CD50 mk2
CD Player
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Congratulations on your purchase of the Creek CD50 mk2 CD player.
Please read this manual thoroughly. It will explain the features and operation of your CD50 MK2 and help to
ensure a trouble free installation. Unpack the player carefully. It is recommended that you save the carton and
packing material for future use, should you need to move your unit or return it for service.
Your CD Player is designed to work in a horizontal position. It is important to allow at least 5 cm of space
behind the unit for adequate ventilation. To avoid damage, never place the unit near radiators, in front of
heating vents, in direct sunlight or in an excessively humid or dusty location.
TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE FROM YOUR CD PLAYER
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Install the equipment in a location which is relatively free of moisture and dust, and which is well
ventilated.
The equipment may not be able to perform at its best in an extremely cold or hot environment. Do not
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attempt to use below 41 F/5 C or above 95 F/35 C.
Always handle discs with clean hands.
Avoid using scratched discs.
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Do not attempt to clean the CD player or discs with chemical solvents, as this may cause irreparable
damage. Use a clean, dry cloth, or specially designed cleaning materials for discs.
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If the CD player malfunctions, do not open the unit and attempt to repair it yourself. This is a highly
technical product and requires specialist service - return it to your dealer.
Use batteries (2 x AAA) of the same type in the remote control handset. The use of odd or different type
cells will affect its performance. Batteries are supplied.
Keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.
CD50 mk2 Compact Disc Player
EXPLANATION OF CONTROLS
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
STANDBY button
Disc Tray
7.
8.
SKIP BACK button
SKIP FORWARD button
SCAN BACK button
SCAN FORWARD button
REPEAT button
OPEN/CLOSE button
STOP button
9.
10.
11.
12.
PAUSE button
PLAY button
SHUFFLE button
DISPLAY
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
TRACK NUMBER display
PLAY indicator
G.
H.
J.
SCAN indicator
SHUFFLE PLAY indicator
A « B PLAY indicator
REPEAT indicator
TOTAL TIME indicator
REMaining time indicator
PLAYING TIME display
PROGRAM indicator
K.
L.
REPEAT 1 indicator
PAUSE indicator
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REMOTE CONTROL HANDSET
STANDBY
STANDBY
0 - 9
NUMERICAL track selection
PROG
PROGRAM
A - B
REPEAT A ↔ B
TIME
REMAINING TIME
REPEAT
REPEAT
SKIP TRACK
SEARCH
back &
back &
forward
forward
PLAY
PLAY
OPEN/CLOSE
STOP
STOP
PAUSE
HANDLING DISCS
This unit has been designed to play Compact Discs bearing this identification logo shown below.
DVD discs cannot be played. Always place the CD in the disc tray with the label facing up. CD’s
can only be played on one side. Some copy protected discs may not play - if you experience a
problem, please return the disc to your retailer. Copy protected discs are not ‘Red Book’ standard
discs.
To remove a CD from its storage case, press down on the centre of the case and lift the disc out, holding it carefully by the
edges. Fingerprints and dust should be carefully wiped off the CD's signal surface (glossy side) with a soft dry cloth. Unlike
a conventional record, the CD has no grooves to collect dust and microscopic debris, so gently wiping it with a soft dry cloth
should remove most particles. Wipe the disc in a straight motion from the inside out. Small dust particles and stains will
have absolutely no effect on reproduction quality. Never use chemicals such as record sprays, antistatic sprays or fluids,
benzine or thinners to clean a compact disc. Such chemicals would irreparably damage the surface.
Creek Audio Ltd has taken every care to ensure all types of compact discs play in the CD50 mk2. However, copy protected
discs continue to be marketed without being compliant with all CD players. If this becomes a problem in the future, firmware
LOADING DISCS
1. Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the front or CD on the handset. The disc tray will open. If the disc tray gets jammed
while opening, it will stop and close automatically.
2. When the disc tray has opened fully, take a normal size (12 cm) disc from its case and place it carefully in the tray with
the label facing up. To play an 8 cm single place it in the inner groove of the tray with the label facing up.
3. To close the disc tray, press the OPEN/CLOSE button (DISC button on remote) again or gently push the tray in.
When the tray is fully closed, with a correctly loaded disc, the disc will start turning automatically and the TOC (table of
contents) will be read. The disc will then stop and the TOC will be displayed, i.e. the total number of tracks on the
disc and the total playing time of the disc. The CD player is now ready to play.
NOTE: If after you load the disc you press the PLAY button to close the tray, the disc will automatically start playing
from the beginning of track one.
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REMOVING THE DISC
The disc tray can be opened at any time by pressing the OPEN/CLOSE button. Remove the disc only after the tray has
fully opened.
CAUTION
‹ Do not put anything except a Compact Disc into the tray. Foreign objects can damage the mechanism. DVD’s will not
play.
‹ Do not force the tray by hand during the opening and closing operations.
‹ To avoid dirt and dust entering the mechanism, keep the disc tray closed when the CD player is not in use.
‹ Never load two discs into the disc tray.
CONTROL AND OPERATION
POWER
The mains On/Off switch is located on the rear panel next to the power cord. 1 is on and 0 is off. Switching on the
power from the rear panel automatically places the unit in Standby mode. To wake it up, press the ANY BUTTON
button on the front panel or CD command buttons only on the remote handset. The LED indicator will alternate from
yellow colour in Standby mode to green when ready to play.
Note: Amplifier or Tuner command buttons on the remote handset will not wake up the CD50 mk2. This enables other
devices to run independtly.
NORMAL DISC PLAY
Before playing a disc, check the player's power cable and output cable connections.
1. Switch on the CD50 mk2 at the rear panel, a yellow LED will light above the power button.
2. Press the STANDBY switch and the LED will turn green.
3. Press the OPEN/CLOSE or DISC button to open the disc tray and load the disc.
4. Press the OPEN/CLOSE or DISC button again to close the disc tray.
N.B. If you get a message dISC on the display when the disc tray is fully closed, this means that the disc is improperly
loaded (most likely upside down). To check, open the disc tray again and reload the disc correctly. If the disc tray gets
jammed while closing, the tray will stop and open automatically. If this happens check the disc tray and reload the disc
correctly.
5. When the disc is loaded correctly the the player will spin the disc to read the T.O.C. (Table Of Contents). This will tell
the player how many tracks are recorded on the disc and how long they are. Depending on the number of tracks and
the method of recording the information, the T.O.C. read can vary from 3 - 10 seconds or more. Until this has been
achieved, no other function will work. When the T.O.C. is correctly read the player will display the information
There are 25 tracks on the disc. The total playing time is
72 minutes and 07 seconds. The player is set to play when
required.
6. Press the PLAY button. The PLAY symbol will appear on the display. The disc will start playing from the beginning of the
first track.
You may also go straight to a specific track by using one of the SKIP buttons
or
. In this case the disc will
start playing the selected track when the PLAY button is pressed. The numeric keys on the remote handset allow
direct access to the desired track.
7. At the end of the last track the CD will return to a waiting mode.
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‹ If the CD is deeply scratched, too dirty, or not recorded to Sony/Philips ‘Red Book’ standards, the disc may not play. If
an improperly centered disc is played, noise will be heard in the mechanism. Avoid using such discs.
‹ Some discs of poor manufacture may not be readable or may skip. Check another disc should this occur.
‹ Some discs will take longer to read the T.O.C. if they have a lot of tracks, i.e. more than 25.
STANDBY
When switching-on from Standby, with no disc in the tray, the
display will show no dISC.
If there is a disc in the tray the track display will show dISC
until the T.O.C. (table of contents) has been read.
When the T.O.C. has been read, the information will be
displayed, i.e. the total number of tracks and total playing
time.
INSERTING A DISC
Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the front panel or DISC
on the handset, the disc tray will open and the OPEN sign
will be displayed.
Insert the disc and press the OPEN/CLOSE or DISC button
again to close the tray.
The disc will start spinning and the total number of tracks will
be read. The disc will then stop and the display will show the
T.O.C. (table of contents), being the total number of tracks
and the total playing time.
TO PLAY A DISC
Press the PLAY button. The disc will start playing.
The track number 1 will be displayed, together with the
PLAY
symbol and the elapsed time of the track being
played.
TO STOP DISC PLAY
Press the STOP button. The disc will stop playing, the
PLAY symbol will disappear and the track indicator will
show the total number of tracks. The time indicator will display
the total playing time.
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TO PAUSE THE DISC PLAY
Press the PAUSE button. The disc will stop playing at the current
play position and PAUSE will be displayed. Press the PAUSE
button again or press PLAY to resume disc play. PAUSE will
disappear.
CHECK THE DISK AND TRACK REMAINING TIME
(Remote control only)
During normal disc play, when the TIME button on the Remote
control is pressed, the REM symbol will light up and the
remaining playing time of the track will be displayed.
Pressing the TIME button twice will show the remaining playing
time of the disc. The REM and TOTAL symbols will be displayed.
When the TIME button is pressed for the third time, the time
indicator will return to the elapsed time of the track being played.
TO LISTEN TO A DESIRED TRACK
Press the SKIP FORWARD or SKIP BACK button to select a desired track. The track number of the selected track will be
shown on the track display.
SKIP FORWARD TO THE NEXT TRACK
To skip ahead to the beginning of track 5, for example, while track 4 is playing, press the
button on the front panel, or
the
button on the remote handset once.The CD player will skip ahead to the next track each time the
or
button is pressed. Continuously pressing the
or
button makes the CD player skip ahead through the disc, track
by track, until you reach the desired place. The CD player can be advanced to the last track in this way. When the last track
is reached, the CD player will return back to track 1.
SKIP BACK’ TO THE PREVIOUS TRACK
To skip to the beginning of track 3, for example, while track 4 is playing, press the
button on the front panel, or the
button on the remote handset twice. The player will skip to the beginning of the current track. Press the
button again. The player will skip to the beginning of the previous track. Disc play will start from track 3.
or
TO SEARCH QUICKLY FOR A PARTICULAR POINT OF A TRACK
During PLAY mode press and hold the
button is pressed, the sound will be muted to about 1/4 of the normal volume level for the duration of the fast-forward
or fast-back operation.
or
buttons for fast-forward and fast- back operation. :When
or
During PAUSE mode pressing
or
or
buttons will release the pause mode and the search will continue normally
operation, for the first few seconds the player will search slowly through the
with a muted sound. During the
disc and then switch to searching fast.
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SHUFFLE PLAY
Use this feature to play tracks on a disc in a random order.
1.
2.
3.
Press the Shuffle button on the front panel. This function is not available from the remote.
Press the PLAY button. A track will be randomly selected and the disc will start playing.
Press Shuffle during Play and the the reamianing tracks will be shuffled.
PROGRAMMED DISC PLAY
(Remote control only)
This feature allows you to play tracks in your preferred sequence.
It is not possible to program the CD player while the disc is playing. So, press the STOP button first, then enter a program.
ENTERING A PROGRAM
To program a desired sequence of tracks:
1. Select the first track using the
or numeric 0-9 buttons. Press the PROG button on the remote handset. The
EDIT symbol will illuminate and the track number will be displayed. The first selected track is now stored in the
memory.
2. Select the next track number using the
choice is now stored in the memory.
or numeric buttons. Press the PROG button again - the second
3. Repeat the steps above until all the desired tracks are stored in the memory.
To play track 5, track 2 and track 8 in sequence:
Enter the first choice by selecting track 5 using the
or numeric
5
button. Press the PROG button to store the first choice. Track
now stored and the EDIT symbol will be displayed.
is
The time display will toggle between P: 1 and the playing time of the
selection.
Enter the second choice - track 2 using the
or numeric button.
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Press the PROG button to store the second choice. Track
is
also stored.
Enter the third choice - track 8 in the same way. Press the PROG
button to store the third choice.
Press the PLAY button. The first programmed track will start
playing and the PROGRAM symbol is displayed.
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LISTENING TO A PROGRAMMED SEQUENCE
1.
2.
3.
Press the PLAY button. The PLAY
symbol will be displayed.
The disc will start playing the first programmed track.
After the programmed sequence has finished playing, the track display and the time display will show the number
of tracks played and the total playing time
CHANGING THE PROGRAM
1.
2.
Press the STOP button if the disc is playing.
You can modify the program by entering new track numbers.
CLEARING THE MEMORY
1.
2.
Press the STOP button twice if the disc is playing.
Press OPEN/CLOSEbutton twice on the front or DISC button on the handset.
NOTE: The memory will also be cleared if the power is switched off on the rear panel.
REPEAT DISC PLAY
Use the REPEAT button to repeat a track, all tracks on the disc, or a programmed sequence of tracks.
REPEAT ONE TRACK
Make sure that the PROGRAM function has not been selected.
Press the REPEAT button once and the REPEAT 1 message will appear.
1.
2.
Select the desired track using the
or
or numeric buttons. The track number will appear on
the track display.
3.
Press the PLAY button. The PLAY
symbol will be displayed and the selected track will start playing.
NOTE:You can also select REPEAT mode while the desired track is playing.
4.
5.
At the end of the track the CD player will automatically return back to the beginning. The track will continue to
repeat until the STOPbutton is pressed.
Alternatively, to cancel REPEAT 1 press the REPEAT button twice, to toggle pass REPEAT ALL and back to
normal PLAY
mode.
REPEAT ALL TRACKS ON THE DISC
1.
2.
3.
Press the REPEAT button twice and the REPEAT ALL message will appear.
Press the PLAY button and the disc will start playing.
At the end the last track the CD player will automatically return to the beginning of the first track. The repeat play
will continue until the STOPbutton is pressed.
NOTE:You can also select REPEATALL mode while the disc is playing. At the end of the last track the disc will
automatically return to the beginning of the first track and will continue playing until REPEAT ALLis cancelled.
5.
If the REPEAT button is pressed again, the REPEAT ALL message will disappear and normal play will resume
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REPEAT A PROGRAMMED SEQUENCE OF TRACKS
1.
Enter a program.
2.
Press the REPEAT button twice and the REPEAT ALL message will appear.
3.
4.
5.
Press the PLAY button, the PLAY
symbol will be displayed and the programmed sequence will start playing.
All programmed tracks will continue playing in order until the STOPbutton is pressed.
If the REPEAT button is pressed once more, the REPEAT ALL message will disappear and Program mode will
resume.
‘A « B’ DISC PLAY
(Remote control only)
Use to repeatedly play a portion of the disc, from point A to point B.
1.
Press the PLAY button.
A / B
Go to the starting point of your selection using
and
keys and press the
button.
A ↔ B
B
The REPEAT
message will appear, with the letter
flashing, and point A will be stored in the
memory.
A / B
2.
3.
Press the
button again at the end point of your choice.
B
The letter
will stop flashing and point B will be stored in the memory. The segment between A ↔ B will be
repeatedly played.
A ↔ B
A / B
To clear REPEAT
, press the
button or the REPEAT button once
NUMERICAL KEYS ON THE REMOTE CONTROL
To save time tracks can be chosen by pressing any numerical keys.
1.
For tracks 1 to 10:
If you want to listen to track 4 for example,press the No 4 button. The track indicator will show 4.
Press PLAY , the PLAY
symbol will appear and track 4 will start playing.
NOTE: You can select a desired track while the disc is playing, i.e. if you want to listen to track 4, just press No
4 button and track 4 will start playing.
2.
For more than 10 tracks:
If you want to listen to track 14, press button 1 + button 4 within 2 seconds.The track indicator will show track 14.
If the player is already running track 14 will start playing automatically.If not, press PLAY and track 14 will start playing.
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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
If you have followed the instructions, and are having difficulty operating your compact disc player, please use the simple
guide below to help you solve the problem. Here we have listed the most common hiccups experienced by the users,
which we hope will be of some help.
Locate the SYMPTOM in table below and then check the corresponding POSSIBLE CAUSE and CORRECTIVE ACTION
to remedy the problem.
SYMPTOM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
CORRECTIVE ACTION
No power when the
power switch is ON.
Poor power plug connection at
the AC outlet
Insert the power plug firmly into
the AC outlet
Fuse in the mains plug has blown
CD Player is in Stanby mode
Replace the fuse in the mains plug
Press Standby button
Display does not read T.O.C.
No sound
The disc is loaded upside down
The disc is too dirty or scratched
A DVD or SACD is being used
Reload the disc with the label side up
Clean the disc
Replace the DVD with a CD disc
Improper output cable connections
Improper amplifier operation
Connect the output cable properly
Make sure that the amplifier controls
are set properly
Sound skips
Damaged, faulty or dirty disc
Clean or replace with a new disc
The CD player is subject to vibrations Change the location of the player
or physical shock
Programmed sequence
will not play
The CD player is in the normal
disc play mode
Press the STOP button and then
program the tracks
Humming noise
Loose cable connections
Local interference
Press plugs in firmly
Move player to new location
Remote handset will
not function.
Batteries low
Replace the batteries
SPECIFICATION
Power requirements
Power consumption
Frequency response
Output level
Supplied 220/240—50 Hz or 100/120—60Hz
20 W max 6 W standby
1 Hz - 20 kHz ± 0.25 dB
2.0 V RMS at 1kHz, 0 dB
Output impedance
50
Ω
, min load 1 K
Ω
Laser type
Semiconductor ALGaAs
790 nm ± 25 nm
0.18 mW typical
> -97dB
Wavelength
Light output (cw)
THD + Noise
Dynamic range
Number of channels
> 117dB
2
Total harmonic distortion
Weight
< 0.0008% at 1 kHz, 0 dB
5 Kg / 11 lbs
Dimensions
430 x 62 x 250 mm
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Creek Audio Limited
12 Avebury Court
Mark Road
Hemel Hempstead HP2 7TA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 1442 260146 Fax: +44 (0) 1442 243766
E-mail: [email protected]
Designed and Manufactured in the United Kingdom
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