Radio Shack PRESIDIAN 42-179 User Manual

Portable CD Player with Car Kit

42-179

Connecting Your CD Player

For private listening, connect the supplied earphones or 

optional headphones with a 1/8-inch (3.5mm) plug into 

the PHONES jack on the CD player. 

To listen through your home audio system, connect an 

audio cable (not included) with a 1/8 -inch (3.5-mm) plug 

to the CD player’s LINE OUT jack, and connect the cable 

to your audio system’s audio input jacks. Then, use the 

system’s volume control to adjust the volume.

User’s Guide

©2007. 

RadioShack Corporation. All rights reserved. Presidian is a registered trademark used by RadioShack Corporation.

Thank you for purchasing your Portable CD Player with Car Kit 

from Presidian. Please read this user’s guide before installing, 

setting up, or using your CD player.

In This Package

Portable CD Player 

Earphones

Car Kit 

Charging Ring

User’s Guide

Battery Notes:

•  Dispose of old batteries promptly and properly. 

Do not burn or bury batteries.

•  Use only fresh batteries of the required size and 

recommended type.

•  Do not use batteries of different types, 

capacities, or chemistries.

•  If you do not plan to use your CD player for a 

week or more, remove the batteries. Batteries 

can leak chemicals that can damage electronic 

parts.

•  Replace or recharge batteries when the low 

battery icon appears.

RF Emissions Information

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits 

for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. 

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against 

harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment 

generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not 

installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause 

harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no 

guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If 

this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television 

reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and 

on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or 

more of the following measures:

•  Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

•  Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. 

•  Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that 

to which the receiver is connected. 

•  Consult your local RadioShack store or an experienced radio/TV 

technician for help.

If you cannot eliminate the interference, the FCC requires that you stop 

using your CD player. Changes or modifications not expressly approved 

by RadioShack may cause interference and void the user’s authority to 

operate the equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject 

to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful 

interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, 

including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Limited 90-Day Warranty

This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material 

and workmanship under normal use for ninety (90) days from the date of purchase 

from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees 

and dealers. For complete warranty details and exclusions, check with your local 

RadioShack store.

RadioShack Customer Relations

300 RadioShack Circle, Fort Worth, TX 76102   

04/04

Powering Your CD Player

Installing Batteries

Open the CD compartment door 

and the battery compartment 

cover to insert two AA alkaline 

batteries (not supplied) matching 

the polarity  

(+ and -) marked inside.

Rechargeable Batteries

Charge Ni-Cd (or Ni-Mh) rechargeable batteries (not 

supplied) before using your CD player.

1.  Use an AC adapter (not included) to connect your 

CD player to a standard wall outlet.

2.  Cover the negative end of one battery with the 

supplied charging ring and place the batteries in 

the compartment matching the polarity (+and-).

3.  Switch CHARGE ON/OFF  

on the back of the CD player to ON. 

When charging is complete, slide 

the switch to OFF to avoid damaging 

the CD player and disconnect the AC 

adapter.

Using an AC Adapter

You can power 

your CD player 

using a 4.5V 500 

mA AC adapter (not 

supplied). Insert 

the barrel plug into the CD player’s DC 4.5V jack and 

plug the other end of the adapter into a standard AC 

outlet.

Note: You must use a Class 2 power source that 

supplies 4.5V DC and delivers at least 500 mA. Its 

center tip must be set to positive and its plug must fit 

the CD player’s DC 4.5V jack. Using an adapter that 

does not meet these specifications could damage the 

CD player or adapter.

Using the Vehicle Adapter

Insert one end of the DC 

adapter into the DC IN jack 

and plug the other end into the 

cigarette lighter in your vehicle.

charging ring

LINE 

OUT

PHONE

VOLUME

PROG.

See 

Programming Tracks.

BBS

Press to enhance the bass.

PUSH OPEN

Press to open the CD door.

MODE

Press repeatedly to select a playback mode:

•  INTRO - The CD player will play the first 

ten seconds of each track. Press again until 

INTRO disappears to cancel intro scan.

•  RND – Plays tracks randomly.

• 

 – Repeats playback of the current CD or 

MP3 track. 

• 

ALBUM

 – Repeats playback of all the MP3 

tracks of current album.

• 

ALL

or 

ALL ALBUM

 – Repeats all CD tracks 

or all tracks of all MP3 albums.

Note: When the CD player reaches the end 

of the CD or the programmed sequence, it 

returns to the first track and replays all the 

tracks.

ESP/DIR

-

Activates 45 seconds of 

anti-shock for CDs (120 

seconds for MP3 CDs). ESP 

appears when active.

- 

MP3-CDs only: skips to 

an album / first track of an 

album.

§

Press to turn on the player and start play. Press 

again to pause playback.

Press to stop playback. Press again to turn off 

the player.

•  Press repeatedly to locate a track. When the CD is playing, press  once to return to the beginning of the current 

track. 

•  To search for a particular section within a track, hold down  or  during play. The CD player rapidly plays the 

CD either backward or forward at a high speed and low volume. When you hear the section you want, release to 

resume normal play. This search stops at the end of the last track (or the beginning of track one.)

HOLD ON / OFF

Slide to ON to lock all controls (except 

PUSH OPEN and volume control). 

HOLD appears on the display. Slide to 

OFF to unlock.