Schneider CDP8000
(1984)

Those following what is happening on TVK will recognize here a rebadge of the unproduced Grundig CD 35 (1983, here) and the produced but x-rare Aiwa dX-1000 (1982/83).

Yes, the CD is placed upside down and the laser moves above the CD - Pioneer's Stable Platter, Sony's own CDP-5000 and its later CDP-X5000 variants weren't all that new after all ;-)

Note the printed label (like a 45rpm vinyl) which is typical of early CD/DAD prototypes - maybe Schneider was a little behind in 1984 ? The rest of Schneider's '84/85 lineup is extremely interesting (and quite futuristic, still today) but will make for another post, sometime, somewhere in another TVK section.,

I don't think the CDP8000 to have been effectively produced beside the one sample for the catalog - but would love to be proved wrong.