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A3.2 CD
UPSAMPLING 24 BIT COMPACT DISC PLAYER
WITH CD TEXT DISPLAY
MUSICAL FIDELITY A3.2CD UPSAMPLING 24 BIT CD PLAYER
POWER
OPEN/CLOSE PLAY/PAUSE STOP PREVIOUS NEXT LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
Thank you for purchasing the Musical Fidelity A3.2 CD 24 bit CD Player.
Used properly and carefully, it should give many years of outstanding
musical reproduction.
This model uses the latest 24 Bit DAC technology and jitter reduction
techniques to achieve both an excellent technical specificat
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CONTENTS PAGE 3 Safety Information: - Mains plug (U.K. only) - Modification warning 4 Safety Information: - Laser product labelling 5 User Information: - Radio-frequency interference - Laser type 6 General Advice: - Installation precautions - User information 7 General Advice: - Introduction - Notes on using compact discs - Cleaning - Installation - Audio connection 8 Facilities and - Illustrations Connections: 9 Basic Operation: - Loading and playing discs - Pause function - Index points 10 Bas
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SAFETY INFORMATION IMPORTANT! (U.K. only) This unit is supplied in the U.K. with a mains lead fitted with a moulded 13 amp plug. If, for any reason, you need to cut off the plug, please remove the fuse holder and dispose of the plug safely, out of reach of children. It must not be plugged into a mains outlet. The wires in the mains lead supplied with this appliance are coloured in accordance with the following code: Green and yellow..............Earth Blue................................Neutral
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SAFETY INFORMATION CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT This CD player has been designed and manufactured according to FDA regulations "title 21, CFR, chapter 1, subchapter J, based on the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968", and is classified as a Class 1 laser product. There is no hazardous radiation during normal use because invisible radiation emitted inside this product is completely confined within the protective housing. However you must observe the following important warnings: CAU
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USER INFORMATION LASER INFORMATION: Optical pick-up type: Manufacturer: Sony Corporation Block type : CDM14BL-5BD25 Pick-up type : KSS213BA/F-NP Wavelength : 760-800nm RADIO - FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE (RFI) This equipment uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and operated in accordance with the instructions, may cause interference to radio communications. However, it is designed to radiate minimal levels of RFI, and accordingly been testing to North American standar
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GENERAL ADVICE INSTALLATION PRECAUTIONS and USER INFORMATION Your new A3.2 CD is designed and built to provide trouble-free performance, but as with all electronic devices it is necessary to observe a few precautions: Heed all warnings shown on the back of the product. Only connect the A3.2 CD to a mains outlet having the same voltage as marked at the back of the unit. Always ensure that when disconnecting and reconnecting your audio equipment the mains supply is switched off. Position the ma
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GENERAL ADVICE / INSTALLATION INTRODUCTION CLEANING Congratulations on the purchase of your Before cleaning the CD player, always turn new A3.2 CD upsampling 24 BIT CD off the power at the mains switch and player. remove the mains plug from the wall out- let. Clean the housing and the remote con- The A3.2 uses the latest technology for the trol unit using a moist cloth. We do not reproduction of your CD collection. advise the use of solvents, white spirits or thinners, as they could damage the
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FACILITIES AND CONNECTIONS MUSICAL FIDELITY A3.2CD UPSAMPLING 24 BIT CD PLAYER POWER OPEN/CLOSE PLAY/PAUSE STOP PREVIOUS NEXT LANGUAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FRONT PANEL 5 PLAY/PAUSE to start CD playback, 1 POWER mains on/off switch pause, or resume playback 2 CD transport loading drawer 6 STOP to end CD playback 3 CD player display (incorporates 7 PREVIOUS track selector infra-red remote control receiver) 8 NEXT track selector 4 OPEN/CLOSE to open and clo
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BASIC OPERATION LOADING AND PLAYING COMPACT DISC PLAY DISCS If PLAY/PAUSE is pressed, the CD player If mains power to the A3.2 CD player is will go into play mode, an arrow confirm- switched on with a disc already loaded, it ing playback will appear on the left, and will automatically search for the disc and the current track and index point will be begin playing from the first track. displayed similar to the following example: However, if no disc is loaded, after approx- imately 3 or 4 seco
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BASIC OPERATION STOP track time remaining display (far right dig- Playback can be stopped at any time by its) will be seen to advance rapidly in the pressing the STOP button once. required direction. For both directions the unit will return to normal playback when the button is released. TRACK SELECTION To change track, the track skip buttons DISPLAYING PLAYBACK TIME NEXT and PREVIOUS can be pressed to jump forwards or backwards one track There are three playback time display in either dire
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SPECIAL FEATURES REPEAT PLAYBACK SHUFFLE PLAYBACK The REPEAT button on the remote con- The SHUFFLE feature allows tracks on the trol allows the repeated playback of either discs to be played in random sequence one track or all tracks on the disc. rather than the normal consecutive order. By pressing the REPEAT button once, you Tracks are also played in a different order can repeat the entire disc (or the pro- each time the disc is restarted, or another grammed selections - see page 12) over di
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SPECIAL FEATURES INTRODUCTION SEARCH briefly replaces track, index and time The introduction-search function allows information, before a permanent red dis- play back of just the start of each track on play provides a reminder that the function the disc, for instance to locate a preferred has been activated. track by ear. Press the numeric button of the track num- Press INTRO on the remote control, and ber corresponding to the first track you the display will briefly show: wish to store (14 in
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SPECIAL FEATURES If at any time you make a mistake or wish function which uses the silent gap between to delete a track from the list, press the tracks to locate each one individually. CLEAR button to erase the last step. However, some CDs do not have long Repeated pressing of CLEAR will then enough gaps between tracks for this func- erase each step in reverse order. tion to operate properly. AUTOSPACE can solve this problem. If you wish to check the selection before playing back your program, t
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SPECIAL FEATURES - TEXT CD TEXT DISCS A small number of CDs released for sale If a title or name has more than twelve more recently have additional text infor- characters, the first 12 only will be dis- mation contained in the recorded digital played after the title or name has finished data. scrolling. The A3.2 CD can individually display either the disc title, artist’s name or track With disc playing: title with appropriate control commands. Each press of the TIME button, the dis- Only CDs w
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SPECIAL FEATURES - Other Languages Other Languages: A limited number of CD text discs also have an “other-language” option. In this case, after loading the disc, the dis- play shows the current or default language after MULTI has been appeared underneath the TEXT legend. If the player cannot read one of the lan- guages identified in the disc’s digital data, the display will show “(OTHER LANG)” after loading the text CD. To change language with a suitable text disc, before playing the text CD:
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TROUBLESHOOTING Basic problem-solving with a CD player is similar to troubleshooting other electrical or elec- tronic equipment. Always check the most obvious possible causes first, such as the following examples: Problem Probable Cause Remedy No power when POWER Power plug is not inserted Plug in securely. button is pressed fully into rear socket No playback when disc is Disc is loaded with label side Re-load with label side up. loaded, “NO DISC” displayed down No audio output, or too low C
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SPECIFICATIONS : A3.2 CD Upsampling 24 Bit Compact Disc Player DAC architecture 24 bit Delta-Sigma (Bitstream) Dual differential 8x oversampling Disc mechanism Sony Upsampling 96kHz Frequency response 10Hz to 20kHz +0 / -0.2 dB Signal / noise ratio > 115dB 'A' weighted Total harmonic distortion < 0.006% 10Hz to 20kHz Total correlated jitter < 170 pS Channel separation > 100dB 20Hz to 20kHz Linearity < 0.2dB down to -90dB Audio output at digital 0dB level 2.14VRMS at 1kHz nominal Analog output 1
