Arcam CD23 User Manual

Compact Disc Player

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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 CD23 Compact
Disc player. The remote control handset supplied with the equipment
is also described.

It may be that the CD23 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 f or your o wn

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.

DIGIT AL TO ANALOGUE CONVERSION

The FMJ CD23 incorporates the unique dCS Ring DAC™ which
delivers state-of-the-art performance from its revolutionary 24-bit
technology.

CONTENTS

Using this handbook 3

Safety 3
Digital to analogue conversion 3

Safety guidelines 4

Safety instructions 4
Safety compliance 4

Installation 5

Positioning the unit 5
Connecting to other equipment 5
Connecting to a power supply 5

Using your CD player 6

Compact Discs with text 6

Using the remote control 7
Technical specifi cation 8
Guarantee 8

On-line registration 8

This new DAC is the result of a par tnership between two British
companies – Arcam and dCS (Data Conversion Systems Ltd), the

world’s leading supplier of professional audio ADCs and DACs. Ring
DA C technology exhibits exceptionally linear response when decoding
digital audio data, with the ability to resolve the finest acoustic details
recorded on a compact disc.

In the CD23, 24-bit digital filtering is provided by the Pacific Microsonics
digital filter, which also performs HDCD® (High Definition Compatible
Digital) decoding of suitably encoded CDs. The sonic performance of
the CD23 makes it one of the very best CD players currently available
at any price.

OTHER LANGUAGES

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

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