Operating Instructions DIGI-PRO Professional Dual CD Player Featuring: FLIPFLOP American Audio® 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca.
CONTENTS CAUTIONS REGARDING HANDLING.......................................................................................................3 PRODUCT INFORMATION........................................................................................................................5 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................6 SET-UP.................................................................................
ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 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. Handle the power supply cord carefully. Do not damage or deform; it may cause electric shock or malfunction when used. Hold plug attachment when removing from wall outlet. Do not pull on the cord. 2. To avoid electric shock, do not open the top cover when the unit is plugged in.
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).
PRODUCT INFORMATION I. Heat - The CD player should be situated away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other appliances (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 2. Do not let insecticides, benzene, or thinner come in contact with the surface of the unit. 3. Never disassemble or modify your unit in any way, doing so will void your manufactures warranty. 4. Never plug this unit in to a dimmer pack 5. Do not attempt to operate this unit if it becomes damaged in any way. 6.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT Customer Support: American Audio® provides a toll free customer support line, to provide set up help and to answer any question should you encounter problems during your set up or initial operation. You may also visit us on the web at www.americandj.com for any comments or suggestions. For service related issue please contact American Audio®. Service Hours are Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
MAIN FEATURES • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 times over sampling 1 bit D/A converter • Filter Effect 20 Seconds Digital Anti-Shock Protection • 2 Coast Effect 4 Programmable Cue Points or Samples • Auto cue Function (Sensitive to -48dB) Reverse Playback (Unlimited) • Real-time Cue (“Cue on the Fly”) Selectable Time Display • 4 different speed scan S/PDIF Digital Audio RCA Coaxial Output • 30 Programmable Tracks Fader “Q” Start Control (a) • Bop Effect (b) Flip-Flop (Relay Playback) (c) • 60 Second Transport Pro
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT 1 2 4 3 18 19 5 20 6 21 31 7 22 8 23 9 24 32 11 10 25 12 13 26 27 28 14 33 29 15 16 17 30 34 A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 1. FILTER/COAST/ADJUST - This button allow you to change the FILTER and Coast values. With the FILTER/COAST/ADJUST button selected (on) the FILTER value is one second and the COAST value is five seconds.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT CONT. will continue to play in reverse until it returns to the beginning of the disc. When the REV/PLAY effect is selected a number 3 will appear in the LCD (14), indicating REV/PLAY is active. See reverse play on page 24. 5. TIME - The TIME button is used to changed the displayed time values. Time can be displayed as elapsed track time, remaining track time, and total disc remaining time. 6.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT CONT. described in the next section. 15. (-) PITCH BEND - The (-) pitch bend function creates a momentary “Slow Down” in the CD’s pitch speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the PITCH (7) function is activated. This functions allows the beats between two CD’s or any other music source to match. This is a momentary function. When the button is depressed the pitch speed will automatically return to PITCH SLIDER'S (23) selected pitch.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT CONT. another, that disc too will have a +2% pitch. The amount of pitch being applied will be displayed in the LCD (14). Use this slider to match the BPM’s of this unit to that of another music source. By changing the pitch of one disc with respect to the other in this way, the beats can be matched. 24. BPM BUTTON - This changes toggles between the PITCH function and BPM function indicators in the LCD.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT 35 36 SCRATCH BOX INPUT 37 38 DIGITAL OUT 39 SCRATCH BOX INPUT DIGITAL OUT AC INPUT 115/230 V, 50/60 Hz CONNECT TO CONTROL 2 R 2 40 CONNECT TO CONTROL 1 AUDIO OUT 41 L Voltage Selector 42 43 44 RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT OPEN 230V 45 R 1 CAUTION 115V AUDIO OUT 46 47 48 L 49 B. TRANSPORT UNIT (FIGURES 3) 35. DRIVE 1 TRANSPORT TRAY - This tray is used to load and load compact disc in to the drive 1 mechanism.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT 41. DRIVE 2 REMOTE JACK - Connect the supplied 8 pin din cable from this jack to the remote control's channel 2 remote connector. This will allow you to control the player functions with the remote unit. 42. DRIVE 2 DIGITAL OUT - This jack sends a digital stereo out signal. Use this connection to create near perfect copies of your disc to a Mini disc, CD-R, or any other recording device with a digital input. 43.
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) LCD DISPLAY 69 68 67 66 65 64 50 51 52 63 62 53 61 s 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Figure 6 C. LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 6) 50. FUNCTION INDICATORS - These indicators serve two functions; Indicators 1-3 detail which effect is active, Indicators 6-9 detail a cue point stored in memory. 59 ) When the ELAPSE indicator is displayed in the LCD (14), the time defined will refer to a single track's elapsed time. The time mode is changed by the tapping on the TIME BUTTON (5). 51.
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) CONT. 58, & 59). As with the TIME METER (57, 58, & 59), this bar is also dependent on the selected time function TOTAL REMAIN (66), REMAIN (62) OR ELAPSE (56). This bar will begin to flash when 15 seconds of a track remain and will begin to rapidly flash when three seconds of a track remain. The flashing bar is a great visual reminder a track is about to end. The flashing bar will function regardless of which time mode the unit is in. 62.
BASIC OPERATIONS 1. OPENING AND CLOSING THE DISC TRAY/LOADING DISCS This is an electronic operation and can only work when the power is on. Press the OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (10) to open or close the disc tray. Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (29), will also automatically close the tray if it is open and immediately cue any CD that is in it. If the transport tray is left open for more than 60 seconds it will close automatically to prevent accidental damage to the transport.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 8. FRAME SEARCH This feature allows you to scroll through a track to set a cue, starting sample, or loop point. To use the scroll function you must first be in Pause Mode or Cue Mode. Once you are in Pause or Cue mode, use your finger tip to turn the JOG WHEEL (19) to scroll through the track (figure 9). Turning the wheel in a clockwise direction will advance the frame search and turning the wheel in a counter-clockwise direction rewinds the frame search.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 11. PITCH ADJUSTMENTS: This function will increase or decrease a tracks playback speed or "PITCH," this is not a momentary change as in "PITCH BENDING" (see page 19). The maximum pitch bend percentage allowed is +/-16%. The PITCH SLIDER (21) is used to decrease or increase the playback pitch. If the slider is move up (towards the top of the unit) the pitch will decrease, if the slider is moved down (towards the bottom of the unit) the pitch will increase.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 12. PITCH BEND: This function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks playback speed. There are two ways to operate this function with the (-) & (+) PITCH BUTTONS (25) or with the JOG WHEEL (19). The maximum pitch bend percentage allowed is +/- 16%. The pitch bend function will work in conjunction with the PITCH SLIDER (23) pitch setting.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 13. 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 (29) is pressed. A cue point may be anywhere on a disc or in a track. You may set and store up to five independent cue points per disk. Four cue points are stored in the CUE MEMORY BUTTONS (6) and one in the IN REAL-TIME CUE BUTTON (26). Once a cue point is set it may be recalled at any time during normal playback.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 2) At this point pressing any one of the four CUE BUTTONS (6) will store your cue point into memory (Figure 21), and the yellow Cue Memory LED will shut off. 3) Repeat steps one and two to store up to four Cue Points. Once all your four cue points have been stored you may access them at any time. 4) During playback the cue points will instantly start without any music interruption. During play or pause mode accessing a stored cue point will cue to that point in pause mode.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 3) Press the OUT/EXIT BUTTON (28) to set the ending point for your SEAMLESS LOOP (Figure 13). The IN REAL-TIME CUE BUTTON (26) and OUT/EXIT BUTTON (28) LEDs will begin to flash indicating SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated. LOOP INDICATORS - During a seamless loop, the LOOP (65) and RELOOP (64) INDICATORS will light in the LCD (14) indication a loop is active. Figure 24 EXITING A LOOP - To exit a SEAMLESS LOOP, press the OUT/EXIT BUTTON (28).
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 16. PROGRAM PLAY This operation allows you to customize your disc playback. You may select specific tracks to played and the order they will be played in. You may program a maximum of 20 tracks at once and program a single track to played more than once. To create a program: 1) Be sure a disc is inserted in the drive and press the PRG/HOLD FX (13). Pressing the PRG/HOLD FX (13) from any function will immediately pause the disc and enter the program mode.
ADVANCED OPERATIONS Creating a BOP Effect: The Bop Effect is a stutter effect that is similar to a CD skipping. You can use this effect to create tricks in your mixing. Creating a BOP effect is a simple process: 1) Press the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (29) so music is playing (Figure 31). Figure 31 2) Press the IN REALTIME CUE BUTTON (26) at the point you want your BOP to take place (Figure 32). Figure 32 3) Now tap the RELOOP/BOP BUTTON (30).
ADVANCED OPERATIONS FLIP-FLOP™ This feature is kind of “auto pilot." “Flip-Flop” mode can only function with the use of two DIGI-PRO units. The “Flip-Flop” function may be used with or without an American Audio “Q” deck mixer, you can have one unit begin playback when the other ends. You can “Flip Flop” single tracks, the entire disc, a combination of the two, or you can even “Flip-Flop” your programmed tracks.
ADVANCED OPERATIONS BUILT-IN EFFECTS: The DIGI-PRO™ comes with two built in effects. Only one effect may be used at any given time. The Built-in effects include FILTER and Coast. When either effect is activated a corresponding icon will display in the LCD. For example when the FILTER EFFECT (3) is activated a "1" (50) icon will display in the LCD (14).
ADVANCED OPERATIONS CONT. FILTER EFFECT: The filter is a type of dampening effect that tweaks with the harmonics of a track. This effect uses a low and high filter to distort the an audio track. The effect works with both the low and high filters simultaneously. To activate the FILTER effect be sure the DTA/FX BUTTON (22) is off and press the FILTER BUTTON (3). When the FILTER effect is selected the "1" icon displays in the LCD (14). Figure 39 4.
SCRATCH BOX SET UP Warning! Be sure to make all connections before powering the unit! Scratch Box Scratch Box GND R CLK OUT 1 L CLK OUT 2 DC 12V T U R N TA B L E SB-12 Vinyl Record Only DIGI-PRO ONLY SCRATCH BOX INPUT DIGITAL OUT SCRATCH BOX INPUT DIGITAL OUT AC INPUT 115/230 V, 50/60 Hz CONNECT TO CONTROL 2 CONNECT TO CONTROL 1 AUDIO OUT 2 R L Voltage Selector CAUTION 115V 230V RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT OPEN AUDIO OUT 1 Scratch Box™ - The Scratch Box™ is compatible with any t
BEFORE SWITCHING OFF THE POWER • When you have finished using the CD unit, and before switching off the power, be sure that the disc holder has been closed with the OPEN/CLOSE button (see figures 7 & 8). • TRAY PROTECTION: If tray is not closed after 60 seconds, it will close automatically and pause. CAUTION: DO NOT forcibly close the disc holder when the power is off. Do not switch off the power when the disc holder is open.
WARRANTY 2-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY A. American Audio® hereby warrants, to the original purchaser, American Audio® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 2 Year (730 days) from the date of purchase. This warranty shall be valid only if the product is purchased within the United States of America, including possessions and territories.
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL System: Disc type: Dimensions: Installation: Weight: Power supply: Power consumption: Pitch control range: Pitch bend: Pitch accuracy: Environmental conditions: Accessories: AUDIO SECTION Quantization: Sampling rate: Over sampling rate: D/A conversion Frequency response: Output level: Load impedance: Model: American Audio® DIGI-PRO™ - Professional Compact Disc Player Dual, CD Tray Loading, Digital Compact Disc Audio Player.
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