azur 550C/650C Your music + our passion ENGLISH Compact disc player User’s manual 2
Contents Introduction Introduction .............................................................................................. 2 Thank you for purchasing this Cambridge Audio Azur 550C or 650C CD player. Like all Cambridge Audio products, the 550C and 650C adhere to three core principles – stunning performance, ease of use and incredible value. Important safety instructions.................................................................. 3 Limited warranty ...........................................
azur 550C/650C ENGLISH Important safety instructions For your own safety please read the following important safety instructions carefully before attempting to connect this unit to the mains power supply. They will also enable you to get the best performance from and prolong the life of the unit: 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water.
Limited warranty Ventilation IMPORTANT – The unit will become hot when in use. Do not stack multiple units on top of each other. Do not place in an enclosed area such as a bookcase or in a cabinet without sufficient ventilation. Ensure that small objects do not fall through any ventilation grille. If this happens, switch off immediately, disconnect from the mains supply and contact your dealer for advice. Positioning Choose the installation location carefully.
azur 550C/650C 2 3 ENGLISH Rear panel connections 4 1 6 7 5 1 AC power socket Once you have completed all connections to the amplifier, plug the AC power cable into an appropriate mains socket and turn the unit on. Your compact disc player is now ready for use. 2 Power On/Off Switches the unit on and off. 3 Control Bus In Allows un-modulated commands from multi-rooms systems or other components to be received by the unit. Out Loop out for control bus commands to another unit.
Front panel controls 1 1 2 Standby/On 4 3 5 6 Display functions Switches the unit between On and Standby mode. The blue LED will remain bright when the unit is on, becoming dim when the unit is in a special eco-friendly standby mode. The unit consumes less than one watt of power during standby. The unit can remain in Standby mode when not in use. It is advisable to switch the unit off at the mains if it is not likely to be used for an extended period of time.
azur 550C/650C The 550C and 650C are supplied with an Azur Navigator remote control that operates both this CD player and Cambridge Audio Azur range amplifiers. Insert the supplied AAA batteries to activate. Always use alkalinetype batteries. Speaker A/B Toggles the speaker terminals on the rear panel to output speaker A only, speaker B only, both speakers A and B or no speaker output at all. The speaker indicators on the front panel of the amplifier show which speaker terminals are selected.
Operating instructions Loading and unloading discs 1. Press the Open/Close button. 2. When the disc tray has opened fully, place a disc carefully in the tray with the label side facing up. 3. To close the disc tray, press the Open/Close button again. When the tray, with a correctly loaded disc, is fully closed the CD player will read the disc and display the content information. 4. The disc tray can be opened at any time by pressing the Open/Close button.
Programming disc play It is possible to program the 550/650C to play back in any order only the tracks you wish to listen to. 1. Ensure that a disc is loaded. The display should show the TOC data. 2. Press Program on the remote control. The Program set-up will appear in the display (as long as the display backlight is set to ‘Bright’ or ‘Dim’ modes). ‘ST:01’ will flash. 550C/650C 10. Pressing during playback will take you back to the ‘Program Mode’ stage. Pressing again at this point deletes the program.
Filter settings The 550C and 650C both use the WM8740 Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC) from Wolfson Microelectronics. The 550C uses one stereo DAC, whilst the 650C uses two DACs in dual differential (i.e. one per channel, in an internally balanced mode). These very high quality parts feature a selectable digital filter with two settings. The sharp roll-off filter exhibits strong attenuation of aliasing images outside the pass band (i.e. above 22.
550C/650C Custom installation (C.I.) use Technical specifications The 550C and 650C feature a Control Bus input/output that allow unmodulated remote control commands (positive logic, TTL level) to be received electrically by the unit and looped to another unit if desired. These control commands are typically generated by custom installation (multi-room) systems or remote IR receiver systems. The Control Bus sockets are colour-coded orange.
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