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DISPLAY, FUNCTIONS AND
OPERATIONS
1. Functions
The front panel of the CDP.3 has six buttons that
perform all the basic necessary functions. The
remote control contains all the basic functions
found on the front panel (except the LOAD and
POWER buttons) as well as all advanced
programming features.
Using Figure 1, the front panel controls are (from
left to right):
POWER:
Press this button to turn the unit ON
or OFF.
LOAD:
Press this button once to open the disk
tray. Pressing it again will close the tray.
PREVIOUS (<):
Pressed once during playback,
the CDP.3 will start playing the previous track.
Pressing it sequentially will cause the CDP.3 to
go back one track each time it is pressed. This
button is also used to select tracks to play and
program into memory.
NEXT (>):
Each time this button is pressed, the
CDP.3 will advance one track i.e. press it twice to
advance two tracks, three for three tracks, etc.
If pressed during playback, the CDP.3 resumes
playing from the desired track. If pressed while
stopped, the CDP.3 will await further commands.
PLAY/PAUSE: Press this button to start playback.
Pressing it again will pause the music until it is
pressed once more.
In addition to all the above functions, the remote
handset of the CDP.3 contains the following
additional functions (see Fig.2):
NUMERIC KEYPAD
(digits 0 through 9): This is
a convenient alternative to the PREVIOUS and
NEXT buttons. Pressing the desired track number
on the numeric keypad is usually faster than the
PREVIOUS and NEXT buttons. For example, if
you just inserted a disk and wish to play track 8,
pressing 8 followed by PLAY is easier than
pressing the NEXT button eight times, and then
PLAY.
REPEAT:
Repeats the whole disk, the
programmed tracks or just the single track
being heard.
PROG:
Stores selected tracks into memory
for playback.
CLEAR:
Will clear the last track entered
into memory.
DISPLAY:
When pressed once, the display will
count backwards giving the total remaining time
on the disc or the programmed tracks. If pressed
once more, the display will count upwards the
total time on the disc or the programmed tracks.
If pressed once again, the display will return to
it’s normal function.
FORWARD (>>) AND REVERSE (<<) SEARCH:
The CDP.3 employs a convenient 2-speed search.
These buttons allow you to quickly search
through the disk in both directions. Press and
hold down the desired SEARCH button. The time
counter will approximately double in speed, and
the track heard will be reduced in volume. Once
the desired point is reached, release the SEARCH
button, playback will resume.
If the SEARCH button is held for more than
4 seconds, the CDP.3 goes into a high-speed
search mode, and the time counter advances very
rapidly. During high-speed search, the volume is
completely muted.
NOTE:
There is no variable output on the CDP.3.
2. Display Information and Various Modes
of Operation
To insert a disk, press LOAD to open the CD tray.
Gently place the disk with the label side up on
the tray, and press LOAD again, the tray will
close, and several seconds later the display will
indicate the total number of tracks on the disk
with the total playing time. If the disk has not
been properly inserted, or is inserted upside
down, ZEROs (0 0 00) will appear on the display.
Disks with bad scratches, pinholes, or other
severe manufacturing defects might also not
be useable.
Once the display confirms the number of tracks
and playing time, the CDP.3 is in STOP mode.
At this point, you can carry out several different
playback modes. Each is described in
detail below.
Playback from the beginning or from a
selected track
To play an entire disk from the beginning, press
PLAY. The CDP.3 will start playing in a few
seconds, and will play the entire disk. To play
from a desired track onwards, select the desired
track using the NEXT (>) and/or PREVIOUS (<)
buttons, or with the numeric keypad on the
remote control. Then press PLAY. The disk will
play from that point on until the end of the disk.
While playing, the display will show each track
currently playing along with the elapsed time
from the beginning of that track. Once the disk
is over, the CDP.3 will return to STOP mode.
Playback of only selected tracks
You can program the CDP.3 to play any
combination of tracks on a disk, up to a
maximum of 20. Using the NEXT (>) and
PREVIOUS (<) buttons, or the numeric keypad,
find the first desired track on the display. Then
press the PROG button. Repeat this procedure
until all desired tracks have been stored.
As each track is being stored, the display
indicates the total playing time of all tracks
currently programmed. Press PLAY. Playback will
commence from the first programmed track, and
all programmed tracks will play in the order they
were stored. Please note that:
• If you try to program more than 20 tracks, no
more tracks will be entered into memory.
• During programmed playback, the numeric
keypad is disabled; use NEXT and PREVIOUS
to change tracks.
• The programmed tracks don't have to be in
ascending numerical order; i.e. you can
program track 2 to play after track 6.
• If you programmed a track by accident,
simply press CLEAR, that track will be
deleted from memory.
• To clear all the tracks programmed in memory,
press the STOP button twice if the CDP.3 is
already playing, or once if it is not. If you
intend on changing the disk, simply opening
the disk tray automatically erases all
programmed tracks from memory.
Playback using REPEAT
Pressing the REPEAT button will have the unit
repeating the entire disk. Once the REPEAT mode
is chosen, press PLAY.
The REPEAT feature can also be used with
tracks programmed in memory in the same
way as above.
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
The Classé CDP.3 compact disk player is high
quality unit utilizing the latest innovations in
digital audio reproduction. The philosophy
behind the CDP.3 is advanced technology for
extracting the maximum musical performance,
but also embraces the time proven idea of
simplicity, in accordance with the saying
“simpler is better.”
No effort has been spared in the development
of the CDP.3. The chassis is of exceptionally
thick gauge metal, and has been designed to
resist vibration through solid construction and
proper isolation from sources of vibration. The
3/8 inch thick faceplate is a tribute to its
construction and aesthetics.
Inside, main power is provided by a custom high-
current toroidal transformer. The power supply
of the CDP.3 is generously oversized to assure
that regardless how much current is drawn,
the circuitry will remain unaffected by any
fluctuations. Numerous power supplies are used,
to assure the elimination of interference caused
by fluctuations often induced by heavy current
draw on shared supplies. The CDP.3 inherently
has a low power consumption, but micro-
information is easily contaminated when
traditional power supplies clip due to their
inadequate output. This is the general idea
behind the high current, stable supply that
powers the CDP.3.
The disk transport itself is the Sanyo CD91F7.
This mechanism employs a newly-developed
linear tracking laser pickup which is fast, quiet,
and long lasting. The CD91F7 is of very high
quality, and its outstanding construction using
highly efficient, long life motors assures excellent
long-term reliability. In addition, this compact
