APart PCR3000RMKII manual

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 3 PCR3000RMKIII Manual[...]

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    4 MEDIA PLA YER Features The Apart PCR3000RMKIII is a professional multisour ce CD/USB/ SD card music player with integrated FM RDS and DAB+ tuner , equipped with multiple independent analog outputs, coaxial and optical digital output for the CD/USB/SD player and a RS232 port for use in automated systems. The maximum analog output level can be pres[...]

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 5 Front panel 1. Power led: lights up blue when powered on, lights up r ed when in standby mode. 2. CD tray . 3. CD/USB/SD player display: displays track number and playback time and status. 4. T uner display: displays tuner info such as station name, tuner frequency , RDS information… 5. Mode: this button switche[...]

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    6 MEDIA PLA YER activate an automatically search down pr ess and hold the button. DAB+ mode: the tuner will show the previous item of the station list. T o activate this item, press the “ENTER |> ||” button. Bluetooth mode: push to go back one track. 9. >>|: FM mode: push the button to tune one step up (50kHz). T o activate an automati[...]

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 7 15. Infrared r eceiver eye. 16. Eject: push to open or close the CD tray . 17. Standby: push to switch to standby mode or to wake up from standby mode. 18. << Fast >>: push once to search forwar d or backward. Push again to resume normal play . 19. << T rack : push to go one track back, T rack &g[...]

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    8 MEDIA PLA YER Rear panel 1. Antenna connector: connect the antenna supplied here. Do not connect this to a cable distribution network, unless you use an isolation transformer . Connecting the unit to a cable network may cause interference to the DAB+ r eception. This depends on the signal present on the cable network. Check availability of DAB+ s[...]

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 9 connector carries the SPDIF digital output from the CD/USB/SD player in 16 bits / 44.1 kHz PCM format. 9. Coaxial digital output: digital output on RCA connector . This connector carries the SPDIF digital output from the CD/USB/SD player in 16 bits / 44.1 kHz PCM format. 10. Rear USB slot: this is a copy of the fr[...]

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    10 MEDIA PLA YER *Please note: the unit may respond slowly when you change the input source. This depends on the memory capacity and reading speed of the memory stick/card and the number of files present on the media. When inserting a CD, the unit will first read the table of content to determine the type of media present on the disc. This may ta[...]

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 11 RS232 communication Communication with PCR3000RMKIII via RS232 is done with simple ASCII commands. The port settings are: 38400 baudrate, 8 databits, no parity , handshake off . These parameters cannot be changed. The physical connection is made with a straight through wired 9 pin serial cable (NO null modem cabl[...]

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    12 MEDIA PLA YER to find out whether your serial communication settings are corr ect. Unknown characters in your terminal communication program usually indicate that the baudrate is incorrect. Below is a table with the list of commands recognized by PCR3000RMKIII and some examples of the replies sent by the PCR3000RMKIII.[...]

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 13 RS232 COMMANDS COMMAND (DESCRIPTION) REPL Y PLA Y PCR3000R--> Play P AUSE PCR3000R--> Pause STOP PCR3000R--> Stop EJECT PCR3000R--> Eject Comman SKIP+ (go to next track) PCR3000R--> Skip Next SKIP- (go to previous track) PCR3000R--> Skip Back F AST+ (fast forward search, send again to resume nor[...]

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    14 MEDIA PLA YER RANDOM OFF PCR3000R--> Random Mode Off REPEA T 1 PCR3000R--> Repeat 1 REPEA T ALL PCR3000R--> Repeat All REPEA T OFF PCR3000R--> Repeat Off ST A TUS CD (displays the status of the PCR3000RMKIII) PCR3000R--> Device: CD Player PCR3000R--> T rack: 030 PCR3000R--> Status: Play PCR3000R--> Time: 03:18 DAB ON (swi[...]

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 15 BT SKIP+ PCR3000R--> BT Skip+ BT SKIP- PCR3000R--> BT Skip- TUNE+ (tune up) PCR3000R--> T uning up command TUNE- (tune down) PCR3000R--> T uning down command PRESET 1 (recall pr eset1, max preset# =10) PCR3000R--> Preset: 1 SA VE 1 (save to preset1, max preset# =10) PCR3000R--> Save: 1 AUTO+ (se[...]

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    16 MEDIA PLA YER Specifications CD PLA YER Compatible media Audio CD, CDR, CDRW , DVD, DVDR, DVDRW Audio format Audio CD 16 bit PCM, MP3 32-320 kbps and variable bitrate, WMA. ID3 tags are not supported. Maximum number of files on the media = 4095. File name recognition is limited to 8 characters. USB - SD Compatible media Flash memory sticks and[...]

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 17 S/N ratio > 90dB THD < 0.05% Frequency range 20 Hz - 20 KHz FM-RDS/DAB/DAB+TUNER T echnical Specifications Frequency range FM radio 87.5 MHz to 108 MHz Frequency range DAB radio band 3 174 MHz to 240 MHz Frequency r esponse FM radio 20 Hz - 15 KHz Frequency r esponse DAB+ 20 Hz - 20 KHz Sensitivity -97 dBm[...]

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    18 MEDIA PLA YER Accessories supplied Mains power cable, IR remote control unit RS232 port Standar d RS232 port on DB9 connector . RS232 port setting (fixed) 38400 baudrate, 8 data bits, no parity , handshake off Infrared extension port Mini jack connector at the rear , disables the front infrar ed receiver Remote control battery type AAA type LR0[...]

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 19 Important safety instructions Please check the carton for any kind of damage on reception of the goods. In case of a damaged carton, please contact your dealer before opening the carton. Read all documentation before operating your equipment. Keep all documentation for future r eference. Save the carton and packi[...]

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    20 MEDIA PLA YER Do not use the unit near stoves, heat registers, radiators, or other heat producing devices. Do not remove the cover . Removing the cover will expose you to potentially dangerous voltages. Do not drive the inputs with a signal level higher than that requir ed to drive equipment to full output. In case of mal-function this device sh[...]

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    Instruction manual PCR3000RMKIII 21 Notes[...]

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