McIntosh MCD 7000 Owners Manual

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VARIOUS REGULATORY AGENCIES REQUIRE THAT WE BRING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO YOUR ATTENTION. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT USE THE (POLARIZED) PLUG ON THIS UNIT WITH AN EXTENSION CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE. The serial number, purchase date, and Mclntosh Laboratory Service Contract number are important to you for possible insurance claim or future service. Record this information here. Serial Number Purchase date Service Contract Number Upon application, Mclntosh Laboratory provides a Ser- vice Contract to the original purchaser. Your Mclntosh Authorized Service Agency can expedite repairs when you provide the Service Contract with the instrument for repair. Copyright 1985 © by Mclntosh Laboratory Inc.

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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. INTRODUCTION 3

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When playing a program or searching for a particular passage, REV or FF is limited to the space be- tween the beginning and end of the track being played. The laser pick-up cannot be moved outside these limits to prevent moving to another track, either programmed or not programmed, which would modify the program. When either limit is reached the ERROR sign lights and the laser pick-up stops until you release the REV or FF touch-button. To hold play at the beginning of a track or a passage, or to interrupt the program, touch PAUSE. To begin play again, touch PAUSE. It will resume at the exact point it was interrupted. The PAUSE sign will go off. If you want to repeat the program, touch REPEAT. The bars for all the stored tracks remain lit, and the one that is brighter is the one for the track in play. A program is retained in the memory until the last track has been played. The memory is then cleared, and all the bars on the track indicator light evenly while all other in- dicators go off. If you have touched REPEAT, the program remains in the memory until the REPEAT, STOP or LOAD button is touched. If you touch STOP or LOAD before the end of a pro- gram, the memory is immediately cleared. Discs with more than 20 tracks can be played and all player functions operate during the first 20 tracks on the disc. After the twentieth, beginning at any specific track, reviewing the disc, or selecting tracks using SCAN does not function. You can only use these with the first 20 tracks. The ability to program is also limited to the first 20 tracks. Tracks above 20 cannot be stored in the memory. The track indicator works normally for the first 20 tracks and all 20 bars will light. As play progresses, these go off successively except the twentieth, which remains lit at a lower intensity when the twentieth track has completed play. At that time, the ERROR sign lights continuously to show that there is still a number of tracks to follow. The actual number, however, is no longer indicated by a cor- responding number of bars on the track indicator. You can, of course, touch TRACK to display the tracks numerically. This indicator counts beyond 20. DISC MAINTENANCE For the best results, apply the same care in storing and handling the Compact Disc as with conventional records. Even though the music track in the disc is covered with a protective layer, treat the disc carefully. Always pick up discs by the edge, and put them back in their protective cases immediately after use. Wipe fingerprints, dust or dirt off with the soft, lint-free cloth provided with your player. Wipe in a straight line from center to edge. You can breathe on the disc first if necessary. Cleaning agents for conventional records, detergent or abrasive cleaners must never be used. Never write on the label side of the disc. Writing will emboss the disc and destroy the digital data. If you follow these suggestions, the Compact Disc will provide a lifetime of pure listening enjoyment. PLAYER MAINTENANCE The player mechanism has self-lubricating bearings, and must not be oiled or greased. The disc drawer should be kept free of dust. OPERATION 11