Sonic Impact Technologies SFT-1 User Manual

OWNER’S MANU A L

THE SONIC FRONT I ERS SFT-1 TR ANSPORT

CONTROL FUNCTIONS AND CONNECTIONS

A

C D E F G H I J

B

A

-Loading Drawer - This is the mechanism for loading CDs

for play in the SFT-1. The drawer is opened by depressing the
LOAD (C) button. A CD is placed in the tray‘s circular depres­sion, label side up and lying flat. The drawer is closed, and
the CD is loaded for play, by depressing the LOAD (C) o r
PLAY (D or T) buttons. Although the drawer will also close by
pushing gently on the drawer front, it is recommended that a
button control be exclusively used for this function.

B - Display Window - The display window gives the operating

status of the SFT-1. When a CD is loaded, the total number of
tracks and total time will be displayed. When the SFT-1 is put
in play mode, the track being read is displayed with an arrow
indicating play and is followed by the time of the individual
track. Also displayed are: NO DISC, when power is on and
no CD is in the drawer; and O P E N, PAUSE, REPEAT a n d
P R O G R A M, when these functions are selected.

C - Load Button - When depressed, this button will open and

close the LOADING DRAWER (A). It will also clear any set
functions such as programming, repeat or shuffle from memory.

D

-Play Button - When depressed, this button will put the trans-

port in play mode. During play mode, the CD is being read
and a digital datastream is being transmitted from the chosen
digital output (M through P).

E

-Pause Button - When depressed, this button will stop the

transmission of the digital datastream at the precise moment it is
engaged, and will hold that position until play is resumed by
depressing the PAUSE (E or U) button again.

F - Stop Button - When depressed, this button will stop all func-

tions, taking the CD out of play mode and aligning the trans­port to the first track or the first programmed track. Depressing
the STOP button when the CD is not in play mode will clear
programmed tracks from memory or clear other selected func­tions such as SHUFFLE and REPEAT.

G - Search Reverse and Forward Buttons - When de-

pressed and held, these buttons allow a 10 second audible
fast forward or reverse search of a track in play mode. After
the 10 second audible search, the SFT-1 will mute and pro­ceed in a faster search. The time positioning and the track are
shown in the DISPLAY WINDOW (B).

H - Skip Reverse and Forward Buttons - When depress-

ed, these buttons will position the laser to read the start of the
track either before (skip reverse) or after (skip forward) the origi­nal position of the laser. The transport may be in the play,
pause, or stop mode. Play will continue forward from this cho­sen track.

I - Shuffle Button - When depressed before the PLAY button

(D or T), this button will randomize the order in which the tracks
are played.

J - Power Button - When depressed, this button will allow

power to the transport for full-function control, or it will turn off
the SFT-1 when the transport is no longer in use. The MAIN
POWER SWITCH (K), located on the rear of the SFT-1, must
be in the “on” position for this button to work.

K L M N O P

K - Main Power Switch - This switch must be in the “on” posi-

tion for the SFT-1 to operate. When the POWER button (J) has
rendered the unit’s control functions off, this switch allows
power to continue to circulate to sections of the transport so the
unit will operate at maximum efficiency with no warm-up time
required. This switch should remain on at all times.

L - Detachable Power Cord Socket - Plug the Detachable

Power Cord into this socket (see Figure 1). The SFT-1 is factory
set for the correct operating voltage for the area in which it is
sold (see shipping box for voltage setting). If a different operat­ing voltage is required, please contact an authorized Sonic
Frontiers dealer, distributor or the factory directly.

M -

H-P/ST (Glass Fibre) Optical Output - If chosen for use,
this digital output must connect to an ST-Optical input on the
D A C .

N

-AES/EBU XLR Output - This digital output conforms to the

AES/EBU (Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcast
Union) standard. If this output is chosen for use, a 110 ohm
balanced cable terminated with XLR plugs should be used for a
connection to the DAC.
NOTE: The XLR jack pin connectors for the SFT-1 are config­ured as follows: Pin #1 : Ground

Pin #2 : Positive (+) Phase
Pin #3 : Negative (–) Phase

O -

Coaxial BNC Cable Output - This digital output is a BNC
S/PDIF connector. If chosen for use, this digital output should
be connected to an S/PDIF connector on the DAC. The BNC ­Coaxial cable impedance should be 75 ohms.

P - Coaxial RCA Cable Output - This digital output is an

RCA S/PDIF connector. If chosen for use, this digital output
should be connected to an S/PDIF connector on the DAC. The
RCA - Coaxial cable impedance should be 75 ohms.

Figure 1 - Align socket pins to corresponding holes and push together firmly.