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Owner’s Manual
MOON
CD-1
CD Player
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or another apparatus that produces heat. 9. Do not defeat the safety purpos
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Important Safety Instructions (cont’d) The lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servic
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Table of Contents Congratulations ............................................... 5 Unpacking and Warnings ................................... 5 Introduction .................................................... 6 Installation & Placement ................................... 6 Front Panel Controls ......................................... 7 Rear Panel Connections ..................................... 8 SimLink™ ...........................................
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Congratulations! Thank you for selecting the MOON CD-1 CD Player as a part of your hi-fi reproduction system. This CD Player has been designed to offer state-of-the-art high-end performance in an elegant package, while retaining all the sonic hallmarks on which Simaudio has made its reputation. We have spared no effort to ensure that it is amongst the finest CD players available in its class. We have been building high-performance audio equipment for over 25 year
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Introduction Your MOON CD-1 CD Player incorporates many significant design features to achieve its “world class” level of performance. This is an abbreviated list of the more important features: 8 stages of DC voltage regulation. Internal upsampling which uses 24-bit/352.8kHz processing. Proprietary CD drive system with in-house developed hardware & software. BurrBrown PCM1793 high-resolution 24-bit/192-kHz Digital-to-Analog Converter and 8X oversampling
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Front Panel Controls Figure 1: MOON CD-1 Front panel The front panel will look similar to Figure 1 (above). The large digital display window indicates the track number of the compact disc currently playing (or the total number of tracks in stop mode) and time information. The “Standby” button disengages the transport mechanism from the rest of the CD-1’s circuitry and turns off the digital display. However, when in “Standby” mode, all digital and analog
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Rear Panel Connections Figure 2: MOON CD-1 Rear panel The rear panel will look similar to Figure 2 (above). On the left side is the analog audio output. There is one pair of RCA analog audio output connectors labeled “ANALOG OUT” that you should connect to a stereo analog input on your preamplifier or integrated amplifier. There is one (1) digital audio output labeled “DIGITAL OUTPUT” located directly to the right of the “ANALOG OUT”. An RCA connec
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MOON CD-1 CD Player SimLink™ The SimLink™ provides communication features between various MOON components. For example, if you were to connect the CD-1 to the i-1 via the SimLink™, pressing the (play) button on the CD-1 will cause the i-1 to automatically switch to the input labelled ‘CD’. A second feature of SimLink™ involves the “Standby” function. By pressing down and holding the “Standby” button for 2 seconds on the either the CD-1 or i-1, both units will go into “Standby” m
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Remote Control Operation The MOON CD-1 CD Player uses the ‘CRM’ full-function remote control (figure 3). It operates on the Philips RC-5 communication protocol and is can be used with other Simaudio MOON components. The ‘CRM’ remote uses two AA batteries (included). To install them, simply slide the back plate off in the direction of the arrow; insert the batteries in the correct direction and then replace the back plate. To engage the CRM remote for use
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Remote Control Operation (continued) The “DISPLAY” button allows you to scroll through the four (4) different display modes for time information, as well as turn the digital display on and off. Each time you press the “display” button, the system scrolls to the next time information mode. Bt default, the CD-1 will display the elapsed time of the track currently playing. The scrolling order is as follows: 1. Elapsed time of the current track 2. Remaining time
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MOON CD-1 CD Player Specifications Configuration ......................................................... Single-ended Power Supply Transformer ....................................... 25VA Power Supply Capacitance ...................................... 13,200µF Transport Mechanism ............................................. Proprietary Design Digital Filter / Digital-to-Analog Converter.................. BurrBrown PCM1793 Frequency Response (audible) .........................
