User manual VINCENT CD-S8

[. . . ] Dear Customer, we thank you for the confidence you prove in purchasing our product. It will match your high demands towards sound and manufacturing quality. Though it is understandable that you want to plug and play this product instantaneously, we encourage you to read this manual carefully before installation. It will help you in handling and operating this machine in your system and obtaining the best possible performance, even if it was installed by your dealer. [. . . ] To this end, on most devices one of the two "POWER CONTROL" connectors may be used as a signal input and the other as a signal output. This method of passing on the signal via the devices' inputs and outputs and of thereby chaining them is also known as "daisy chaining". Many devices which can be controlled by a switching signal (not preamplifiers or integrated amplifiers), have two terminals which do not differentiate between input and output. Even some devices that transmit the switch signal (preamplifiers and integrated preamplifiers) lack this marking. "POWER CONTROL" sockets of preamplifiers or integrated amplifiers must not be interconnected!All receiving devices must not be connected to more than one preamplifier or integrated amplifier (directly or indirectly)!If a "POWER CONTROL" cable is connected to the back of the main amplifier and the 12V switching signal is given, the main amplifier can no longer be switched off with the "POWER" button. If the power control function is not desired, the switch signal cable must therefore be removed!The CD player is switched on and off using this button at the front panel. When switched off the device is internally not separated from the AC power and reacts to a "POWER CONTROL" (18) switching signal. Read the section "Connections for the standby control (POWER CONTROL)" of this manual. As a precaution, before switching on, the volume setting of your system's amplifier and the headphone level (4) should be reduced. Once it is switched on, the "WARM UP" LED (3) lights up and the device needs a few seconds to warm up the tubes of the internal amplifier. This function may only be activated with the remote control and only during playback. This control is to allow the adaptation of the player to the system (mainly the amplifier) and it must not be used to change the volume of the CD player in daily use. It is sufficient for almost all amplifiers/receivers/preamplifiers to put the setting to the maximum and to leave it there. A different value is only used if the CD player is much louder compared with the other sources at the amplifier/receiver or it is distorted (clipping). The maximum signal level is reached with a setting of 26 and the minimum is at 00. This volume control changes the output level of all analogue outputs to the same extent. This function can only be operated using the associated front panel button. When repeatedly pressed, the display (9) brightness is periodically reduced (1x), switched off (2x) and restored to the original, maximum brightness (3x). turn the dial "LEVEL" clockwise to increase the volume in the headphones (2) and anticlockwise to reduce the volume. [. . . ] The cable connections are not tight, the connectors are dirty or a cable is defective. Use a normal high level input ("CD" or "LINE IN") on these devices. One of the signal cables between CD player and amplifier input has not yet been plugged in or is defective. One of the loudspeaker cables or (if you are using pre & main amplifiers) one of the signal cables between pre and main amplifier is not correctly connected or is faulty. [. . . ]