Cary Audio Design CD-500 manual

OWNER’S MANUAL ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo CD-500 CD Play er NOTE: Bef ore installing your new component, please rea[...]

TABLE OF CONTENT S Important Safety Instructions ............................................................................................................. 2 Welcome Product Overview ................................ ................................................................................................ . 4 Unpacking and In st al la ti o[...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRU CTIONS WAR NING: The triangle with the light ning flash symbol display ed on the unit adv ises the user of da ngerous un- insulate d vol tage inside the p ro duct’s encl os ure . CA U TI O N: To reduce the risk of electric shoc k, do not re m ov e the cover. There are no user- serviceable part s inside; it is reco mmended [...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRU CTIONS 15. REPLACEMENT PA RT S: Wh en replacem en t parts are required, be sure the service te c hnic i an has used replaceme nt parts sp ecified by the manufactu rer or those having the same characteristics as the origi nal parts. Unauthorized su bstitutio ns may result i n fire, electric shock or o ther h azards. 16. SAFE [...]

WELCOME PRODUCT OVE RVIEW Cary Audio Design would like to thank y ou for purchasi ng the new C D-500 player. The CD -500 is the latest in a series of optical disc players that use a specially selected Read Only Memory (ROM) drive f or rea ding the disc. The ROM drive allows multiple passes to be made, ensuring that the correct da ta is recovered fr[...]

WELCOME UNPACKIN G AND I NSTAL LA TION Unpacking Your Cary Audio Design product w as shipp ed in a carton particularly de signed to protect its contents, and special care has been taken to prevent da mage during shipping. Carefully remove y our new co mponent from its packing c arton and examine it closely f or signs of shipping da mage. If shippin[...]

SPECIFICATI ONS Operating the CD -500 is a si mple procedure since each unit is designed f or long-term stability in virtually any home operating situation. How ever, if the unit is operated outside the parameters outlin ed in th is owner’s manual, da mage m ay occur. Please re ad this manu al carefully before operating your new CD-50 0. GENERAL [...]

SPECIFICATI ONS AUDIO (CD ) ............................................................... ..................................................... ......... . .................. Frequency Range 2 Hz - 22 kHz (44.1 k Hz) ............................................................... ..................................................... ......... . .[...]

CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS FRONT P ANEL 1. POWER Press once to turn the power on. Press again to tu rn power off. 2. ANALOG OUTPUT SAMPLE RATE COVERTER This switches the analog output sa mple-rate converter m ode. 44.1 kHz --- > 96 kHz --- > 192 kHz ---> 384 kHz --- > 512 kHz---> 768 kH z --- > 3. DISC HOLDER Load discs here. 4. DISC [...]

CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS 9. HDCD INDICATO R This in dicator lights when the HDCD decoding function is ON. This function de codes HDCD disks at the 44.1kHz setting ONLY. This is a part of the HDCD algorithm. 10. ALPHANUMERI C DI SPLAY This m ulti-charac ter display pro v id es a wide ra n ge of in formation co n ce rning t he operation of the CD -500.[...]

CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS REAR PA NEL 1. RIGHT CH ANNEL AN ALOG OUTPUT JACK (BALANCED) Use this jack f or conne ction to the amplifier/preamplifie r bala nced input jack. 2. RIGHT CH ANNEL AN ALOG OUTPUT JA CK (RCA UNBAL ANCED) Use this jack f or connection to the am plifier/prea mplifier RCA unbalanced inp ut jack. 3. LEFT CHANNEL ANALOG OUTPU T JACK[...]

CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS PIN ASSI GNMENT The pin assignments o f all of the X LR -type male analog outputs, the XL R-type male digital output, and XLR-type female digital inputs are as follows: Pin 1: Signal ground Pin 2: Signal + (non-inverting) Pin 3: Signal - (inverting) Connector ground lug: chassis ground Refer to the owner' s manual f or t[...]

CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS REMOTE CONTROL 1. POWER: Use to turn the power on and off. 2. PROGRAM: Pre set tracks to be played by keying in track nu mbers. Wh en using PROGRAM function, the player must be in STOP mode. 3. NUMBER: Use the number button s to select a track. P l ay back starts fr om the selected track. 4. TIME: Displays the re maining ti m[...]

CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS 14. MUTE: Use to mute and resume sound. 15. REPEAT: Use to re p eat play. Press o nce for single track, press a seco nd ti me to repe at all tracks, and press a third ti me to clear. 16. OPEN/CLOSE : Use to open and close the disc holder. 17. VOLUME: Volu me increase for analog outputs 18. NEXT: Use to select the next track d[...]

PLAYBACK STARTIN G PLAYBACK 1. Press the POWER button to turn the power on. 2. Press the OPEN/CLOSE button . The disc holder opens. 3. Load the disc you want to play. 4. Press the PL AY button. Playback starts th en stops automatica lly after the last tr a ck on the di sc has been played. STOPPIN G PLAYBACK To stop playback, pre ss the STOP button.[...]

PLAYBACK VARIOUS PLAYBA CK FUNCT IO NS ( REMOTE CONTR OL UNIT O NLY) Playing a Specific Track [Direct Play] 1. Use the nu mber butto ns and “+ 10” button to sel ect the de sired track. Pl ay ba ck starts fr om the selected track. Stopping Play back T emporarily [Pause] 1. During playbac k, press the PAUSE button on the re mote control unit. 2. [...]

PLAYBACK Automatic Search 1. Press the N EXT button. • Press the button m ore than once to move ahead to the beginning of subsequent tracks. • When the NEXT button is pressed during random pla yback, the next track is selec ted at random and played. 2. Press the PREV button. • Press the button m ore than once to move back to the beginning of [...]

PLAYBACK Playing t he Tracks i n the Desired Order [Programmed Play ] Use this function to select the desired tracks on the disc and play them in the desired order. U p to thirty- five tracks c an be programmed. 1. In the stop mode, press the PROGRAM button. 2. Press the number to select th e track to be programmed.  For example, to program th e[...]

SERVICE AND CARE CARE AND CLEANI NG Unplug the unit from the wall outlet. Clean the cabinet housing and front panel of the CD- 500 with a soft cloth and a glass clean er (such as Windex). Re m oving t he cover during cleaning is not advised. The frequency of cleaning will v ary based on the cleanliness o f the environment and the nu m ber of hours [...]

LIMITED WAR RANTY 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, Integrated Am plifiers, Surround Sou nd Processors, and Pre amplifiers have a three (3) year part s and labor wa rranty from the date of the origi nal pur[...]

LIMITED WAR RANTY 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 this w arranty. Ho w You Ca n Get 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 WAR RANTY How State Law Relat es to the Warranty Some states do not allow li mitations on how long an i mplied warranty lasts a nd/or do not allow t he exclusion or limitation o f incidental or c onsequential d amages, so the above limit ations or exclusions may not apply to you. This warranty gives yo u specific legal rights, and you may a[...]

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