Cambridge Audio Azur 740C: 740C azur

740C azur

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The 740C is supplied with an Azur Navigator remote control that

operates both this CD player and other Cambridge Audio Azur amplifiers.

Insert the supplied AAA batteries to use. 

Note: The remote may be in Amp mode when first activated. Please refer

to the Amp Control section for more information.

Standby/On

Switches the unit between On and Standby mode.

Open/Close

Opens and closes the disc tray.

Numerical Track select

Press the number of the desired track. The track will then

be played from the start of the track.

Track select

To select a track number greater than ten, press -/--

followed by the track number.

Bright

Alters the brightness of the display backlight. There are

three levels of brightness: Bright, Normal, and Off.

Play /      Stop /      Pause

Press the relevant button to play, stop or pause the CD.

Skip

Right  Skip  - Press once to skip forward by one track on the

CD. Press and hold to skip forwards through tracks.

Left  Skip  - Press once to skip backward by one track on

the CD. Press and hold to skip backwards through tracks.

Search

Press and hold to search within the selected track. Right

button to fast forward, left button to rewind.

Menu

Press to access the 740C menu system on the front panel

display. Please refer to the ‘CD player setup’ section of

this manual for more information.

Select

Press to accept the item/function highlighted in the

display menu. Please refer to the ‘CD player setup’ section

of this manual for more information.

Program, Remain, A-B, Repeat, Intro,

Random, Space

Read the ‘Operating instructions’ section of this manual

for information on the functions of these buttons.

Remote control

Amp Control mode

The 740A/C remote control comes with an Amplifier

Control button, that when pressed, puts the remote

into Amp mode, allowing operation of a Cambridge

Audio Azur amplifier. When pressed, the LED will light

up for 7 seconds (to let you know you are in Amp

mode), and will then flash when any of the relevant

circled Amp buttons is pressed. All other remote

buttons are inactive when in Amp mode. 

The functions relevant to the amplifier are as follows:

Standby/On

Switches the amplifier between On and Standby mode.

Numerical buttons 1-6

Press to change the input source to the amplifier. Button

6 toggles Tape Monitor on/off.

Mode

Press to switch between Volume and Balance modes. 

Mute

Mutes the audio on the amplifier. The mute mode is

indicated by MUTE appearing and the volume level being

replaced by two flashing dashes in the display. Press

again to cancel mute.

Volume

Increase or decrease the volume of the amplifier output. 

Speaker A/B

Press to scroll through the speaker sets connected to the

loudspeaker terminals on the back panel (speaker sets A,

B or A and B).

Bright

Adjust the backlight of the front panel display; bright, dim

or off.  

To exit Amp mode (and return to CD mode), press the 

Amp

Control

button again (the LED will light up for one second). 

iPod

TM

compatibility

The 740A/C remote can also control the basic functions of

Apple iPod’s when mounted in Apple’s Universal Dock (or

other docks compatible with the Apple Remote). Refer to

your dock’s instruction manual on how to connect it to

your amplifier. To use the Azur remote to control the

docked iPod, put the remote into Amp mode and press

one of the following buttons:

Play/Pause

Press to play the iPod, press again to pause play.

Skip

Press once to skip forwards or backwards one track.  

Menu

Press to return to the iPod main menu.

Remote control of matching products

Vol

Vol

Random

Repeat

Select

Remain

A - B

Menu

Space

Speaker

A/B

Intro

Mode

Prog

Amp

Control

Menu

Select

Mode

Speaker

A/B

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Operating instructions

Loading and unloading discs

1. Press the 

Standby/On

switch.

2. Press the 

Open/Close

button.

3. When the disc tray has opened fully, place a disc carefully in the tray

with the label side facing up.

4. To close the disc tray, press the 

Open/Close

button again. When the

tray, with a correctly loaded disc, is fully closed the disc will start

turning automatically. After the CD player has read the disc it will be

ready to play. Pressing 

Play

will also close the tray and start playing

the disc.

5. The disc tray can be opened at any time by pressing the 

Open/Close

button. Only remove the disc after the tray has fully opened.

Note:

- Do not put anything except a Compact Disc into the tray, foreign objects

may damage the mechanism.

- Do not force the tray by hand during the opening and closing

operations.

- To avoid dirt and dust entering the mechanism, keep the disc tray

closed.

- If the Compact Disc is seriously scratched or too dirty the player may

not be able to read it or play it. 

- Never load more than one disc into the disc tray at one time.

Normal disc play

1. Switch on your amplifier and set its input selector to the correct

position. Adjust the volume control to a minimum.

2. Press the 

Standby/On

switch.

3. Press the 

Open/Close

button to open the disc tray, and load a disc.

4. Press the 

Open/Close

button again to close the tray. The CD player

will read the disc and enter Standby mode. Alternatively pressing 

Play

will close the tray and start playing the disc.

5. Press the 

Play

button. The disc will start playing from the beginning

of the first track. When the last track has finished playing, the CD

player will return to Standby mode.

6. To stop the disc at any point press the 

Stop

button. Pressing the

Pause

button while the disc is playing will pause the disc. When the

disc is paused the display will flash, play can be resumed by pressing

the 

Play

button again.

Locating a specific track

1. Ensure that a disc is loaded.

2. Pressing the right 

Skip/Scan

(

Skip

on remote) button once will

forward the CD by one track. Repeat as necessary.

3. Press 

Play

. The disc will play to the end of the disc and then return to

Standby mode.

4. Pressing the left 

Skip/Scan

(

Skip

on remote) button will access the

previous track. 

Locating a particular point in a track

1. Ensure that the disc is playing the desired track.

2. Press and hold the right 

Skip/Scan

button (

Search

on remote), the

CD will then fast forward within the track.

3. Release the button when the desired time has been reached. Play

will resume. 

4. Press and hold the left 

Skip/Scan

(

Search

on remote) button, the CD

will then rewind within the track.

Repeating discs and tracks

1. Ensure that the disc is playing.

2. Press the 

Repeat

button on the remote control. ‘Repeat All’ will

appear on the display. The whole disc will now be repeated until the

function is turned off.

3. To repeat a specific track press 

Repeat

twice while the track is

playing. ‘Repeat’ will appear on the display and the selected track will

now be repeated until the function is turned off.

4. Press 

Repeat

again to turn off the repeat function.

Playing tracks in a random order

1. Ensure that a disc is loaded and the player is in Standby mode.

2. Press the 

Random

button on the remote control. ‘Random’ will

appear on the display.

3. Press 

Play

. The CD Player will now play the entire disc in a random

order.

4. Press 

Random

to exit Random function. The disc will continue playing

to the end in the correct order.

5. Press the 

Stop

button at any time to stop the disc.

Using the Intro function

1. Ensure that a disc is loaded. The player can be in Standby mode or

playing.

2. Press 

Intro

on the remote control. If the player is in Standby mode it

will automatically play the first ten seconds of each track and then

return to Standby mode. If a disc is being played when 

Intro

is

pressed the player will progress to the next track and play the first ten

seconds of any remaining tracks. 

3. Press 

Intro

again at any time to enter normal play mode.

Using the A-B function

1. Ensure that the disc is playing, press 

A-B

on the remote control. This

will allow you to continuously repeat a specific section of a track. 

2. Press the 

Repeat

button on the remote control at the beginning of the

section you want to loop. The A-B icon will be displayed and the player

will memorise the time A-B was pressed.

3. Press 

A-B

again at the end of the section that you want to loop. The

player will now continuously repeat the selected section.

4. Press 

A-B

again to return to normal play mode. 

Using the Remain function

1. Ensure that the disc is playing.

2. Press the 

Remain

button on the remote control once to display the

time remaining on the track playing.

3. Press 

Remain

a second time to show remaining number of tracks

and total disc time remaining.

4. Press 

Remain

again to return to normal play mode.

Using the Space function

1. Ensure that a disc is loaded. The player can be in Standby mode or

playing.

2. Press 

Space

on the remote control. ‘Space’ will appear on the display

and a four second gap will be put between each track played.