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Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 9.
Contents Welcome to the Classé family ........................................................................... 6 a word about installation ............................................................................ 6 Unpacking and Placement ................................................................................ 7 unpacking your unit ................................................................................... 7 placement ....................................................................
hardware setup .................................................................................. 30 using CAN-Bus................................................................................... 31 CAN-Bus shared features .......................................................................... 32 configuration...................................................................................... 32 operate...............................................................................................
Welcome to the Classé family Congratulations on your purchase of a Classé product. It is the result of many years of continuous refinement, and we are sure that you will enjoy it for many years to come. We value our relationship with our customers. Please allow us to stay in touch with you by returning your warranty card now, before you pack up the shipping carton of your new product and forget all about it.
Unpacking and Placement unpacking your player Carefully unpack your DVD player according to the supplied instructions, and remove all accessories from the carton. Important! Keep all packing materials for future transport of your Classé product. Shipping your new component in anything other than its purpose-designed packing material may result in damage that is not covered by the warranty. placement The CDP-300 has been designed to operate optimally on any stable and level surface.
register your purchase! Having found the serial number, now would be a good time to fill out the registration card. Please register your purchase so we can advise you of updates and other items of interest. It will take only a minute or so. Please complete the card now, before you forget. operating voltage The CDP-300 DVD player is set at the factory (internally) for 100V, 120V, 220V, 230V, or 240V AC mains operation, as appropriate for the country in which it is to be sold.
warm up/break-in period Your new Classé DVD player will deliver outstanding performance immediately. However, you should expect to hear it improve somewhat as it reaches its normal operating temperatures and its various components “break-in.” It has been our experience that the greatest changes occur within the first 300 hours, as the player reaches thermal equilibrium and the capacitors fully form.
Special Design Features flexible GUI The LCD touchscreen on the front panel of your new component supports an extremely flexible and versatile graphical user interface (GUI) while maintaining a clean, uncluttered appearance. The CDP-300 provides a range of controls that might otherwise require dozens of buttons and knobs on the front panel. Despite this power and flexibility, it remains simple to operate in day-to-day use.
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2 Menu button Pressing the front panel Menu button will call up the menu system, replacing the normal status display in the LCD touchscreen of the CDP-300. 3 LCD touchscreen Most of your interaction with the CDP-300 will be with the front panel LCD touchscreen (and with the CDP-300’s supplied remote control). It will usually display the information you are accustomed to seeing on the front of most CD and DVD players (track number, time, etc.), as well as the basic transport controls.
Rear Panel 1 Analog Outputs In most installations, you will want to use both the analog and the digital outputs of the CDP-300. Doing so will allow you to take full advantage of high resolution multichannel formats such as DVD-Audio, while also passing the multichannel digital output to your A/V preamplifier when that is more appropriate. The front left and right channels are supported with both balanced analog outputs on XLR connectors and single-ended analog outputs on RCA connectors.
For this reason, we strongly recommend using the balanced analog interconnections between your Classé components wherever possible. The pin assignments of these XLR-type female output connectors are: Pin 1: Signal ground Pin 2: Signal + (non-inverting) Pin 3: Signal – (inverting) Connector ground lug: chassis ground These pin assignments are consistent with the standards adopted by the Audio Engineering Society.
This advice holds especially true for the CDP-300, since it incorporates sophisticated video processing circuitry that can convert the standard definition DVDs you play to high definition rates that are most compatible with today’s best video displays. The Component video output of the CDP-300 can be set to 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, or 1080i (based on the best match to your display). All three analog video outputs are active simultaneously.
AES/EBU digital output The AES/EBU output provides a digital audio signal via a 110Ω balanced cable equipped with XLR-type connectors. Connect this output to a corresponding AES/EBU digital input on your preamplifier/processor. optical digital output The optical digital output provides a digital audio signal via a standard EIAJ (“Toslink™”) optical cable. Connect this output to a corresponding optical digital input on your preamplifier/processor.
The player is designed to respond to IR commands of 5VDC, with the tip of the mono mini-jacks defined to be “positive” relative to the shank of the plug. 6 DC Trigger Input and Output Many audio/video components can supply a DC control voltage to associated equipment in order to induce desired behavior. Your Classé player can take advantage of these capabilities in order to be switched between operate and standby automatically, usually in concert with the A/V preamp itself.
9 Danger! AC Mains Power Switch The main power switch for the CDP-300 is located at the right side of the rear panel. The player should be in standby mode before being switched off. Switching the unit on puts it in standby mode. Potentially dangerous voltages and current capabilities exist within your DVD player, even when disconnected from AC mains. Do not attempt to open any portion of the player’s cabinet. There are no user-serviceable parts inside your DVD player.
The Remote Control 34!.$"9 ).&/ $)30,!9 ://- !.',% !5$)/ 02/' 4)-% 35"4)4,% Your new DVD player comes with a versatile remote control which can control both the CDP-300 itself and several aspects of the rest of a Classé-based system. The keys are arranged in logical groups according to their functions.
• Time cycles through the four time display modes: time elapsed on track time elapsed on disc time remaining on track time remaining on disc • Prog (for Program) allows you to quickly and easily create a programmed sequence of tracks (or chapters) to be played on the current disc. Pressing Prog will take you directly to the program page of the menu system, regardless of where you might be.
• Disc Menu presents the menu of available chapters, within whatever title you are watching at the moment. (See explanation of DVD menus in this section.) • Title gives you a list of available “titles” on the disc you are watching. (See explanation of DVD menus in this section.) • Up/Down/Left/Right keys allow you to move within a particular menu screen, changing the highlighted item up/down/ left/right as you like, from the comfort of your chair.
5 System Controls The CDP-300 remote control also can control user-defined functions as well as the volume and mute functions on a Classé system. • F1/F2/F3/F4 keys are available for controlling aspects of the CDP-300 not covered by the other buttons on the remote control. You are able to choose what the CDP-300 should do in response to receiving the infrared signal that a particular “Fkey” has been pressed.
Using the CDP-300 Your CDP-300 includes a versatile touchscreen LCD display which supports both an attractive information display and a flexible menu system. Because of this flexibility, the CDP-300 can present different controls and capabilities when playing a CD, and when playing a DVD. We will present these separately. CD operational menu The operational menu consists of several screens that can be accessed directly from the normal display one sees when playing a CD.
controls menu The controls button on the operational display brings up a menu of controls, including repeat mode, shuffle, time display, and program. repeat mode Pressing the repeat mode button on the controls menu displays a screen on which you may select any of the three repeat modes available: no repeat, repeat track, and repeat disc. (If you have created a program, repeat disc will repeat the program.
DVD operational menu When a DVD is inserted in the CDP-300, a different set of controls is displayed. the home screen The home screen for DVDs is presented at left in the graphic above, and contains basic information about where you are within the disc, as well as basic navigation buttons similar to those on your remote control. controls Pressing the controls button in the top right corner of the home screen takes you to the controls screen.
The Menu System The CDP-300 uses its versatile touchscreen display to make a wide variety of setup choices and system defaults readily available. Using these menus, you can easily customize the behavior of your DVD player to suit your particular system’s configuration, as well as your personal preferences. main menu system Pressing the Menu button to the left of the LCD touchscreen brings up a comprehensive menu system, the top two levels of which are shown below.
teach IR The CDP-300 provides discrete infrared (IR) command codes for all its functions, a list that extends far beyond what is required by normal remote controls. However, many of these functions are critical if you plan to create a customized remote control with macros that take command of your entire system. Without these discrete codes, many of the macros you might want to create will simply not work reliably. The teach IR screen provides a scrolling list of all the available IR codes in the CDP-300.
remote Fkeys This button brings up the remote Fkeys menu. The remote control supplied with your Classé product includes four userprogrammable function keys, or “Fkeys.” They are labeled F1, F2, F3, and F4, and are located near the bottom of the remote control. The “remote Fkeys” menu allows you to define how your CDP-300 will respond to seeing one of these Fkey signals. You can use the Fkeys to give you instant access to specific system functions that might otherwise be buried in a menu somewhere.
status The status screen provides several items of information on the currently playing disc, as well as access to information on the software used in and the internal sensors of the CDP-300. version info The version info button on the status screen takes you to the version information screen. From time to time Classé develops new software that adds features or enhances the operation of the CDP-300. Each new software version has its own Version Number.
hardware setup 1 Classé Delta Series Products Two or more Classé Delta series products are required, at least one of which must have a touchscreen display. 2 Category 5 Network Cables These are ordinary network cables, commonly used for broadband Internet connections. They should be typical “straight through” cables not the “crossed over” type, and the total required will be one less than the total number of Delta series components in your system.
Any combination of models in any order with SSP-300 or SSP-600. CAN-BUS IN OUT CAN-BUS IN OUT CAN-BUS IN OUT CAN-BUS IN OUT NOTE: Daisy chain may need to be terminated with CAN-Bus Terminator. using CAN-Bus CAN-Bus is controlled via the touchscreen of any Delta series component. There is no master component, so Delta series systems where two or more units have a touchscreen can be controlled through any of the touchscreens. However, it is probably easiest to start using CAN-Bus through just one.
Once you have chosen the target unit press select. The target unit’s LEDs will stop flashing and the touch screen will list the CAN-Bus features available to it. Some CAN-Bus features are shared by all models, some are specific to individual models. CAN-Bus shared features The following CAN-Bus features are shared by all models. configuration Selecting configuration will present the CAN-Bus configuration screen allowing access to name, global brightness, and global standby features.
CAN-Bus model The following CAN-Bus features are model specific. specific features PlayLink This feature is exclusive to Delta series disc players and will only function if the disc player is connected to a CAN-Bus enabled preamp or surround sound processor. When PlayLink is active, pressing play on the disc player will also automatically switch the preamp/processor to a specified input. This means that you can listen to a CD or watch a DVD literally at the touch of a button.
amp info Available for amplifiers only, this screen displays the data provided by the heatsink and AC Module temperature sensors. NOTE: This feature is only accessible when the target amplifier is on. event log Reserved for amplifiers, this feature is a protection circuitry event log which can only be accessed when the target amplifier is in standby. The protection circuit shuts down the amplifier or channel if it overheats or if its output could damage your speakers.
display setup menu The display setup menu allows you to define your preferences for three aspects of the CDP-300’s LCD display: the brightness of the backlighting, the timeout of the backlighting, and the language used. brightness The brightness setting of the CDP-300 has three possible values: low, medium, and high. Select the appropriate setting based on the level of ambient light typically found in your listening room while using the system.
language The language menu offers you any of five different languages supported by the CDP-300. Classé have provided our international distributors with a software tool that makes it possible for them to customize the translations to suit their local customs and terminology, in an effort to ensure that the CDP-300’s operation is as intuitive to use in every country as it is in our home country of Canada.
System Setup Pressing the menu button to the left of the LCD touchscreen, followed by pressing the on screen system setup button, will bring you to a menu system that gives you a wide range of control over how the CDP-300 works both on its own and as a part of your overall system. the system setup menu system There are four submenus that can be accessed from the system setup menu. Each will be covered in turn.
speaker setup If you select the stereo button, the remaining buttons will be grayed out and made inactive. In this mode, the CDP-300 acts as a versatile two channel disc player that can handle many differing disc formats. In a stereo configuration, many of the decisions you need to make in a multichannel system no longer apply. By selecting the multichannel button, you will be able to engage the bass management system within the CDP-300.
digital output The digital outputs of the CDP-300 can be configured in any of three ways, based on how you plan to use the player: • off — for example, if you plan to use only the multichannel analog outputs, and not send a digital signal along to a separate processor. • raw — which passes along the native signal of whatever disc is playing, whether that is PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, or anything else. This setting assumes that your external processor can handle anything you might send its way.
level trims The level trims adjustments adjust the speakers’ levels manually as you might have done with other surround processors. A noise sequencer is available to provide a reference signal for adjustment purposes. Holding a dB SPL meter at the listening position, at arm’s length, and pointing straight up at the ceiling, adjust the level of each speaker in turn until it reads 75 dB SPL when the meter is set to “C” weighting and Slow response.
video standard These settings are usually preset for the geographic market in which you purchase the CDP-300. However, should you need to change the output of the CDP-300 to conform with a different standard, your choices are: • NTSC/PAL/native — either choose the broadcast standard for your area, or set the CDP-300 to play the disc in its native format. This last option requires that you have a suitable multistandard display that can handle both NTSC and PAL. • IRE 7.
• hdtv 720 progressive — at 720 by 1280 pixels, this is the most common rate for plasma displays and many LCD displays, and the second-most common HD broadcast standard. It is shown at 50 Hz in PAL countries, and at 60 Hz in NTSC countries. • hdtv 1080 interlaced — the 1080i standard is the most commonlybroadcast HDTV format in use today, at 1080 by 1920 pixels (interlaced). • hdtv 1080 progressive — available only through the HDMI output, 1080p is the highest-quality HDTV standard.
subtitle language Similarly, you can establish a preference for the language used in the subtitles. Your choices are English, French, German, Spanish, or Italian. CD autoplay When this button is highlighted, the player will automatically start playback when a CD is inserted. navigation Historically, navigating within a CD and a DVD has worked differently. Specifically, the “fast forward” and “rewind” functions on a CD required you to press and hold the button during the scanning process.
Troubleshooting In general, refer any service problems to your Classé dealer. Before contacting your dealer, however, check to see if the problem is listed here. If it is, try the suggested solutions. If none of these solves the problem, contact your Classé dealer. 1 My disc is skipping. Gently clean the disc itself using a damp, soft cloth, wiping along the radius of the disc rather than around the circumference. (Cleaning discs in the manner minimizes the chance of damaging the disc.
4. The disc is spinning but there is no sound in one or both channels. Check that both interconnect cables are properly connected between the outputs of the CDP-300 and the inputs of your preamplifier. Ensure that the preamplifier/amplifier units being used are properly configured. (You may need to consult those units’ owner’s manuals for more information.) 5. The screen shows an error message and the Eject button does not eject the disc (or the player shows some other anomalous behavior).
Care & Maintenance To remove dust from the cabinet of your DVD player, use a feather duster or a lint-free soft cloth. To remove dirt and fingerprints, we recommend isopropyl alcohol and a soft cloth. Dampen the cloth with alcohol first and then lightly clean the surface of the player with the cloth. Do not use excessive amounts of alcohol that might drip off the cloth and into the player. Caution! 46 Downloaded From Disc-Player.
Specifications All specifications are accurate at the time of printing. Classé reserves the right to adjust specifications without notice. Frequency response (single-ended) 8 Hz – 20 kHz +0/-0.7dB (balanced) 8 Hz – 20 kHz ±0.1dB Distortion (THD+noise) 0.
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