Rega Research Apollo Owners manual
WARNING
To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or
moisture.
To avoid electrical shock, do not separate the top and bottom case
halves. Refer the servicing to qualified Rega dealers only.
The laser component in this product is capable of emitting radiation exceeding the
limit for Class 1.
CLASS 1
LASER PRODUCT
This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product.
This label is located inside the unit.
CAUTION - INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AND INTERLOCKS DEFEATED. AVOID
EXPOSURE TO BEAM.
VORSICHT! - UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG TRITT AUS. WENN DECKEL GEÖFFNET UND
WENN SICHERHEITSVERRIEGELUNG ÜBERBRUCKT IST. NICHT DEM STRAHL
AUSSETZEN!
VARNING - OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÅR DENNA DEL ÅR URKOPPLAD. STRÅLEN ÅR FARLIG.
ADVARSEL - USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING NÅR
SIKKERHEDSAFBRYDERE ER UDE AF FUNKTION. UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR
STRÅLING.
ATTENTION - RAYONNEMENT LASER ET ELECTROMAGNETIQUE DANGEREUX SI OUVERT AVEC
L'ENCLENCHEMENT DE SECURITE ANNULE.
VARO! - AVATTAESSA JA SUOJALUKITUS OHITETTAESSA OLET ALTTINA NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE
LASERSÄTEILYLLE. ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN.
ADVARSEL - USYNLIG LASERSTRÄLING NÄR DEKSEL ÄPNES OG SIKKERHEDSLÄS BRYTES.
UNNGÄ EKSPONERING FOR STRÄLEN.
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Contents
The Story.................................................................................2
Design Innovation..............................................................3
Installation................................................................4
Interconnects..................................................................4
Output Connections............................................................5
In Use................................................................................6-9
Additional CD Functions.................................................10-16
The handling of CD’s............................................................17
Care of the Player.................................................................18
Troubleshooting..................................................19-21
Specifications...........................................................22
Owners Log...........................................................................23
Mission Statement
Rega's philosophy is to make high quality products at sensible prices, as a means
of reproducing music as faithfully as possible. Rega is committed to the design
and development of new and existing products, both in hi-fi and other areas, that
will perpetuate Rega's values of quality and value for money.
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The story
To the best of our understanding, there have only ever been five large multinational
companies with the technology and knowledge base to develop the remarkably complex
operating software for CD players.
Development of this software and chip-sets to operate CD transports was generally
curtailed around eight to ten years ago. All development effort was directed towards the
design of DVD players and other advanced formats.
Rega and other specialist Hi Fi manufacturers were totally reliant on companies like Sony
and Phillips to supply transports and their operating chip-sets.
In 2003 Sony stopped supply and sent the specialist Hi Fi industry into a flurry of activity
in search of feasible alternatives. Many manufacturers were able to resource their supply
from Far Eastern companies.
Rega has worked hard in locating a British software company who were in the
development of a totally new disc operating system. A system, which was highly
advanced, even in the early development stages.
Rega is the only manufacturer to develop the unique new disc operating system. Due to
ever increasing computer processing power and memory fabrication it has been possible
to build in an enormous amount of memory capacity. This has allowed the data retrieval
to meet the original CD 'Red Book' specifications without compromise to the musical
performance. All previous chip-sets were unable to achieve this due to their limited
memory and signal processing capacity.
Rega's new British designed chip set contains over 20MB of memory with 32 bit digital
signal processing capacity and Rega has used this computing power to give a far greater
musical performance.
We hope you enjoy this very special CD player; we have spent a very long time creating
it, drawing on all of our 32 years of experience in specialist Hi Fi manufacturing.
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Design Innovation
Rega were the last major specialist hi-fi manufacturer to make a CD
player. We have used this time to observe the development of this
medium.
This has encouraged us to develop our own product that comes from
our own philosophies concerning sound quality, reliability and value
for money.
The Apollo CD player has a unique sound that harmonises with the
rest of our products and is in contrast to the tonal qualities of most
players.
Our proven top loading design remains for several reasons. Firstly,
complex motorised tray mechanisms are vulnerable to wear and
therefore a cause of unreliability. Secondly, the use of our underslung
transport location allows service engineers immediate access to the
next most unreliable part of any CD player (the laser diode
assembly).
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Installation
Ensure the operating voltage of the Apollo (stated on the rear) is the
same as that of your local power supply.
The Apollo will work well on most surfaces, such as a shelf, table,
stand, or wall bracket.
The Apollo should be placed to allow adequate access to the lid and
aperture. If access is limited there is a danger of scratching the CD
when placing it on the ball chuck system.
Interconnects
An interconnect is included with your Apollo CD player, which
provides entirely satisfactory performance.
Audiophiles may wish to upgrade to a more exotic interconnect at a
later stage, such as Rega's Couple.
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Output Connections
Outputs are made via RCA (Phono) type connector and the ‘Toshlink’
optical connection. The sockets on the REGA products are clearly
marked to help identify them.
Line Out: For output to an audio amplifier.
Right: always the lower row and marked in RED.
Left: always the upper row and marked in WHITE.
CAUTION: SOME AMPLIFIERS AND INTERCONNECTS HAVE BLACK COLOUR
CODING FOR THE LEFT CHANNEL.
Digital Out: for output to digital components such as D.A converter,
digital processor, DAT, or MD.
Always check that the connecting component is compatible with
44.1k coaxial S/PDIF input)
IMPORTANT: ALWAYS TURN OFF THE PLAYER WHEN CHANGING LEADS.
Rear Panel Connections
RIGHT CHANNEL
OPTICAL
OUT
IEC
LINE OUT
White
Red
Black
5
LEFT CHANNEL
DIGITAL
OUT
Fuse
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Powering up
Press the power switch on the front panel, the power indication LED
on the power switch will illuminate and the display shows ‘REGA
APOLLO’
If there is a disc in the player it will initialise it.
If there is no disc in the player, “NODISC” is displayed.
In Use
Power switch and
power indicator
Lid
Display
Track previous
Track next
Play/Pause
Stop
Finger Lift
Remote
sensor
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Apollo
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Loading a disc.
Turn on - with lid closed display shows "REGA APOLLO".
Open lid and place CD onto three point ball chuck.
Close lid and wait for the player to initialise the disc (initialisation
can take up to 12 seconds) this checks to see if it's MP3, WMA,
CDA and WAV. (The Apollo Locks out both remote and keypad
functions whilst initialising the disc until track 1 total time is
displayed.)
The display will then show the contents of the disc.
CDA’s will show - Total tracks, total time and CD symbol followed
by track 1 and time
MP3’s will show - Total tracks, total albums and MP3 followed by
track 1 album 1 and zero time.
Play
Symbol
Pause
Symbol
Shuffle
Mode
Program
Mode
CD information
Track
Number
Time Music Calendar
7
888888888.888
Repeat
Mode
MP3 / WMA
information
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