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    Featuring: Sampling Sampling FLIP FLOP DCD-PRO1000 User Guide and Refer ence Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .americanaudio.us Rev . 4/05[...]

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    CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................3 ELECTRICAL 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 recommended for use in a r oom at the fol - lowing temperatur e: 41˚F - 95˚F / 5˚C - 35˚C CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MA Y RESUL T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA TION EXPOSURE THE C[...]

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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 t he 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 befor e the CD Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future refer ence. 2. Heed Warnings - 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 u[...]

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    Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® DCD-PRO1000™ CD player . This CD player is a repr esentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to produce the best and highest quality audio products possible at an af fordable price. Please read and understand this manual completely befor e attempting to [...]

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    (b) FLIP-FLOP: This feature is used in conjunction with American Audio ® mixers that also feature Fader “Q” Start. For FLIP-FLOP r esults you must use both sides of the DCD-PRO1000™. Connect your DCD-PRO1000 as described in the set-up section of this manual. This featur e will start the next player once one (1) player has ended. For example,[...]

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    1. Checking the Contents Be sur e your DCD-PRO1000™ was shipped with the following: 1) DCD-PRO1000™ T ransportation Unit 2) DCD-PRO1000™ Controller Unit 3) Operating Instructions (This Booklet) 4) T wo (2) Control Cables 5) T wo (2) "Q-Start" 1/8” mini plug. 6) T wo (2) Sets of Stereo RCA Cables 7) W arranty card. 2. Installing th[...]

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    CONNECT T O MAIN UNIT 2 CONTROL ST ART UNIT 2 CONNECT T O MAIN UNIT 1 CONTROL ST ART UNIT 1 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. CONTROLLER UNIT (FIGURE 3) 1. EJECT FUNCTION - Pressing this will eject the CD. The eject function will only when the unit is in cue mode, this is to prevent accidentally ejecting the disc when in play mode. 2. P ARAMETER TI[...]

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    or Phase ef fect. See built-in effects on page 28. 6. HOLD BUTTON - This button allows you to set and lock any new parameters you set to the effects. This button will glow bright blue when the hold function is activated. If the hold function is not selected any changes to the ef fect param- eters will be momentary . 7. ECHO/FLANGER EFFECT - This bu[...]

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    This button allows you to override the inter nal beat clock and manually set a tracks BPMs. T o manual set the BPMs; tap this button a few times to a tracks heavy down beat, the unit will automatically calculate your tapping and trans - late it into a tracks BPMs. The BPM READOUT is then displayed in the LCD (34). T o return to the automatic BPM co[...]

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    pitch (if any) that is being applied to the track. 29. BANK BUTTONS 1-3 - These button ar e used to store either three (3) cue points or three (3) samples. Each Bank Button can store either a sample or a cue point. 6 sec. samples each bank. 30. SAMPLER BUTTON - This is used to acti - vate the sampler function. When this function is activated a crea[...]

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    DIGIT AL OUT CONNECT T O REMO TE CONTROL 2 CONNECT T O REMO TE CONTROL 1 A UDIO OUT A UDIO OUT DIGIT AL OUT Figure 4 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 13 B. TRANSPOR T UNIT (FIGURE 4) 39. DRIVE 2 TRANSPORT TRA Y - This tray is used to load and unload a compac[...]

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    the left channels output. 45. DRIVE 1 DIGIT AL OUT - This jack sends a digital ster eo out signal. Use this connection to create near perfect copies of your disc to a Mini disc, CD-R, or any other recor ding device with a digital input. 46. DRIVE 1 REMOTE JACK - Connect the sup- plied 8 pin din cable from this jack to the remote control's chan[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 15 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) D. LCD DISPLA Y P ANEL (FIGURE 5) 52. PLA Y INDICA TOR - The "PLA Y" indicator will glow when the unit is in play mode. 53. TRACK INDICA TOR - This 2-digit indicator visually details the current track cued or pla[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS Figure 7: Hold down the Eject Button to remove a disc. Figure 6: 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/EJECTIN[...]

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    5. STOPPING PLA YBACK - Figures 10 & 11 Stopping playback will not stop the drive mechanism, but merely pause or cue the track, this function allows the unit to begin play instantly . The drive mechanism will only stop if a disc is ejected or the unit has gone in to sleep mode. There are two ways to stop (pause) playback: 1) Press the PLA Y/P A[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 18 7. FRAME SEARCH This feature allows you to scr oll through a track frame by frame, allowing you to find and set a starting cue, sample, or loop point. T o use the scroll function you must first be in Pause Mode (see sec - tion 5) or C[...]

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    Figure 17 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 2) Y ou may also use the JOG WHEEL (20) to set a cue point. While a disc is in P AUSE or CUE mode, use the JOG WHEEL (20) to scroll thr ough a track to find your desired starting point. Once you have found your desired position press the PLA Y BUTTON (32) to set your cue point. Pr essing the CUE BUTTON (33) or t[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Press the IN BUTTON (25). This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP . The IN BUTTON (25) L.E.D. will blink. Press PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (32) to activate playback mode. Figure 19 Figure 18 © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 20 10. CREA TING AND PLA YING A SEAMLES[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 21 EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a SEAMLESS LOOP , press the OUT BUTTON (24) . The IN BUTTON (25) and OUT BUTTON (24) L.E.D.s will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music playback will resume normal play (Figure 21). The IN BUTTON (25) and [...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Figure 25 Figure 24 Figure 26 Y our sample can now be recalled at any time even when the unit is in P AUSE MODE. T o recall a sample be sure the sample function is on, by pressing the SAMPLE BUTTON (30) until the red sample button L.E.D. tur ns on. T o play your sample in a continuos loop leave the sample function on. T o[...]

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    Changing the Sample Parameters: Changing the sample parameters allows you to change the sample's volume (SR) and pitch (SP). The parameter values for the pitch range from -0 94~0 00~+0 94 and volume values range from 0 00 to 2 55 (0 00 being the lowest). A higher value will increase the pitch percentage or volume. It's impor - tant to und[...]

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    13. BANK (FLASH) ST ART BUTTONS (30): These buttons are used to store your samples and cue points. Only a sample or a cue point can be stored into each of these thr ee banks. When a sample is stored in to these banks you may use the sample starting point as a cue point. The BANK BUTTONS instant- ly recall and play any of your stored samples or cue [...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 25 TIME BAR INDICA TOR - Details the time defined in the TIME METER (65, 66, & 67) as a visual bar icon. As with the TIME METER (65, 66, & 67 ) this bar is also dependent on the selected time function TOT AL REMAIN (58), OR REMAI[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 26 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 17. RECALL FLASH MEMOR Y : The DCD-PRO1000 can store all your user pr ogrammed cue points and effect parameters in to memory . These setting may be recalled at any time, even when a disc has been removed and reloaded at a later time. [...]

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    Figure 41 Using the Pitch slider (18): Be sure the pitch function has been engaged as described above. T o use the PITCH SLIDER slide the slider up and down. Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch. PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 27 1. PITCH SLIDER (18): Th[...]

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    PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 28 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH SLIDER (35 ) adjustment t his function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks speed during playback. There are two ways to operate this function with the (-) & (+) PITCH BUTTONS (28 & 29) or w[...]

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    PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 29 Figure 45 4. JOG WHEEL (20): The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode Rotating the wheel in a clockwise dir ection will increase your track pitch and rotating the wheel in a counter - clockwise direction wil[...]

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    BUIL T -IN EFFECTS The DCD-PRO1000™ comes with nine built in effects. These effects can be used one at a time or you may choose to overlap the effects and use up to four at a time. The Built-in effects include Scratch, Skid, Filter , Phase, Flanger , Echo, Robot, Pan, and T rans. It is important to understand that only one effect per an effect ba[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 31 Figure 49 FLANGER/ECHO/ROBOT EFFECT : The flanger effect alters the output signal and create an effect similar to the frequencies phasing in and out of each other . The echo effect adds an echo to your output signal. The robot effect alters the output to simu -[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 32 BUIL T -IN EFFECTS Figure 52 HOLD BUTTON: Use the HOLD BUTTON (6) to lock your customized parameters. If the hold button is not activated any changes to your parameters will be momentary . T o activate the hold function pr ess the HOLD BUTTON (6) as in figure 5[...]

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    CONNECT T O MAIN UNIT 2 CONTROL ST ART UNIT 2 CONNECT T O MAIN UNIT 1 CONTROL ST ART UNIT 1 © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 33 FLIP-FLOP™ This featur e is kind of “auto pilot”. When you are using the DCD-PRO1000™ and an American Audio® “Q”- Series mixer , you can have one player beg[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 34 W ARRAN TY INFORM A TION: The DCD-P RO1000™ carri es a ONE year (365 days) limited war- ranty . This warra nty covers parts and labor . Please fill out the enclosed warran ty car d to valida te you r purch ase an d warra nty . All ret urned service items whet[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 35 GENERAL Model: American Audio® DCD-PRO1000™ - Professional CD Player T ype: T ray loading, digital compact disc audio player . Disc type: Standard size compact discs (5 in/12cm and 3in/8cm) Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, +/- 100% Pitch Accuracy[...]

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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[...]