User Guide

dCS Verdi User Manual Manual for Software Issue 1.2x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Verdi Manual v1.2x.doc Page 13 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Step 2 – Playing a Disc
do this: Press the Stop/Eject button.
The display will show Opening then Open.
do this: Load a disc into the tray and either push the tray in gently or press the Eject
button again.
The display will show Loading, then Read TOC (reading the table of contents
from the disc). The disc will be identified as a CD, SACD or hybrid. Either the
CD or the SACD indicator will light, along with the CONT indicator (play all
tracks in a continuous sequence).
If the disc is a hybrid, the HYBD indicator and either the SACD or the CD
indicator will light. You can select the other layer by pressing the SACD/CD
button on the Remote Control – the indicator will change to match this.
If the disc has disc text, the TEXT indicator will light, the disc title and artist’s
name will scroll across the display. For all discs, the number of tracks / total
playing time will be displayed, followed by 0 (stopped).
do this: If you want to play an SACD, select the 1394 input on the DAC.
do this: If you want to play a CD, select the DAC’s PCM input that you connected in
Step 1.
do this: Allow the DAC to lock and un-mute.
do this: Press the Play button. Turn up the Volume to a comfortable level.
You should have audio.
If the disc has disc text, the track name will scroll across the display. For all
discs, the track number and elapsed time will be displayed.
do this: Press the Play/Pause button to pause playing, press again to resume playing.
do this: Press the Next Track or Previous Track buttons to skip to another track.
do this: Hold down the Next Track or Previous Track buttons to fast forward or fast
reverse through the track. Alternatively, turn the Rotary Control.
do this: Press the Stop/Eject button to stop the disc. Press it again to open the tray.