Arcam CD33 Using this handbook, Safety, Digital To Analogue Conversion, Contents, Other Languages

Using this handbook

This handbook has been designed to give you all the information you need to install, connect, set up and use the Arcam FMJ CD33 Compact Disc player.The remote control handset supplied with the equipment is also described.

It may be that the CD33 has been installed and set up as part of your Hi-Fi installation by a qualified Arcam dealer. In this case, you may wish to skip the sections of this handbook dealing with installation and setting up the unit. Use the Contents list to guide you to the relevant sections.

SAFETY

Safety guidelines are set out on the following page of this handbook.

Many of these items are common sense precautions, but for your own safety, and to ensure that you do not damage the unit, we strongly recommend that you read them.This is a class 1 product and requires an earth connection.

DIGITAL TO ANALOGUE CONVERSION

The FMJ CD33 incorporates the latest audio up-sampling technology to convert the 44.1kHz data from the CD up to 192kHz in 24-bit precision using the Analog Devices AD1896 sample rate converter.

The 192kHz audio data is converted into the analogue domain using four Wolfson Micro WM8740 24-bit stereo DACs. Left and right output channels are made using two stereo DAC chips per channel, both operating in dual mono configuration. The resulting four mono signals (two for each channel) are summed together to help improve dynamic range, linearity and therefore distortion.

Due to the higher sample rates, the digital filters roll off less aggressively than for standard DACs, and the analogue filters have a wider bandwidth resulting in less phase distortion, particularly for the higher frequencies.

OTHER LANGUAGES

Check the Arcam website (www.arcam.co.uk) for further languages.

CONTENTS
Safety guidelines	2
Safety instructions	2
Safety compliance	2
Using this handbook	3
Safety	3
Digital to analogue conversion	3
Installation	4
Positioning the unit	4
Connecting to other equipment	4
Connecting to a power supply	4
Using your CD player	5
Compact Discs with text	5
Using the remote control	6
Technical specifications	7
Guarantee	7
On line registration	7

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