JBL SG2020
Owner's Manual

ENJOYING JBL SOUNDGEAR
Playing CDs
Your JBL Soundgear system will play discs displaying the Compact Disc Digital Audio logo . It will also play properly finalized CD-R discs. JBL Soundgear is not able to play CD-RW, DVD, Video CD, computer data discs, or any other type of disc except CD or CD-R, as noted above.

Stopping Play
Press the Stop/Reset button
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Important Notes
Do not tilt or move the unit with discs loaded. This may dislodge the discs. Usage under these conditions may damage the discs or the JBL Soundgear unit. � Do not place more than one compact disc in one disc tray at the same time. � If, during CD play, the video image of a nearby television is distorted, or if static is heard from a nearby radio, move JBL Soundgear further away from the affected device.

Pause
Press the CD Pause �s s button 40 ^. To resume play, press the CD Pause �s s button 40 ^ again, or press the Play button c^.

Skipping Discs
During play or in the Stop mode, press the Disc Skip button 36 � to proceed to the next disc in order. If the Disc Skip button 36 � is pressed while a disc is playing, JBL Soundgear will skip to the next disc and start playing it. However, if the Disc Skip button 36 � is pressed while the unit is stopped, it will rotate the disc tray to the next disc, but it will NOT start playing.

Searching Within a Track
You can search for a particular point in a track during play by monitoring the high-speed cueing sound, or by observing the CD counter in the display c.

Tray for Disc 1

Tray for Disc 2

Basic Operation
1. Press the CD Function button 42 . 2. Press the CD Open/Close button � to open the disc compartment. 3. Load up to three discs with the label side up. Each tray is numbered 1, 2 or 3 going counterclockwise around the carousel: Playing one or two discs Place discs on trays 1 and 2. Playing three discs After placing two discs, press the Disc Skip button 36 � to rotate the carousel. Place the next disc in tray 3. To load a 3-in. (8cm) disc, put it in the inner depression of the tray. Never place more than one disc at a time in any of the three tray positions. 4. Press the CD Open/Close button � to close the disc compartment. 5. Press the Play (or �s s on remote control) button c^ to start play. Play begins with the disc located on the lefthand side of the carousel just before closing the disc compartment, and proceeds counterclockwise around the carousel (in number order). All discs are played once only. During playback, empty trays are skipped, and JBL Soundgear proceeds counterclockwise to the next tray. The numbered indicator of any skipped tray will go out in the display b. The total number of audio tracks available on the disc being played will be displayed at the top of the display d. As each track finishes playing, its corresponding number will go out. When a disc has more than 16 tracks, the �OVER� indicator e will light, and the track number will appear only in the Information Display c.

Reverse Search
Press and hold the Reverse Search s�� �� button §& and release it at the desired point.

Direct Disc Access
Press one of the Disc Direct (Disc 1, 2 or 3) buttons 33 34 35 to start playing the disc in that tray. After it plays through that disc, JBL Soundgear will continue to the next disc in order.

Forward Search
Press and hold the Forward Search �� ��s button §( and release it at the desired point.

Removing Discs
Press the CD Open/Close button � to open the disc compartment. You can remove two discs at a time. To remove the disc in the back tray, press the Disc Skip button rotate the disc carousel.
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Track Skipping
To return to the beginning of the current track, tap the Reverse Search s�� �� button §& once. To skip track(s) backward one by one, tap the Reverse Search s�� �� button §& repeatedly. To skip track(s) forward one by one, tap the Forward Search �� ��s button §( repeatedly. REMEMBER � TAP the button §& to CHANGE tracks; but PRESS and HOLD the s�� �� / �� ��s button §& to search WITHIN a track.

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Changing Discs During Play
JBL Soundgear allows you to exchange two of the discs in the carousel while the third disc is playing. Simply open the disc compartment during play by pressing the CD Open/Close button �, and remove or insert discs as described above. The disc located on the left side will be the next disc to be played after you close the disc compartment. This operation is not available during programmed play.

Time Display
Press the Time button 38 to show the time remaining on the current disc cq. Press it again to return to a display of the time elapsed c.

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