Since 1991, the Vega PKD-122S CD player has been producing the Berdsk Radio Plant. The PKD is designed to reproduce a digital signal from laser compact discs and convert it into an audio frequency signal. PKD has: a device for the selection and playback of phonograms according to a given program; node for automatic search of the previous and subsequent phonograms; indicators of operating modes. Operating frequency range 20 ... 20,000 Hz, THD - 0.08%. Signal-to-weighted noise ratio 90 dB. Separation between stereo channels 60 dB. Power consumption 12 W. Dimensions of PKD - 430x285x110 mm. Weight 6.1 kg. PKD was part of the Vega-122S complex, but it was also sold separately.

 2. Photo by P. Vishnevsky, I. Krapivin, I. Plekhanov, Moscow.

In 1991, for the sets of CEC (Chuo Denki Co), they developed a domestic case, a transformer and an indication unit, and also equipped the updated PKD with a headphone amplifier from the &quot;Vega MP 122&quot; cassette deck. This is how the most widespread model of CD-player in the territory of the USSR and the post-Soviet space - &quot;Vega PKD 122&quot; appeared. Judging by the number of surviving copies, more of these devices were produced than all other domestic laser players combined (according to some sources, 47 thousand pieces). PKD became part of the block music center &quot;Vega-122&quot;. A Japanese display (similar to the PKD-121) was installed in some devices of early batches, there were also different design options (at least 3). The engineers of the Vega design bureau did not abandon their attempts to localize the production of the turntable in our country, due to which, by 1994, first a domestic control unit based on the KR1816BE39 or KR1850BE50 processors was developed, and then the main board. However, no replacement for the Japanese DAC, mechanics and special controllers was found, so they were purchased in Japan before the final collapse of the Berdsk radio plant in 1995.

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CD player '' Vega PKD-122S ''.