American Audio PRO-DJ2FX manuale d’uso

Featuring: Sampling Sampling FLIP FLOP PRO-DJ2FX American Audio ® 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 Revised 6/01 American Audio ® Operating Instructions[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americandj.com - PRO-DJ2FX™ Instruction Manual Page 2 CAUTIONS REGARDING HANDLING.......................................................................................................3 PRODUCT INFORMA TION..................................................................................................................[...]

NOTE: This product satisfies FCC regulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to connect the unit to other equipment. To prevent electromagnetic interference with electrical appliances such as radios and televi- sions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections. NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser . It is recommended[...]

ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, [...]

PRODUCT INFORMA TION 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 w[...]

SET -UP © American Audio ® - www .americandj.com - PRO-DJ2FX™ Instruction Manual Page 6 CUSTOMER SER VICE 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. Y ou may also visit us on the web at ww[...]

• 8 times over sampling 1 bit D/A converter • Break Effect • 20 Seconds Digital Anti-Shock Protection • Coast Ef fect • 4 Programmable Cue Points • Auto cue Function (Sensitive to -48dB) • Reverse Playback • Realtime Cue (“Cue on the Fly”) • Selectable T ime Display • 4 different speed scan • S/PDIF Digital Audio RCA Coaxi[...]

GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS © American Audio ® - www .americandj.com - PRO-DJ2FX™ Instruction Manual Page 8 A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 1. SKID - This button activates the SKID effect. This effect simulates the sudden platter stop of a turntable. Almost like pressing the stop button on a turntable. When the SKID effect is selected a numb[...]

es the pitch value. The pitch percentage can be changed between 8%, 12%, and 16%. 8% will allow the least amount of pitch manipulation and 16% will allow the most amount of pitch manipulation. T o adjust to the different values tap this button. The LED next to the Pitch Button (27) will indicate which pitch percentage mode is activated by , flashin[...]

16. TRACK BUTTON - This buttons is used to select a track. T apping this button will back-skip to the previous track, holding down this button will rapidly back-skip through the tracks on a CD. 17. CUE - Pressing the CUE button during play- back immediately pauses playback and returns the track to the last set cue point (see setting a CUE POINT , p[...]

This is a momentary function. When the but ton is depressed the pitch speed will automatically return to PITCH SLIDER'S (21) selected pitch. Holding down this button will give a maximum of -16% pitch. Be sure to remember that this function is a momentary pitch adjust-ment, for a more precise adjust- ment use the PITCH SLIDER'S (21) to mat[...]

LIQUID CR YST AL DISPLA Y (LCD) B. LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 6) 35. 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. 36. CUE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is recorded in[...]

time function (TOTAL REMAIN (50), REMAIN (47) OR ELAPSE (41). 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. 47. REMAI[...]

1. OPENING AND CLOSING THE DISC TRA Y/LOADING DISCS This is an electronic operation and can only work when the power is on. Press the OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (12) to open or close the disc tray. Pressing the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (19) , will also automatically close the tray if it is open and immediately cue any CD that is in it. If the transport tray is l[...]

BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 8. FRAME SEARCH This feature allows you to scroll through a track to set a cue, starting sample, or loop point. T o 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 (14) to scroll through the track (figure 9). T urning the whe[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americandj.com - PRO-DJ2FX™ Instruction Manual Page 16 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Activating the Pitch Slider (21) : To activate the PITCH SLIDER (21) , turn the pitch function on. Press the PITCH BUTTON (27) to turn on the pitch function, when the pitch function is activated a LED will begin to glow (or flash dependin[...]

BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .americandj.com - PRO-DJ2FX™ Instruction Manual Page 17 1 1. 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 (14). The maximum pitch bend percent[...]

12. SETTING and STORING a CUE POINT : Setting A Cue Point: A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (19) is pressed. A cue point may be anywhere on a disc or in a track. Y ou may set and store up to five independent cue points per disk. Four cue points are stored in the CUE BUTTONS (6) and one in the IN REAL T[...]

BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) American Audio ® • PRO-DJ2FX™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 19 13. CREA TING AND PLA YING A SEAMLESS LOOP A seamless loop is a sound loop that plays continuously without sound interruption. Y ou can use this loop to create dramatic effect in your mixing. This loop has no time limit and you could actually loop the enti[...]

BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) American Audio ® • PRO-DJ2FX™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 20 EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a SEAMLESS LOOP , press the OUT/EXIT BUTTON (23). The IN REAL TIME CUE BUTTON (24) and OUT/EXIT BUTTON (23) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music playback will resume normal play (Figure 25). The IN REAL TIME CUE BUTT[...]

BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) American Audio ® • PRO-DJ2FX™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 21 1) Be sure a disc is inserted in the drive and press the PROGRAM BUTTON (8) . Pressing the PROGRAM BUTTON (8) from any function will immediately pause the disc and enter the program mode. 2) After activating the program mode the program indicator LED besid[...]

American Audio ® • PRO-DJ2FX™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 22 Reverse Play: Reverse play allows you to play a track, loop, or sample backwards. This function is activated by pressing the REV/PLA Y BUTT ON (3) as in figure 34. This function will react differently to dif ferent playback modes: - Reverse track/disc play . In this mode the unit wi[...]

American Audio ® • PRO-DJ2FX™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 23 To FLIP-FLOP entire CDs: To FLIP-FLOP an entire disc, be sure both drives are in continuous play mode. The SINGLE ICON (51) should not be displayed in the LCD (13) . When both drives are in continuous play mode, follow the directions for single track FLIP-FLOP as detailed above. Whe[...]

American Audio ® • PRO-DJ2FX™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 24 BUIL T -IN EFFECTS: The PRO-DJ2FX™ comes with two built in ef fects. Only one effect may be used at any given time. The Built-in ef fects include Skid and Coast. When either effect is activated a corresponding icon will display in the LCD. For example when the SKID EFFECT (1) is a[...]

1. PRECAUTIONS ON HANDLING COMP ACT DISCS Compact disc are constructed of the same types of plastic record are. T o avoid severe damage to you valuable disc please observe the following guide lines. Following the these guide lines will ensure long disc life. • Do not allow fingerprints, oil or dust to get on the surface of the disc. If the disc i[...]

2-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY 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 Y ear (730 days) from the date of purchase. This warranty shall be valid only if the product is purchased within the United States of America, includi[...]

SPECIFICA TIONS American Audio ® • PRO-DJ2FX™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 27 GENERAL Model: American Audio ® PRO-DJ2FX™ - Professional Compact Disc Player System: Single, T ray Loading, Digital Compact Disc Audio Player . Disc type: Standard compact discs (5 in / 12cm and 3in/8cm discs) Dimensions: 3 1/4” ~ 4 1/2” H x 8 1/2” W x 10 3[...]

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