McIntosh MCD550 User Manual

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ON Push-button on the Front Panel or the OFF Push-
button on the Remote Control.
How to Load and Unload a Disc
1. Press the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button. The disc tray
will slide out allowing a CD Disc to be
loaded. Refer to figure 6.
2. Press the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button
and the disc tray will close. Refer to
figure 7. Loading of the CD Disc’s
Table of Contents (number of tracks
and total playing time) will be indi-
cated on the Front Panel Display. Refer to figure 8.
Note: When a Disc is placed in the tray and the PLAY/
PAUSE Push-button is pressed, the tray will close
and the first track will start playing.
3. Pressing the OPEN/CLOSE Push-button will stop
playback of the disc and the disc tray will open.
Power On and Off
The LED above the STANDBY/ON Push-button lights
to indicate the MCD550 is connected to
AC Power. Refer to figure 1. The LED
also indicates the status of the Auto Off
Feature. When the MCD550 is in the
Standby Mode, green illumination in-
dicates the Auto Off Feature is enabled
(default setting) and red illumination in-
dicates the Auto Off Feature is disabled. For additional
information refer to “Auto Off Mode” on page 21.
Note: When AC Power is initially applied to the
MCD550, the unit will momentarily switch On
and then go into the Standby Mode.
To Switch ON the MCD550, momentarily press
the STANDBY/ON Push-button on the Front Panel or
the (Power) Push-button on the Remote Control. Re-
fer to figures 2 and 21. The LED above the STAND-
BY/ON Push-button illuminates green. LEDs above
the MUTE and INPUT Push-buttons will illuminate.
The Front Panel Display will momentarily indicate
“DISC” followed by “READING” and then “NO
DISC”. Refer to figures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 21. To switch
OFF the MCD550, momentarily press the STANDBY/
How to Play a SACD Disc
Load a SACD Disc into the MCD550. The Front Panel
Display will first scroll the Album Title of the SACD
Disc (available on most SACD Discs). Refer to figures
9, 10 and 11.
The Album Title is followed by the Table of Contents.
Refer to figure 12.
Press the PLAY/PAUSE/; Push-button on the Front
Panel of the MCD550 or Remote Control. Refer to
figures 2 and 21. The Disc will start playing the first
track of the SACD Layer.
Note: The default setting for SACD/CD Hybrid Disc
is to play the SACD Stereo Layer. The default
setting may be changed to play the CD Layer
or the SACD Multichannel Layer, when avail-
able. With the MCD550 On and no disc loaded,
press the DISC LAYER Push-button until the
Front Panel Display indicates the desired
layer.
How to Operate the MCD550
Figure 2
01 0m20s
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Figure 1
Figure 6
OPEN
Figure 3
DISC
Figure 5
NO DISC
Figure 4
READING
CLOSE
Figure 7
12 58m32s
Figure 8
Figure 9
ALBUM TITLE: Dvor
TITLE: Dvorak: Cel
Figure 10
ak: Cello Concert
Fig ure 11
8 48m12s
Figure 12

McIntosh MCD550 Specifications

General

SACD playback	Yes
CD changer	-
Device type	Personal CD player
Product color	Black, Silver
Channels quantity	2 channels
Playback disc types	CD
Frequency range	4 - 40000 Hz
Audio formats supported	MP3, WMA
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)	110 dB
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)	0.0015 %
Package weight	19200 g
Volume control	Rotary

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	483 mm
Width	445 mm
Height	153 mm
Weight	12700 g