Musical Fidelity CD Pre Nstructions For Use

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• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, Issue 1: January 2002 CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 1 of 19 LINE 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 DIGITAL 1 DIGITAL 2 CD DIGITAL MONITOR TAPE MONITOR POWER NEXT PREVIOUS LANGUAGE PLAY/PAUSE STOP OPEN/CLOSE CD Pre COMBINATION CD PLAYER AND DIGITAL / ANALOGUE PRE-AMPLIFIER INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE Thank you for purchasing the Musical Fidelity CD Pre. Used properly and carefully, it should give many years of outstanding musical reproduction. The CD Pre uses the latest 24 Bit DAC technology and jitter reduction techniques to achieve both an excellent technical specifica

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 2 of 19 CONTENTS PAGE 3 Safety Information: - Mains plug (U.K. only) - Modification warning 4 Safety Information: - Warnings (continued) 5 User Information: - Radio-frequency interference 6 General Advice: - Installation precautions - User information 7 Remote Control: - Use and illustration 8 Facilities and - Front and rear panel illustrations Connections: 9 Interconnection and - Interconnection procedure Pre-amp operation: - Switching on - Input source selection 10 Pre-amplifier, - Mute function Operation: - Line input monitoring - Tape recording 11 CD Player, - Loading and playing discs

• CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 3 of 19 Issue 1: January 2002 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

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 4 of 19 WARNINGS Issue 1: January 2002 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 nor- mal use because invisible radiation emitted inside this product is completely confined within the protective housing. However you must observe the following important warnings: CAUTION ! • THIS CD P

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 5 of 19 Issue 1: January 2002 USER INFORMATION 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 and other electronic equipment. However, it is designed to minimise RFI, and accordingly been tested to North American stan- dards (FCC regulations - limits for a class B digital device persua

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, Issue 1: January 2002 A3 CD Instructions for Use. Page 6 of 15 GENERAL ADVICE INSTALLATION PRECAUTIONS AND USER INFORMATION Your CD Pre is designed and built to provide trouble-free performance, but as with all electronic devices it is necessary to observe a few precautions: * Note all warnings shown on the back of the unit. * Only connect the CD Pre to a mains outlet having the same voltage as marked on the back of the unit. * Always switch off the mains supply before before connecting or disconnecting your audio equipment. * Position the mains lead and signal interconnects where they are not likely to be w

• CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 7 of 19 REMOTE CONTROL Issue 1: January 2002 REMOTE CONTROL The remote control enables most functions of the pre-amplifier to be operated from a conven- ient distance. Equivalent buttons on the remote handset have the same functions as the those on the front panel of the unit. Some operations are only available via the handset. As

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 8 of 19 Issue 1: January 2002 FACILITIES AND CONNECTIONS LINE1 LINE 2 LINE 3 ANALOGUE INPUTS TAPE MONITOR TAPE OUT PRE OUT DIGITAL INPUTS COAXIAL 1 2 DIGITAL INPUTS OPTICAL DIGITAL MONITOR DIGITAL OUTPUTS COAXIAL OPTICAL MUSICAL FIDELITY CD PRE 2 4 MANUFACTURED BY MUSICAL FIDELITY LTD. 15-17 OLYMPIC TRADING ESTATE, FULTON ROAD, WEMBLEY, MIDDLESEX, HA9 OTF, ENGLAND LINE 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 DIGITAL 1 DIGITAL 2 CD DIGITAL MONITOR TAPE MONITOR POWER NEXT PREVIOUS LANGUAGE PLAY/PAUSE STO

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, BEFORE CONNECTING . . . . . . . Ensure that mains power to the various components of your audio system is switched off. Please note that audio con- necting leads are not supplied with this product. OUTPUT CONNECTION The CD Pre should be connected to an ana- logue amplifier input by audio cables with RCA/phono type plugs. These link the left and right PRE OUT sockets on the rear panel of the CD Pre to corresponding line input sockets on the amplifier. Do not use any sockets on the amplifier intended for “vinyl” phono cartridge input, as the sensi- tive circuit will overload, producing a severely distorted sound. Alternativ

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, PRE-AMPLIFIER OPERATION MUTE (Remote Control Only) Pressing the MUTE button once on the remote control will interrupt analogue out- put to the amplifier. Pressing MUTE again will restore audio output. The LED in the volume control knob then goes off to indi- cate that the outputs are muted. This function does not affect tape monitor or digital outputs. If the CD Pre is powered off while still muted, the effect will be cancelled when next switched on. DIGITAL MONITORING (Remote Control Only) Any selected input source can be monitored with suitable external equipment from

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 11 of 19 Issue 1: January 2002 CD - BASIC OPERATION LOADING AND PLAYING COMPACT DISCS If mains power to the CD Pre is switched on with a disc already loaded, it will auto- matically search for the disc and begin playing from the first track. However, playback will not be audible if the input has previously been set to another source before being switched off. The CD button must therefore be pressed first. If no disc is loaded, after about 3 or 4 sec- onds the unit will display the following: To play a disc, press the OPEN/CLOSE button to open the trans

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 12 of 19 Issue 1: January 2002 CD - BASIC OPERATION STOP Playback can be stopped at any time by pressing the STOP button once. TRACK SELECTION To change track, the track skip buttons NEXT and PREVIOUS can be pressed to jump forwards or backwards one track in either direction. Note that a single press of the PREVIOUS button restarts play- back at the beginning of the current track. A double-press is needed to jump back to the previous track. Corresponding TRACK buttons on the remote control are also marked |<< and

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD - SPECIAL FEATURES REPEAT PLAYBACK The REPEAT button on the remote control allows the repeated playback of either one track or all tracks on the disc. By pressing the REPEAT button once, you can repeat the entire disc (or the pro- grammed selections - see page 14) over and over again. Large letters REPEAT briefly replace track, index and time information followed by a smaller, permanent REPEAT legend underneath. If the REPEAT button is pressed a second time, only the current track is repeated. Large letters REPEAT 1 briefly replace track, index and time information followed by a REPEAT 1 legend underneath. Pressing REPEAT a third time cancels

• CD - SPECIAL FEATURES INTRODUCTION SEARCH The introduction-search function allows play back of just the start of each track on the disc, for instance to locate a preferred track by ear. Press INTRO on the remote control, and the display will briefly show: The first ten seconds (approximately) of each title on the CD are then played (or the first 10 seconds o

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD - SPECIAL FEATURES If at any time you make a mistake or wish to delete a track from the list, press the CLEAR button to erase the last step. Repeated pressing of CLEAR will then erase each step in reverse order. If you wish to check the selection before playing back your program, the CHECK button can be pressed to step through each track in turn. At the end of the check sequence, the display briefly shows: To play the programmed tracks press PLAY/PAUSE (or INTRO if required, see page 14). When all programmed tracks have been played, the CD player stops. The same track selection can

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD TEXT CD TEXT DISCS A small number of CDs released for sale more recently have additional text informa- tion contained in the recorded digital data. The CD Pre can individually display either the disc title, artist’s name or track title with appropriate control commands. Only CDs which are identified as having this text feature, either on the disc’s label or the library case, will have text function on the CD Pre. When a text disc is first loaded, a red CD TEXT legend appears in the display window. Text is shown on the front display as follows: When the disc is first loaded: Initially (1a): Total tracks and total time then, after a few sec

• CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 17 of 19 Issue 1: January 2002 CD TEXT - 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 o

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 18 of 19 Issue 1: January 2002 TROUBLESHOOTING Basic problem-solving with a pre-amplifier is similar to troubleshooting other electrical or elec- tronic equipment. Always check the most obvious possible causes first, such as the following examples: Problem Possible Cause Remedy No power when POWER Power plug is not inserted Plug in securely. button is pressed fully into rear socket No sound TAPE MONITOR button has Press TAPE MONITOR been presse

• Musical Fidelity CD Pre, CD Pre Instructions for Use. Page 19 of 19 Issue 1: January 2002 CD Pre Combination CD player / digital & analogue pre-amplifier CD SECTION: DAC architecture 24 bit Delta-Sigma (Bitstream) 8 times oversampling (CD or DVD-audio conversion only) Frequency response 20Hz to 20kHz: < 0.02dB Channel balance 20Hz to 20kHz: < 0.02dB Stereo separation 20Hz to 20kHz: > 98dB Total harmonic 0dB digital level: 0.002% distortion at 1kHz: -10dB digital level: 0.004% -70dB digital level: 0.050% Signal / noise ratio 20Hz to 20kHz: 110dB unweighted, 114dB A-weighted Audio output at digital 0dB level, 1

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