User Guide

dCS Verdi La Scala User Manual Manual for Software Issue 1.0x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Verdi LS Manual v1.0x.doc Page 35 email: more@dcsltd.co.uk
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Standby button
(
β) Pressing the Standby button normally sets La Scala to standby mode.
Press again to restore normal operation.
If you press the Standby button while the white LED (
ι) is lit, all dCS units in
range of the remote control will be toggled in or out of standby mode.
SACD/CD button
(
γ) While playing a hybrid disc, press this button to select either the SACD layer
or the standard CD layer. The layer selected will be displayed on the Status
indicator. If the disc is not a hybrid disc, this button has no effect.
Transport controls
(
δ) The Play/Pause, Stop/Eject, Previous Track and Next Track buttons
control the transport in the same way as the buttons on the front panel.
While the white LED (
ι) is lit, the Previous Track and Next Track buttons skip
to the previous or next track index, if the disc being played has indexing.
Program and Clear buttons
(
ε) These two buttons are used to set up or change a sequence of tracks.
do this: Press the Program button to enter PROG mode, then enter the first track
number on the 0-9 buttons (e.g. 05) while the white LED (
ι) is lit. Repeat this to
program more tracks, up to a maximum of 31.
do this: To delete the last track in the sequence, press the Clear button.
For more details, see “Track Selection” on page 14.
Mode control buttons
do this: (
ζ) Press the Play Mode button repeatedly to cycle through the 3 modes:
Continue – plays the whole disc in a continuous sequence then stops. The
CONT indicator is lit.
Program – plays the programmed sequence of tracks then stops. The
PROG indicator is lit.
Shuffle – plays all the tracks on the disc in a random sequence then stops.
The RAND indicator is lit.
do this: Press the Repeat button repeatedly to cycle through the 3 modes:
Rept All - repeats the whole disc, depending on the Play Mode. In
Continuous mode, the whole disc is repeated from start to finish. In
Program mode, the programmed sequence is repeated. In Shuffle mode,
the whole disc is replayed in a different random sequence.
Rept Trk – repeats the current track, even if it is already playing.
Rept Off – returns to normal playing mode.
do this: To select part of a track to repeat, play the track through until you reach the
start point. Press the A-B button, the display will show (for example) AB 0:20
with the B flashing. When you reach the end point (for example, 10 seconds
later), press the A-B button again. The B will stop flashing, the unit will skip
back to the start point then continuously repeat the section up to stop point. You
can select new start and stop points by pressing the A-B button at the new start
point and again at the new stop point.