NAD 5420 Instuctions For Use

NAD 5420 COMPACT DISC PLAYER and
5425 REMOTE·CONTROL COMPACT DISC PLAYER
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION
AND OPERATION
NOTE : The NAD 5420 and 5425 CD players are
identical, except that the 5425 is equipped with wire-
less infrared re mol e control.
REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS
1 . OUTPUT JACKS
Connect a cable lrom these output jacks to Ihe CD,
AUXiliary , or any oth er
" Ijne ~ tevel "
input jacks on your
stereo amplifier. Take care that the lower (right-
channel) jack is con nected to a right-chan nel input on
your amplilier . Do NOT connecl this cable to the
amplifier's PHONO input jacks.
2_ AC LINE CORD
Connect this power cord to an AC mains wall outle t or
to an AC convenience outlet at the rear of your ampli-
fier.
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
1. POWER ON/OFF
Press this button to switch on the power to the disc
player. Press again and release to switch th e power
off.
2. DISC DRAWER
To playa disc, place it within th e large circular
recess in the drawer, with its Iransparent playing sur-
face facing down. The label must face UP.
CD-3 discs (3-inch CD "singles") can be played with-
out the aid of an adapter. Place the disc in the disc
drawer, in the smaller ci rcular recess, with the label
facing UP.
NOTE : Thi s player was not designed to accommo-
date a "dampi ng disc" placed on a CD, nor two CDs
stacked together.
3.
OPEN/CLOSE
Press this button to open the disc drawer, and press
it again to close the drawer.
If
this bu tton is pressed
while a disc is being played, the playback will stop, the
laser wi ll re-sel to the beginning of Ihe disc, and the
drawer will open. The OPEN/CLOSE bullon also
erases any track-selec t program that may be stored in
the player 's memory.
When the disc drawer is open, th e drawer-closing
mechan ism can also be aclivated by pressing PLAY or
by gently pushing the drawer inward .
CAUTION: The disc drawer is opened and closed
by an internal motor. Do not close the drawer by hand
with the power off.
When the drawer closes, Ihe player scans the disc's
"table of contents" and briefly displays Ihe number of
tracks and total playing time of the disc. If you press
PLAY to close the drawer, this display is skipped, and
play commences immediate ly at Track 1.
4. PLAY/PAUSE
Th is dual-function button alternales between start-
ing and stopping playback. Press to start play or to
resume play after Pause. During play, press this bullon
to stop playback lemporarily, keeping th e laser at its
current position on the disc.
To resume playback at the exact point where it
stopped, press PLAY/ PAUSE again . If you don't want
to resume play at the same point, you may use the
SKIP/SCAN control to cue th e laser to a diffe rent
starting point before pressing PLAY again .