PHILIPS AX3205/16
Owner's Manual

FEATURES
Selecting a track and searching Selecting a track during playback � Brie�y press � or § once or several times to skip to the current, previous or next track. yPlayback continues with the selected track, and the track�s number is displayed. Selecting a track when playback is stopped 1 Brie�y press � or § once or several times to select the desired track. The track number is displayed. 2 Press 2; to start CD play. yPlayback starts with the selected track. Searching for a passage during playback 1 Keep � or § pressed to �nd a particular passage in a backward or forward direction. ySearching starts while playback continues at low volume. After 2 seconds the search speeds up. 2 Release the button when you reach the desired passage. yPlayback continues from this position. Notes: � If the player is in SCAN mode (see MODE chapter), searching is not possible. � In shuf�e, shuf�e repeat all or repeat mode (see MODE chapter), or while playing a program, searching is only possible within the particular track.

FEATURES
Selecting different playing possibilities�MODE It is possible to play tracks in random order, to repeat a single track or the entire CD, and to play the �rst few seconds of each track. 1 Press MODE during playback as often as required in order to activate one of the following �modes�. The active mode is shown in the display. yshuf�e : All tracks of the CD are played in random order until all of them have been played once. yshuf�e repeat all : All tracks of the CD are played repeatedly in random order. yrepeat : The current track is played repeatedly. yrepeat all : The entire CD is played repeatedly. ySCAN: The �rst 10 seconds of each of the remaining tracks are played in sequence. 2 Playback starts in the chosen mode after 2 seconds.
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� To return to normal playback, press MODE repeatedly until the display shows no active modes. ESP / Power Save Mode With a conventional portable CD-player you might have experienced that the music stopped e.g. when you were jogging. The ELECTRONIC SKIP PROTECTION prevents loss of sound caused by light vibrations and shocks. Continuous playback is ensured. However ESP does not prevent playback interruptions during vigorous running. It also does not protect the unit against any damage caused by dropping! On this set ESP is default on. It is possible to set ESP off and enter the Power Save mode. The Power Save mode helps to extend battery lifetime for longer playback. � Press MODE for more than 2 seconds. y disappears. Power save mode is now activated. � Press MODE again for more than 2 seconds. y is displayed once ESP on � Power Save �ESP on

Programming track numbers You can store up to 30 tracks to play in a program. A single track may be stored more than once in the program. 1 While playback is stopped, select a track with � or §. 2 Press PROGRAM to store the track. yprogram lights up; the track number programmed and P with the total number of stored tracks are displayed. 3 Select and store all desired tracks in this way. 4 Press 2; to start playback of your selected tracks. yprogram is shown and playback starts. � You can review the program by pressing PROGRAM for more than 2 seconds. yThe display shows all the stored tracks in sequence. Notes: � If you press PROGRAM and there is no track selected, SEL is displayed. � If you try to store more than 30 tracks, FULL is displayed. Clearing the program � While playback is stopped, press 9 to clear program. y CLRis displayed once, program goes off, and the program is cleared. Note:
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RESUME and HOLD You can interrupt playback and continue (even after an extended period of time) from the position where playback stopped (RESUME) and you can lock all buttons of the set so that no action will be executed (HOLD). Use the RESUME�HOLD�OFF slider for these functions. RESUME � continuing from where you have stopped 1 Switch the slider to RESUME during playback to activate RESUME. yresume is shown. 2 Press 9 whenever you want to stop playback. 3 Press 2; whenever you want to resume playback. yresume is shown and playback continues from where you have stopped. � To deactivate RESUME, switch the slider to OFF. yresume goes off. HOLD � locking all buttons You can lock the buttons of the set by switching the slider to HOLD. Now, when a key is pressed, no action will be executed. This is of use, for example, when transporting the player in a bag. With HOLD activated, you can avoid accidental activation of other functions. 1 Switch the slider to HOLD to activate HOLD. yAll buttons are locked. HoLd is shown when you press any button. If the set is switched off, hold will be shown only when 2; is pressed. 2 To deactivate HOLD, switch the slider to OFF. Note: If you deactivate HOLD by switching the slider to RESUME, you will be activating the RESUME function.
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The program will also be cleared if the power supply is interrupted, or if the CD-player lid is opened, or if the set switches off automatically.