User manual NAD S500

[. . . ] Do not use this unit near water; for example, near a bath tub, washbowl, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool. The unit should be installed so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation. For example, it should not be situated on a bed, sofa, rug or similar surface that may block the ventilation openings; or placed in a built-in installation, such as a bookcase or cabinet, that may impede the flow of air through its ventilation openings. The unit should be situated from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other devices (including amplifiers) that produce heat. [. . . ] Using both IN and OUT connections, remote control commands can be "daisy-chained" from one product to the next. The wiring standard used for these connectors is: Pin 1: Chassis Earth (GROUND) Pin 2: Hot (+ OUT) Pin 3: Signal Ground (- OUT) With a conventional (unbalanced) connection, audio signal current flows from the CD player to the amplifier via the cable's centre conductor. To complete the circuit, audio signal current flows back to the CD player ground via the cable's outer conductor. Before connecting the cable to a live wall socket ensure that it is firmly connected to the NAD S500's AC Mains input socket first. Always disconnect the AC Mains cable plug from the live wall socket first, before disconnecting the cable from the S500 Mains input socket. The display window lights up when power is ON, and "NO DISC" is shown if there is no disc in the drawer. The blue LED above the ON/OFF button lights up briefly when ON/OFF is activated, but it goes out again immediately. The blue LED lights up permanently only to indicate the S500 is in stand-by mode if the unit is turned off from an NAD system remote control with STANDBY button. If this option is used, the S500 may be switched on again by pressing the STANDBY button of the system remote, or by pressing and releasing the ON/OFF button on the front of the S500 to switch it off, and then press it again to switch it on. Please note that the remote control which comes with the S500 does not feature a STANDBY button. If the unit is not going to be used for some time, disconnect the plug from the AC socket. If you try to SKIP Back past the first track on the disc, then "ERR" will appear in the display, then play the first track. The SCAN Back function is activated by pressing the same button, but keeping it depressed for more than 2 seconds. This causes the laser to scan backwards continuously, first slowly, after a few seconds rapidly, until the button is released. After a STOP command, or after loading a new disc, you must press PLAY/PAUSE before the scan circuit will work. If the scan is initiated while the player is in PAUSE, the scan is silent. If the scan is initiated during PLAY, the music will be heard in fragmentary form at reduced volume as the player scans through it. Use this "audible scan" to cue the player precisely to the spot where you want to resume play. If you scan back to the beginning of the disc while playing Track 1, the player stops scanning and resumes PLAY or PAUSE when you let go of the button. Place the CD within the large circular recess in the drawer, with its transparent surface facing down. CD-3 discs (3-inch CD "singles") can be played without the aid of an adapter. place the disc in the drawer , centered in the smaller circular recess with its label facing UP. [. . . ] But a circular scratch that follows a data track may damage such a long continuous segment of data that it cannot be corrected. The TIME/DISPLAY button cycles the time display through three modes as follows: TIME The elapsed time since the beginning of the current track, in minutes and seconds. (This is the "default" setting, selected automatically when the player is turned on. REMAIN (track number shows a blank) The total playing time that remains until the end of the disc. [. . . ]