Cary Audio Design CD 306 SACD manual

OWNER’S MANUAL ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo CD 306 SACD Professional Version Super Audio CD Pla yer NOTE: Bef ore ins[...]

TABLE OF CONTENT S Important Safety Instructions ............................................................................................................ 2 Welcome Product Overview ............................................................................................................................... 5 Unpacking and Installation ........[...]

IMPORTANT S AFETY INSTRU CTIONS WAR NING: To reduce the risk of fi re or e le c tr ic s ho c k, d o not ex po se this a pp lian ce to ra i n or mois tur e. The l ig htning fla sh wi t h arrowh ead symb ol wi th in an equilateral triang le i s intended to aler t the user to the presen ce of un-i ns ulated dangerous voltage with in the p ro d uc t ?[...]

IMPORTANT S AFETY INSTRU CTIONS 14. LIG H TN ING: For added protect io n for t he un it du r ing a lightni ng storm, or when it i s le ft un attended and unused for lo ng periods of time, un plug it from the wa ll ou tl et an d di sc onne ct the antenna or cable system. Th is will preve nt damage to t he unit due to lightnin g an d power li ne surg[...]

IMPORTANT S AFETY INSTRU CTIONS 26. FCC INFORMATI ON FOR USER: CAUTION: ANY changes or modificat ions not expressly approved by t he party re sponsi ble for comp lia nce could vo id the use r's autho rity to op erate the eq uipment. NOTE: This e quipment has been t es t ed and found to comply wi th the li m its for a C lass B digit al device p[...]

WELCOME PRODUCT OVERVIEW Following the treme ndous success of the 306 line of CD players, C ary A udio Design’s new CD 306 SACD Professional V ersi on includes the late st in SACD, HDCD and CD playba ck technolog y. The new CD 306 SACD Pr ofessional Vers i on features a ne w ser vo board design with internal components tested to 10 5° C. The P M[...]

WELCOME UNPACKI NG AND IN STAL LATION This section describes the unpacking and insta ll ation procedures fo r your new com ponent. Unpacki ng All Cary Audio Design s hipping cartons have be en specially designed to protect the ir contents and special care has been ta ke n to pre vent damage under normal shipping co nditions. Mis handling should be [...]

SPECIFICATI ONS Operating the CD 30 6 SACD Pro T ransport/Processor is a simple procedure, sin ce each unit i s designed for long term sta bility in virtually a ny home o perating sit uat ion. However, if the unit is operated ou ts ide the para meters outlin ed in th is owner’s ma n ual, damage may result. Please read this manual carefully before[...]

SPECIFICATI ONS ........ ...................................... .................................................... ................................... ...................................... Channel Separatio n 109dB (1 kHz) ..................... ............. ............... .......... ........... .................................................[...]

CONTROLS AND D ISPLAYS FRONT PANEL 1. POWER • Press once to turn the p ow er ON. • Press again to set to the “OFF” posit i on and turn the power off. 2. DIGITAL OUTPUT SA MPLE- RA TE CONVERTER button: (CD only) • Use this button to switch the digital output sample -rate conver ter mode. • OFF (44.1) --- > 96kHz --- > 192 kHz ---&g[...]

CONTROLS AND D ISPLAYS 10. A UTOMATIC SEAR CH FORWAR D button • Press this button to mo ve the pickup forw ard to the beginning of the next t r ac k. • Press again to move ah ea d to other tra cks 11. EXT ERNAL IN TOSL INK (OPTICAL) button • Press this button to select the program source co n ne cted to the digit al input jack TOSLINK (Optica[...]

CONTROLS AND D ISPLAYS REAR PANEL 1. RI GHT CHANNEL A NA LOG OUTPUT JACK (AE S/EBU BAL ANCED) • Use this jack for connecti on to the amplifier/prea mpli fier’s balan ced input ja ck. 2. RIGHT CHANNEL ANALO G OUTPUT JACK ( RCA UN BAL ANCED) • Use this jack for connecti on to the amplifier/prea mpli fier’s RCA u nbala nced input jack. 3. LEFT[...]

CONTROLS AND D ISPLAYS 12. DIG ITAL OUTPUT JA CK (COAXIA L) • 44.1 kHz - 192 kHz digita l data output from this jack. • With Super Audio CD dis ks, no digital signals o utput. 13. DIG ITAL OUTPUT JA CK (AES/EBU) • 44.1 kHz-192 kHz digita l data output from this jac k. • With Super Audio CD dis ks, no digital signals o utput. The pin assignm[...]

CONTROLS AND D ISPLAYS REMOTE CONTROL This section explains how be st to use the remote c ontrol to set up and operate the CD 3 06 SACD Pro. 1. POWER: Use to t urn the power on a nd off. 2. PROGRAM: Use to pres et tracks to be played by keying in track numbers . W hen operating the PROGRA M f unction, the player must be in STOP mode. 3. NUMBER: Use[...]

CONTROLS AND D ISPLAYS 18. MUTE: Use to m ute sound. Press to resume sound. 19. RANDO M: Use to play all the tra cks on the disc once in ra ndom order. 20. REPEAT: Use to re peat play. Press once for single track, press 2 nd ti me to repeat ALL, press 3 rd time to clear. 21. OPEN/CLOSE: Use to open and close the disc holder. 22. CD/SACD: Use to sel[...]

PLAYBACK NORMAL PLAYBACK Setting the Top Priority Pla yback layer for Super Audio CD • The SACD disk layer for top priority pla yback after the disc is l oa ded can be set. • The SACD disk layer set for top priorit y playback upon shipment from the factory (default setting) is the Supe r Audio CD (stereo) layer. 1. Press the PO WER button t o t[...]

PLAYBACK STARTIN G PLAYBA CK 1. Press the PO WER button to tur n on the powe r. 2. Press the OPE N/CLOSE b u tto n. • The disc h ol der opens. 3. Load the disc yo u want to play. 4. For Super A udio CD, use the 2CH/MULTI CHAN NEL button to set t he layer to b e played, as necessary. 5. Press the P LAY button. • Playback starts. • Playback sto[...]

PLAYBACK VARIOUS PLAYBA CK FUN CTIONS 1. Playing a specific t rack (Remote control unit only) [Direct Play] Use the number butto ns and + 10 button t o selec t the desired t rack.  Playback starts from the sel ected track. 2. Stopping playback temporarily ( Remote Con trol unit only) [Pause] During playback, press t he PAUSE butto n on the remot[...]

PLAYBACK 4. Finding the desir ed spot while listening to the sound (Remote Control unit o nly) Use this function to skip forward or backward w hile listening to t h e sound. Thi s function comes in handy for finding the de sired spot in the middle of long tracks. 1. During Playback, press and hold in the � button.  When the button is release d[...]

PLAYBACK 7. Repeat play (Remote control unit only) Playing all the tracks repea tedly. 1. In the PLAY mode, pr es s the RE PEAT button twic e.  The "RepAll" indicator light s.  To cancel the all-track repea t mo de, press the RE PE AT button th ree times. Playing a single trac k repeatedly. 1. During playback, press t he REPEAT butt[...]

PLAYBACK USING THE CD 306 SA CD PRO A S A DIGITAL TO ANAL OG (D/A) CO NVERTE R Select "AES/EBU", "COA XIAL" or "TOSLINK" b utton. 1. Press th e POWER butt on to turn on the power. 2. Press the COAXIAL b utton. 3. COAXIAL D-IN : NONE D- OU T: NONE A-O UT : NONE Analog Out is the first to appe ar on the display, the n th[...]

SERVICE AND CARE CARE AND CLEANING The cabinet housing and front pa nel of the CD 30 6 SACD Pro may be clea ned with a soft cloth and Windex or a window c leaner. The frequency of cleaning will be go verned by how ma ny ho urs the CD 306 SACD Pro is o perated and by operating e nvironment cleanliness. FACTORY SERVICE Careful consideration h as be e[...]

LIMITED WARR ANTY Cary Audio Warran ts to the original Uni ted States purchaser for use in the United S tates the Following Cary Au dio Produc ts for the Perio ds Indicated: 1. Power Am plifiers, Integrate d Amplifiers, Surround So und Processors, an d Preamplifiers have a three (3) year part s and labor wa rranty from the date of the origi nal pur[...]

LIMITED WARR ANTY What Will We Pay For? We will pay for all labor a nd materia l expenses for items covered b y the warrant y. Payment of shipping charges is disc ussed in the next section of t his warranty. How You Can G et Service? In the event that the owner needs to return the u nit to Cary Audio for service or repa ir of a possible defect, he [...]

LIMITED WARR ANTY How State Law Relat es to the Warranty Some states do not allow limitations on how lo ng an implied warra nty lasts and/or do not allow t he exclusion or limitation o f incidental or consequential d amages, so the a bove limitations or ex clusions may not apply to you. This warranty gives yo u specific legal rights, and yo u may a[...]

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