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Planet

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WARNING

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or
moisture.
To avoid electrical shock, do not separate the top and bottom case
halves. Refer the servicing to qualified

Rega

dealers only.

The laser component in this product is capable of emitting radiation exceeding the

limit for Class 1.

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product.

This label is located inside the unit.

CAUTION -

INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AND INTERLOCKS DEFEATED. AVOID
EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

VORSICHT! -

UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG TRITT AUS. WENN DECKEL GEÖFFNET UND
WENN SICHERHEITSVERRIEGELUNG ÜBERBRUCKT IST. NICHT DEM STRAHL
AUSSETZEN!

VARNING -

OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÅR DENNA DEL ÅR URKOPPLAD. STRÅLEN ÅR FARLIG.

ADVARSEL -

USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING NÅR
SIKKERHEDSAFBRYDERE ER UDE AF FUNKTION. UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR
STRÅLING.

ATTENTION -

RAYONNEMENT LASER ET ELECTROMAGNETIQUE DANGEREUX SI OUVERT AVEC
L'ENCLENCHEMENT DE SECURITE ANNULE.

VARO! -

AVATTAESSA JA SUOJALUKITUS OHITETTAESSA OLET ALTTINA NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE
LASERSÄTEILYLLE. ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN.

ADVARSEL -

USYNLIG LASERSTRÄLING NÄR DEKSEL ÄPNES OG SIKKERHEDSLÄS BRYTES.
UNNGÄ EKSPONERING FOR STRÄLEN.

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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

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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Design Innovation

Rega were the last major specialist hi-fi manufacturer to make a CD
player. We have used this time to observe the development of this
medium. Whilst it has become the dominant format, we are still
unimpressed with the majority of products available on the market.

This has encouraged us to develop our own product that comes from
our own philosophies concerning sound quality, reliability and value
for money.

The

Planet

CD player has a unique sound that harmonises with the

rest of our products and is in contrast to the tonal qualities of most
players.

A top loading design was chosen for several reasons. Firstly,
complex motorised tray mechanisms are vulnerable to wear and
therefore a cause of unreliability. Secondly, the use of our underslung
transport location allows service engineers immediate access to the
next most unreliable part of any CD player (the laser diode
assembly).

Through extensive research we have found that traditional
suspensions in CD players actually encourage error correction, so we
have designed a foot suspension system to absorb the vibrations of
the surroundings without adding resonances to a spinning disc.

Installation

Ensure the operating voltage of the

Planet

(stated on the rear) is the

same as that of your local power supply.

The

Planet

will work well on most surfaces, such as a shelf or a table,

stand, or wall bracket.

The

Planet

should be placed to allow adequate access to the lid and

aperture. If access is limited there is a danger of scratching the CD
when sliding it over the hub.

NOTE: The foot suspension has been designed to absorb the
shock of normal footfalls, but can be made to skip if exposed to
more extreme impacts. If this could be a problem then the player
should be further isolated by a wall bracket or other method.

Interconnects

An interconnect is included with your

Planet

CD player, which

provides entirely satisfactory performance. Audiophiles may wish to
upgrade to a more exotic interconnect at a later stage, such as
Rega's

Couple.

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Output Connections

All the outputs are made via RCA (Phono) type connectors. The
sockets on the

REGA

products are clearly marked red, white and

black.

Line Out:

For output to an audio amplifier.

Right:

always the lower row and marked in

RED.

Left:

always the upper row and marked in

WHITE.

CAUTION: SOME AMPLIFIERS AND INTERCONNECTS HAVE BLACK COLOUR

CODING FOR THE LEFT CHANNEL.

Digital Out:

for output to digital components such as D.A converter,

digital processor, DAT, or MD, and marked in

BLACK.

IMPORTANT: ALWAYS TURN OFF THE PLAYER WHEN CHANGING LEADS.

Rear Panel Connections

Powering up

Press the power switch on the front panel, the power indication LED
on the power switch will illuminate.

If there is a disc in the player the number of tracks and the total
running time is briefly displayed, before returning to 0.

If there is no disc in the player, “NO DISC” is displayed.

In Use

RIGHT CHANNEL

OPTICAL

OUT

IEC

LINE OUT

White

Red

Black

Power switch and

power indicator

Lid

Display

Track previous

Track next

Play/Pause

Stop

Finger Lift

Remote

sensor

LEFT CHANNEL

DIGITAL

OUT

Planet

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Loading a disc

Use the finger lift to open the lid.

Holding the disc at opposite sides, place onto the hub in
the CD tray.

Close the lid - the puck will clamp the disc onto the hub. If
the player is on, the disc will be read. If the player is off,
the disc will be read on power up.

To remove the disc: Press

STOP

if in play mode. When the

disc has stopped playing, lift the lid and remove the disc.

Play/Pause

Press the

PLAY

button with a disc loaded and the disc will start

playing from track

The display will show the play symbol, track number, index number,
and the playing time.

Pressing again toggles between play and pause*. In pause mode the
pause symbol will be displayed.

Optional Remote Control has separate

play

and

pause

buttons.

Stop

Press the

STOP

button to stop playing the disc. The display will

return to track

9 10

TRACK

INDEX

SEC

MIN

DISC

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

14 15

16 17

SHUFFLE PROGRAM REPEAT 1

STEP

Play

Symbol

Pause

Symbol

Shuffle

Mode

Program

Mode

Repeat

Mode

Track

Number

Index

Time

Step

Music Calendar

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 . 8 8 8

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Track Previous

When pressed while the disc is playing, the current track will start
again from the beginning.
Pressing again in quick succession will take you to the start of the
previous track.

Track Next

Pressing once while the disc is playing, the next track will start from
the beginning. Pressing again takes you to the beginning of the next
track after that, etc.......

If the

TRACK

buttons are pressed in pause and stop modes, a

specific track can be selected, and when the

PLAY

button is pressed

the selected track will start from the beginning. In the case of stop
mode, if

PLAY

is not pressed within

seconds of track selection, the

display will return to track

>10 (for tracks above 9)

Numeric Keypad

Track previous

Volume (down)

Track next

Play

Volume (up)

>10

Display

CD Display

Stop

Pause

Program

Check

Clear

Time

Repeat

Search forwards

Search backwards

CD input

Shuffle

Repeat

Prog

Check

Clear

Time

Shuffle

Additional CD Functions

(Remote Option Only)

S o l a r

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When the disc is played in...

Continuous Play
Shuffle Play
Program play (see page 16)

The Planet repeats...

All the tracks
All the tracks in random order
The same program

Shuffle

To play tracks in a random order press

SHUFFLE

then press

PLAY.

To play tracks in a random order whilst in play mode, press the

SHUFFLE

button once. “SHUFFLE” will read on the display and the

tracks will be played in a sequence generated by the player.
To cancel shuffle play, press the

SHUFFLE

button again.

”CONTINUE” will be displayed and Play will continue in the discs
original sequence.

Repeat

To repeat the whole disc, press the

REPEAT

button once. The

display will read “REPEAT”. To repeat the current track, press the

REPEAT

button until the display reads “REPEAT 1”. To cancel,

press the

REPEAT

button until “REPEAT OFF” appears on the

display.

Play, pause, stop, track previous, and track next

The

PLAY

and

PAUSE

buttons on the Remote Control are the same

PLAY/PAUSE

on the front panel except they have been

separated.
Stop, track previous, and track next work in the same way as on the
front panel of the player. (See pages 8 & 9.)

Search Back, Search Forward.

Pressing the

SEARCH BACK / SEARCH FORWARD

buttons in play

mode, plays the disc at high speed at reduced volume, allowing you
to find a specific position in a track.
In pause mode, the track is scanned at a higher speed without
playing music.
Note: if the lead out (end) of the disc is reached during Search
Forward mode, will appear on the display. To resume play, press

SEARCH BACK

PREVIOUS TRACK.

Numeric Keys.

You can start from the beginning of a desired track by pressing the
corresponding

NUMERIC KEY

. If the track number is greater than 9,

press

>10

before selecting your track.

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Display

Checking the total number and playing time of the tracks

Press

TIME

before you start playing.

The display shows the total number of tracks, total playing time, and
music calendar.

While in Shuffle Play mode (“SHUFFLE” appears in the display; see
page 12

)

, a one-second access time blank is added between each

track. This increase is automatically added to the total playing time in
the display.

Display information while playing a disk.

While Playing a disc, the display shows the current track number,
index number, playing time, and the music calendar.
The track numbers in the music calendar disappear after they are
played.

Turning off the display

Each time you press

DISPLAY

on the remote while playing a disc, the

display turns off and on alternately.
In the “display off” mode, if any button on either the player or remote
are pressed, the display will be switched on for about 3 seconds to
allow you to verify your command.

9 10

TRACK

INDEX

SEC

MIN

45.28

1.56

Current track
number

Index number

Playing time

Music calendar

9 10

TRACK

INDEX

SEC

MIN

45.28

Total playing time

Total number

of tracks

Music calendar

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9 10

TRACK

INDEX

SEC

MIN

45.28

Checking the remaining time

Each time you press

TIME

while playing a disc, the display

changes as shown in the chart below.

9 10

TRACK

INDEX

SEC

MIN

45.28

9 10

TRACK

INDEX

SEC

MIN

45.28

If the remaining time exceeds 100 minutes in Program Play mode
or when the disc has more than 24 tracks, “--.--” appears instead
of the remaining time.

Playing time of the
current track

Remaining time on
the current track

Remaining time on
the disc

If the track number exceeds 24 “

--.--

”

appears instead of the remaining time.

Press

1.56

M I N

S E C

1.57

M I N

S E C

51.37

M I N

S E C

Creating a program

The program function allows you to play up to 24 tracks from a disc
in any order you specify.

Press

PROGRAM

to create your new program list. ”PROGRAM”

will appear on the display.

Enter up to 24 tracks, one after the other, in the order you want

them to play. Use the

>10

button for tracks above 9.

9 10

TRACK

INDEX

SEC

MIN

45.28

3.18

STEP

Track number
being programmed

Total playing time

Playing order

PROGRAM

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The handling of CD’s

To keep the CD clean, handle by its edge only. Do not touch the
surface; natural oils from skin can stop the laser from reading the disc
accurately.

Do not expose the disc to bright sunlight, or leave near hot places
such as electrical equipment or in a parked car. Excess heat can
cause the disc to warp.

Do not use any cleaning fluids or anti-static sprays on the disc, they
can damage the disc and the player.

Store the disc in its case when not in use to prevent it from becoming
scratched

Creating a Program (continued)

If you make a mistake, pressing

CLEAR

will erase the last track

you entered. Keep pressing

CLEAR

to erase more than one track

from the play list. Hold down

CLEAR

for 3 seconds if you want to

delete the whole program list. To continue programming, enter the
tracks you want from where you left off.

Press

PLAY

on the remote. Your selected tracks will now play.

Pressing

PROGRAM

again will display “CONTINUE” and you will

be back to normal play mode. Pressing

PROGRAM

once more will

return the programmed tracks.

To create a new program list, press

STOP.

Clear the previous

program list, then to re-program, repeat from step 2.

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Care of the Player

Do not touch the lens or electronic parts inside the player, it is a very
sensitive optical device and is easily damaged.
Also if dirt gets on the lens, the player may not work.

Do not attempt to clean the lens or lubricate in any way. Fluids and
abrasive materials could easily damage the lens. Your REGA dealer
will be trained in cleaning this component, but provided you take care
with your player, it should not need any servicing.

Do not leave the lid open, as dust will get into the player and onto the
lens.

Do not drop objects into the player. If any objects fall into the player,
switch off and disconnect from the mains supply immediately, and
contact your REGA dealer. Do not open the case or stick implements
into it to retrieve the item.

If you are not going to use the player for a long time, we recommend
that you switch it off, as it is not disconnected from the mains even if
the player itself has been turned off.

Always pull the plug itself when disconnecting from the wall socket,
never the cord.

WARNING

Misuse of the player could invalidate your Rega warranty.

Troubleshooting

(No power, power switch LED does not light up)

Is the mains supply

connected and the socket

switched on?

Is the front panel on/off
switch fully depressed?

Has the fuse in the mains

plug blown? (Plug in another

appliance to check)

Is the mains socket

live? (Plug in another

appliance to check)

Contact your

Rega

dealer

Correct the fault

Correct the

fault (Contact your

Rega Dealer if it

appears faulty)

Replace fuse in

plug

Check household

fuses or contact an

electrician!

YES

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Troubleshooting

(Power on, no output)

Are the output

connections connected

correctly?

Are the amplifier

connections correct and

the correct input selected?

Is there a fault in the

amp/speaker chain?

If you are using the

digital output, is the DAC

switched on and correctly

setup?

Contact your

Rega

dealer

Correct the fault

Swap components to

determine the fault

Correct the fault

YES

Correct the fault

Troubleshooting

(Power on, power switch LED and display on,

but CD does not play)

Is there a disc

in the player?

Is the disc label side up?

After selecting a track

have you pressed play?

Is the player in

pause mode?

Contact your

Rega

dealer

Load a disc

Turn the disc over

Press play

YES

Is the CD clean?

YES

Clean the CD

(see page 17)

Has moisture

condensed on the lens?

YES

Leave player turned

on for about an hour with

no disc in.

YES

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Laser
Wavelength
Line Output Maximum Level
Digital Output Maximum Level
Digital Sampling Frequency

Mains Voltage

Power Consumption

Dimensions
Required Space for operation

Semiconductor laser

780nm

2V (load impedance minimum 10k

Ω

)

0.5V (load impedance 75

Ω

)

44.1kHz

230V (minimum 190V maximum 250V)

115V (minimum 95V maximum 125V)

10W

435Wx100Hx270D
435Wx180Hx315D

Specifications

Owners Log

(1)
Owner.......................................................................................
Date..........................................................................................
Where Purchased.....................................................................
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(2)
Owner.......................................................................................
Date..........................................................................................
Where Purchased.....................................................................
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(3)
Owner.......................................................................................
Date..........................................................................................
Where Purchased.....................................................................
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