User manual AMERICAN AUDIO DCD-PRO300 MKII

[. . . ] DCD-PRO300 MKII © American AUDIO Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR U. S. A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS CD PLAYER TO WATER OR MOISTURE. NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser. It is recommended for use in a room at the following temperature: 41°F - 95°F / 5°C - 35°C CAUTION: 1. Do not damage or deform; it may cause electric shock or malfunction when used. [. . . ] SGL/CTN - You can choose between a single wheel then press PLAY when you have determined the track to play or all tracks in order by pressing once or proper position. NOTE: Tray will not open unless the disc has been paused. American audio · DCD-PRO400TM INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL · PAGE 6 A. RECALL - This button allow you to cue up any of the 10 memory points that have been memorized. the player will cue up the selected point and pause. GENERAL FEATURES (Cont. ) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 37 36 35 34 13&14. TRACK (Track Buttons) - These buttons are used to select the track to be played. TIME (Time Button) - The TIME button switches between ELAPSED PLAYING TIME, REMAINING TIME in a selection and TOTAL REMAINING TIME of the disc. PITCH SLIDER - The pitch can be changed up to +/- 12% by Pressing the PITCH BUTTON so the PITCH LED is lit, then moving the sliding fader. BPM BUTTON - Switches the mode of the display between showing the BPM and the percentage change in PITCH. COUNTER BUTTON - Tap this button with the beat of the music to determine the current Beats Per Minute (BPM). REALTIME CUE ­ This allows you to set the CUE POINT without stopping the play back. CUE - Pressing the CUE button during play provides a return to the position at which play was started. If PAUSE is used before CUE or CUE POINT was set, that will become the cue point. Alternately pressing the PLAY button and the CUE button allows the CD to be played from the same position any number of times. The CUE LED will light up from the time the Cue button is pressed until the CD has reset to the position at which play was started. START/PAUSE (Play/Pause Button) - Each press of the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON causes the operation to change from play to pause or from pause to play. RELOOP BUTTON - If a LOOP has been made, 19. 20. 21. 22. and you have hit the exit button, press this button to enter the loop again. · The disc trays cannot be opened during playback to prevent playback from being interrupted if the OPEN/CLOSE button is pressed accidentally. LOADING DISCS · Hold the disc by the edges and place it in the disc tray. · When using 5 inch/12 cm discs, place the disc in the outer tray guides (Figure 8), and when using 3 inch /8 cm discs, place them securely in the inner guides (Figure 9). 5 in. / 8cm disk Fig. 8 Fig. 9 CAUTION: · DO NOT place any foreign objects in the disc tray, and do not place more than one disc in the disc tray at a time. · DO NOT push the disc tray in manually when the power is off, as this may result in malfunction and damage the player. SELECTING TRACKS · Select desired track using NUMBER Button or · Press the TRACK Buttons once to move to one higher or lower track or · Hold the TRACK buttons in to change tracks continuously at a higher speed. · When a new track is selected during playback, playback begins as soon as the search operation is completed. [. . . ] The extent to which the speed changes is proportionate to the amount of time the button is pressed. For example, if the PITCH BEND+ button is held in continuously, the speed increases continuously. · The jog wheel will temporarily bend the pitch of the music if the song is already playing by rotating the wheel clockwise to speed up or counterclockwise to slow down. The speed that you rotate the JOG WHEEL determines the percentage of the PITCH BEND. [. . . ]