Rega Research Planet Owners manual

Planet

CD Player

owners manual

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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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Introduction

Your Rega Planet has been designed to be effective, easy to use and
above all - to be more musical than any other CD player. We have
omitted all the useless gimmicks and genuinely concentrated the
manufacturing costs on high quality component parts, and employed
a unique design direction, both necessary to reproduce a musical
sound quality from a digital source of information.

For example: A complex sub-chassis suspension is normally
necessary to isolate the transport. However, they are detrimental to
the sound quality and degrade in time, causing malfunction. Rega
have designed a VCS* foot system which minimises footfall shock,
and therefore eradicates the need for a suspension, while maximising
sound quality by reducing error correction.

Rega’s design skill and the use of extremely high quality components
ensure that your Planet will perform at its optimum.
The tips we give here may help to give you maximum musical
enjoyment and ease of use for many years.

*VCS - Viscous Coupled System

Contents

Introduction.................................................................2

Design Innovation..............................................................3

Installation................................................................4

Interconnects..................................................................4

Output Connections............................................................5

In Use................................................................................6-9

Additional CD Functions.................................................10-17

The handling of CD’s............................................................18

Care of the Player.................................................................19

Troubleshooting..................................................20-22

Specifications...........................................................23

Owners Log...........................................................................24

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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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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. Whilst it has become the dominant format, we are still
unimpressed with the majority of products available on the market.

This has encouraged us to develop our own product that comes from
our own philosophies concerning sound quality, reliability and value
for money.

The Planet 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.

A top loading design was chosen 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).

Through extensive research we have found that traditional
suspensions in CD players actually encourage error correction, so we
have designed a foot suspension system to absorb the vibrations of
the surroundings without adding resonances to a spinning disc.

Installation

Ensure the operating voltage of the Planet (stated on the rear) is the
same as that of your local power supply.

The Planet will work well on most surfaces, such as a shelf or a table,
stand, or wall bracket.

The Planet 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 sliding it over the hub.

NOTE: The foot suspension has been designed to absorb the
shock of normal footfalls, but can be made to skip if exposed to
more extreme impacts. If this could be a problem then the player
should be further isolated by a wall bracket or other method.

Interconnects

An interconnect is included with your Planet 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

All the outputs are made via RCA (Phono) type connectors. The
sockets on the REGA products are clearly marked red, white and
black.

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, and marked in BLACK.

IMPORTANT: ALWAYS TURN OFF THE PLAYER WHEN CHANGING LEADS.

Rear Panel Connections

Powering up

Press the power switch on the front panel, the power indication LED
on the power switch will illuminate.

If there is a disc in the player the number of tracks and the total
running time is briefly displayed, before returning to 0.

If there is no disc in the player, “NO DISC” is displayed.

In Use

RIGHT CHANNEL

OPTICAL

OUT

IEC

LINE OUT

White

Red

Black

Power switch and

power indicator

Lid

Display

Track previous

Track next

Play/Pause

Stop

Finger Lift

Remote

sensor

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LEFT CHANNEL

DIGITAL

OUT

Planet

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