Arcam 8SE Owners Manual

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ARCAM

7 ° 8 ° 8SE ° 9 ' CD players
HANDBOOK

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Thank you for choosing ARCAM

USING THIS HANDBOOK

This handbook has been designed to make the instalation and use
of your CD player stralghtforward. However, we appreciate that
some of our customers require further techhlcal lmorlllatloll.
When extra technlcal lnfom'latlon Is avallable you Will see the
followmg, at the end of the section: [Wart more info? See Technical
votes on page 5]

SAFETY

There ale l8 safety hems. set out on the back (over of this
handbook For your own safety and to ensure that your CD player
works prop we strongly recommend that you lead them.

Installation

SEVERAL MODELS

This handbook (overs four CD players:

Alpha 1
Alpha 3
Alpha as:
Alpha 9

Many features are common to more than one of these CD players.
Want more No? See no, I in Techhlcal notes on page 5]

Thele ls a hemore control handset suoplled.

CONNECTING TO A POWER SUPPLY

WRONG PLUG I
ll' the plug supplied with The amplifier does not fit your power
supply see no, 3 lhTeclllllcal notes on page 5.

your mains supply voltage agrees Wlth the voltage
meted aoove the POWER lNLEl on the rear panel of
the CD player

if your mains supply voltage is (Jllere'lt. ronsult your Artam dealer
or Arcam Cus mar Supoort on +44 (0)0?3 703703.

PLUGGING IN

Push the plug (lEC Ilrle socket) of the cable supplied wlth the Cl)
player: into the socket (POWER lNLFT) m the helm of the CD
slayeh Make sule lt ls gushed in firmly

lVVam more info? See not 2 lrl Technical notes on page 5]

Push the plug on other end clllhe cable No your power
supply socKe:

The CD Player ls double lrlsulated and does not require an eartl,
l'hls ls why there ls no centreioarth) on in the SOCKSK (POWER
INLE P,

CONNECTING TO OTHER EQUlPMENT

DIGITAL OUTPUT

Use this socket lf you are using a separate dlgltal to analogue
converter (DAC) or digital recorder Comet: to the DAC 0'
recorders digital input using a suitable 75 ohm smeeheo cable
Never conned the dlgital output socket to d conventlonal audlo
Input.

AUDIO OUTPUTS

Connect to your amplifiers CD orAUX 'npuls using suitable high
quallty lfltelCOlDCd cables Insert the phono plug which ls red [or
marked R, or With a red rlng] lnto the socket labelled R and the
other plug lrto the sozket labelled L

Al FHA 8i 83E & 9 ONLYThe secollzl set olsotkeis Call be used
to rormect To a second amplll'ler set up for rTulll room use.

TWlN AUDIO ourpl.

l'YPlCAL PHONC PLUGS

lEC LINE SC/(KFT

Note

Interconnectlrlg cables are not supplied with t'llS CD Player
We recommenc high cuallty cables hfenor quallty cables
Wlll degrade the sound quailty Glyour system. Please rented
yourArcam dealer orArcam customer support ror meta ls of
sultabie cables