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Radio Shack CD-3445 Owner's Manual - Connections

Manual is about: Portable Compact Disc Player

Summary of CD-3445

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    Cat. No. 42-5056 owner’s manual portable compact disc player please read before using this equipment. Cd-3445 42-5056.Fm page 1 thursday, august 12, 1999 9:25 am.

  • Page 2: Features

    2 features © 1995 tandy corporation. All rights reserved. Optimus and radio shack are registered trademarks used by tandy corporation. Your optimus cd-3445 portable com- pact disc player uses the latest digital audio technology to give you clean, crisp compact disc sound. You can connect the cd play...

  • Page 3: Contents

    3 contents choosing a power source .................................................................................. 4 using batteries ................................................................................................ 4 installing batteries ...............................................

  • Page 4: Choosing A Power Source

    4 choosing a power source you can power your cd player from: • internal battery power (using two aa alkaline or rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, not sup- plied) • standard ac power (using an optional ac adapter, not supplied) • vehicle battery power (using an optional dc adapter, not supplied)...

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    5 • if you do not plan to use the cd player from battery power for a month or more, remove and store the batteries. They might leak chemicals and corrode or damage electronic circuits. Charging nickel-cadmium batteries nickel-cadmium batteries come fully discharged. You can charge the batter- ies wh...

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    6 charging tips • fully discharge the batteries occa- sionally by playing the cd player until it no longer plays. Then fully recharge the batteries. This helps restore the batteries’ full charging capacity. • avoid charging the batteries in a hot environment (higher than 113°f). Doing so can permane...

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    7 using vehicle battery power you can power your cd player from your vehicle’s battery power using a 6- volt dc adapter such as cat. No. 270- 1563. Caution: the recommended dc adapter supplies regulated 6 volts and delivers at least 600 milliamps. Its white adaptaplug correctly fits the cd player’s ...

  • Page 8: Connections

    8 connections you can listen to your cd-3445 by connecting stereo headphones to the cd player’s phones jack or by con- necting amplified speakers or a home audio or autosound system to the line out jack using the supplied y-adapter cable. Notes: • the cd player’s phones jack is a high-level audio ou...

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    9 traffic safety do not wear headphones while operat- ing a motor vehicle or riding a bicycle. This can create a traffic hazard and is illegal in some areas. Even though some headphones are designed to let you hear some outside sounds when listening at normal vol- ume levels, they still present a tr...

  • Page 10: Operation

    10 operation warning: this cd player has a wide dynamic range. If you turn up your am- plifier’s volume too high during soft (low volume) parts of the music, you might damage your hearing when a sudden loud passage occurs. Playing a cd follow these steps to play a cd. 1. Set power to on . 00 briefly...

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    11 7. If you connected headphones to the cd player’s phones jack, adjust the cd player’s volume control to set the desired volume level. If you connected amplified speak- ers or a home audio or autosound system to the cd player’s line out jack, adjust the volume con- trols on those units to set the ...

  • Page 12

    12 intro scan press intro scan to play the first 10 seconds of each track on the cd. In- tro , the track number, and the elapsed time appear on the display. If you hear a track you want to listen to, press intro/scan again. Intro dis- appears from the display, and normal playback resumes. To cancel ...

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    13 storing a programmed sequence you can program up to 21 tracks on a cd to play in any order you choose. You can program the same track to play more than once. 1. Press memory . P:01 (the first memory location) appears. 2. Press either or to find the track number you want to store. 3. Press memory ...

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    14 2. When the track you want to change appears on the display, press either or to find the track number you want to replace it with. 3. Press memory again. The track is stored in memory. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to change more tracks. Cd player tips • cds that can be played on this player have this ...

  • Page 15: Care And Maintenance

    15 care and maintenance your cd-3445 portable compact disc player is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The following suggestions will help you care for the cd player so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the cd player dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Liquids might contain m...

  • Page 16

    16 fcc information this equipment complies with the lim- its for a class b digital device as spec- ified in part 15 of fcc rules. These limits provide reasonable protection against radio and tv interference in a residential area. However, your equip- ment might cause tv or radio interfer- ence even ...

  • Page 17: Specifications

    17 specifications format ..............................................................Compact disc, digital audio system pickup..................................................................................3-beam, semiconductor laser decoding (d/a) ..................................................

  • Page 18: Notes

    18 notes 42-5056.Fm page 18 thursday, august 12, 1999 9:25 am.

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    19 42-5056.Fm page 19 thursday, august 12, 1999 9:25 am.

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    Radio shack a division of tandy corporation fort worth, texas 76102 7a5 printed in hong kong radio shack limited warranty this product is warranted against defects for 90 days from date of pur- chase from radio shack company-owned stores and authorized radio shack franchisees and dealers. Within thi...