Bryston BCD-1 User Manual

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Bryston’s BCD-1 is a Red Book CD/CD-R player featuring:
 •fullydiscreteclassAoutputampliers
 •24bit/192Kover-samplingDAC
 •Bothbalancedandsingleendedaudiooutputs
 •threeisolateddigitaloutputs:TOSLINK(optical),AES/EBUandSPDIF
 •SoftwareupdatespossibleviaRS232jack
 •Remotehardwiredon/offcontrol(externaltrigger)
 •fullfunctionremotecontrolinamachinedaluminumenclosurewithmachinedaluminumbuttons,canbeusedtocontrol
thevolumeofotherBrystonproductsaswellastheBCD-1(seeProgramming the Remote Controlonpage3formore
information)
POWER CONSIDERATIONS
Ingeneral,ifyourBCD-1discplayerhasathreepronggroundedlinecordyoucanavoidlocalgroundloopswhichcouldcausehumor
noiseinthesystembypluggingitslinecordintothesamewalloutletnexttothediscplayerandpoweramp.
FUSES & ELECTRICAL SAFETY
TheBCD-1containsasinglefuselocatedinsidetheunit.IFitshouldbecomenecessarytoreplacethisfusewerecommendthatyou
seektheassistanceofqualiedservicepersonnel.Ifyoudecidetochangethefuseyourselfweadvisethefollowing:
 1st)TurnofftheBCD-1
 2nd)DisconnectALLcablesfromtherearoftheBCD-1,especiallythepowercord.
 3rd)Removethe10screwssecuringthetopcovertoremovethetopcoverpanel
 4th)Locatethe5x20mmglassfuseontheCD1-PMcircuitboard(neartheIECpowerinlet)oftheBCD-1.Replaceablown
fuseonlywiththesametypeandvalueoffuse.Allfusesarerated250V
  For100voltmodelsfusevalueisT630mAL For120voltmodelsfusevalueisT500mAL
  For230voltmodelsfusevalueisT250mAL  For240voltmodelsfusevalueisT250mAL
 5th)Replacethetoppanelandall10screwsandreconnectallnecessarycables
REMOTE ON/OFF CONTROL (External Trigger)
TheBCD-1canbeturnedONandOFFremotelyusingaDCcontrolvoltage(between3and12VDC)appliedtotheTRIGGERinputslo-
catedontherearpanel.ToenablethisfeaturetheBCD-1mustbeprogrammedviatheinfra-red(IR)remotecontrolusingcode241.
SeePROGRAMINGTHEBCD-1onpage3formoreinformation.
FRONT PANEL FEATURES & CONTROLS:
1: ALPHA-NUMERIC DISPLAY(2linesof16characters).Whenthisdisplayislit,theunitisON.
2: INFRA-RED SENSORforremotecontrol.
3: STANDBY LED INDICATOR:Whenlitredtheunitisonstandby.IfneitherthisLEDnorthealpha-numericdisplayisillumi-
nated,thethenthereisnopowerenteringtheunitortheinternalfuseisblown.
4: OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON:Pushoncetoopendiscdrawer,pushagaintoclose.
5: MAIN OPERATING CONTROLS:
 PREVIOUS: Movetotheprevioustrack.
 NEXT: Movetothenexttrack.
 STOP: Stopplayingdisc.Pressing“play”againwillreturntothebeginningofthersttrack.
 PAUSE: Stopplayingdiscwhileretainingthecurrentposition.PressPauseagaintoresumeplay.
 PLAY: Playthedisc.PressingPlaywhenthediscisalreadyplayingwillcausetheBCD-1toreplaythediscfromthe
beginningofthersttrack.
6: POWER ON/OFF BUTTON. Togglesthepoweronandoff.ThisbuttonwillnotfunctioniftheExternalTriggerfunctionhas
beenactivatedusingcode241.See“TRIGGER IN Socket”onpage2and“Programming the BCD-1”
on page3formoreinformation
OPEN/CLOSE
BCD-1CD Player
PREV NEXT PLAYPAUSESTOP POWER
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BCD-1 CD PLAYER

Bryston BCD-1 Specifications

General

Brand	Bryston
Model	BCD-1
Category	CD Player
Language	English