This article is about the electronic device. For the Microsoft Windows Software, see CD Player (Windows).
A portable CD player
A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format. CD players were first sold to consumers in 1982. CDs typically contain recordings of audio material such as music or audiobooks. CD players may be part of home stereo systems, car audio systems, personal computers, or portable CD players such as CD boomboxes. Most CD players produce an output signal via a headphone jack or RCA jacks. To use a CD player in a home stereo system, the user connects an RCA cable from the RCA jacks to a hi-fi (or other amplifier) and loudspeakers for listening to music. To listen to music using a CD player with a headphone output jack, the user plugs headphones or earphones into the headphone jack.
Modern units can play audio formats other than the original CD PCM audio coding, such as MP3, AAC and WMA. DJs playing dance music at clubs often use specialized players with an adjustable playback speed to alter the pitch and tempo of the music. Audio engineers using CD players to play music for an event through a sound reinforcement system use professional audio-grade CD players. CD playback functionality is also available on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive equipped computers as well as on DVD players and most optical disc-based home video game consoles.
A CDplayer is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format. CDplayers were first sold to...
A portable CDplayer is a portable audio player used to play compact discs. The first audio player released was the Discman D-50 by Sony. The basic features...
storage (CD-R), rewritable media (CD-RW), Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Photo CD, Picture CD, Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-i), Enhanced Music CD, and...
portable CDplayers. The first Discman, the Sony D-50 or D-5 (depending on region), was launched in 1984. The Sony brand name for Discman changed to CD Walkman...
CDplayer, the Sony CDP-101, was released in October 1982 in Japan. The format gained worldwide acceptance in 1983–84, selling more than a million CD...
Walkman devices such as DAT, MiniDisc, CD (originally Discman then renamed the CD Walkman) and memory-type media players, it has sold approximately 400 million...
Digital Audio (CDDA) layer and can also be played on a standard CDplayer. The Super Audio CD format was introduced in 1999, and is defined by the Scarlet...
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the CDPlayers start to have the 80 mm circular indentation as standard. Mini CD-R, Mini CD-RW: As of 2020, many manufacturers offer 80 mm CD-R and CD-RW...
produced DJ quality CDplayers. In 1993 Denon DJ was the first to implement a 2-piece rackmounted dual-deck variable-pitch CDplayer with a jog wheel and...
which can be played back on a newer LaserDisc player capable of playing CD-V discs or CD-V-only players. The "CD Video" brand was also used to market some...
MPEG-1, AVI, and Matroska files, or inability to read CD-ROM XA discs. Some Laserdisc players that were released in the late 90s support VCD as well...
are an integral part of standalone appliances such as CDplayers, DVD players, Blu-ray Disc players, DVD recorders, and video game consoles. As of 2017...
Radios are now often integrated with other audio sources in CDplayers and portable media players. Portable radios typically are small enough to be hand held...
subwoofer. Early versions of the systems used an in-built CDplayer, followed by a DVD player. Later versions were AV receivers that used external audio...
solid-state storage. MP3 CD/DVD players: Portable CDplayers that can decode and play MP3 audio files stored on CDs. Such players were typically a less expensive...
airbags were also added for 1994. A CDplayer became optional, as did a combination cassette player and CDplayer unit. Leather seats were also available...
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device that plays discs with high definition video CDplayer, a device that plays audio discs DVD player, a device that plays discs produced under both the...
music player featuring one or two cassette tape players/recorders and AM/FM radio, generally with a carrying handle. Beginning in the mid 1990s, a CD player...
audio). Can be used for muting in audio CDplayers. Not used in the original CD-DA standard, added in the CD-ROM specifications. Digital copy permission...
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