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American Audio DCD-PRO310 MKII manual

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    DCD-PRO310 MKII Pr ofessional Dual CD Player Operating Instructions 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, Ca. 90040 www .americandj.com 6/09[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ 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 INFORMA TION 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 , doin[...]

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    SET -UP © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ 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 we[...]

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    • Jog Wheel Pitch Bend (b) • Single or Continuous Play • Selectable Time Display • Auto Cue • Flip Flop ™ (Relay Playback) (c) • Pitch Control and Bend (+/-4%, +/-8%, or +/-16%) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 7 MAIN FEA TURES (a) 60 SECOND TRANSPORT PROTECTION: The CD transpor[...]

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    GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 8 REMOTE CONTROL - F ACE (FIGURE 3) 1. JOG WHEEL - The jog wheel serves two functions depending on the curr ent operating mode: A. The jog wheel will act as a slow frame sear ch control when the unit is in pause or [...]

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    the other in this way , the beats can be matched. 4. LOOP IN BUTTON - “CUE ON THE FL Y” - This function allows you to set a CUE POINT (see CUE POINT page 17) without music interruption (“on the fly”). This button also sets the starting point of a loop (see LOOP). 5. REPEA T BUTTON - When the player is in SINGLE mode and this button is pushe[...]

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    speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the PITCH (13) function is activated. This functions allows the beats between two CD’ s or any other music sour ce to match. This is a momentary function. When the button is depressed the pitch speed will automatically r etur n to PITCH SLIDER'S (3) selected pitch. Holding down this button will give a maxi[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 11 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLA YER UNIT Figure 6 Figure 5 27 28 26 29 30 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 opened and closed by pr[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 12 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLA YER UNIT power cord. Use of any other power may result in sever damage to the unit. Be sure the local power matches the unit’ s requir ed power . 29. VOL T AGE SELECTOR - Because power supplies vary from location to lo[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 13 LIQUID CR YST AL DISPLA Y (LCD) LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 7 ) 3 1. TIME BAR INDICATOR - This bar visually details the time defined in the TIME METER (36, 3 7 , & 38). As with the TIME METER (36, 37 , & 38), this bar is also dependent on the selected time [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 14 BASIC OPERA TIONS Figure 9 Figure 8 3 in. / 8cm disc 5 in. / 12cm disc 1. OPENING AND CLOSING THE DISC TRA Y/LOADING DISCS This is an electronic operation and can only work when the power is on. Pr ess the OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (19) to open or close the disc tr[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 15 8. CHANGING THE TIME DISPLA Y (36, 37, & 38)/TIME BAR (39): 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 (9), will change the time display information (36, 3[...]

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    Holding down or tapping on the (+) PITCH BEND BUTTON (14) will pr ovide a speed bump in the playback pitch. © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 16 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT) 10. PITCH BEND: This function will momentarily increase or decr ease a tracks playback speed. There are two ways to operate [...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT) 2) Press the IN BUTTON (4) . This will set the start- ing point of the SEAMLESS LOOP (figure 17). The IN BUTTON LED will blink. 1) Pr ess PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (17) to activate playback mode. 13. CREA TING AND PLA YING A LOOP A loop is a sound loop that plays continuously . Y ou can use this loop to create dramatic effect in [...]

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    "FLIP-FLOP' (RELA Y) CONNECTION AND SET UP 12. RELA Y (FLIP-FLOP™) This feature is a kind of “auto pilot. " “Flip-Flop™” mode can only function with the both drives of the DCD-PRO310 MKII. With “Flip-Flop™” you can have one disc drive begin playback when the other ends. Y ou can “Flip Flop™” single tracks, or en[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ 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 li[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 20 1-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. Am eric an Au dio ® her eb y warr ant s, to the or igi nal p ur cha ser , Ame rica n Aud io ® pr oduc ts 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 d ays) fr om th[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 21 SPECIFICA TIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio ® DCD-PRO310 MKII™ - 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 un[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 22 SPECIFICA TIONS PICK-UP System Object lens drive system optical pick-up Object lens drive system 2 dimensional parallel drive T racking detection 3 spot beam detection Optical source Semiconductor laser W ave length 780nm[...]

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    ©American Audio® A Division of the American DJ® Group of Companies American Audio® W orld Headquarters: 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90040 USA T el: 323-582-2650 Fax: 323-582-2610 W eb: www .americanaudio.us E-mail: info@AmericanAudio.us[...]