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Owner’s Manual
CDP-502
Reference Disc Player
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WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. NOTICE All of us at Classé take extreme care to ensure that your purchase will remain a prized investment. We are proud to inform you that all Classé components have been offi cially approved for the Europ
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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 dry cloth. 7. Do not block any 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 other apparatus (including amplifi ers) that produce heat. 9. Do not defeat the safety purpos
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Contents Welcome to the Classé family ........................................................................... 6 a word about installation ............................................................................ 6 Unpacking and Placement ................................................................................ 7 unpacking your player ................................................................................ 7 placement .........................................................
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CAN-Bus shared features .......................................................................... 32 configuration...................................................................................... 32 operate ............................................................................................... 32 AC status ............................................................................................ 32 status ...........................................................................
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Welcome to the Classé family Congratulations on your purchase of a Classé product. It is the result of many years of continuous refi nement, and we are sure that you will enjoy it for many years to come. We value our relationship with our customers. Please allow us to stay in touch with you by returning your warranty card now, before you pack up the shipping carton of your new product and forget all about it. Doing so will enable us to let you know about any possible future upgrades or updat
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Unpacking and Placement unpacking your player Carefully unpack your disc player according to the supplied instructions, and remove all accessories from the carton. Important! Keep all packing materials for future transport of your Classé product. Shipping your new component in anything other than its purpose-designed packing material may result in damage that is not covered by the warranty. placement Th e CDP-502 has been designed to operate optimally on any stable and level surface. Incor
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register your purchase! Having found the serial number, now would be a good time to fi ll out the registration card. Please register your purchase so we can advise you of updates and other items of interest. It will take only a minute or so. Please complete the card or register online now, before you forget. operating voltage Th e CDP-502 disc player is set at the factory (internally) for 100V, 120V, 220V, 230V, or 240V AC mains operation, as appropriate for the country in which it is to be
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warm up/break-in period Your new Classé disc player will deliver outstanding performance immediately. However, you should expect to hear it improve somewhat as it reaches its normal operating temperatures and its various components “break-in.” It has been our experience that the greatest changes occur within the fi rst 300 hours, as the player reaches thermal equilibrium and the capacitors fully form. After this initial break-in period, the performance of your new product should remain quit
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Special Design Features flexible GUI Th e LCD touchscreen on the front panel of your new component supports an extremely fl exible and versatile graphical user interface (GUI) while maintaining a clean, uncluttered appearance. Th e CDP-502 provides a range of controls that might otherwise require dozens of buttons and knobs on the front panel. Despite this power and fl exibility, it remains simple to operate in day-to-day use. highly refined Classé products are designed to deliver consistent,
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MENU MENU EJECT LOAD CDP-502 Front Panel 1 Standby button & LED indicator Th e front panel Standby button will toggle the player between its fully operational status and a standby mode that leaves the player off , yet ready to respond to system commands via any of the supported control options (e.g. IR input, DC trigger, CAN-Bus, or RS-232). Th e current state of the player is indicated by the LED on the Standby button on the front panel. When the unit is powered and switched on, this LED i
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2 Menu button Pressing the front panel Menu button will call up the menu system, replacing the normal status display in the LCD touchscreen of the CDP-502. 3 LCD touchscreen Most of your interaction with the CDP-502 will be with the front panel LCD touchscreen (and with the CDP-502’s supplied remote control). It will usually display the information you are accustomed to seeing on the front of most CD and DVD players (track number, time, etc.), as well as the basic transport controls. In ad
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AUDIO OUTPUT Rear Panel 1 Analog Outputs In most installations, you will want to use both the analog and the digital outputs of the CDP-502. Th e front left and right channels are supported with both balanced analog outputs on XLR connectors and single-ended analog outputs on RCA connectors. using the balanced outputs If your processor has balanced inputs for the front left and right channels, connect these XLR outputs to them using high quality balanced interconnects. Your Classé dealer c
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Th e pin assignments of these XLR-type female output connectors are: Pin 1: Signal ground Pin 2: Signal + (non-inverting) Pin 3: Signal – (inverting) Connector ground lug: chassis ground Th ese pin assignments are consistent with the standards adopted by the Audio Engineering Society. using the single-ended Th e two output channels of the CDP-502 are provided in a high (RCA) analog outputs quality single-ended form on RCA plugs. Single-ended cables using RCA connectors are the most commo
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Th is advice holds especially true for the CDP-502, since it incorporates sophisticated video processing circuitry that can convert the standard defi nition DVDs you play to high defi nition rates that are most compatible with today’s best video displays. NOTE: due to Macrovision copy protection software, all HD resolutions may not be available depending on the disc. Th e Component video output of the CDP-502 can be set to 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, or 1080i (based on the best match to y
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4 Digital Outputs Th e CDP-502 has three digital outputs, all of which carry the same information. You may use whichever connection you prefer, consistent with the available connections on your A/V preamplifi er/processor. Only one of the three connections is needed. coaxial digital output Th e coaxial digital output provides a digital audio signal via a 75 Ω coaxial cable equipped with RCA-type connectors. Connect this output to a corresponding coaxial digital input on your preamplifi er/pro
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Since an IR distribution system such as your dealer may design for you usually must control many products, your player includes both an IR input (for the control of this product) and an IR output (so as to pass along the same signal to the next product). Th is allows you to “daisy chain” your control wires from one product to the next. Note: Many IR repeater systems do not yet support the stripped- carrier signal format required by your disc player. If yours does not, a Delta IR Interface
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7 Classé CAN-Bus Control Ports Th ese RJ-45 connectors are provided for control and communication applications using Classé Audio’s implementation of the Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus specifi cation. 8 RS-232 Control Port Th is port has two purposes: • downloading new operating software into your player (should new features ever be added, for example) • external control of your preamplifi er by systems such as ™ ® ™ i-Command , AMX and Crestron For more information, please contact your dea
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The Remote Control Your new disc player comes with a versatile remote control which can control both the CDP-502 itself and several aspects of the rest of a Classé-based system. Th e keys are arranged in logical groups according to their functions. 1 Basic Functions Th is section along the top of the remote control includes two groups of four functions that control your basic interactions with the CDP-502. Th e general group is located in the topmost row, and includes:
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• Time cycles through the four time display modes: time elapsed on track time elapsed on disc time remaining on track time remaining on disc • Prog (for Program) allows you to quickly and easily create a programmed sequence of tracks (or chapters) to be played on the current disc. Pressing Prog will take you directly to the program page of the menu system, regardless of where you might be. Once on the program page, you can change the highlighted track using the Up and Down buttons,
