Radius 1000 ™ Featuring: Sampling User Guide and Reference Manual Rev. 3/10 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles Ca. 90040 www.AmericanAudio.
CONTENTS Safety regulations.........................................................................................................................3 Electrical precautions................................................................................................................4 Safety instructions.......................................................................................................................5 Customer support......................................................................
Important information IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR U.S.A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY 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 WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS CD PLAYER TO WATER OR MOISTURE CAUTION: 1. Handle the power supply cord carefully. Do not damage or deform; it may cause electric shock or malfunction when used. Hold plug attach- ment when removing from wall outlet.
ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER (OR BACK).
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS I. Read Instructions - All the safety and operat ing instructions should be read before the CD Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future reference. The serial and model number for this unit is located on the rear panel. Please write down the numbers here and retain for future reference. 2. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the CD Player and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. Serial No.
Unpacking Every Radius 1000™ has been thoroughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condition. Carefully check the shipping carton for damage that may have occurred during shipping. If the carton appears to be damaged, carefully inspect your CD player for any damage and be sure all equipment necessary to operate the CD player has arrived intact. In the event damage has been found or parts are missing, please contact our toll free customer support number for further instructions.
Main features • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plays Mp3, CD, and CD-R Discs • Mp3 Track Listings Slot Loaded CD • Folder Search for Mp3's Fine Tune BPM (See page 28) • Advanced Track Search (See page 33) Auto cue • Real Time Scratch Play 1/75th second frame search • Reverse Play Real time cue (“Cue on the Fly”) • Pan Effect 8 different speed scan (4 Forward/4 Reverse) • Skid Effect Pitch display • Filter Effect Digital RCA coaxial output • Phas
Set-UP FOR BEST CD-R DISC PLAYBACK RESULTS IN THIS CD PLAYER PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES: 1. High quality CD-R Audio discs (should conform to the standards of the Orange Book 2). 2. Use a high quality bit rate when recording discs. (At least 160kbps) 3. Record discs in the slowest speed possible. (i.e. 2x or 4x speed) 1. Checking the Contents Be sure your Radius 1000™ was shipped with the following: 1) Radius 1000™ Professional CD player.
GENERAL Functions and controls Figure 3 1 20 2 19 18 17 16 3 4 15 5 6 7 8 14 9 13 10 11 12 21 30 29 22 28 23 24 25 27 26 ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.
GENERAL Functions and controls (Cont.) A. Top unit controls (Figure 3) 1. EJECT FUNCTION - Pressing this will eject the CD. The eject function will only when the unit is in cue or pause mode, this is to prevent accidentally ejecting the disc when in play mode. 2. VFD DISPLAY - This high quality VFD display indicates all the functions, as they are occurring. The display ICONS will be explained in the section C. 3. PITCH SLIDER - This slider is used to adjust the playback pitch percentage.
GENERAL Functions and controls (Cont.) and set effect and sample parameters, see page 24. 10. BPM BUTTON - Press this button to switch between manual BPM and Auto BPM. 11. TAP BUTTON - This button is used for manual BPM. When in manual BPM mode, press this button and turn either the TIME (28) or RATIO (23) knobs to adjust the BPM 12. jog wheel effects and controls NORMAL BUTTON - Press this button to exit SCRATCH mode. When SCRATCH mode is not active the JOG WHEEL (9) can be used to pitch bend.
GENERAL Functions and controls (Cont.) 17. FAST TRACK BUTTONS This button is used to select a track. Tapping this button will forward skip to the next track, holding down this button will rapidly forward skip through the tracks. This button is used to select a track. Tapping this button will back skip on track, holding down this button will rapidly back skip through the tracks. 18. ADV.
GENERAL Functions and controls (Cont.) HOLD BUTTON - This button has two functions: Parameter Lock: This button allows you to lock any new parameter settings you set to the ef- fects. The button LED will glow red when the hold function is not selected. When the hold selec- tion is not active, any changes to the effect parameters will be momentay. System Lock: If you press and hold the button for 5 seconds you will activate the System Lock.
GENERAL Functions and controls (Cont.) 31 37 36 35 34 33 32 Figure 4 B. REAR PANEL (FIGURE 4) 31. POWER CONNECTOR - This connection is used to connect your main power. Be sure that your local power matches the unit’s required power. 32. POWER BUTTON - This button is used to turn your unit’s power on and off. 33. relay jack - With this jack you can connect two CD players and relay (flip flop) play.
GENERAL Functions and controls (Cont.) 39 38 40 56 53 41 42 57 55 54 43 44 52 51 50 49 48 46 47 45 Figure 5 C. VFD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 5) 38. PLAY Indicator - The play indicator will glow when the unit is in play mode. 39. PAUSE Indicator - The pause indicator will glow when the unit is in pause mode. 40. CUE Indicator - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. 41.
GENERAL Functions and controls (Cont.) 51. FOLDER Display - This indicator describes which folder you are in. 52. RELOOP indicator - Appears when LOOP is engaged or ready to be engaged. 53. Single indicator - This indicates that the CD drive is in single play mode, the track will play once and return to CUE mode. If the single indicator is not on the unit is in continuous mode In continuous mode the drive will play all the remaining tracks on the disc.
INTERNAL menu Press and hold the FOLDER KNOB (20) for at least 2 sec. to enter the internal menu. Press the TIME (28) or RATIO (23) KNOBS to enter the submenus and to confirm setting; press the FOLDER KNOB (20) to exit the menu. 1. JOG MODE - Select JOG LED mode (mode range is 1~8) 2. Sensitivity - Touch Wheel Sensitivity Adjustment (Adjustment range is -20~+20) 3. Pitch Bend - Pitch range +/-1%~100% 4. Display Time - Range is 0.5~12.0 sec.(LINE NAME start / stop time adjustment) 5.
BASIC OPERATIONS 1. Loading/EJECTING discs The Radius 1000™ can only play regular 5 inch CDs. 3 inch, odd shaped, and oval CDs are not compatible. When loading a CD into the player always hold the disc by it edge. Load the disc label side up and slide it in the disc slot. Never touch the signal surface (the glossy side). To remove a disc from the slot press the EJECT BUTTON (1). CAUTION: • NEVER attempt to insert any other objects beside 5" CD in the disc slot.
BASIC OPERATIONS (Cont.) 3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 9 Insert an audio CD as described on page 18 (LOADING/EJECTING DISCS). Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button (28) with an audio CD loaded will immediately start playback. The PLAY (42) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins. The point at which playback starts (cue point) will automatically be stored in the memory as the cue point. The unit will return to this cue point (the point at which playback started) when the CUE button (14) is pressed. 4.
BASIC OPERATIONS (Cont.) 8. Scanning (fast forward / Fast reverse) This function gives you a fast search through a track. Press the search buttons (16) for a fast forward or a fast reverse. Figure 12 9. SETTING and STORING a CUE POINT: Setting A Cue Point: A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLAY/PAUSE button (13) is pressed. You may set your cue points anywhere on a disc or in a track. You may set up to three independent cue points per disc.
BASIC OPERATIONS (Cont.) Storing A Cue Point: Once you have set your CUE Point by one of the two means listed on page 20, you may store your cue point in one of the Bank Buttons (26). Once you store this cue point in memory you may recall it at any time and you may even recall memory if the disc has been removed or power had been disconnected, see INTERNAL OPERATING MODES on page 17. You may store a maximum of three cue points per a disc and maximum of 1500 cue points can be saved in unit's memory.
BASIC OPERATIONS (Cont.) 3) Press the OUT BUTTON (15) to set the ending point for your SEAMLESS LOOP (Figure 20). The IN BUTTON (15) and OUT BUTTON (15) LEDs will immediately begin to flash rapidly, indicating the SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated. VFD LOOP INDICATORS - During a seamless loop, the RELOOP (52) indicator will turn on in the VFD DISPLAY (2) indicating a loop is active. Figure 19 Exiting a loop - To exit a SEAMLESS LOOP, press the OUT BUTTON (15).
BASIC OPERATIONS (Cont.) 11. Using the Built In Sampler: Your Radius 1000™ comes with an advanced built in sampler. You may store up to three samples in the three Bank buttons (26). Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a Bank button (26), not both. Your sample can be a maximum of 5.5 seconds in length. A sample can be recalled while a CD is playing, while the CD drive is in PAUSE MODE, you may even play a sample when the CD has been removed.
BASIC OPERATIONS (Cont.) Changing the Sample Parameters: Changing the sample parameters allows you to change the sample's volume and pitch. A higher value will increase the pitch percentage or volume. It's important to understand that the pitch value is basically a speed adjustment and has nothing to do with tonal quality. The values can be either a momentary change or set adjustment.
BASIC OPERATIONS (Cont.) 12. Bank Buttons (26): These buttons are used to store your samples and cue points. Only a sample or a cue point can be stored into each of these three banks. When a sample is stored in of the banks you may use the sample starting point as a cue point. The Bank Buttons instantly recall and play any of your stored samples or cue points without interrupting music playback.
BASIC OPERATIONS (Cont.) 14. Changing the time meter (49)/Time bar (47): During normal playback, pressing the TIME button (29), will change the time display information (47 & 49) in the VFD (2). The following is a break down of the time settings and their definitions: 1) Elapsed (48)- This describes the time in the VFD (2) as the current Tracks elapsed running time. 2) Remain (48) - This describes the time in the VFD (2) as the current Tracks remaining running time.
TOUCH SENSITIVE JOG WHEEL/bop effect JOG WHEEL TOUCH SENSITIVITY: This function works with the SCRATCH effects. This function allows the play and cue commands to be controlled by tapping on the touch sensitive jog wheel. ADJUSTING JOG WHEEL TOUCH SENSITVITY: The degree of sensitivity can be adjusted to make it more or less sensitive. Press and hold the FOLDER KNOB (20) to enter the INTERNAL MENU. Turn the TIME or RATIO KNOBS (28 & 23) clockwise till SENSITIVITY is displayed.
Pitch adjustments Pitch adjustments: The different pitch adjustments allow a track's or a loop's playback speed to be manipulated. This speed manipulation is commonly used to beat match between two or more music sources such as a turntable or another CD player. The playback speed may be increased or decreased by a factor of +/-100. The next section details the different pitch manipulation schemes. 1. Pitch slider (3): This function will increase or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH.
Pitch adjustments Adjusting the Pitch Slider's Range (8): You may change the Pitch slider's (3) operating range at any time. To change the operating range be sure the pitch function is turned on, see figure 37. The pitch percentage range can be changed between +/-4%, +/-8%, +/-16%, and +/- 100%. 4% will allow the least amount of pitch manipulation and 100% will allow the most amount of pitch manipulation.
Pitch adjustments 3. Jog wheel (9): The jog wheel will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode Rotating the wheel in a clockwise direction will increase your track pitch and rotating the wheel in a counter-clockwise direction will decrease your track pitch. The speed you rotate the JOG Wheel will determine pitch bend percentage (%).
Built-in effects The Radius 1000™ comes with eight built in effects. These effects can be used one at a time or you may choose to overlap the effects and use up to four at a time. The Built-in effects include Scratch, Filter, Echo, Trans, Skid, Phase, Flanger, and Pan. You can choose to use the effects with their default parameters or you may choose to customize each effect by changing the parameters. The parameter values for all the effects will range.
Built-in effects FILTER EFFECT: The Filter effect tweaks the original sound to add different tonal definition. The Filter Effect has two adjustable parameters, Parameter Time (PT) and Parameter Ratio (PR). The PT will adjust the Time Range and The PR will adjust the Frequency Range (see "Parameters" in the next section). Figure 45 PHASE EFFECT: The Phase effect tweaks the original sound to add different tonal definition.
Built-in effects TRANS EFFECT: The Trans effect simulates a real-time mixer transformer effect. The Trans effect has two adjustable parameters, Parameter Time and Parameter Ratio. The PT will adjust the Trans Speed and The PR will adjust the Trans Audio Length. Figure 49 PAN EFFECT: The Pan effect allows you to pan the output from the left channel to the right channel. The PT will adjust the amount of time the pan effect is in each channel (left and right).
ADVANCED TRACK SEARCH Use this function to locate a specific track on a Mp3 disc, while another track is playing at the same time. 1. Press the ADV. TRACK BUTTON (18) to enter advance track search mode. 2. When this mode is active, the TRACK & FOLDER INDICATORS (50 & 51) will flash. Figure 53 3. You can now turn either the FOLDER KNOB (20) to choose a Mp3 Folder or turn the TRACK KNOB (19) to search through the Mp3 tracks. 4.
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FLIP-FLOP™ FLIP-FLOP™ This feature is a kind of “auto pilot”. When you are using two Radius 1000™ players and an American Audio® “Q” Deck™ mixer, you can have one player begin playback when the other ends. You can “Flip-Flop™” single tracks, the entire disc, or a combination of the two. To FLIP-FLOP™ single tracks: 1) Connect your system as described in the connection section on page 8. 2) Set your American Audio® “Q” Deck™ mixer’s crossfader to the center position.
Warranty WARRANTY INFORMATION: The Radius 1000™ carries a ONE year (365 days) limited war- ranty. This warranty covers parts and labor. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase and warranty. All returned service items whether under warranty or not, must be freight pre-paid and accompany a return authorization (R.A.) number. If the unit is under warranty, you must provide a copy of your proof of purchase invoice.
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio® Radius 1000™ - Professional CD Player Type: Slot loading, digital compact disc audio player. Disc type: Standard size compact discs only (5 in/12 cm and 3in/8cm) Applicable File Extenstions for Mp3s: mp3, MP3, mP3, and Mp3 Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, +/- 100% Pitch Accuracy: 0.5% Dimensions: 265mm (W) x 356mm (D) x 106mm (H) 10.4" x 14.01" x 4.17" Installation: Place on flat surface or mount in flat case Weight: 8.2 Lbs. / 3.
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