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AUDIO ANALOGUE maestro CD PLAYER 192/24 CURRENT OUTPUT DAC OWNER’S MANUAL MANUALE D’ISTRUZIONI Manual rev1.3a[...]
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3 Dear Audiophile, Congratulations and tha nk you for choosing M aestro CD 19 2/24. Yo u’re now the own er of a unit tha t establishes a new refe rence in the category of high-quality and high-versa tility stereophon ic products. Maestro CD 192/24 pro vides circuital so lutions with no compromises and features capable to satisfy a dvanced users?[...]
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5 INTRODUCTION AUDIO ANALOG UE does not tak e any respo nsibilities in the follow ing cases: Whenever the operation al proced ures related to the use and th e m aintenance of th e equipmen t as described in this m anual are not respected. Whenever damages to the equip ment occur because of fixing and modifications made form non- authorized staff or[...]
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6 PREMESSA AUDIO ANALOG UE non accetta responsabilità n ei casi in cui: Le procedure operative di utilizzo e manutenzione dell’apparato de scritte nel m anuale non siano r ispettate . I danni si verifichino in segu ito a r iparazioni o modifiche d ell’apparat o eseguite da personale non autorizzato o a seguito di normale deterioramen to dell?[...]
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7 Features Refined power supply with two tra nsformers (one toroidal) and eight separ ated set-up sections. High-performa nce 192KHz/24bit D/A con verter. Low-jitter, sample- rate converter . Analogical circuits w ith separated co mponents. Highest-quality passive compon ents; lowest-tolerance metallic-laye red resisters (MIL standard); low-toleran[...]
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8 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 1 1 12 Front panel 1) STANDBY. When pr essing this b utton you act ivate/deactivate standby m ode. 2) Standby indicator. L ights blue wh en Standby mod e is activated . PLED display is tur ned off. 3) VFD display. 4) CD tray. 5) IR receiver. 6) OPEN. When pressi ng this button you open/clo se CD tray. 7) PLAY/PAUSE. When p[...]
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9 Back panel 1) S/PDIF DIGITAL O UT. Digital out connector. 2) RIGHT OUT. Unbalan ced right digital out conn ector. 3) RIGHT BALANC ED OUT. Balanc ed right digita l out connector. 4) LEFT OUT. Unba lanced left dig ital out conne ctor. 5) LEFT BALANC ED OUT. Balan ced left digital o ut connector. 6) RS-232 serial por t 7) IEC standard power inlet. C[...]
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10 Remote control • PLAY. By pressing this bu tton, you st art CD playback or inte rrupt/r esume CD playbac k (pause). • STOP. By pressing thi s button, y ou stop CD playbac k or open/clos e CD tray. • REW. By pressing this button during playback, you move to the previous CD track or, holding it do wn for a few seconds, activate fast rewind s[...]
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11 Unpacking and chec king CD player packag e Carefully open the pa ckage to avo id damaging the co ntent. The pa ckage should contain: • 1 Maestro CD 192/24 • 1 remote contr oller • 1 power cord • 2 AAA batteries (alre ady placed in t he remote cont roller) • 1 instruction manual If on e o f th e ite ms listed above is missing, please co[...]
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12 Notes on M aestro CD 192/24 p ower plugg ing Maestro CD 192/24 has to be plugged to the e lectric installation grounding link to guarantee u ser’s safety and maximize sound quality. Actually, the grou nding link is t he way to eliminate noise and dispersion: that ’s why the power cord has the grounding p rong. It is prefer able not to interr[...]
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13 Standby m ode You ca n put Ma estro CD 192/24 in standby mode pressing either the “STBY” button on the r emote controller or the “ STANDBY” button on the front panel. When the CD player is in standby mode, only the microcontroller section is powere d while the rest of the circuit is off, reducing power con sumption and minimizing damage [...]
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14 How to use the serial po rt Maestro CD 192/24 is equ ipped with a standard RS-232 serial port. You may remotely control the C D playe r connectin g it to a PC o r a home-aut omation unit through this port. T his feature allows yo u to integr ate Maestro CD 19 2/24 into a multi-room or house- automation system and e njoy its sound everywhe re in [...]
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15 Specification s Parameter Measurement condit ions Value Channels: - 2 Maximum output voltage: Unbalanced outs Balanced outs Frequency re sponse: +0/-1dB 2Hz-22kHz Noise level: Band limits 0Hz-20kHz Signal/noise ratio: 22Hz-22kHz Power requiremen ts: - 230V 50-60Hz or 115 V 50-60Hz Power consumption: - 60VA Specifiche T ecniche Parametro Condizio[...]
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16 Troubleshooti ng Symptom Cause Remedy Power cord incorrect ly plugged Make sure the po wer cord is corr ectly plugged into the wall out let Display is off No sound Burned-out fuses Check fuses in the fus e panel (aft er unplugging the power cord from t he wall outlet) above the IEC inlet and rep lace them with new ones of the same t ype Faulty o[...]
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17 WARNING! All of our CD players may not be able to read some specific CD’s manufactured with a unique protection system against copying. If in doubt, please try to read the CD using a PC CD-ROM drive. When the CD-ROM drive is incapable of accessing the tra cks on the CD, please do not play the CD in question with the our CD players. Although th[...]
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18 Attention: Yo ur pr oduct is marked wi th this symbol. It means that used electrical and electronic pr oducts should not be mix ed wit h general household waste. There is a collection system for thes e products. Attenzione: il dispositivo è contr assegnato da questo simbolo, che segn ala di non smalti re le apparecchiature elettriche ed elettro[...]
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Audio Analo gue Manufactured and Distributed b y: AUDIO FUTURA spa Via Maestri Del Lavoro 583 51015 Monsummano Terme (PT) Ita ly Tel. 0572 954513 fax 0572 958099 www.audioanalogue.com - info@audioana logue.com[...]