User Manual

Shuffle Mode
A useful feature for unattended playback is Shuffle Mode. This feature
randomly selects tracks based on what is narrowed down using the Search
Criteria. For instance, if you select All Songs as your Search Criteria, then
the unit will ramdomly select any song in that list. If you select Search by
Artist, the unit will randomly select music from that Artist only. The same
applies to Genre, Album, String, or even the File Browser.
Shuffle Mode is toggled on and off by pressing Shift+Info, the LCD
display will indicate when Shuffle has been engaged or disengaged.
LOOP FEATURE
Once you have loaded a song press and Hold the info button down from
1 to 2 seconds and this will engage the LOOP feature ( Fig1).
SET LOOP
Then to set the start point press ENTER once
This will set the IN point of the loop (Fig 2) represented by a lowercase (i)
and then press the ENTER button
again to set the OUT point of the loop (Fig 3)
represented by a lowercase (o)
The loop will continue playing until exited
EXIT LOOP
To exit the loop and continue playing the song press
the RIGHT cursor button. (Fig 4).
Then to RELOOP or to re-engage the same LOOP press
the LEFT cursor button (FIG 5) and the loop will start again continuing
until The RIGHT cursor (EXIT) loop button is pressed. (FIG 4)
DISABLE LOOP FEATURE
To Disable the loop feature just press and hold the INFO button
for 1-2 seconds and the player will resume normal operation
Powering the Unit Off
Similar to modern computers, the HDC-500 has a soft-power-off feature,
as the unit has to close all connections with USB devices and go through a
shut down procedure before the power is removed. This also protects
against accidentally turning the power off.
In order to power down the HDC-500, simply hold the Power Button down
for 3 seconds.
Shuffle Mode, Loop & Soft Power
Fig 3.7 - LCD Display shows Shuffle Status
Fig 3.8 - HDC-500 Shutdown Procedure
Using the HDC-500
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