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    Featuring: CK 1000Mp3 User Guide and Refer ence Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .AmericanAudio.us 4/07[...]

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    CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 2 IMPORT ANT INFORMA TION..................................................................................................................3 ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.........................................................................................[...]

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    NOTE: This unit may cause interference to radio and television r eception. NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser . It is r ecommended for use in a room at the fol-          CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTM[...]

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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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    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 refer ence. 2. Heed W ar nings - All warnings on the CD Player and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. 3. W ater and Moisture - The player should not be [...]

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    Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for pur chasing the American Audio ® CK 1000Mp3 CD player . This    [...]

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    (a) F ADER “Q” ST ART CONTROL: Set up your CK 1000Mp3 as described in the set-up section of this manual. After             ?[...]

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    CAUTION: • The LCD is designed to be clearly visible within the angles shown in Figure 2 . Mount the control unit so that the visual angle is within this range. 1. Checking the Contents Be sur e your CK 1000Mp3 was shipped with the following:      ?[...]

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    G E N E RA L F UN C T IO N S A N D CO N T RO L S C D P LA Y ER A. T OP 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 acci- dentally ejecting the disc when in play mode. 2. FOLDER BUTTON - This button is used to toggle between folde[...]

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    7. PITCH PERCENT AGE SELECTOR - Press this button to choose any pitch range percent- ages of 4%, 8%, and 16%. See page 22 for more details. 8. BOP BUTTON - During play mode, pressing the BOP button will instantly return play to the last set cue point without interruption of music. Use this function to create a stutter effect. 9. (-) PITCH BEND BUTT[...]

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    is set. The CUE button can be held down to momentarily play the CD. When you release the CUE button it instantly returns to the CUE POINT . Y ou can also tap the CUE button to create a BOP EFFECT (for definition of BOP EFFECT , see page 25). 18. T AP/BPM BUTTON - This button is used to override and manually set a tracks BPM. Occa- sionally the buil[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 12 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) MIXER 22 28 27 26 25 24 23 30 29 34 32 31 33 22. SOURCE SELECTOR SWITCH - These switches are used to select the input source assigned to each channel. Each channel may only be assigned one input source at a time. 23. AUX INPUT[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 13 applied to a channel signal. CHANNEL BASS CONTROL - This knob is used to adjust the low frequency levels of a chan- nel allowing for a maximum bass gain of +12dB or maximum signal decrease of -30dB. Turning the knob in a counter-clockwise direction will decrease th[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 14 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) FRONT & BACK P ANEL Figure 5 Figure 4 36 34 35 45 44 43 40 39 38 37 41 42 46 B. FRONT P ANEL (FIGURE 4) 34. TRANSPORT TRA Y 1 - This tray is used to load and unload a compact disc. The tray is opened and closed by pressing[...]

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    TROL (33). 40. RCA MASTER OUTPUTS - The Master Output includes a pair XLR BALANCED JACKS (37) as well as a pair of RCA Unbalanced Jacks. The RCA jacks send a low current unbalanced output signal. These jacks should only be used for shorter cable runs to signal processors or looping to another mixer . For cable runs greater than 15 feet use the XLR [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 16 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) CD PLA YER LCD D. LCD DISPLA Y P ANEL (FIGURE 6) 47. PLA Y/P AUSE INDICA TOR - Either the play or pause indicator will glow depending which mode you ar e in. 48. CUE INDICA TOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CU[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS Figure 7: Pr ess the Eject button to load and remove a disc. Remeber: When loading a disc always hold the disc by it edges and load the disc label side up. Figure 8: T apping the reverse track button will jump back to the previous track. Figure 9: T apping the forward track button will skip forward to the next track. 1. LOADING/EJ[...]

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    3. ST ARTING PLA YBACK - Figure 10 Load an audio CD as described on page 17 ( LOADING/EJECTING DISCS ). Pressing the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (15) with an audio CD loaded will imme- diately start playback. The PLA Y (47) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins. The point at which playback starts (cue point) will automatically be stored in the mem[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Figure 14 © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 19 Figure 13 1) Y ou may press the IN BUTTON (14) on the fly (while the disc is playing). This will set a CUE Point without music interruption. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (17) will now return you to the same point that you pressed the[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Figure 18 Figure 17 © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 20 Figure 16 Figure 15 9. 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 lo[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) REPLA Y LOOP - The RELOOP (10) function allows you to r etur n to your stored loop at any time. The IN BUTTON (14) and OUT BUTTON (13) LEDs will indicate a loop is stored in memory , and may be played at any time. T o replay the loop, pr ess the RELOOP BUTTON (10). The IN BUTTON (14) and OUT BUT - TON (13) LEDs will again[...]

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    Figure 22 Figure 21 Figure 23 © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 22 1. PITCH SLIDER (5): This function will incr ease or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH."     ?[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 23 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH SLIDER (5) adjustment t his function will momentarily increase or decr ease a tracks speed during playback. There are two ways to operate this function, with the (-) & (+) PITCH BEND BUTTONS (9) or with the J[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 24 Figure 27 3. JOG WHEEL (12): The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode. Rotating the wheel in a clockwise dir ection will incr ease your track pitch and rotating the wheel in a counter -clockwise direction will decrease your track[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 25 SCRA TCH EFFECT (16): The Scratch Ef fect simulates real time tur n- table scratching. When the Scratch Effect is activated the SCRA TCH LED will light up. Once the Scratch Effect has been activated the JOG WHEEL (12) may be used in the same fashion a turntable pla[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 26 ACCESSING MP3 FOLDERS ACCESS MP3 FOLDERS : Use this function to access the dif ferent folders (files) located on your Mp3 disc. 1) Pr ess the FOLDER BUTTON (2) so that the FOL- DER LED lights up. The artist and song title should appear in the CHARACTER DISPLA Y (56[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 27 RELA Y (FLIP-FLOP™) RELA Y (FLIP-FLOP™) This feature is a kind of “auto pilot”. When you are using the CK 1000Mp3, you can have one player begin play- back when the other ends. Y ou can “Flip-Flop™” single tracks, the entire disc, or a combination of [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 28 TYPICAL MIXER SET -UP CASSETTE DECK This image details a typical DJ Set Up consisting of a microphone, Mp3 player , CD players, and a tape deck. Note: T urntables cannot be connected to the CK 1000Mp3.[...]

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    T ypical Balanced Output Set-up This image details a typical stereo output layout. Note the use of the Balanced XLR Jacks on both         ?[...]

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    The crossfader is “Hot Swapable” which means it may be r eplaced at any time, even when power is applied. Only replace with American Audio Part Feather Fader Plus. Replacing with any other model fader may seriously damage your mixer . Replacing the Cr ossfader: 1. Disconnect the mixers main power supply 2. Using a Phillips screw driver , unscre[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 31 W ARRANTY INFORMA TION: The CK 1000MP3 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 [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 32 GENERAL Model: American Audio CK 1000Mp3 - Professional DUAL CD Player/ Mixer T ype: T ray loading, digital compact disc audio player .       [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 33 SPECIFICA TIONS LINE, AUX: More than 65dB @1Khz between L and R Channel Equalizer: BASS:       BELOW -29dB at 70Hz MID:       ?[...]

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    ©American Audio® W orld Headquarters: 4295 Charter Str eet Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA T el: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-3311 W eb: www .AmericanAudio.us E-mail: info@americanaudio.us[...]