User guide

Step-by-Step Instructions – Operating The CD Player

The Crosley CR12-1 MP3 jukebox will play normal audio CDs or MP3 CDs. A normal

audio CD usually has from 10 to 20 tracks of music and will play on virtually any CD

player. An MP3 CD can hold up to about 200 MP3 songs but will not play on all CD

players. This page explains how to play a normal audio CD on the CR12-1.

Press the yellow power button on the right side of the front control panel. Next, press the

stand by button on the front control panel. The LCD screen will light up and greet you

with HELLO. Press the function button to switch to CD mode. The LCD screen will

flash CD READ as the system checks to see if there is already a disc present in the drive.

When it has determined that there is no disc present it will display NO DISC on the LCD.

Now, press the open/close button to open the CD player. Place a CD on the tray and

press open/close again to close the player. The LCD screen will flash CD READ as it

searches for tracks on the CD. When it has finished checking, the total number of tracks

and total playing time will be shown on the LCD display. Press play/pause to begin

playing the CD. Use the volume up/down buttons to set the volume to a comfortable

listening level.

Change Tracks: Use the skip+ and skip- buttons to move forward to the next track or

return to a previous track. Note: shown as scan/skip on the remote.

Pause or Stop CD Play: To momentarily pause a CD during play, press pause/play.

Press pause/play again to resume play. Press stop to end CD play.

Mute: Press mute to silence the sound. Press mute again to recover previous audio level.

Intro: Press intro to play the first 10 seconds of each CD track. Press again to cancel.

BBS: Turn on BBS for an enhanced base sound effect. Press the BBS button. The LCD

will display whether BBS is on or off. Press the button again to turn the feature on or off.

EQ: Press EQ repeatedly to select PASS, CLASSIC, ROCK, POP or JAZZ. Choose the

selection that sounds best for the type of music you are playing.

Repeat: The repeat function allows you to repeat a single track or repeat all tracks on the

CD. Press repeat once to repeat the current track. Press repeat twice to repeat all tracks.

Press repeat again to cancel repeat play.

Random: Press random to play all tracks in random order. Press again to cancel.

Programmed Play: You can program up to 64 tracks to play in any desired sequence.

The same track can be programmed to play more than one time. In CD stop mode, press

the program button. You should see Memory and 00 P-01 on the LCD screen. Step 1:

Press skip+ or skip- to select the desired track. Step 2: Press the program button to store

the selected track. Repeat steps 1 and 2 above to program additional tracks. Press the

play/pause button to start programmed play. Press the play/pause button to pause

programmed play. Press stop to end programmed play. Note: Entering stop, stand by or

shutting off the jukebox power will erase saved tracks from memory.

Photo at left shows a view

of the LCD screen while

programming CD tracks to

memory. The first track is

being programmed.

To shut off jukebox from CD mode: Press stop, stand by, and then power.