 Button. 2.) CD2 Button. 3.) CD1 Button. 4.) Numeric Buttons . 5.) REPEA T/PRESET Button. 6.) EQ Button. 7 .) S K IP R EV . / S e ar c h ( T U N E – ) B ut t on . 8.) STOP/BA ND But ton. 9.) CD/DISC SKIP Button. 10.) TUNER Button. 11 .) CD Door OPEN/CLOSE Butto n. 12.) IR (Infrared) Transmitter . 13.) POWER But[...]

1 6 O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S • M a ke su r e t ha t y o u h a ve fu l ly ex t e nd e d t he FM an t en n a w i re . • M a k e s u r e t h a t y o u h a v e i n s t a l l e d 2 “ A A A ” b a t t e r i e s i n t h e r e m o t e c on t ro l . • M ak e su re t ha t t h e s y st em i s c on n ec te d to a n A C o u tl et t ha [...]

1 7 V o l u m e C o n t r o l s To increase or decrease t he system volume press th e VOLUME or buttons on the front panel or the remote control. The VOLUME Le vel In dic ator wil l appe ar on th e d i sp la y w he n y o u c ha ng e t he vo l um e lev el. T he le vel i ndic ato r ran ges f rom “ 0 0 ” (Minimum) to “ 3 0 ” (Maxi mum). The s [...]

1 8 S e t t i n g T h e C l o c k Whe n th e sys tem is conne cte d to an AC ou tl et t he ST A N D B Y butt on ligh t come s ‘On’. T h e t i m e d i s p l a y w i l l s h o w a f l a s h i n g “ A M 1 2 : 0 0 ” . This is your i ndication that t he time is inc orrect and needs to be set. N O T E : A l t h o ug h i t i s n o t n e c e s s a [...]

1 9 2.) P r e s s t h e M E M O R Y / C L O C K A D J . b u t t o n a g a i n . T h e H o u r d i g i t s b e g i n flashing. 3.) P re ss th e o r bu tto ns t o s et t he display to the correct hour. Be sur e to obs erve th e A M / PM ind icat or s to ma ke su re y ou ar e s ett in g t he Ho ur correc tly. 4.) P r e s s t h e M E M O R Y / C L O C [...]

2 0 L i s t e n i n g T o T h e R a d i o 1.) Press the S TA NDB Y ( POWER ) button to turn the system ‘On ’. The displ ay lighting comes ‘On’ and the ST AN DBY l ight go es ‘Off’. 2.) Press th e FUNCT ION but to n on fro nt pan el or TUNE R bu tton on re mo te con trol to select the Tuner function. An AM or FM freq uency w ill app ear [...]

2 1 H i n t s F o r B e t t e r R e c e p t i o n FM : Th e FM l ead wi re ant enna o n the back p anel s hould be ext ended to its full length. You may a lso h ave t o vary the direction of this antenna unti l you find the positi on that provi des the best r eception. AM : The AM bar antenna is ins ide the cabinet of the main unit. Y ou may need t[...]

2 2 P r e s e t t i n g S t a t i o n s I n T h e T u n e r M e m o r y Y o u c an st or e u p t o 20 o f yo ur f avo ri te s ta ti on s ( 1 0 F M / 10 AM ) in th e T une r memory for easy recall at any time . Using either the manual or automatic tuning method as described on page 20. 1.) T u n e t o t h e f i r s t s t a t i o n y o u w i s h t o [...]

2 3 N OT E : A ft e r y o u p re s s MEMO RY/CLOC K ADJ. b ut to n th e fi r st t im e, y ou m us t pr ess PRES ET or , an d ME MOR Y/C LO CK ADJ . b utt ons w ith in 10 seco nds , wh il e th e MEMORY i nd ic a to r i s fl as hi n g o n t h e d is pl a y , o r yo ur s ta ti o n w il l no t be m em o ri ze d . I f t h e M E M OR Y i n d i c a t o r [...]

2 4 P l a y i n g C o m p a c t D i s c s IMPORTA NT : This CD p laye r c an play norma l C Ds plus CD-R (CD Recor dabl e) an d CD-R W (CD ReWr ita bl e) di scs . How eve r the pl aya bil it y of CD- R/R W dis cs m ay b e a f f e ct e d by t h e t y p e o f so f t wa r e th a t wa s u se d i n ‘r i pp i ng ’ t h e t r a ck s fro m the ori gin a[...]

2 5 4.) Pre ss the OPEN/CLOSE button to close the CD door . The flashi ng dashes “ – – – – – – ” appea r in th e displ ay as the play er rea ds t he Table O f Conte nts on each d isc. Aft er r eadin g the last dis c the displ ay wil l show the total track s and playing time of DISC 1 . NO TE : I t m ay tak e 1 5 t o 2 0 se co nd s f[...]

2 6 9.) Play bac k wi ll con tin ue unt il all tra cks on al l d is cs h a ve b ee n pl a ye d , t h en t h e player stops and the d isplay shows the tot al trac ks numb er and play ing time on the last disc played. To sto p play back at any time, pres s the STOP / BAN D bu tton. 10.) If you are finished listening, press the OPEN/CLOSE button to op[...]

2 7 S p e c i a l P l a y b a c k M o d e s The CD p layer i n this system a llows y ou: • To auto mat icall y repe at a sing le tra ck, all trac ks on a sele cted disc , o r a ll tra cks on all discs; • To play the trac ks on a sele ct ed dis c in rand om order , o r to play all trac ks on all discs in random order; • To program up to 20 tra[...]

2 8 To ca n ce l R ep e at p l ay ba c k m od e p re s s t he RE PE A T b u tt on u nt i l a ll R ep e at indicators disappear f rom the display. Repeat mode can also b e canceled by opening the CD door . R a n d o m P l a y b a c k You can selec t ra ndom playback while the dis cs are p layin g or whe n th e pl ayer is stopped. O n e D i s c R a n[...]

2 9 P r o g r am m e d P l a y b ac k The Prog ra mmed Play ba ck f e ature all ows y ou to progra m a total o f up to 20 tr a cks fr om a mo ng al l 3 d isc s for pla y ba c k in any des ired or der . Y o u ma y pr ogra m th e sa m e tra ck to play several times within a progra m sequence if de sired. N OT E : Yo u c an n ot p r og r am t r ac ks [...]

3 0 5.) R epeat ste ps 3 and 4 sele cting the des ired Disc num ber and Track num ber each time until you have ent ered up t o 20 tracks in the CD program memory. NO TE : Yo u ma y als o se lec t th e tra ck numb er s dir ec tly wit h th e 1-9 num ber bu t to n s o n th e r e mo t e co n tr o l. • F or tr a ck s 1 th r ou g h 9 , si m p ly p r es[...]

3 1 P r o g r a m m e d R e p e a t P l a y b a c k Y o u c a n u s e t h e P r o g r a m m e d a n d R e p e a t P l a y b a c k f u n c t i o n s t o g e t h er t o continuously repeat a programmed sequence. First p rogram up to 20 tra cks as des cribed on page 29, then press the REPEA T button once to sele ct Repea t All playback. Press the PLA [...]

3 2 S p e c i a l F u n c t i o n s Ti m e r O p e r a t i o n This sy stem incl udes a prog ramma ble Time r fu ncti on. Y ou can use th e ti mer to wake you up to the Radi o or to your fa vorite CD. N OT E : Th e ti me r c an o nl y b e p ro gr a mm ed wh il e t he s ys te m i s in th e S ta nd b y (P o w er O f f ) mo d e. 1.) Press the SLEEP/TI[...]

3 3 6.) Press the SLEEP/TIME R button. The TUNER indicator begins flashing. Press the or butt on to swi tch betw een TUNER or CD mode. 7.) Press the SLEEP/TIMER button. The VOLUM E “ 20 ” digi ts begin flas hin g. Press the or button to adjust the turn ‘ On’ volume level as desire d. 8.) Pres s the S LEEP /TIME R butto n ag ain t o r e t ur[...]

3 4 S L E E P T i m e r Thi s syste m inclu des a p rog ram mab le Slee p Timer th at allo ws you to fall asleep to betw een 10 a nd 90 mi nute s of music and t hen shuts the powe r ‘Off’ auto mati cally . T o o p e r a t e t h e s l e e p t i m e r : 1.) Turn t he sy stem ‘On’ and operate either the TUN ER or CD function a s usual. 2.) Pre[...]

3 5 Au x i l i a r y O p e r a t i o n T o list en to an au xiliary audio sour ce c onnect ed to the AUX IN ja c ks o n th e top pa nel of this unit (refer to pa ge 9). Pre ss th e FUN CTIO N butt on on the fro nt pa ne l or AU X but ton o n th e re mote co ntro l to select the Aux function. The AUX i ndicator a ppears in the display . Op er ate t [...]

3 6 R e s e t t i n g T h e S y s t e m C o m p u t e r Th is sy st em is eq uip pe d w it h a sp ec ial ci rc uit d esi gn ed to pr ot ect th e i nt er nal computer from permanent damage due to unexpected power surges. If you fin d that the syste m d oes not respo nd to any comma nds from the fro nt pan el cont rols or the remote handset, the syst[...]

3 7 C A R E A N D M A I N T E N AN C E C o m p a c t D i s c C a r e • To rem ove a disc from its storage case, press down on the center of the cas e and lift the disc out, holding it carefully by the edges. • Fing erprints a nd dust shoul d be carefully wi ped off the d isc’s rec orded surfa ce with a soft cloth.U nlik e conventional rec ord[...]

3 8 C a r e O f T h e C a b i n e t • If the cabine t be c omes dusty wipe it wit h a soft dry dust cloth. Do not use a ny wax or po lish sprays on th e cab inet. • If the front pa nel becomes d irty or sm udge d with fi ngerprints it m ay be cl ea ned with a soft cloth s lightl y d a m pened w ith a mild so a p and w ate r solution. Never use [...]

3 9 MS3108_0628 06.p65 28/6/2006, 16: 54 39 EMERSON W ARRANTY Consumer Electronics, Home Appliances and Home Office Products Thank you for choosing EMERSON! RGC Redmond Group gives the following express warranty to the original consumer purchaser or gift recipient for this EMERSON product, when shipped in its original container and sold or distribu[...]

The Serial Number of your unit is located on a la bel on the back cabinet. Please take a moment to locate the Serial Number of your unit and write it in the space provided below . You may be asked to provide this number when call ing to request customer service. Model N o: M S 3 1 0 8 C Serial Number: 4 0 MS3108_0628 06.p65 28/6/2006, 16: 54 39 spe[...]

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