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Table of Contents
- 1 Table of Contents
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Important Safety Instructions
- 4 Limited Warranty
- 5 Rear Panel Connections
- 6 Front Panel Controls
- 7 Remote Control
- 8 Apple Device Compatibility
- 9 Operating Instructions
- 10 Filters
- 11 Custom Installation (C.I.) Use
- 12 Troubleshooting
- 13 Technical Specifications
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- Page 1 CD/DAC/Pre User’s manual azur 851C Your music + our passion...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction Introduction ....................2 Thank you for purchasing the Azur 851C Upsampling Compact Disc Player / DAC / Digital Preamp. The 8 series range is fundamental to our Important safety instructions ..............3 commitment to the continual development of the Azur range. We hope Limited warranty ..................4... -
Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
11. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer. EC) Directives when used and installed according to this instruction manual. For continued compliance only Cambridge Audio accessories 12. Use with only the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or should be used with this product and servicing must be referred to table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the qualified service personnel. -
Page 4: Limited Warranty
Cambridge Audio product, Positioning it can be returned by your dealer to Cambridge Audio or an authorised Cambridge Audio service agent. You will need to ship this product in Choose the installation location carefully. Avoid placing it in direct either its original packaging or packaging affording an equal degree of sunlight or close to a source of heat. -
Page 5: Rear Panel Connections
A command set is available on the S/PDIF co-axial and Toslink optical sockets. Cambridge Audio website at www.cambridge-audio.com. The RS232 interface can also be used by Cambridge Audio service personnel for For each input you can use whichever is most convenient, but not both software updates. -
Page 6: Front Panel Controls
Front panel controls Standby/On Skip/Scan ( ) Switches the 851C between Standby mode and On. Standby is a low Press to skip CD tracks. Pressing and holding the button will scan power mode where the consumption is less than 0.5W. The 851C can be forwards or backwards through the currently playing CD track. -
Page 7: Remote Control
Play / Stop / Pause Press to mute the output on Cambridge Audio Azur Press the relevant button to play, stop or pause a CD. amplifiers. If the 851C Digital Volume feature is enabled, this button will mute/unmute the output of the 851C Note: Depending on the audio software installed on the instead. -
Page 8: Operating Instructions
Operating instructions Repeating discs and tracks Once all the required input and output connections are made, the 851C can be switched on using its rear panel Power switch and front panel or handset Standby/On button. The amplifier to which the 851C is connected should also be switched on, the appropriate input selected, and its volume control set at the appropriate level. - Page 9 azur 851C Using digital inputs When a digital signal is playing through the 851C its display will show The 851C is fitted with four digital inputs for the connection of external the input stream sample rate and word length (also known as “bit digital sources.
- Page 10 See the Setup section on how to switch between USB Audio 1.0 and options. 2.0 modes. To use ASIO you will need the Cambridge Audio Sound Driver installed and A brief explanation of your choices are below: the 851C switched to USB Audio 2.0.
- Page 11 To operate the iPod/iPhone/iPad in the dock, first select the appropriate Use with an iD100 Digital iPod/iPhone/iPad dock input and then press and hold that same button whilst using the Apple The 851C can optionally be used with a Cambridge Audio iD100 digital compatible buttons on the remote. iPod/iPhone/iPad dock.
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Page 12: Filters
Operating instructions cont. Filters Setup The 851C DSP has three different Filter functions: Linear Phase, Menu structure Minimum Phase and Steep. All three filters are highly sophisticated audiophile topologies, optimised specifically for audio playback. In our opinion, these filters offer excellent sound quality but differ subtly in Auto Off Auto Input... - Page 13 azur 851C Minimum Phase Filter Steep Filter Frequency response Frequency response Steep filter Linear phase filter -100 -100 -120 -120 -140 -140 -160 -160 -180 -180 -200 -200 frequency/FS (input sampling rate) frequency/FS (input sampling rate) The Minimum Phase filter is another highly regarded audio filter that Our Steep filter is a linear phase filter that has been optimised for stop offers even lower ripple in the pass and stop bands.
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Page 14: Custom Installation (C.i.) Use
The player will not read the disc Control Bus Output. This feature is useful for multi-room systems (such as the Cambridge Audio Incognito multi-room system) which feature routed Check the disc is not loaded upside down. I.R. emitter outputs. Instead of using window emitters stuck over the Check that the disc is not scratched or dirty. -
Page 15: Technical Specifications
azur 851C Technical specifications All measurements are for 24-bit signals via the digital inputs so as not to be source material limited unless stated. D/A converters Dual Analog Devices AD1955 24-bit DACs Digital filter Analog Devices Black Fin ADSP-BF532 32-bit DSP performing 2nd Generation ATF2 up-sampling to 24-bit 384kHz Linear Phase, Minimum phase or... - Page 16 Cambridge Audio is a brand of Audio Partnership Plc Registered Office: Gallery Court, Hankey Place London SE1 4BB, United Kingdom Registered in England No. 2953313 www.cambridge-audio.com © 2012 Cambridge Audio Ltd...