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A multi-detector SF γ NCS ( γ Strength Function for Neutron capture Cross Sections) for light charged particle transfer reaction was built at CEA,DAM,DIF to carry out experiments studying the radiative deexcitation of nuclei. This new setup is composed of an array of 60 NaI(Tl) large volume detectors around a reaction chamber containing double-sided segmented silicon detectors organized in Δ E - E telescope. Through a precise angle and energy determination of the light charged ejectile, the [ E γ d e t e c t e d , E e x c i t a t i o n ] matrix is obtained. With high segmentation for γ -rays and particles detection and 59% of 4 π solid angle for the γ -ray array, a high particle- γ -ray coincidence efficiency is found. An accurate GEANT4 simulation of the whole setup is achieved to reproduce at best the γ -rays detection response. This system is dedicated to extract nuclear properties like two ingredients of nuclear reaction models: γ -strength function and nuclear level density which are crucial to reliably compute radiative capture cross-sections on nuclei for astrophysics studies or nuclear energy applications. As a reference for this setup, we report on an application of the so-called ”Oslo method” to the transfer reaction, 238 U( d , p ) 239 U, to show the performance of our setup to bring precise nuclear properties in the quasi-continuum.