This manual will help you to install, operate
and program your Compact Disc player. Read
the text carefully and become familiar with the
facilities to enjoy to the fullest this new way of
listening to music, noise free.
Mclntosh has earned world renown for its technological
contributions for improved sound. When you bought
Mclntosh you bought not only high technology that leads
to superior sound reproduction, you bought technological
integrity proven by time. The Mclntosh Compact Disc
Player is the newest evidence of Mclntosh technological
integrity.
Music reproducing instruments that carry the Mclntosh
name have always been designed for technological
leadership and to maintain the Mclntosh reputation for
best sound, for durability and for long life. Mclntosh has
always earned the foremost reputation for quality perfor-
mance. Mclntosh has provided user oriented facilities and
appearance and Mclntosh design always provides for ease
of maintenance or repair. These fundamental elements
are incorporated in the Mclntosh Compact Disc Player.
The Compact Disc has proven to be a significant im-
provement in audio technology. By using sophisticated
digital and optical technologies, the Compact Disc
delivers outstanding sound reproduction and gives you
operating features which have never been seen in home
entertainment equipment.
In the Compact Disc system, the original sound is sampl-
ed, measured and quantized (converted to binary
numbers). It thus becomes a pulse code modulated (PCM)
signal representing the original sound, but before being
encoded on disc, it is specially processed to keep the
sound pure, and to make playback easy and convenient.
Control and display information is added to provide fast
access and programming possible.
Special Eight-to-Fourteen modulation (EFM) ensures that
a maximum of sound information can be packed into the
disc which requires a minimum of error correction, pro-
vides vital timing information, and improves trackability.
The task of the compact disc player is to decode the en-
coded data, use it to control drive motor speed and laser
spot tracking, correct errors, derive the sound informa-
tion, and present it in a way to satisfy the most critical
ears, your ears. Mclntosh has the best thought-out design
which will bring you the highest satisfaction.
Your Mclntosh MCD 7000 Compact Disc Player, above
all others will uncover the total encoded sound....unaltered.
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