Cambridge Audio Azur 740C: 740C azur

740C azur

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Manufactured in an 

ISO9002 approved facility

This device complies with

part 15 of FCC rules

Caution

Risk of electric shock.

Do not open.

Avis

Risque de choc electrique.

Ne pas ouvrir.

Achtung

Vorm öffnen des gerätes.

Netzstecker ziehen.

Digital Outputs

Power AC

IR Emitter

In

In

Out

Control Bus

S/P DIF

Co-axial

Toslink

Optical

Digital Inputs 1

S/P DIF

Co-axial

Toslink

Optical

Digital Inputs 2

S/P DIF

Co-axial

Toslink

Optical

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Luokan 1 Laserplaite

Klass 1 Laserapparat

Designed in London, England

Incorporating 

Q5

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 from:

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Line Output

Line Output

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azur 740C Upsampling

Compact Disc Player

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Power Rating:

  230V AC ~ 50Hz

Max Power Consumption:

  25W

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Rear panel connections

Power On/Off

Switches the unit on and off.

AC power socket

Once you have completed all connections to the amplifier, plug the AC

power cable into an appropriate mains socket then switch on. Your

compact disc player is now ready for use.

IR (Infra Red) Emitter In

Allows modulated IR commands from multi-room systems or IR repeater

systems to be received by the amplifier. Commands received here are

not looped out of the Control Bus. Refer to the ‘Custom Installation’

section for more information.

Control Bus

In  - Allows un-modulated commands from multi-rooms systems or other

components to be received by the unit.

Out  - Loop out for control bus commands to another unit.

Digital outputs

The digital outputs allow a separate DAC or digital recording device to be

connected. The sophisticated DSP software in the 740C even allows

these outputs to be set to output raw (pass through) or upsampled data

independently from the main audio outputs. Refer to the ‘CD player

setup’ section for more information. 

S/P  DIF  CO-aaxial  Digital  - To obtain best results, use a high quality 75

ohm digital RCA interconnect cable (not one designed for normal audio

use).

Toslink   Optical   Digital   - Use a high quality TOSLINK fibre optic

interconnect cable designed specifically for audio use. 

Only one of the two output types should be used at a time.

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&      Digital Inputs 1 / 2

The digital inputs allow the digital outputs of other source components

to be connected to the 740C. The 740C can then act as a very high

quality upsampling DAC, improving the sound quality of the connected

sources. Two digital inputs allow two external sources to be connected:

S/P   DIF   CO-aaxial   Digital   - Use a high quality 75 ohm digital RCA

interconnect cable (not one designed for normal audio use).

Toslink   Optical   Digital   - Use a high quality TOSLINK fibre optic

interconnect cable designed specifically for audio use. 

Only one of the two input types for each input should be used at a time.

Line Output

Use good quality RCA/Phono interconnect cables from these sockets to

any line level input on your amplifier.

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Standby / On

Stop

Play

Pause

Open

Close

Select

Menu

Skip

Scan

azur

 740C

Upsampling Compact Disc Player

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Front panel controls

Standby/On

Switches the unit between Standby mode (indicated by dim power LED)

and On (indicated by bright power LED). Standby is a low power mode

where the power consumption is less than 10 Watts. The unit should be

left in Standby mode when not in use.

Menu

Press to scroll through the 740C menu screens. Please refer to the ‘CD

player setup’ section of this manual for more information.

Select

Press to select between CD Playback or Digital Inputs 1 and 2. Also used

to toggle through the options on selected menu screens. Please refer to

the ‘CD player setup’ section of this manual for more information.

Infrared sensor

Receives IR commands from the supplied Azur remote control. A clear

unobstructed line of sight between the remote control and the sensor is

required.

Disc tray

Compact Disc tray. Use the 

Open/Close

button to activate.

Display

LCD used to display upsampling rate, CD track number,

elapsed/remaining time and other CD functions. Please refer to the ‘CD

player setup’ section of this manual for more information.

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Open/Close

Allows you to open and close the disc tray thus making it possible to load

a disc. Pressing 

Play

will also close the tray and start the CD.

Play/Pause

Plays the disc and pauses play.

Stop

Stops the CD playing.

Skip/Scan

Allows for skipping between tracks and also searching within tracks.

Press once to skip a track, press and hold to search within a track.

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