TECHNICALDESCRIPTION
©CyrusAudioLtdJun20146CDtServiceManualIssue1
PCBassemblies
ThefollowingisabriefdescriptionoftheinternalPCBsfoundintheCDt.
TheservoPCBismounteddirectlyontotheCDmechanism,thisincludestheCDloadermotor
andsleddrivers,theservodriverandCDdecoder.
ThemainPCBismountedinthebaseofthechassisandcontainsthepowersupplies,optical
andcoaxialSPDIFoutputandtheuserinterfacemicrocontroller.
Discreading/decodermoduleandservoPCB
Thediscreadinglaserpickupismountedinamotordrivenslotloader,whichreceivesits
operatingcommandsviatheservoPCB.
TheheartoftheservoPCBistheCDdecoderIntegratedCircuitIC401.Thisiscontrolledby
softwarerunningonthemainboardmicrocontrollerIC701viaanI2CBus.
Themicrocontrollersendshighlevelcommands(e.g.ReadTOC,Playtrack1)totheservoPCB
viaacommunicationbus.DiscloadingiscontrolledbythemicrocontrollerontheservoPCB.
WhenadiscisinsertedintotheplayerthefirstthingthatneedstohappenisthattheTableof
Contents(TOC)ofthediscisread.Thisinformationcontainsthestartandendlocationofeach
trackonthediscfordiscnavigationpurposes.
InordertoreadtheTOCthelaserisswitchedonbythedecoderIC,andafocusrampis
initiated.Iffocusisfoundthenthediscmotorisswitchedonforashorttime,thenthePLLis
switchedonandthediscisacceleratedtofullspeed.Oncethespeedhadbeenachievedand
thePLLislockedontothedata,theradialloopisswitchedonandthesubcodewillberead
fromthediscandfedtothedecoder.
Thefocusandradialpositionsofthelaserspotarecontrolledbythedecoderbylookingatthe
diodesignalscomingfromtheopticalpickup(OPU).TheseareD1,D2,D3andD4forfocus,R1
andR2forradial.TheerrorsignalfromthesediodesisusedtogenerateaPDMsignal.This
signalisthenfilteredwithalowpassfilterandamplifiedbythemotordriver(BA5984FP)to
movetheactuators.
PowerforthelaserdiodeissupplieddirectlyfromthedecoderICwhichmonitorslaseroutput
andadjuststhepoweraccordingly.
Thereisasinglesystemclockontheservoboard,8.4672MHz.Thisisself‐generatedbythe
decoderIC.
Thereare2mainpowersuppliestotheservoboard,+5V_CDforthesignalprocessing
electronicsand+5V_MOTORtoIC402supplyingmotorandsledpower.The+5V_CDsupplyis
subregulatedto+3V3andsub‐sub‐regulatedto+1.8Von‐boardforthedecoderandother
electronics.