User manual VINCENT CD-S3

[. . . ] Dear Customer, we thank you for the confidence you prove in purchasing our product. It will match your high demands towards sound and manufacturing quality. Though it is understandable that you want to plug and play this product instantaneously, we encourage you to read this manual carefully before installation. It will help you in handling and operating this machine in your system and obtaining the best possible performance, even if it was installed by your dealer. [. . . ] To make the connection you need a Toslink cable (fibre optic cable) which is not supplied with the device. connect the connector "DIGITAL OUTPUTS OPTICAL" (11) of the device to the amplifier's digital input socket which is normally labelled "DIGITAL IN" or "OPTICAL INPUT". The best sound is obtained in most cases by connection with an analogue output (10). The required voltage and frequency can be read on the back of the device beside the socket for the mains. If the electricity supply is appropriate, push the inlet connector of the supplied mains cable firmly into socket for the mains on the back of the device (12). This button, both on the front of the device and on the remote control, starts playing the inserted CD and the symbol " " appears on the display (2) during play. if there is no CD inserted , "NO DISC" appears in the display and pressing the button has no effect. If the button is pressed again while a CD is playing, play will be interrupted at the current position. this "PAUSE" mode is indicated in the display (2) by the symbol " ". During the pause the disc continues to rotate and when the button is pressed play continues from this position. The "PAUSE" function should only be used for brief interruptions. You can start playing a track at any time by keying in the track number on the remote control. For numbers over 10, you must press the "+10" button as often as necessary until it shows the relevant first figure of the number and then you key in the second figure. If there is no track of the keyed-in number on the CD, the player switches to "STOP" mode. If the player is paused, you cannot select any other track directly with the number buttons. If the player was in "PAUSE" mode, this mode will also be ended by pressing the "STOP" button. The total number of tracks on the CD and the total playing time appear in the display (2) again. This button is on both the front of the device and the remote control. When this button is pressed while the CD is playing, the current track stops playing and the next track in the sequence begins to play. If this button is pressed in "STOP" mode, you can choose all the CD tracks one after the other starting from track 02. Playback can then be started again with the "PLAY/PAUSE" button (6)(19). With the "CANCEL" button (24) the player goes back to "STOP" mode. [. . . ] hDCD is a recording/playback process for standards CD's with a sampling depth of 20 bits and data compression. In this patented procedure the sound material is recorded at a 20-bit sampling resolution. The sound quality compared with standard Audio-CD's is improved as a result. These discs labelled HDCD are downward-compatible to standard players, but can only be played to their full quality in special players. [. . . ]