McIntosh MCD301 User Manual

How to Operate the MCD301

Power On

The Red LED above the STANDBY/ON Push-button lights

to indicate the MCD301 is in Standby mode. To Switch

ON the MCD301, press the STANDBY/ON Push-button

on the Front Panel or the PWR (Power) Push-button on the

Remote Control. Refer to figures 6 and 16.

Note: When AC Power is initially applied to the MCD301

the unit will momentarily switch On and then go

into the Standby Mode.

How to Load a Disc

1. Press the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button.

The disc tray will slide out allowing a

disc to be loaded. Refer to figure 1.

2. Press the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button

and the disc tray will close. Refer

to figures 6, 2, 3 and 5. Loading of

disc’s Table of Contents (number of

tracks) will be indicated on the

Front Panel Information Display.

When a SACD Disc is loaded

the Front Panel Display will

scroll the Album Title first and

then display the number of tracks. Refer to figures 4 and

Note: When a Disc is placed in the

tray and the PLAY Push-but-

ton is pressed, the tray will

close and the first track will

start playing.

How to Play a SACD Disc

With a disc already loaded into the

MCD301, press the PLAY Push-

button on the Front Panel of the MCD301 or Remote Con-

trol. Refer to figures 6 and 16. The Disc will start playing

the first track of the SACD Layer.

To change from the default SACD Layer to CD Layer,

press the SACD/CD Push-button (on the

Front Panel or Remote Control) once to

see the current selection and a second

time to change the selection. Refer to

figures 6, 7, 8 and 16.

The Player will load the CD Table of

Contents (Number of tracks and Total Play-

ing Time) at this time. To start playing the

CD Layer press the PLAY Push-button.

Notes: 1. Changing between the SACD and CD Layer can

be accomplished at any time by performing the

above procedure.

2. The default setting for SACD/CD Hybrid is to

play the SACD Layer. The default setting may be

changed to play the CD Layer instead. With the

MCD301 On and no disc loaded, press the SACD/

CD Push-button utill the Front Panel Display indi-

cates CD. Refer to figures 6, 9, 7 and 8.

3. Some SACD Disc(s)

have the abil-

ity of displaying

the Album Title and

Artist. With the disc

loaded, SACD Table

of Contents read and

the disc stopped,

press the MNU/TEXT

Push-button once for

scrolling the Title

and twice for scroll-

ing the Artist Name.

Display of the Artist

information is not

available during playback of the disc. Refer to

figures 10 and 11.

4. In a similar manner, some SACD Disc(s) have the

ability of scrolling the Track Number and Title by

pressing the MNU/TEXT Push-button after the

Track has started to play. Refer to figure 12.

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