McIntosh MCD600, Owner'S Manual

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Power On and Off
The LED above the STANDBY/ON Push-button lights
to indicate the MCD600 is connected to
AC Power. Refer to figure 1. The LED
also indicates the status of the Auto
Off Feature. When the MCD600 is in
the Standby Mode, green illumination
indicates the Auto Off Feature is enabled
(default setting) and red illumination in-
dicates the Auto Off Feature is disabled. For additional
information refer to “Power Mode” on page 24.
Note: When AC Power is initially applied to the
MCD600, the unit will momentarily switch On
and then go into the Standby Mode.
To Switch ON the MCD600, momentarily press the
STANDBY/ON Push-button on the Front Panel or
the (Power) Push-button on the Remote Con-
trol. Refer to figures 2 and 10. The LED above the
STANDBY/ON Push-button illuminates green. The
Front Panel Display will momentarily indicate “DISC”
followed by “READING” and then “NO DISC”.
Refer to figures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10. To switch OFF the
MCD600, momentarily press the STANDBY/ON
Push-button on the Front Panel or the OFF Push-but-
ton on the Remote Control.
How to Operate the MCD600
Figure 2
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D I S C
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N O D I S C
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R E A D I N G
Figure 1
D I S C
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U S B
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C O A X I A L
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O P T I C A L
Figure 9
Note: When the MCD600 SACD/CD is first switched
On (after it is connected) it will default to the
Input Selection of the DISC Mode. The next
time the MCD600 is switched On, it will have
the same Input Selected Mode when it was
switched Off the previous time.
Input Sources
The MCD600 provides high performance music play-
back from up to four different Input Sources. The First
Music Source is DISC Playback of three different type
of Disc Formats which includes CD, SACD and Com-
puter Created Data Discs. The Second Music Source
is a USB Flash Memory Drive which plays back PCM
and DSD computer created Music Recorded Formats.
The Third and Fourth Music Sources are the Rear
Panel Digital Coaxial and Optical Input Connec-
tions for a variety audio components. The MCD600
provides the ability to decode Digital PCM Audio
Signals. The decoding is performed by the High Per-
formance Quad Balanced Digital to Analog Converter
Circuitry of the MCD600.
Input Selection
To change the Input Music Source, rotate the Front
Panel INPUT Control CLOCKWISE or press the
INPUT Push-button on the Remote Control to select
the desired Input Music Source. Refer to figures 2 and
10. The Front Panel Information Display will momen-
tarily indicate the selected Input Music Source. Then
the display will change to indicate the information that
is normally displayed during music playback. First
refer to figures 6 thru 9 and then figure 13 for the
DISC Playback Display. When a USB Flash Memory
Drive is inserted into the Front Panel Connector, the
MCD600 Input Selector will automatically switch
over from the existing Input Music Source to the USB
Music Source Playback.