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Cary Audio Design CD 303 T SACD manual

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    OWNER’S MANUAL ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo CD 303 T SACD Professional Version Super Audio CD Pla yer NOTE: Bef ore i[...]

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    TABLE OF CONTENT S Important Safety Instructions ............................................................................................................. 2 Welcome Product Overview ................................ ................................................................................................ . 4 Unpacking and Installation ...[...]

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    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRU CTIONS WAR NING: The triangle with the light ning flash symbol display ed on the un it advises the user of dangerous u n- 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 [...]

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    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRU CTIONS 15. REPLACEMENT PA RT S: When re placem en t parts are required, be sure the service te c hnic i an has used r eplaceme nt parts specif ied by t he man ufacturer or tho se havin g the sa me characteristics as the original parts. Unauth oriz ed substitut ions may re sult i n fire, electric sh o ck or oth er hazards. 16[...]

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    WELCOME PRODUCT OVE RVIEW Following t he tremendous success of the 303 line of CD pla yers, the ne w Cary Audio Design CD 303T SACD Professional Ve rsion includes the latest in SACD, HDCD a nd CD playba ck tec hnology. The CD 303T SACD Professi onal Ver sion has been co mpletely redesign ed from the ground up, modeling the tremendously success ful [...]

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    WELCOME UNPACKIN G AND I NSTAL LA TION Unpacking Your Cary Audio Design product w as shipped in a carton particularly designed 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 shipping [...]

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    SPECIFICATI ONS Operating the CD 303T SACD Professional Version Trans port/Processor is a si mple procedure since each un it is designed for long-term stability in virtually any ho me operating si tuation. However, if the unit is operated ou tside the parameters outlin ed in this owner’s manual, da mage m ay occur. Please read this manual careful[...]

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    SPECIFICATI ONS AUDIO (CD ) ............................................................... ..................................................... ......... . .................. Frequency Range 2 Hz - 22 kHz (44. 1 kHz) ........................................................... ......................................................... .............[...]

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    CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS FRONT PA NEL 2 0 1 9 1 8 1 7 16 1 5 1 4 13 1 2 11 CD 303T SACD SUPER AUDIO CD PLAYER Professional V ersion DIGI TAL OUTP UT ANA LOG OUTPUT TUBE PO WER SAMP LE- R A TE CO NVE RTE R OU TPU T 2C H/MU LTI CH C D/S ACD USB COA XIAL TOSLIN K OPE N/CLO SE PL AY ST OP PREV . NEX T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. POWER Press once to turn the [...]

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    CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS 8. STOP Press this button to stop playback. 9. AUTOMATI C SEARC H REVERSE Press th is button to ret ur n the pickup to the beginning of the current track. Press ag ain to return to previous tracks. 10. AUTOMATIC S EARC H FORWARD Press this button to move the pickup f or ward to the beginning of the next track. Pre ss again to[...]

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    CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS REAR PA NEL 1 3 1 2 11 10 44 . 1k Hz -1 92 kHz DI G ITAL A UD I O OU TP U TS A C P OW E R HDCD , High D efi nitio n Co mpat ible Digital and Pacif ic Micro so nics are either registere d tr adem arks or trade marks of P acific Micro sonics , Inc. in t he United States and /or other countrie s . HDCD system ma nuf acture d und[...]

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    CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS 8. RS 232 JACK Use this jack f or conne ction to co m puter co ntro l. 9. POWER INP UT (AC IN) Connect to AC m ains using th e included power supply cord. 10. SOFTWARE UPG RADE PORT 11. DIGITAL OUTP UT JA CK (TOSLINK) 44.1 kHz – 192 kHz digit al data ou tput from t his jack. With SACD discs, no digita l signals are delivere[...]

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    CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS REMOTE CON TROL 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 from the selected track. 4. TIME: Displays the re maining ti m[...]

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    CONTROLS AND DIS PLAYS 18. MUTE: Use to mute and resume sound. 19. RANDOM: Use to play all the tracks on the di sc 1 8 once in random order. PR OG RA M D EL ET E 19 RA ND O M 20. REPEAT: Use to re p eat play. Press o nce for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TIM E 0 20 21 22 23 24 AN A L O G UP SA M P L IN G M OD E 44 .1 96 19 2 3 84 51 2 7 68 DIG I T A L I N P UT[...]

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    PLAYBACK STARTIN G PLAYBACK CD 303T SACD SUPER AUDIO CD PLAYER Pr ofe ssion al V ersion DIGI TAL OUTP UT ANA LOG OUTPUT TUBE PO WER SAMP LE- R A TE CO NVE RTE R OU TPU T 2C H/MU LTI CH C D/S ACD USB COA XIAL TOSLIN K OPE N/CLO SE PL AY ST OP PREV . NE XT 1 3 4 2 5 1. Press the POWER button to turn the power on. 2. Press the OPEN/CLOSE button . The [...]

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    PLAYBACK VARIOUS PLAYBA CK FUNCT IO N S (REM OTE CONTR OL UN IT ONLY) Playing a Specific Track [Direct Play] 1. Use the number buttons and “+ 10” button to select the desired track. Playback starts from the selected track. Stopping Play back Temporarily [Pause] 1. During playbac k, press the PAUSE button on the re mote control unit. 2. To resum[...]

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    PLAYBACK Finding the Desired Spot While Listening to the Sound Use this f unction to skip forward or backwa rd while li stening to the sound. This function co m es in handy for finding a part icular spot in the middle of long tracks. 1. During playbac k, press and hold in the � butto n.  When the button is released, norm al playback resum es f[...]

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    PLAYBACK Repeat Play [Repeat Play] This button is used to pl ay all the tracks repeated ly using this sequence: 1. In the PLAY mode, press the REPEAT button twice.  The "RepAll" indic at or becom es ill uminated.  To cancel the all-track repeat m ode, press the REPEAT button thr ee ti mes. Also, this button is u sed to play a single[...]

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    PLAYBACK SETTING THE TOP PRI ORITY PLA YBACK LAY ER (SACD O NLY) The factory de fault se tting for the top priority playback of the SACD di sc layer is the SACD (stereo) layer. T he user can change the SACD disc layer for top priority playback af ter the disc is loaded. CD 303T SACD SUPER AUDIO CD PLA YER Professional V ersion DIGI TAL OUTP UT ANA [...]

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    19 DIGITAL TO A NA LOG CONVERTE R USING AS A DIGITAL TO A NALOG (D/A) CONVERT ER CD 303T SA CD SUPER AUDIO CD PLAYER Professional V ersion DIGI TAL OUTP UT ANA LOG OUTPUT TUBE PO WER SAMP LE- R A TE CO NVE RTE R OU TPU T 2C H/MU LTI CH CD/SAC D USB COA XIAL TOSL INK OPE N/CLO SE PL AY ST OP PREV . NE XT 1 2 1. Press the POWER button to turn the pow[...]

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    USE WITH A COMPUTER USE WITH A W INDOWS COMPUTER If your Windows co m puter does not m eet these minimum requirements, yo u may experience lagging of audio and possible freezing of your computer during operation:  Microsoft Windows XP (with SP2) or Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows 7  Available USB 2.0 port (High speed for USB2.0) [...]

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    SERVICE AND CARE CARE AND CLEANI NG Unplug the unit from the wall outlet. Clean the cabinet housing and front panel of the CD 303T SACD Professional Ve rsion with a soft cloth and a glass cleaner (such as Windex). R emoving the cover during cleaning is not advised. The frequency of cleaning will v ary based on the cleanliness of the environme nt an[...]

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    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, Integrated Am plifiers, 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[...]

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    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 warranty. Payme nt of shipping charges is disc ussed in the next section of this w arranty. 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 [...]

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    LIMITED WARR ANTY 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 consequential d amages, so the a bove limitations or ex clusions may not apply to you. This warranty gives yo u specific legal rig hts, and you may [...]

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    CARY A UDIO DESIGN 1020 Goodworth Drive, Apex, NC 27539 phone 919-355-0010 fax 919-355-0013 www.caryaudio.com oooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo[...]