Rega Planet CD Player User Manual

Introduction
Your Rega Planet has been designed to be effective, easy to use and
above all - to be more musical than any other CD player. We have
omitted all the useless gimmicks and genuinely concentrated the
manufacturing costs on high quality component parts, and employed
a unique design direction, both necessary to reproduce a musical
sound quality from a digital source of information.
For example: A complex sub-chassis suspension is normally
necessary to isolate the transport. However, they are detrimental to
the sound quality and degrade in time, causing malfunction. Rega
have designed a VCS* foot system which minimises footfall shock,
and therefore eradicates the need for a suspension, while maximising
sound quality by reducing error correction.
Rega’s design skill and the use of extremely high quality components
ensure that your Planet will perform at its optimum.
The tips we give here may help to give you maximum musical
enjoyment and ease of use for many years.
*VCS - Viscous Coupled System
Contents
Introduction.................................................................2
Design Innovation..............................................................3
Installation................................................................4
Interconnects..................................................................4
Output Connections............................................................5
In Use................................................................................6-9
Additional CD Functions.................................................10-17
The handling of CD’s............................................................18
Care of the Player.................................................................19
Troubleshooting..................................................20-22
Specifications...........................................................23
Owners Log...........................................................................24
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Mission Statement
Rega’s philosophy is to make high quality products at sensible prices, as a means
of reproducing music as faithfully as possible. Rega is committed to the design
and development of new and existing products, both in hi-fi and other areas, that
will perpetuate Rega’s values of quality and value for money.
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Rega Planet CD Player Specifications

Laser Specifications

laser wavelength	780 nm
line output maximum level	2 V (load impedance minimum 10kΩ)
digital output maximum level	0.5 V (load impedance 75Ω)
digital sampling frequency	44.1 kHz

Power

mains voltage	230 V (minimum 190V maximum 250V)
alternative mains voltage	115 V (minimum 95V maximum 125V)
power consumption	10 W

Weight and Dimensions

dimensions	435W x 100H x 270D
required space for operation	435W x 180H x 315D