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American Audio DCD-PRO240 manual

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    DCD-PRO240 Pr ofessional Dual CD Player Operating Instructions 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .americandj.com 6/03 FLIP FLOP[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 2 CAUTIONS REGARDING HANDLING.................................................................................................3 PRODUC T INFORM A TION.. ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ..[...]

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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 recommend[...]

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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 radiators, heat r egis- ters, stoves, or other appliances (including ampli- fiers) 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 [...]

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    SET-UP © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ 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 w[...]

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    • 3 Selectable Colors for LCD Illumination • Jog Wheel Pitch Bend (b) • Single or Continuous Play • Selectable Time Display • Auto Cue • Selectable Pitch: +/-8%, +/-12%, or +/-16% • Flip Flop ™ (Relay Playback) (d) • 4 Different Speed Scans © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 7 MAIN[...]

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    GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 8 REMOTE CONTROL - F ACE (FIGURE 3) 1. OPEN/CLOSE (Disc T ray 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 [...]

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    than return to cue mode on the first track in the program. 5. PRG - (PROGRAM BUTTON) The PROGRAM button will activate program mode. When pro- gram mode is activated the LED above the button will glow . For pr ogramming information see “Programming” on page 17. 6. PITCH BUTTON - This button is used to turn the pitch function on and of f. The pit[...]

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    15. CUE - Pressing the CUE button during playback immediately pauses playback and returns 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 instantly[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 11 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT Figure 6 Figure 5 27 28 29 26 30 31 32 33 25 24 23 22 21 PLA YER UNIT - F ACE (FIGURE 5) 21. DRIVE 1 TRANSPOR T TRA Y - This tray is used to load and unload a compact disc into the drive 1 mechanism. The tray is opene[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 12 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT channel output and white jack represents the left channels output. 27. DRIVE 1 DIGIT AL OUT - This jack sends a digital stereo out signal. Use this connection to cr e- ate near perfect copies of your disc to a Mini di[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 13 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 7 ) 3 4 . TIME BAR INDICATOR - This bar visually details the time defined in the TIME METER (39, 40, & 4 1 ). As with the TIME METER (39 , 40, & 4 1 ), this bar is also dependent on the selected time funct[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 14 BASIC OPERATIONS Figure 8 Figure 7 3 in. / 8cm disc 5 in. / 12cm disc 1. OPENING AND CLOSING THE DISC TRA Y/LOADING DISCS This is an electr onic operation and can only work when the power is on. Press the OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (1) to open or close the disc tray . Pr[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 15 8. CHANGING THE TIME DISPLA Y (39, 40, & 41)/TIME BAR (33): The time may be displayed in three differ ent modes; Elapsed, Remain, and T otal Remain. During normal play- back, pr essing the TIME BUTTON (3), will change the time display information (39, 40, &a[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 16 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) 10. PITCH BEND: This function will momentarily increase or decr ease a tracks playback speed. There are two ways to operate this function with the (-) & (+) PITCH BUTTONS (12 & 13) or with the JOG WHEEL (16). The maximum pitch ben[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 17 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) 1) Be sure a disc is inserted in the drive and pr ess the PROG Button (5). Pressing the PROG Button (5) from any function will immediately pause the disc and enter the program mode. 2) After activating the pr ogram mode the PROGRAM INDICA[...]

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    BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) 12. FLIP-FLOP™ This feature is a kind of “auto pilot. " “Flip-Flop ™ ” mode can only function with the both drives of the DCD-PRO240. The “Flip-Flop ™ ” function may be used with or without an American Audio ® or American DJ ® “Q” deck mixer . With “Flip-Flop ™ ” you can have one disc drive b[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 19 1. PRECAUTIONS ON HANDLING COMP ACT DISCS Compact disc ar e constructed of the same types of plastic r ecord 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. ?[...]

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    American Audio ® • DCD-PRO240™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 20 2-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. Amer ica n Audi o ® he re by wa rra nts, to the orig ina l pur chas er , Amer ica n Aud io ® pr odu cts t o 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 2 Y ear (730 d ays) fr om the date of pur chas e. Thi[...]

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    American Audio ® • DCD-PRO240™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 21 SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio ® DCD-PRO240™ - Professional Compact Disc Player System: Dual, CD T ray Loading, Digital Compact Disc Audio Player . Disc type: Standard compact discs (5 in / 12cm and 3in/8cm discs) Dimensions: Player unit: 19” (W) x 3 15/32” (H)[...]

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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[...]