PHILIPS FWV357/55
Owner's Manual

CD/VCD/MP3-CD Operations
Sound Quality Take note that MP3-CD compilations should best contain only MP3 tracks (.mp3). To achieve a good MP3 quality, a bit rate of 128 kbps is recommended.

Playing discs
a disc is loaded in the disc tray the current selected disc tray is empty the current selected disc tray is loaded or playing

Loading discs 1 2
Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. Load up to two discs on the individual disc trays. To load the third disc, press DISC CHANGE. � The disc tray will rotate until the empty tray is ready for loading.

To play all discs on the disc tray � Press� . � � All the available discs will play once, then stop. � During playback, the selected disc tray, track number and elapsed playing time of the current track are displayed. � For MP3 disc, TITLE is shown. For mixed mode discs, only one mode will be selected for playback depending on the recording format. To play the selected disc only � In CD mode, press VCD 1, VCD 2 or VCD 3 on the system. � The selected disc will play once, then stop. To interrupt playback � Press� . � � The current track time flashes. � To resume playback, press� again. � To stop playback � Press �.

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Press OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc tray. � "READING" is displayed. The selected disc tray, total number of tracks and the playing time will appear on the display. � For MP3 disc, the name of the first album and title will be scrolled through the display once and followed by "AXX TXXX". Notes: � Load the discs with the label side facing up. � For MP3 disc, the disc reading time may exceed 10 seconds due to the large number of songs compiled into one disc.

Replacing discs during playback
� The disc tray will open without interrupting current playback.

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To change the inner disc, press DISC CHANGE again. � "DISC CHANGE" is displayed and the disc will stop playing. � The disc tray will close to retrieve the inner disc, then reopen with the inner disc accessible.

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English

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Press DISC CHANGE.