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American Audio CDS-1 manual

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  • Page 1

    Featuring: FLIP FLOP CDS-1 American Audio ® 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 Revised 11/05 American Audio ® Operating Instructions[...]

  • Page 2

    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 2 W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION.................................................................................................................2 ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.................................................................................................3 EL[...]

  • Page 3

    NOTE: This product 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 televi - sions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections. NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser . It is recommend[...]

  • Page 4

    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, [...]

  • Page 5

    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[...]

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    SET -UP © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 6 CUSTOMER SERVICE 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 .[...]

  • Page 7

    • 8 times over sampling 1 bit D/A converter • Auto cue Function (Sensitive to -48dB) • Selectable Time Display • S/PDIF Digital Audio RCA Coaxial Output • Fader “Q” Start Control (a) • Flip-Flop (Relay Playback) (c) • Sleep Mode (e) • Memory Backup, Defaults to last setting (f) • Selectable Pitch: +/-8%, +/-12% or +/-16% • L[...]

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    GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 8 A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 1. STOP - The stop button is used to stop CD playback. Never open the transport door without stopping playback first. 2. OPEN (T ransport T ray Open) - This button is used to open the disc transport tray d[...]

  • Page 9

    also operates in FLIP FLOP modes. When using two units in Flip-Flop mode, each unit may be set up to run in either single or continuous. In single mode a unit will play a single track and jump to the next unit. If the next unit is in continuous mode, that unit will play all tracks and jump back to next unit, and so on. 5. CUE LED - The r ed CUE LED[...]

  • Page 10

    vated. 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 (19) selected pitch. Holding down this button down yields a maxi - mum of -16% pitch. Be sure to remember that this function is a m[...]

  • Page 11

    LIQUID CR YST AL DISPLA Y (LCD) B. LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 6) 3 0. TIME BAR INDICATOR - This bar visually details the time defined in the TIME METER (36 , 3 7 , & 38 ). As with the TIME METER (36, 3 7 , & 38), this bar is also dependent on the selected time function (TOTAL REMAIN (32), REMAIN (33) OR ELAPSE (3 1 ). This bar will begin to flash [...]

  • Page 12

    BASIC OPERA TIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 12 1. OPENING THE DISC TRA Y/LOADING DISCS Caution: Never open the tray door when a disk is spinning - Always stop playback before opening the tray door . Press the OPEN BUTTON (2) to open the disc tray . 2. LOADING DISCS The CDS-1 can play both 3 inch[...]

  • Page 13

    BASIC OPERA TIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 13 5. STOPPING PLA YBACK Stopping playback will stop the drive mechanism allowing you to safely remove the CD from the transport drive. Pr essing the STOP BUTTON (1) during any function will immediately stop the unit. 6. P AUSING Pausing temporarily st[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 8. SCANNING (F AST FORW ARD / F AST REVERSE) This function gives you a fast search through a disk or track. For faster scanning speeds hold down either the FORW ARD SEARCH/ SCAN BUTTON (13) or the REVERSE SEARCH/SCAN BUTTON (12) depending on which direction you want to search. Y ou can scan in 3 differ ent forwar d and 3 [...]

  • Page 15

    Activating the Pitch Slider (19) : T o activate the PITCH SLIDER (19) , tur n the pitch function on. Press the PITCH BUTTON (21) to tur n on the pitch function, when the pitch function is activated the PITCH LED (22) will begin to glow . If the pitch function is not activated neither the PITCH SLIDER (19) nor the PITCH BEND BUTTONS (18) will not fu[...]

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    Adjusting the Pitch Slider's Range (19) : Y ou may change the PITCH SLIDER'S (19) operating range. T o change the operating range be sure the pitch function is turned on, see figure 12 on the previous page. The pitch per centage can be changed between +/-8%, +/-12%, and +/-16%. +/-8% will allow the least amount of pitch manipulation and +[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 17 Holding down or tapping on the (-) PITCH BEND BUTTON (18) will provide a slow down in the playback pitch. Figure 16 12. CREA TING AND PLA YING A LOOP A loop is a sound clip that plays continuously between two points. Y ou can use this loop [...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 18 EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a LOOP when a loop is active, press the OUT BUTTON (11) (Figure 20) . The IN BUTTON (10) and OUT BUTTON (11) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music playback will resume normal play . The IN BUTTON (10) and OUT BUTTON (11) [...]

  • Page 19

    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 19 REACTIV A TING LOOP - T o reactivate a LOOP that is stored in memory but is not playing, pr ess the OUT BUTTON (11) (Figur e 21) . The IN BUTTON LED (9) and OUT BUTTON LED (16) will begin to flash indicating the LOOP has been activated. Figure 21 13 . SWITCHIN[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 20 CUE PLA Y - This functions allows you to momentary playback from the last cue point when a track is in Cue mode. Simply press and hold down the CUE BUTTON (6) when the unit is in cue mode and the unit will begin to playback. Playback will continue until the CU[...]

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    American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 21 T o FLIP-FLOP entire CDs: T o FLIP-FLOP an entire disc, be sure both drives are in continuous play mode. The SINGLE ICON (39) should not be displayed in the LCD (3) . When both drives ar e in continuous play mode, follow the directions for single track FLIP-FLOP as detailed above. When [...]

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    1-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. American Audio ® her eby warrants, to the original purchaser , American Audio ® pr oducts to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 Y ear (365 days) fr om the date of purchase. This warranty shall be valid only if the product is purchased within the United States of America, incl[...]

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    SPECIFICA TIONS American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 23 GENERAL Model: American Audio ® CDS-1™ - Professional Compact Disc Player System: Single, T op 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 3/8” L I[...]

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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:[...]