Compact Disc Player CD63 (CD63T) top loader
Marantz (Sound United LLC); Vista, CA
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Marantz (Sound United LLC); Vista, CA
- Year
- 1982
- Category
- Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 147466
- Number of Transistors
- Semiconductors present.
- Semiconductors
- Main principle
- Audio-Amplification
- Wave bands
- - without
- Details
- CD-Player, -Writer, MD, MOD (audio); Hi-Fi equipment
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 120; 220; 240 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- - For headphones or amp.
- Material
- Various materials
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Compact Disc Player CD63 [top loader] - Marantz Sound United LLC;
- Shape
- Book-shelf unit.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 320 x 75 x 255 mm / 12.6 x 3 x 10 inch
- Notes
-
The first European built CD player, released in Japan in October 1982, identical apart from labelling and its champagne gold colour to the Philips CD100 Compact Disc Player which was released worldwide in March 1983. With push button keys for Play/Next, Pause, Stop/CM (Clear Memory), Repeat, REV, FWD, Select, Cancel and Store (for storing tracks when compiling a programme). 15 LED track indicators, LED indicators for Pause, Error and Repeat. On the back, RCA phono sockets for Line Output.
Uses the Philips CDM-0 CD player mechanism and first generation Philips chipset.
SAA7010 CD-Decoder
SAA7000 Interpolation
SAA7020 Error correction
SAA7030 4 x Oversampling and digital filter
TDA1540 14 + 2 bit D/A converter (one per audio channel).Specification Audio Performance Number of channels 2 Frequency range 20Hz-20kHz ±0.3 dB Dynamic Range > 90dB Signal to noise ratio > 90 dB (20Hz-20kHz) Channel separation > 90dB (at 1000Hz) Total Harmonic Distortion
(incl. noise) at max. output level< 0.005% Wow and Flutter quartz crystal precision D/A Conversion 16 bit with digital filtering Error Correction System Cross Interleave Reed Solomon Code (CIRC) Audio Output Level 2 V rms Optical Readout System Laser semi-conductor AlGaAs Wavelength 0.78µm Signal format Sampling Frequency 44.1kHz Quantization 16 bit linear/channel Disc Diameter 120 mm Thickness 1.2 mm Sense of rotation (seen from
reading sideanti-clockwise Scanning velocity 1.2-1.4 m/s Rotation speed 500-200 rpm Playing time (max) 60 min (stereo) Track pitch 1.6µm Material plastic Power Supply
Mains voltages: 110,127,220,240V ±10% 50/60Hz (switchable by transformer connections)Power Consumption: 20 Watts approx.
See also the later facelift version housed in a black case, the Marantz CD-63B Compact Disc Player.
Made in Belgium and Holland
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 4.8 kg / 10 lb 9.2 oz (10.573 lb)
- Price in first year of sale
- 699.00 DM
- Source of data
- - - Data from my own collection
- Mentioned in
- -- Original prospect or advert (1983-84 Marantz Hi-Fi catalogue)
- Author
- Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 569 models, 560 with images and 92 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Marantz (Sound United LLC); Vista, CA
Collections
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