Musical Fidelity M3CD manual

Instructions for use Thank you for purchasing t he Musical Fidelity M3CD player. The M3CD consists of a t op quality CD slot-lo ading mech anism with unsurpassed pl ayability and a top quality over sampling 24 bit digital-to -analogue conv erter. This moves the digital artefacts to well o utside the audio ban d, allowing easy removal witho ut detri[...]

CONTENTS M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 2 of 17 Section Page – Laser information and warnings 3 Safety Information – Mains plug (UK only), modification warning 4 General advice – Installation precautions 5 Disposal information – EU disposal information 6 Installation – Introduction, cleaning, installation, powe r connections, audio connections[...]

SAFETY INFORMATION M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 3 of 17 CAUTION! CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT CAUTION - INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AND IN TERLOCKS DEFEATED. AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEA M. VORSICH! - UN SICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG TRITT AUS, W ENN DECKEL GEÖFFNET UND WENN SICHERHEITSVERRIEGELUNG ÖBERBRÖCT IST. NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN! VARNING - OSYNLIG [...]

SAFETY INFORMATION M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 4 of 17 IMPORTANT! (U.K. only) This unit is supplied in the U.K. with mains lead fitted with a moulded 13 amp plug. If, for any reason, it is necessary to remove the plug, ple ase remove the fuse holder and dispo se of the plug safely, out of reach of children. It must not be plugged into a mains outlet.[...]

GENERAL ADVICE M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 5 of 17 Installation, Precautions & User Information This new M3CD i s designed and built t o provide trouble-free performance, but as with all electronic devi ces it is necessary to observe a few precautions: • Heed all warnings sho wn on the back of the product. • Only connect the M3CD to a mains o[...]

ITEM DISPOSAL INFORMATION M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 6 of 17 DISPOSAL The crossed out wheeled bin label that appears on the back panel of t he product indicates that the product must not be disposed of as normal hous ehold waste. T o prevent possible harm to the environment please se parate the product from oth er wa ste to ensure that it can b e re[...]

INSTALLATION M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 7 of 17 Introduction Congratulations on the p urchase of the new M3CD pl ayer. This unit will give top quality performan ce when used as a top quality CD player delivering the best performan ce possible from CD Cleaning Before cleaning the unit, switch off power at the mains switch and remove th e mains plug f[...]

FACILITIES & CONNECTIONS M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 8 of 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 POWER Mains ON/OFF button 2 DISPLAY 3 ► | ▐▐ - PLAY/PAUSE button 4 █ - STOP button 5 IR RECEIVER lens 6 ▐◄◄ - Track back button 7 ►►▌ - Track forward button 8 ▲ - EJECT button 9 CD SLOT 10 11 12 10 COAXIAL & OPTICAL digital outputs 11 RCA OU[...]

REMOTE CONTROL HANDSET M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 9 of 17 The universal remote control sho wn below ena bles function s from this and related units to be operated from a convenient distance. Equivalent buttons on the remote control have the same f unctio ns as those on the front panel of the unit. Other functions are only available by remote control[...]

OPERATION M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 10 of 17 LOA DING AND PLAYING COM PACT DISCS Switch on u nit. To load a CD gently introduce the CD into the sl ot in the front panel. The mechani sm will sense the presence of the CD and draw it in automatically. There is no need to use any force, if a CD does not go in, please check there i s no CD already in th[...]

OPERATION M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 11 of 17 TRACK SELECTION | ◄◄ ►► | To change track, the track skip buttons | ◄◄ and ►► | on the front panel can be pres sed to jump forwards or backwards one track in either dire ction. Corresponding TRACK buttons on the re mote control are marked | ◄◄ and ►► | . If the unit has stopped pl[...]

OPERATION M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 12 of 17 REPEAT PLAYBACK The REPEAT button on the remote con trol allows the repeated playback of either one track or all t racks on the disc. By pressing the REPEAT button once, only the current track is re peated, and the display shows PLAY 1 0 : 12 repeat track If the REPEAT button is pressed a seco nd time, ?[...]

OPERATION M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 13 of 17 If REPEAT is then pre ssed whilst in shuffle mode, machin e re verts to repeat mode, cancelling shuffle functi on PLAY 7 0 : 39 repeat STOP 74 scan disc STOP. 74 p r og ram s tp 01 t r 01 STOP. 74 program stp 02 tr 03 STOP. 74 program stp 01 tr 03 Pressing ►► | selects the next track in random order.[...]

OPERATION M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 14 of 17 If at any time you wish to add a tra ck to the list, press the CL EAR button to obtain the next step number. Alternatively, to delete a previous entry, press CLEAR a second time to remove the last entry. Rep eated pressing of CLEAR will then erase each step in reverse order. So to delete an entire progra[...]

PROBLEMS? M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 15 of 17 Basic problem-solving with a CD pla yer is similar to troubl eshoot ing other electrical or el ectronic equipment. Al ways check th e most obvious possible causes first, such as the following examples: Problem Probable Cause Remedy No power / display Power plug is not inserted into socket correctly Plug [...]

SPECIFICATIONS M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 16 of 17 Output Output impedance 50 ohms Output, digital 0dB level RCA output - 2.2V r.m.s. nominal DAC DAC circuit 24 bit Delta-Sigma (bit stre am) dual differential 8x over-sampling Total correlated jitter <135 picoseconds peak to peak Linearity <0.1dB down to -96dB Frequency response 10Hz to 20 kHz [...]

MANUAL HISTORY M3 CD manual issue 1 Page 17 of 17 RELEASE DATE CHANGES M3 CD manual issue 1 21 January 2010 1 st issue[...]