Sony SCD-XB940 manual

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    4-227-858- 51 (1) Super Audio CD Player  2000 Sony Corporation SCD-XB940 Operating Instructions Mode d’emploi GB FR[...]

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    2 GB W ARNING T o prevent fir e or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. T o avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only . About This Manual The instructions in this manual are for model SCD-XB940. Conventions • Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the player. Yo[...]

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    3 GB GB Featur es Playback of the Super Audio CD recor ded in the DSD format The DSD (Direct Str eam Digital) format is the cor e technology of a Super Audio CD, allowing music repr oduction that is extremely faithful to the original sound. The DSD format, using a 2.8224 MHz sampling frequency 64 times higher than that of a conventional CD, and the[...]

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    4 GB Getting Started This chapter pr ovides information on the supplied accessories and how to connect various audio components to the Super Audio CD player . Be sure to read this chapter thor oughly befor e you actually connect anything to the player . Befor e Y ou Start the Hookup Checking the supplied accessories This player comes with the follo[...]

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    5 GB Getting Started Hooking Up the Audio Components COAXIAL L R OPTICAL DIGIT AL OUT CD ANALOG OUT R L CD INPUT Stereo amplifier, etc. Connecting via DIGIT AL OUT CD COAXIAL connector Use a coaxial digital cable to connect the audio components equipped with coaxial digital input connectors. Coaxial digital cable (not supplied) Note Only the audio [...]

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    6 GB Location and Functions of P arts This chapter tells you about the location and functions of the various buttons and contr ols on the front and r ear panels and the supplied remote. Further details ar e provided on the pages indicated in par entheses. It also tells you about the information that appears in the display window . Fr ont Panel Part[...]

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    7 GB Location and Functions of Parts 6 x button (11) Press to stop play . 7 l AMS L contr oller (AMS: Automatic Music Sensor) (11) Each time you press l , you go back to the preceding track; each time you pr ess L , you go to the succeeding track. 8 Display window (12) Shows various information. 9 PHONE LEVEL Adjust the headphones volume. 0 PHONES [...]

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    8 GB Location and Functions of Parts Rear Panel Parts Descriptions 1 DIGIT AL OUT CD COAXIAL connector (5) Connect to an audio component using the coaxial digital cable. 2 DIGIT AL OUT CD OPTICAL connector (5) Connect to an audio component using an optical digital cable. 3 ANALOG OUT jacks (5) Connect to an audio component using the audio connectin[...]

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    9 GB Location and Functions of Parts Remote Parts Descriptions CONTINUE SHUFFLE PLA Y MODE PROGRAM SACD/CD 123 456 78 10/0 9 TEXT TIME/ LANGUA GE REPEA T AMS CLEAR B A CHECK >10 CLEAR MODE DISPLA Y/ DIGIT AL/ FIL TER INDEX 1 CONTINUE button (17) Press to r esume normal play fr om Shuffle Play or Programme Play . SHUFFLE button (17) Press to sele[...]

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    10 GB Compatible Disc T ypes Y ou can play the following discs with this player . Depending on the type of disc to be played, select the appropriate indicator by pr essing SACD/CD on the remote (page 1 1). Super Audio CD (single layer disc) This disc consists of a single HD layer*. Press SACD/CD r epeatedly so that “SACD” appears in the display[...]

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    11 GB Playing Discs Playing a Disc The operations for normal play and the basic operations during play are explained below . 1 T urn on the amplifier . T ur n down the volume level to the lowest. 2 Select the player position using the input selector on the amplifier . 3 Press POWER to turn on the player . 4 Press A to open the disc tray , and place[...]

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    Playing Discs 12 GB Using the Display Z The display window shows various information about the disc or track being played. This section describes the information that appears for each play status. Displaying information while the player is stopped Press TIME/TEXT . The display shows the total number of tracks, total playing time, and music calendar[...]

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    Playing Discs 13 GB Displaying information while the player is playing Press TIME/TEXT . Each time you press the button, the curr ent track number and its elapsed time or r emaining time appears, or the total remaining time for the disc appears in the display . T urning off the information in the display Each time you press DISPLA Y MODE on the r e[...]

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    Playing Discs 14 GB Locating a Specific T rack During stop or play mode, you can locate any track to be played. Notes • The display may not show all the characters, depending on the disc. • This player can display only the disc name, artist name, and track names from TEXT discs. Other information cannot be displayed. l AMS L Number buttons . / [...]

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    Playing Discs 15 GB Locating a Particular Point in a T rack Z Y ou can locate a particular point in a track during play or play pause. Locating a point while monitoring the sound (Search) Press and hold m / M during play . Y ou will hear intermittent playback as the disc goes forward or r everses. When you reach the desir ed point, release the butt[...]

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    Playing Discs 16 GB Repeating the current track (Repeat 1 Play) While the track you want to repeat is being played, press REPEA T repeatedly until “REPEA T 1” appears in the display . Repeat 1 Play starts. T o stop Repeat 1 Play Press x . T o resume normal play Press REPEA T repeatedly until “REPEA T” goes off. Repeating a specific portion [...]

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    Playing Discs 17 GB Cr eating Y our Own Programme (Programme Play) Z Y ou can pick out the tracks that you like and specify the playback order in a pr ogramme containing up to 99 tracks (or 999 min. 59 sec. in total programme time) 1 Press PROGRAM in stop mode. “PROGRAM” appears in the display . 2 Press the number buttons to enter the track num[...]

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    Playing Discs 18 GB Listening to a CD Using a Filter (Digital Filter Function) Z This player is equipped with a variable coefficient (V .C.*) digital filter . By selecting one of five types of filters (“STD,” “1,” “2,” “3,” and “4”), you can adjust the sound to match your listening environment and the music source. *V .C. is a t[...]

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    Playing Discs 19 GB Characteristics of each digital filter The contents and characteristics of the five digital filters are as follows: STD: Standard (sharp r oll-off) Provides a wide fr equency range and spatial feeling, as it holds the most information among the five filters. Suitable for playback of classical music. 1 : Clear (slow r oll-off) Pr[...]

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    20 GB Additional Information This chapter pr ovides additional information that will help you understand and maintain your Super Audio CD player . Pr ecautions On safety • Caution — The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard. • Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the player and have i[...]

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    21 GB Additional Information Notes on Discs On handling discs • To keep the disc clean, handle the disc by its edge. Do not touch the surface. • Do not stick paper or tape on the disc. • Use only round-shaped discs. If you use a special shaped disc (e.g., star-shaped or heart-shaped etc.), the player may be damaged. • Do not use a disc with[...]

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    22 GB Additional Information T roubleshooting Specifications When a super audio CD is played Playing frequency range 2 Hz to 100 kHz Frequency r esponse 2 Hz to 50 kHz ( – 3 dB) Dynamic range 103 dB or more T otal harmonic distortion rate 0.0015 % or less Wow and flutter V alue of measurable limit (±0.001 % W . PEAK) or less When a CD is played [...]

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    23 GB Additional Information Index R Remote commander (remote) 9 Repeat A-B Play 16 All Play 16 1 Play 16 S Search High-speed search 15 Index search 15 Time Search 15 Shuffle Play 17 Super Audio CD 3, 10 T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z TEXT 12 TOC 11 A Accessories 4 Amplifier (not supplied) 5 AMS (Automatic Music Sensor) 11 ANALOG OUT 5 B Batteries 4 C Cable C[...]

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    2 FR A VERTISSEMENT Pour é viter tout risque d ’ incendie ou de d é charge é lectrique, ne pas exposer cet appareil à la pluie ou à l ’ humidit é . Pour é viter les d é charges é lectriques, ne pas ouvrir le ch â ssis. Confier l ’ entretien exclusivement au personnel qualifi é . Cet appareil entre dans la cat é gorie des produits [...]

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    3 FR FR Caract é ristiques Lecture d ’ un Super Audio CD enr egistr é en format DSD Le format DSD (Direct Str eam Digital) constitue la technologie cl é du Super Audio CD et permet une repr oduction musicale d ’ une extr ê me fid é lit é par rapport au son original. Le format DSD utilise une fr é quence d ’é chantillonnage de 2,8224 M[...]

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    4 FR Pr é par ation Ce chapitre pr é sente des informations sur les accessoir es fournis ainsi que sur le raccor dement de diff é r ents composants audio au lecteur Super Audio CD. Lisez attentivement ce chapitre avant de raccor der quoi que ce soit au lecteur . A vant d ’ entamer les raccor dements V é rification des accessoires fournis Ce l[...]

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    5 FR Pr é paration COAXIAL L R OPTICAL DIGIT AL OUT CD ANALOG OUT R L CD INPUT Amplificateur st é r é o, etc. Raccor dement de composants audio Raccordez le lecteur Super Audio CD à un composant audio. V eillez à mettr e tous les composants hors tension avant de proc é der aux connexions et raccor dez-les fermement de mani è re à é viter l[...]

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    6 FR Emplacement et fonction des composants Ce chapitre pr é sente une description de l ’ emplacement et des fonctions des dif f é rentes touches et commandes des panneaux avant et arri è r e ainsi que de la t é l é commande fournie. Pour plus de d é tails, reportez-vous aux pages indiqu é es entr e parenth è ses. Il explique é galement [...]

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    7 FR Emplacement et fonction des composants 6 T ouche x (11) Appuyez sur cette touche pour arr ê ter la lecture. 7 Contr ô leur l AMS L (AMS: d é tecteur automatique de musique) (11) Chaque fois que vous appuyez sur la touche l , vous revenez à la plage pr é c é dente; chaque fois que vous appuyez sur la touche L , vous passez à la plage sui[...]

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    Emplacement et fonction des composants 8 FR Description des composants du panneau arri è re COAXIAL L R OPTICAL DIGIT AL OUT CD ANALOG OUT 1 Connecteur DIGIT AL OUT CD COAXIAL (5) Raccordez ce connecteur à un composant audio à l ’ aide d ’ un c â ble num é rique coaxial. 2 Connecteur DIGIT AL OUT CD OPTICAL (5) Raccordez ce connecteur à u[...]

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    Emplacement et fonction des composants 9 FR Description des composants de la t é l é commande qa T ouche TIME/TEXT (13) Chaque fois que vous appuyez sur cette touche, la dur é e de lecture de la plage et la dur é e r estante du disque apparaissent dans la fen ê tr e d ’ affichage. qs T ouche LANGUAGE (14) Appuyez sur cette touche pour change[...]

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    10 FR T ypes de disques compatibles V ous pouvez r eproduir e les types de disques suivants sur ce lecteur . En fonction du disque à lire, sélectionnez l’indicateur correspondant en appuyant sur SACD/CD sur la télécommande (page 1 1). Super Audio CD (disque à simple couche) Ce disque est constitué d’une simple couche HD*. Appuyez plusieur[...]

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    11 FR Lecture de disques Super Audio CD + CD (hybride) Ce disque est constitué d’une couche HD et d’une couche CD. Appuyez sur SACD/CD pour sélectionner la couche que vous voulez repr oduire. De même, comme les deux couches se trouvent sur une seule face, il n’est pas nécessaire de r etourner le disque. V ous pouvez repr oduire la couche [...]

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    Lecture de disques 12 FR Utilisation de la fenêtr e d’af fichage Z La fenêtre d’af fichage affiche dif férentes informations relatives au disque ou à la plage en cours de lectur e. Cette section décrit les informations qui apparaissent pour chaque statut de lecture. Affichage des informations lorsque le lecteur est à l’arrêt Appuyez su[...]

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    Lecture de disques 13 FR Affichage d’informations en cours de lecture Appuyez sur TIME/TEXT . Chaque fois que vous appuyez sur cette touche, le numéro de la plage en cours et sa durée écoulée ou encore la durée restante totale du disque apparaît dans la fenêtr e d’affichage. Désactivation des informations de la fenêtre d’af fichage C[...]

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    Lecture de disques 14 FR Remarques • Suivant les disques, il se peut que la fenêtre d’af fichage n’indique pas tous les caractères. • Ce lecteur ne peut afficher que le titr e du disque, le nom de l’artiste et les titres des plages des disques TEXT . Il ne peut afficher d’autr es informations. Affichage des informations d’un disque [...]

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    Lecture de disques 15 FR Localisation d’un passage déterminé sur une plage Z V ous pouvez localiser un passage déterminé sur une plage en cours de lecture ou de pause de lectur e. Localisation d’un passage tout en écoutant le son (recher che) Maintenez les touches m / M enfoncées en cours de lecture. V ous entendez le son de lectur e par [...]

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    Lecture de disques 16 FR Lectur e de plages répétée Z V ous pouvez r eproduire de manière répétée un disque entier ou des passages d’un disque. Cette fonction peut être utilisée avec la fonction de lecture aléatoir e pour répéter toutes les plages d’un disque dans un ordr e quelconque (page 17) ou de lecture pr ogrammée pour reprod[...]

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    Lecture de disques 17 FR Lectur e de plages dans un or dre quelconque (lectur e aléatoire) Z H CONTINUE SHUFFLE . / > Création de votr e propre pr ogramme musical (lecture pr ogrammée) Z CLEAR CONTINUE Touches numériques H >10 PROGRAM CHECK . / > 1 Appuyez sur SHUFFLE en mode d’arrêt. 2 Appuyez sur H . La lecture aléatoir e démarr[...]

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    Lecture de disques 18 FR Remarques • Si vous programmez des plages qui ne se suivent pas sur le disque (par ex., 1, 3, 5, etc.), la durée de lecture réelle peut êtr e un peu plus longue que la durée totale de lecture indiquée dans la fenêtre d’af fichage. • Si vous mettez le lecteur hors tension, si vous débranchez le câble d’alimen[...]

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    Lecture de disques 19 FR 22.05k 0 -120 0 Comparaison de la réponse d’impulsion entre un filtre à décrochage rapide et un filtre à décrochage lent Post- oscillations Pré- oscillations Pré- oscillations Post- oscillations Qu’est-ce qu’un filtre numérique à coefficient variable (V .C.) ? Les lecteurs CD utilisent des filtres numériques[...]

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    20 FR Informations complémentair es Ce chapitre fournit des informations compl é mentaires sur le fonctionnement et l ’ entr etien de votre lecteur Super Audio CD. Pr é cautions S é curit é • Attention — Les instruments optiques qui é quipent cet appareil sont dangereux pour les yeux. • Si un objet ou un liquide quelconque p é n è t[...]

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    21 FR Informations compl é mentair es Remar ques sur les disques Manipulation des disques • Pour que les disques restent propres, saisissez-les par le bord. N ’ en touchez pas la surface. • Ne collez pas de papier ni de bande adh é sive sur les disques. • Utilisez uniquement des disques de forme ronde. L ’ utilisation de disque de forme[...]

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    22 FR Informations compl é mentair es Sp é cifications Pendant la lecture d ’ un Super Audio CD Plage de fr é quence de lecture 2 Hz à 100 kHz R é ponse en fr é quence 2 Hz à 50 kHz ( – 3 dB) Plage dynamique 103 dB ou plus Distorsion harmonique totale 0,0015 % ou mois Pleurage et scintillement V aleur dans la limite mesurable (±0,001 % [...]

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    23 FR Informations compl é mentair es Index A, B Accessoires 4 Affichage d ’ informations 12 Amplificateur (non fourni) 5 AMS (d é tecteur automatique de musique) 11 ANALOG OUT 5 C C â ble connexion audio 5 num é rique coaxial 5 num é rique optique 5 D, E DIGITAL OUT CD 5 F, G, H Filtre num é rique 18 I, J, K Introduction d ’ un disque 11[...]

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