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Owner’s Manual MOON Evolution Series SuperNova CD Player[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer’s instructions. 8. Do not insta[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Important Safety Instructions (cont’d) The lightning flash with the arrowhead symb ol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of suffic ient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Table of Contents Congratulations .............................................. 5 Unpacking and Warnings .................................. 5 Introduction ................................................... 6 Installation & Placement ................................... 7 Front Panel Controls ...........................[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Congratulations! Thank you for selecting the MOON SuperNova Reference CD Player as a part of your hi-fi reproduction system. This CD Player has been designed to offer state-of -the-art high-end performance in an eleg ant package, while retaining all the sonic hallmarks on which Simaudio has made its reputation. We have spar[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Introduction Your MOON SuperNova CD Player incorporates many significant design features to achieve its “world class” level of performance. This is an abbreviate d list of the more important features: 24-bit/352.8kHz internal up sampling with 8X oversampling. Ultra-high performance 24-bit BurrBrown PCM1798 DAC/Digital F[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Installation & Placement The MOON SuperNova Reference CD Player is very heavy. It requires reasonable ventilation to maintain an optimum and consistent operating temperature. Consequently, it should be pl aced in a location with empty space around it for proper heat dissipation. As well, it should be placed on a solid l[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Front Panel Controls Figure 1: MOON SuperNova Front panel The front panel will look similar to Figure 1 (above). The large digital display window indicates the track number of the compact disc currently playing (or the total number of tracks in stop mode) and correspo nding time information. The “Standby” button disenga[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Front Panel Controls (continued) Pressing the “Repeat” button once results in the entire disc be ing played again once it has reached the end of the final track. Pressing “Repeat” a second time will result in the track current ly playing being repeated again once it has ended. To cancel this mode, simply press the ?[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Rear Panel Connections Figure 2: MOON SuperNova Rear panel The rear panel will look similar to Figure 2 (above). On the far left side are a pa ir of analog audio outputs for the right channel labeled “Right Analog” with both a single-ended RCA connector and a balanced XLR co nnector. Next is a 4-pin XLR connector labele[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player SimLink ™ The SimLink™ provides communication features between various MOON components. For example, if you were to connect the SuperNova CD Player to the i-7 Integrated Amplifier via the SimLink™, pressing the X (play) button on the SuperNova would make the integrated amplifier auto matically switch to it’s designa[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Balanced Operation When using an unbalanced interconnect, the audio signal runs th ro ugh both the center wire and the shield/ground wire. Any noise picked up by this interconnect (ie. n e a r b y m a g n e t i c f i e l d s s u c h a s a n A C p o wer cord) will be reproduced by both the preamplifier and amplifier, then he[...]
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MOON SuperNova CD Player Specifications Configuration ......................................................... Fully balanced, dual-mono Digital Power Supply Transforme r ............................ 25VA Analog Power Supply Transforme r ............................ 10VA Digital Power Supply Capa citance ............................ 17,600µF Anal[...]