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Musical Fidelity A3.2 CD manual

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  • Page 1

    Issue 6: March 2003 A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 1 of 17 A3.2 CD UPSAMPLING 24 BIT COM PACT DISC PL AYER WITH CD TEXT DISPL AY INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE Thank you for pu rchasing the Musical Fidelity A3 . 2 CD 24 bit CD Playe r. Used p roperly and carefull y, it should give many years of outstanding musical reproduction. This model uses the latest [...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 2 of 17 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 usin[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 3 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 SAFETY INFORM ATION IMPO RT ANT! (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 safel y , out of reach of children. It must not be p[...]

  • Page 4

    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 4 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 SAFETY INFORM ATION 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. The[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 5 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 USER INFORM ATION LASER INFORM ATION: Optical pick-up type: Manufacturer: Sony Corporation Block type : CDM14BL-5BD25 Pick-up type : KSS213BA/F-NP W avelength : 760-800nm RADIO - FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE (RFI) This equipment uses and can radiate radio frequency energ y , and if not install[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 6 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 GENERAL ADVICE INS TALLATION PRECAUTIONS and USER INFORM ATION 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[...]

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    Issue 6: March 2003 GENERAL ADVICE / INS TALLATION A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 7 of 17 CLEANING Before cleaning the CD playe r, always turn off the power at the mains switch and remove the mains plug from the wall out - let. Clean the housing and the remote con - trol unit using a moist cloth. We do not advise the use of solvents, white spiri[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 8 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 FACILITIES AND CONNECTIONS MUSICAL FIDELITY A3.2 CD UPSAMPLING 24 BIT CD PL AYER DATE OF MANUFACTURE SERIAL NUMBER DIGITAL OUTPUT OPTICAL DIGITAL OUTPUT COAXIAL THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE EARTHED IMPORTANT 50/60Hz CAUTION MOUNT UNIT ON SOLID SURFACE. DO NOT REMOVE SCREWS OR COVERS UNDER ANY [...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 9 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 BASIC OPER ATION LOADING AND PL AYING COM PACT DISCS If mains power to the A3 . 2 CD player is switched on with a disc already loaded, it will automatically search for the disc and begin playing from the first track. Howeve r, if no disc is loaded, after approx - imately 3 or 4 seconds t[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 10 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 BASIC OPER ATION 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 butt[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 11 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 SPECIAL FE ATURES REPE AT PLAYBACK The REPE AT button on the remote con - trol allows the repeated playback of either one track or all tracks on the disc. By pressing the REPE AT button once, you can repeat the entire disc (or the pro - grammed selections - see page 12) over and over ag[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 12 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 SPECIAL FE ATURES 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 ea r. Press INTRO on the remote control, and the display will briefly show: The first ten seconds (approximate[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 13 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 SPECIAL FE ATURES 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 orde r. If you wish to check the selection before playing back your program, the CH[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 14 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 SPECIAL FE ATURES - TEXT CD TEXT DISCS A small number of CDs released for sale more recently have additional text infor - mation contained in the recorded digital data. The A3 . 2 CD can individually display either the disc title, artist ’s name or track title with appropriate control[...]

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    SPECIAL FE ATURES - 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 MU LTI has been appeared underneath the TEXT legend. If the player cannot read one of the lan - guages identified in the dis[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 16 of 17 Issue 6: March 2003 TROUBLESHOOTING Remember - the most vulnerable part of a CD playing system is the disc itself. The most likely cause of a disc not playing is that the disc itself is fault y , scratched or simply dirt y . Never open the case of the A3 . 2 CD yourself, as this will invalidate the guarant[...]

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    A3.2 CD Instructions for Use Page 17 of 17 SPECIFIC ATIONS : Issue 6: March 2003 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 t[...]