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    CDG-350 Pr ofessional Karaoke Dual Disc Player Operating Instructions 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .americanaudio.us 11/06[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................3 PR OD UC T INF OR MA TI ON .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .[...]

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    NOTE: This pr oduct satisfies FCC regulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to connect the unit to other equipment. T o prevent electromagnetic interference with electrical appliances such as radios and tele - visions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections. NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser . It is recommen[...]

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    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, [...]

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    PRODUCT INFORMATION I. Heat - The CD player should be situated away from heat sources such as radia- tors, heat r egisters, stoves, or other appli- ances (including amplifiers) that pr oduce 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[...]

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    SET-UP © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 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. Y ou may also visit us on the web at www .Am[...]

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    GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 7 REMOTE CONTROL - F ACE (FIGURE 3) 1. PROGRAM BUTTON - When pr ogram mode is activated a “PROGRAM” icon will display in the LCD (8). For programming information see “Pr ogramming” on page 18. 2. TEMPO LOCK - This butt[...]

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    7. OPEN/CLOSE (Disc Tray Open/Close) - This button is used to open and close the disc trans port tray door . NOTE: When a disc is loaded, the tray will not open unless the unit is in pause or cue mode. 8. LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) - This high quality LCD Indicates all the functions (play , pause, cue, etc..,), as they occur . This display is vie[...]

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    15. CUE - Pr essing the CUE button during playback immediately pauses playback and r etur ns the track to the last set cue point. The red CUE LED will glow when the unit is in cue mode The LED will also flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. The CUE button can also be held down to momentarily play the CD. When you release the CUE button it instan[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 10 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT Figure 6 Figure 5 PLAYER UNIT - FACE (FIGURE 5) 21. DRIVE 1 TRANSPORT TRAY - This tray is used to load and unload a compact disc into the drive 1 mechanism. The tray is opened and closed by pressing the DRIVE 1 OPEN/CLOSE B[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 11 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT 27. SWITCHED AUDIO OUTPUT R & L - Connect the audio cables to this output and the audio signal can be switched between Deck 1 & Deck 2 using a "Q" Start Mixer . The red colored jack represents the right ch[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 12 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 7 ) 37 . KEY INDICA TOR - Indicat es current track s ' half -step increment s, up t o 1 2 steps + (#) or - (b) from the orignal ke y . 38 . SINGLE INDICATOR - This indicates the unit is in single play mode . In sin[...]

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    48 . TRACK INDICATOR - This double digit indicator details a current track. The number displayed in the track indicator is a direct reference to a track being selected for programming or a track in play, pause, or cue mode. 49 . PAUSE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in pause or cue mode. 50. PLAY INDICATOR - This indicator wil[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 14 BASIC OPERATIONS Figure 9 Figure 8 2. SELECTING TRACKS Select a desired track by using either of the two TRACK BUTTONS (16). T apping the TRACK BUTTONS (16) once will select either a higher or lower track. Y ou may hold down the TRACK BUTTONS (16) to change tracks con[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 15 BASIC OPERATIONS 7. FRAME SEARCH This feature allows you to scr oll through a track frame by frame, allowing you to find and set a start- ing cue 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,[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 16 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) Activating the Pitch Slider (13): T o activate the PITCH SLIDER (13), turn the pitch function on. Press the PITCH BUTTON (10) to tur n on the pitch function, when the pitch function is activat - ed a LED will begin to glow . If the pitch functi[...]

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    Holding down or tapping on the (+) PITCH BEND BUTTON (9) will provide a speed bump in the playback pitch. © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 17 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) 10. PITCH BENDING: This function will momentarily increase or decr ease a tracks playback speed. There are two ways to operate this functi[...]

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    Be sure a disc is inserted in the drive and press the PROGRAM BUTTON (1). Pressing the PROGRAM BUTTON (1) from any function will immediately pause the disc and enter the pr ogram mode. After activating the program mode the PROGRAM INDI - CA TOR (47) in the LCD (8) will begin to glow indicating Program Mode has been activated. 11. PROGRAM PLA Y This[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 19 3 Ways T o Hook-Up Video To Your T.V. VIDEO OUT 1 REAR OF TV VIDEO IN AUDIO IN Option 1 is for TVs with Video input(s) (RCA jacks) Option 2 is for Tvs without video input(s). Use WITH YOUR V CR 2 1 HOOK UP THROUGH A VCR NOTE: WHEN CONNECTING TO A VCR BE SURE IT IS SET[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 20 1. PRECAUTIONS ON HANDLING COMPACT DISCS Compact disc ar e constructed of the same types of plastic r ecord are. T o avoid sever e damage to you valuable disc please observe the following guide lines. Following the these guide lines will ensure long disc life. • Do [...]

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    1-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY A. A meri can Audi o ® her eby wa rran ts, to the orig ina l pur chas er , Ame ric an Au dio ® pr odu cts to be f re e of manu fac tur ing defe cts in mat eri al an d work man shi p for a p erio d of 1 Y ear (365 days ) fr om the date of pur chas e. This warr ant y sha ll be vali d only i f the pr odu ct is pur cha sed wit[...]

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    SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio ® CDG-350 - Pr ofessional Karaoke Dual Disc Player System: Dual, CD T ray Loading, Digital Compact Disc/Mp3 Audio Player . Disc type: Standard compact discs (5 in / 12cm and 3in/8cm discs) Dimensions: Player unit: 18.9” (W) x 3.5” (H) x 10.3” (D) 482mm (W) x 89mm (H) x 262mm (D) (without feet) Con[...]

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    Object lens drive system 2 dimensional parallel drive T racking detection 3 spot beam detection Optical source Semiconductor laser W ave length 780nm SPECIFICATIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDG-350 Instruction Manual Page 23[...]

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    ©American Audio® A Division of the American DJ® Group of Companies American Audio® W orld Headquarters: 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA T el: 323-582-2650 Fax: 323-582-2610 W eb: www .americanaudio.us E-mail: info@americanaudio.us[...]