SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL

Model: American Audio® SCD-100™ - Professional Compact Disc Player

System:

Single Tray Front Loading, Digital Compact Disc Audio Player.

Disc type:

Standard compact discs (5 in / 12cm and 3in/8cm discs)

Dimensions:

3.5” H x 19” W x 13.5” L / 482W x 88.8H x 268D mm

Installation:

Place on flat surface or mount in flat case

Weight:

7 Lbs. / 4 kgs

 

 

 

Power supply:

AC 115v/230v, 50/60Hz

 

 

Power consumption:

14W

 

 

 

Pitch control range:

+/-8%, +/-12%, +/-16%

 

 

Pitch bend:

+/-16%

 

 

 

Pitch accuracy:

+/- 0.1%

 

 

 

Environmental conditions:

Operational temperature:

5 to 35˚C (41 to 95˚F)

 

Operational humidity:

 

25 to 85% RH (non-condensation)

Accessories:

Storage temperature:

 

-20 to 60˚C (4 to 140˚F)

Dual RCA Cable (for left and right channels)

AUDIO SECTION:

 

 

 

 

Quantization:

16 bit linear per channel

 

 

Sampling rate:

44.1 kHz at normal pitch

 

 

Over sampling rate:

8 times over sampling 1 bit D/A converter

D/A conversion

16 bit

 

 

 

Frequency response:

+/- 1 dB 20 Hz to 20,000 KHz

 

Output level:

2.0V +/- 1dB

 

 

 

Load impedance:

47k ohm or more

 

 

 

Digital Output Level:

0.5V p-p (Load = 75ohms)

 

 

AUDIO CHARACTERISTICS (TEST DISC: TCD-782, LOAD=47Kohm):

ITEM

NOMINAL

LIMIT

 

CONDITION

Output level

2.0Vrms

2.0V+/-1dB

1KHz,0dB

Channel balance

0.5dB

1.0dB

 

1KHz,0dB

Frequency response

+/-0.5dB

+/-1.0dB

20Hz-20KHz,0dB

De-emphasis response

+/-0.5dB

+/-1dB

 

16KHz, -20dB

Channel separation*

86dB

80dB

 

1KHz,0dB

T.H.D. + NOISE*

0.01%

0.02%

 

1KHz,0dB

S/N ratio (IHF-A)*

94dB

88dB

 

1KHz.0dB

NOTE: *With 20KHz low pass filter.

 

 

 

SEARCHING TIME (TEST DISC: TCD-792):

 

 

 

ITEM

NOMINAL

LIMITS

 

CONDITION

Short access time

1.7 sec

4 sec

 

Play next track

Long access time

3 sec

6 sec

 

Track 1 ->Track 20 / Track 20 ->Track 1

CD recover time

1 sec

2 sec

 

CD play interrupted by mechanical shock

PLAYABILITY:

 

 

 

 

ITEM

NOMINAL

LIMIT

 

CONDITION

Interruption

1000um

800um

 

TCD-725

Black dot

1000um

600um

 

TCD-725

Finger prints

75um

65um

 

TCD-725

Eccentricity

210um

140um

 

TCD-712,713

Vertical deviation

1mm

500um

 

TCD-731R

PICK-UP (Sony KSS-213C):

 

 

 

 

System

Object lens drive system optical pick-up

Object lens drive system

2 dimensional parallel drive

 

 

Tracking detection

3 spot beam detection

 

 

Optical source

Semiconductor laser

 

 

 

Wave length

780nm

 

 

 

NOTES:

The specifications are subject to change to any improvement by negotiations in advance. The parts are subject to change to any improvement within the range of the specifications.

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American Audio SCD-100 manual Specifications, General

SCD-100 specifications

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