EXP431 - Portable CD player PHILIPS - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL EXP431 PHILIPS

Environmental information 9

MP3 music files 10-11

Firmware upgrade 12

Power supply

Batteries 13

ECO-Plus NiMH batteries 14

Mains adapter 15

Headphones 15

Basic functions

Playing a disc 16

Pause 17

Track and album information 17

Volume and sound 18

Selecting and searching on all discs 19

Selecting albums and tracks on MP3-CDs 19

Features

Playing a selection of tracks - favourites 20

Playing tracks repeatedly or in random order - MODE 21

Storing the last position played - RESUME 22

Locking all buttons - HOLD 22

ESP and powersaving 23

Beep 23

Accessories

Remote control AY 3769 24-25

Wrist strap 25

Troubleshooting 26-27

1□

2

3

4 HOLD OFF

5 PLAY▶II

6 VOL

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This set complies with the radio interference requirements of the European Community.

① VOL

adjusts the volume

② SOUND

selects the bass and treble adjustment

③ ESP

Electronic Skip Protection prevents music interruptions caused by shocks

(4)

stops playback and switches the set off

(5) MODE

selects playback options such as SHUFFLE and REPEAT

(6) DISPLAY

selects the track and album information

(7) display

(8)

marks and unmarks a favourite

9

selects playback of favourites

10

switches the set on, starts playback and interrupts playback

(11) -

MP3-CD only: selects the previous album or skips backward

12

skips backward and searches backward

(13)

skips forward and searches forward

14 +

MP3-CD only: selects the next album or skips forward

15 OPEN

opens the CD lid

LINE OUT

3.5 mm line out socket to connect

• the headphones

• the remote control

• this set to the audio input of your stereo equipment

(17) eyelet for the carrying strap

18 OFF·RESUME·HOLD

OFF switches RESUMEand HOLD offRESUME stores the lastposition playedHOLD locks all buttons

(19) type plate

(20) 4.5V DC

to connect the external power supply

CAUTION

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure or other unsafe operation.

Maintenance

Do not touch the lens (A) of the set.

Do not expose the set, batteries or discs to humidity, rain, sand or excessive heat (caused by heating equipment or direct sunlight).

The lens may cloud over when the set is suddenly moved from cold to warm

surroundings. Playing is not possible then. Leave the set in a warm environment until the moisture evaporates.

Active mobile phones in the vicinity of this set may cause malfunctions.

Avoid dropping the set; this may cause damage.

Clean the set with a soft, slightly dampened lint-free cloth. Do not use any cleaning agents; they may have a corrosive effect.

To clean a disc, wipe it in a straight line from the centre towards the edge using a soft, lint-free cloth. Cleaning agents may damage the disc.

Environmental information

All redundant packing material has been omitted. We have done our utmost to make the packaging easily separable into three mono materials: cardboard (box), polystyrene foam (buffer) and polyethylene (bags, protective foam sheet).

Your set consists of materials which can be recycled if disassembled by a specialized company. Please observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of packing materials, exhausted batteries and old equipment.

MP3 music files

The music compression technology MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3) reduces the digital data of an audio CD significantly while maintaining CD-like sound quality. With MP3 you can record up to 3 hours of CD-like music on one 8 cm CD-ROM.

How to get music files

Either download legal music files from the internet to your computer hard disc or create them from your own audio CDs. For this, insert an audio CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive and convert the music using an appropriate encoder software. To achieve a good sound quality, a bit rate of 128 kbps or higher is recommended for MP3 music files.

How to organize music files

In order to easily handle the large number of music files on a CD-ROM, you can organize them in folders ("albums").

The tracks of an album will be played in alphabetical order. If you want to arrange them in a certain order, let the file names start with numbers. For example:

001-ONEWORLD.MP3
002-FIRESTARTER.MP3
003-DEEP.MP3

Albums will be arranged in alphabetical order, but sub folders (albums within another album) will be played immediately after the album in which they are located. Albums without MP3 files will be skipped.

If there are MP3 files which you did not put into an album, you will find them in the album Various with album number 0. Various is the first album that will be played.

When playing a disc with CD Audio tracks and MP3 files, the CD Audio tracks will be played first.

How to make a CD-ROM with MP3 files

Use your computer's CD burner to record (“burn”) the music files from your hard disc on an 8 cm CDR or CDRW. Use either ISO 9660 disc format or UDF. Some CD burner software like e.g. “DirectCD” support the UDF format.

Make sure that the file names of the MP3 files end with .mp3.

Supported formats

This set supports:

• Disc format: ISO 9660, Joliet, Multisession, UDF, Enhanced Music CD, Mixed Mode CD
• MP3 bit rate: 32-320 kbps and variable bit rate
• Total number of music files and albums: around 350 (with a typical file name length of 20 characters)

Note: The number of music files that can be played depends on the length of the file names. With short file names more files will be supported.

All trademarks used are owned by their respective owners.

Firmware upgrade

Occasionally, Philips releases new software ("firmware") for your set.

1 Connect the mains adapter to 4.5V DC on the set and to the wall socket (see “Mains adapter”).

2 Keep MODE pressed for 3 seconds.

The type of your set and the current version of the firmware are displayed. Upgrade? is displayed.

3 Press ■.
4 Visit the Philips Audio homepage www.audio.philips.com. Check if there is a firmware file for your set and if the firmware version is higher than the current version of your set. Download the file and burn it on an 8 cm CD-ROM.
5 Insert the CD-ROM into the set and keep MODE pressed for 3 seconds.

Upgrade? is displayed.

6 Press▶II:

Upgrading is displayed and upgrading starts. This may take some minutes. After upgrading is finished, Upgrade complete is scrolled.
Wrong upgrade file is scrolled: Your set already has the latest firmware or the downloaded file does not correspond to your set.
Upgrade file defect is scrolled: The upgrade file has been damaged during the download or when burning the CD-ROM. Download the file again, burn a new CD-ROM and try again.
→No upgrade file is scrolled: No upgrade file was found on the inserted CD-ROM.

Note: If upgrading is interrupted accidentally, repeat steps 5 and 6 until upgrading is completed successfully.

Batteries (supplied or optionally available)

Inserting batteries

• Open the battery compartment and insert 2 alkaline batteries of type AAA (R03, UM4).

Do not use old and new or different types of batteries in combination.

Indication of empty batteries

• Replace the batteries or connect the mains adapter as soon as blinks and Replace batteries is scrolled.

Remove batteries if they are empty or if the set will not be used for a long time.

Batteries contain chemical substances, so they should be disposed of properly.

Average playing time of batteries under normal conditions:

	Alkaline batteries	ECO-PLUS NiMH batteries
ESP on:	3.5 hours	2.5 hours
ESP and powersaving on:
Audio disc	5 hours	4 hours
MP3-CD	7 hours	5.5 hours

ECO-PLUS NiMH batteries (for versions supplied with ECO-PLUS NiMH batteries AY 3363 only)

Recharging works only on a set with supplied rechargeable ECO-PLUS NiMH batteries AY 3363.

Recharging the ECO-PLUS NiMH batteries

1 Insert the 2 rechargeable ECO-PLUS NiMH batteries AY 3363.
2 Connect the mains adapter to 4.5V DC on the set and to the wall socket (see “Mains adapter”).

Charging batteries is scrolled once.

While the battery symbol is changing,

the set is recharging the NiMH batteries. When the batteries are fully charged, l appears and Charge full is displayed.

ECO-PLUS NiMH battery information

Recharge only the supplied NiMH batteries AY 3363. Do not recharge any other type of batteries.

Recharging takes approximately 6 hours. Recharging stops during playback.

Recharging full or half-full batteries will shorten the battery lifetime.

Therefore, after using the rechargeable ECO-PLUS NiMH batteries a few times, discharge them completely before recharging.

To avoid a short circuit, the batteries should not touch any metal objects.

If the batteries quickly become empty after recharging, the contacts are dirty or the end of the battery lifetime has been reached.

Mains adapter

Use only the AY 3170 mains adapter (4.5 V/300 mA direct current, positive pole to the centre pin). Any other product may damage the set.

1 Make sure the local voltage corresponds to the adapter's voltage.
2 Connect the mains adapter to 4.5V DC on the set and to the wall socket.

Note: Always disconnect the adapter if you are not using it.

Headphones (SBC HE 545)

• Connect the supplied headphones to LINE OUT.

Note: LINE OUT can also be used for connecting this set to your HiFi system. Set

VOL on this set to position 8 and adjust volume and sound with your HiFi system.

Use your head when using headphones

Hearing safety

Do not play your headphones at a high volume. Hearing experts advise that continuous use at high volume can permanently damage your hearing.

Traffic safety

Do not use headphones while driving a vehicle. It may create a hazard and it is illegal in many countries. Even if your headphones are an open-air type designed to let you hear outside sounds, do not turn up the volume so high that you cannot hear what is going on around you.

Playing a disc

With this set you can play

• 8 cm audio discs (pre-recorded audio CDs, finalized audio CDRs and CDRWs)
• 8 cm MP3-CDs (CD-ROMs with MP3 files)

1 Push the OPEN slider to open the CD lid.
2 Insert a disc, printed side up, by pressing gently on the disc's centre so that it fits onto the hub. Close the lid by pressing it down.

3 Press▶II to start playback.

Reading CD is displayed. Playback starts. The track type (CD or MP3), the current track number and the elapsed playing time are displayed. For an MP3 track, the album number is also displayed and the filename is scrolled twice.

4 Press to stop playback.
The total number of tracks, the track types (CD, MP3), the number of albums on an MP3-CD and the total playing time (of an audio disc only) are displayed.
5 To remove the disc, hold it by its edge and press the hub gently while lifting the disc.

Notes:

After pressing it may take some time until the first MP3 track is played. 15 seconds after pressing the set switches off automatically.

Pause

1 Press▶ to interrupt playback.

→ The elapsed playing time blinks.

2 To resume playback press again.

Track and album information (for MP3 tracks only)

• Press DISPLAY repeatedly during playback to select the information to be displayed:

• Album: the album's folder name,

• Artist: the artist's name (if this ID3 tag information is available),
• Title: the track's title (if this ID3 tag information is available),
• the track type and the elapsed playing time,
• Filename: the track's file name.

The selected information is scrolled twice. The album number and track number are displayed.

[Filename] Is this Love

Note: The ID3 tag is part of an MP3 file and contains various track information such as the track's title or the artist's name. Complete the ID3 tag information with your MP3 encoder software before burning the MP3-CD.

Volume and sound

Volume adjustment

• Adjust the volume by using VOL.

Bass adjustment

1 Press SOUNDS once during playback to select the bass adjustment.

The current bass setting is blinking.

2 Press + repeatedly to select either:

• No Bass: no bass enhancement
• Bass 1: moderate bass enhancement
• Bass 2: strong bass enhancement
  The selected bass setting is blinking.

3 Press SOUNDS to confirm your selection.

Treble adjustment

1 Press SOUNDs twice during playback to select the treble adjustment.

The current treble setting is blinking.

2 Press + repeatedly to select either:

• No Treble: no treble enhancement
  Treble:treble enhancement
  The selected treble setting is blinking.

3 Press SOUNDS to confirm your selection.

Selecting and searching on all discs

Selecting a track during playback

• Briefly press or once or several times to skip to the beginning of the current, previous or subsequent track.

Playback continues with the selected track.

Searching for a passage during playback

1 Keep or pressed to find a particular passage in backward or forward direction.

Searching starts and playback continues at a low volume.

2 Release the button at the desired passage.

Normal playback continues.

Note: If REPEAT, SHUFFLE or (playback of favourites) is selected, searching is only possible within the current track.

Selecting albums and tracks on MP3-CDs

Selecting an album during playback

• Briefly press - or + once or several times to skip to the first track of the current, previous or subsequent album.

The first track of the selected album is played.

Selecting a track during playback

1 Keep - or + pressed to skip quickly to previous or subsequent MP3 tracks.

Skipping starts and speeds up after 5 seconds.

2 Release the button at the desired track.

Playback continues with the selected track.

Playing a selection of tracks – favourites

You can mark around 2000 tracks as your favourites. For each disc the set memorizes the favourites and in which order to play them.

Turning a track into a favourite

1 Select a track with , , - or +
2 Press to turn the track into a favourite.

() indicates that the track is a favourite.

To turn a favourite into a normal track, press while playing the favourite.
disappears and the track is no longer a favourite.
To review the favourites of the inserted disc, press for 2 seconds during playback.
All favourites are displayed in sequence.

Playing favourites

• Press during playback to play the favourites of the inserted disc.
  appears and playback continues with the first favourite. All favourites will be played in the order that they were turned into favourites.
  To return to normal playback, press l .
  disappears. The current track and all subsequent tracks of the disc will be played.

Note: The favourites of the disc which you have not played for the longest time will be cleared if you mark more than 2000 tracks as favourites.

Playing tracks repeatedly or in random order - MODE

1 Press MODE repeatedly during playback to select either:

• SHUFFLE ALBUM (with MP3-CDs only): All tracks of the current album are played in random order once.
• SHUFFLE ALL: All tracks of the disc are played in random order once.
• REPEAT SHUFFLE ALBUM (with MP3-CDs only): All tracks of the current album are played repeatedly in random order.
• REPEAT SHUFFLE ALL: All tracks of the disc are played repeatedly in random order.
• REPEAT:The current track is played repeatedly.
• REPEAT ALBUM (with MP3-CDs only): All tracks of the current album are played repeatedly.
• REPEAT ALL: The entire disc is played repeatedly.

Playback starts in the selected mode after 2 seconds.

2 To return to normal playback, press MODE repeatedly until REPEAT and SHUFFLE disappear.

Note: If (playback of favourites) is selected, SHUFFLE and REPEAT will affect the favourites only.

Storing the last position played – RESUME

You can store the last position played. When restarting, playback will continue from where you have stopped.

1 Switch the slider to RESUME during playback to activate RESUME.

RESUME appears.

2 Press whenever you want to stop playback.
3 Press▶II to resume playback.

Playback continues from where you have stopped.

To deactivate RESUME, switch the slider to OFF.

RESUME disappears.

Locking all buttons - HOLD

You can lock all buttons of the set. When you press any key, no action will be executed then.

• Switch the slider to HOLD to activate HOLD.

RESUME appears and Hold is displayed. All buttons are locked. When pressing any key, Hold is displayed.

To deactivate HOLD, switch the slider to OFF.

RESUME disappears.

ESP and powersaving

With a conventional portable disc player the music may skip or stop if the player is shaken or jarred. The Electronic Skip Protection protects this set against loss of sound caused by light vibrations or shocks. Continuous playback is ensured. ESP does not protect the set against damage caused by dropping! Powersaving increases the battery playing time.

• Press ESP repeatedly during playback to switch ESP and powersaving on or off:

ESP on: ESP appears and ESP is switched on.
ESP off: ESP disappears. ESP is switched off to achieve the best sound quality for CD Audio tracks.
Powersaving mode: ESP+LP appears. ESP and powersaving are switched on. The battery playing time is increased and the skip protection time slightly decreased.

Beep

A beep confirms that you have pressed a button or that the batteries are empty.

• Keep SOUNDS pressed for 2 seconds to switch beep either on or off:

Beep is displayed: Beep is switched on.
No beep is displayed: Beep is switched off.

Remote control AY 3769 (supplied or optionally available)

Controls

1 MODE

selects playback options such as SHUFFLE and REPEAT and playback of favourites

(2)

switches the set on, starts playback and interrupts playback

(3)

stops playback and switches the set off

(4) 3.5 ~mm plug to connect the headphones

(5) + ALBUM -

MP3-CD only: selects the next/previous album or skips forward/backward

(6) VOLUME

adjusts the volume

(7) TRACK

skips and searches forward/backward

OFF/HOLD

locks all buttons on the remote control

All buttons on the remote control have the same functions as the corresponding buttons on the set except MODE:

• Press MODE repeatedly during playback to select one of the playback options described in "Playing tracks repeatedly or in random order - MODE". The display of the remote control shows either:

SHUFFLE RLL - SHUFFLE RLL - REPEAT SHUFFLE RLL - REPEAT SHUFFLE RLL - REPEAT - REPEAT RLL - REPEAT RLL

• Keep MODE·pressed for 2 seconds during playback to play the favourites of the inserted disc (see “Playing a selection of tracks – favourites”).

Connecting the remote control

Use only the AY 3769 remote control.

1 Press on the set twice to switch off the set.
2 Firmly connect the remote control to LINE OUT on the set.
3 Firmly connect the headphones to the plug on the remote control.
4 On the remote control keep pressed for 1 second to switch on the set and to start playback.

Playback starts. The album number (MP3-CDs only) and the track number are displayed on the remote control's display.

5 Set VOL on the set to position 8 and adjust the volume with

VOLUME on the remote control.

Note: Replace the batteries as soon as no battery is displayed on the remote control's display.

Wrist strap

1 Thread the thin end of the wrist strap through the eyelet in the set.
2 Thread the thick end of the strap through the small loop and pull at the thick end to tighten the strap.

WARNING

Under no circumstances should you try to repair the set yourself as this will invalidate the guarantee.

If a fault occurs, first check the points listed, before taking the set for repair. If you are unable to solve a problem by following these hints, consult your dealer or service centre.

Problem	Solution
No power, playback does not start	- Insert the batteries correctly. - Replace the batteries. - Connect the mains adapter securely.
Hold indication and/or no reaction to controls	- Deactivate HOLD. - Disconnect the set from the power supply or take out the batteries for a few seconds.
No sound or bad sound quality	- Press▶II to resume playback. - Adjust the volume. - Check and clean the connections. - Keep this set away from active mobile phones or strong magnetic fields.
Pls insert CD or No audio file indication	- Insert a disc, label upwards. - Clean or replace the disc. - Wait until the steamed up lens has cleared. - Make sure you have inserted an audio disc or an MP3-CD.
Unfinalized CD indication	- Make sure the inserted CDR or CDRW is finalized.
Music file is not played	- Make sure that the file names of the MP3 files end with .mp3
Missing directories on MP3-CD	- Make sure the total number of files and albums on your MP3-CD does not exceed 350. - Only albums with MP3 files are shown.
The disc skips tracks	- Clean or replace the disc. - Make sure REPEAT, SHUFFLE and ◎ are not selected.
Music skips or popping sound when playing an MP3 file	- Play the music file on your computer. If the problem persists, encode the audio track again and make a new CD-ROM.
Select songs indication and blinking ◎ ◎	- There are no favourites on the inserted disc. Turn a track into a favourite.
Music is interrupted and ◎pps indication	- Switch ESP on.

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