Plinius Audio CD101 manual

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2 CONG RATULATIO NS on your d ecision to become the pr oud owner of this Pliniu s CD101 Compac t Di sc Player . This manual has been prepared t o hel p you under stand th e operat ion o f your Co mpact Disc Player, and t o pro vide inf or mation abo ut its desi gn and ho w it may be u sed. We have desi gned and manuf actu red t his Co mpact Di sc p[...]

3 DESI GN PHILOSOPH Y Fro m a dist ance yo u can see that the design o f the Pliniu s produ cts is mor e than an appl ied styl ing exercise to the front panel. We have star ted from the ground up to pr oduce a casing for our electronics that is unr ival led i n its ph ysical str ength and visual simpli cit y. Wher ever po ssible we have redu ced th[...]

4 C ONTENTS Int rodu ct ion .................................................................................................................. ............. Page 2 Design Ph ilo soph y ............................................................................................................. ........ Page 3 Prec aut ion s ........................[...]

5 P RECAUT IONS Please tak e special no te of the follo wing prec auti ons b efore op era ting you r new Compa ct Di sc Pla yer: • This C ompact Disc pl ayer o perates at hazardo us volt ag e l evels. We r eco mmend that any work requi rin g remo val of the li d be ref err ed to a suit ably qual ified and e xperi enced ser vice t ech nician . •[...]

6 PLIN IUS STOP /EJ ECT 20+ RE P E AT 1 5 10 15 CD P LAYER F EA TURES – F RONT P ANEL Front Panel Layout Showing CD Dr awer, Button , Power A nd Display LEDs PO W ER LE D A blu e LED on the c entre fron t pan el ind icate s tha t the po wer is on. Whe n firs t switch ed on, the d isp lay LED will vary in brightness until t he initialisation seque[...]

7 Com pact D isc with 20 track s or les s: The LED labe lled 1 w ill b e lit, as will the LED c or resp ondi ng to the las t tra ck on the C ompa ct Di sc. This g ive s a v isua l re pre se ntation of th e to tal track s on the Comp ac t Dis c. E v e r y f i f t h L E D i n b e t w e e n w i l l a l s o b e l i t , t o m ake reading the displ ay ea[...]

8 CD P LAYER F EA TURES – R EAR P ANEL This pan el inc orpora tes all the te rmina ls for con nectin g t he outp ut sig nal to y our pre amp lifi er, AV receiv e r or int egrat ed amplifie r, and main s supply . Plea se re mem ber tha t your P linius CD101 Compa ct Di sc P laye r is a h igh q uality e lectron ic i nstrume nt capable o f an except[...]

9 MAINS SW I TCH The heavy-duty rocker s wit ch tu rns the Mains/Line Po wer to the am plif ier ON or OFF. The amplifier draws a moder atel y high curren t when sw itched o n, so i t is not good pr actic e to r apidl y t urn the Mains swi tch on and of f repeat edly. MA INS POWER COR D IEC S OCKET This c onnect or is wher e the mains supply ca ble [...]

10 CD P LAYER F EA TURES – R EM OTE C ONTROL REP EAT Pre ss th is bu tton and the rep eat li ght on the fron t pa nel will li gh t. The CD 101 wil l now play all t racks on the C ompact Disc as normal , but then r epeat all t racks f rom t rack 1 in an endless l oop. It do es not r epeat one tra ck on ly, i t repe ats th e enti re con tents of th[...]

11 ST OP /EJ ECT If the Compac t Disc player is pl aying a Co mpact Di sc, pressing th is butt on will sto p p l ay and return to tr ack 1. Pr essing the butt on again wil l open t he CD draw er so t he Compac t Disc can be changed. PLA Y /PAUSE Press t he Play button t o begin playing t he C o mpact Disc at t he track selected. T he display LED co[...]

12 I NSTALLAT ION AND O PERAT ION PL AC EMENT AN D V ENT ILAT ION Ventilat i on through and around your Plinius CD101 Co mpact Disc Player should be kept unimpeded, so ens ure th at the h eat ve nts (s lots in the lid ) are n ot cov ere d or res tric ted in any way. The Pl inius CD101 desi gn incor porat es a ve ry hi gh level o f mechanical de-cou[...]

13 I NP U T / O UTPUT C ONNECTION It is i mporta nt tha t you con nect you r powe r or p reamp lifi er/s (outp uts) to your P linius CD101 c orrec tly to ensur e th e Compac t Disc player is not damaged, and so unds it s best w ith in you r syst em. Now t hat you have read and f amiliar ised yoursel f wi th the var ious c onnecti ons on t he Compac[...]

14 CD10 1 F EATU RES REMOTE CONTROL Provi ded with your P linius CD101 is an 11 fun ctio n remo te cont rol. Two A AA batte ries p ower the rem ote, an d thes e a re rep laced by remov ing th e tw o cap screw s o n the re ar face of the re mo te tha t ho ld th e ba tte ry compar tment in pl ace. The bot tom end of the r emote is now fr ee to slide [...]

15 S PEC IFICATIO NS  F REQUE NCY R ESPONSE : 20Hz to 20k Hz ± 0.2d B.  D ISTO RTION : <0.01% TH D a t rated inpu t leve l.  H UM & N OISE : -100dB a t rated inpu t level, A Weig hted.  M AX IM U M O UT PUT L EVEL : 2V RMS into 10k Ω or higher.  O UTPUT S OURCE I MP ED AN CE : Typi cally 100 Ω .  D IGITA L O UTPUT I MP[...]

16 I NDEX CD Dr awer ...................................................................................................................... ............ Page 6 Copy Pr otec ted C D .............................................................................................................. ...... Page 14 Date o f Manuf actur e ....................[...]

1 7 C ONTA CT D ETAI LS Al l oper a tio nal, t echnical and descript ive mat erial publ ished here is subjec t to c hange at any t ime wit hout notice. For fu rt her product information or quer ies, please contact us at the address below. PL INIUS pr oduct s are design ed and manuf actur ed by: Plinius Audio Lt d. P.O . B ox 1836 Pa lm erst on Nor [...]