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    Featuring: FLIP FLOP User Guide and Refer ence Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .americanaudio.us 6/06 MCD-710 Pr ofessional Dual Mp3 Compact Disc Player[...]

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    CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................3 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS...............................................................................................[...]

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    NOTE: This unit may cause interfer ence to radio and television reception. NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser . It is recommended for use in a r oom at the fol - lowing temperature: 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 CO[...]

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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 r ead before the CD Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future refer ence. 2. Heed W arnings - All war nings 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 purchasing the American Audio ® MCD-710™ CD player . This CD player is a repr esentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to produce the best and high - est quality audio products possible at an affor dable price. Please read and understand this manual completely before attempting to op[...]

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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 results you must use both sides of the MCD-710™. Connect your MCD-710 as described in the set-up section of this manual. This feature will start the next player once one (1) player has ended. For example, if player[...]

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    1. Checking the Contents Be sure your MCD-710™ was shipped with the following: 1) MCD-710™ T ransportation Unit 2) MCD-710™ Contr oller Unit 3) Operating Instructions (This Booklet) 4) One (1) Contr ol Cable 5) T wo (2) "Q-Start" 1/8” mini plug. 6) T wo (2) Sets of Ster eo RCA Cables 7) W arranty card. 2. Installing the Units 1) P[...]

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    GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. CONTROLLER UNIT (FIGURE 3) 1. JOG WHEEL - This wheel has three func- tions; A. The wheel works as a pitch bend during Playback. T ur ning the wheel clockwise can increase the pitch percentage up to 100%, and turning the wheel in the counter -clockwise direction can decr ease the pitch percentage down to -100%. The [...]

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    4. SEARCH KNOB - The search function has four forward and four r everse speed positions allowing you to quickly scan thr ough tracks. The more you tur n the wheel in either dir ection, the faster your search. 5. TRACK/FOLDER KNOB - This knob is used to scroll backwar d and forward thr ough tracks. Pushing this knob and turning it at the same time w[...]

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    button will give a maximum of +16% or (+100% for CD) pitch . 15. RELOOP BUTTON - If a SEAMLESS LOOP has been made (see setting a SEAMLESS LOOP on page 19), but the CD Player is not actively in SEAMLESS LOOP mode (a loop is not playing), pressing the RELOOP BUTTON will instantly reactivate the SEAMLESS LOOP mode. T o exit loop, press the OUT BUTTON [...]

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    Figure 4 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 12 B. TRANSPORT UNIT (FIGURE 4) 25. DRIVE 1 TRANSPORT TRA Y - This tray is used to load and unload a compact disc in to the drive 1 mechanism. The tray is opened and closed by pressing the DRIVE 1 OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (26).[...]

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    sents the left channels output. 31. 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. 32. REMOTE JACK - Connect the supplied 8 pin din cable from this jack to the r emote control's channel[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 14 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) D. VFD DISPLA Y P ANEL (FIGURE 5) 37. PLA Y INDICA TOR - The "PLA Y" indicator will glow when the unit is in play mode. 38. P AUSE INDICA TOR - This indicator will glow when the drive is in pause mode. 39. CUE INDICA[...]

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    BASIC OPERATIONS 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 ur ni ng the track knob counterclock- wise will take you to the previous track. Figure 9: T urning the track knob clockwise will take you to the to the next track. 1. LOA[...]

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    5. STOPPING PLA YBACK - Figures 10 & 11 Stopping playback will not stop the drive mecha- nism, but merely pause or cue the track, this func - tion 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 ar e two ways to stop (pause) playback: 1) Pr ess the PL[...]

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    BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 17 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 or loop point. T o use the scr oll function you must first be in Pause Mode (see section 5) or Cue Mode (see sec [...]

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    BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) Press the IN BUTTON (17)). This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP . The IN BUTTON (17)) L.E.D. will blink. Press PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (18) to activate playback mode. Figure 16 Figure 15 © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 18 9. CREA TING AND PLA YING A SEAMLESS LOO[...]

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    BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 19 EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a SEAMLESS LOOP , press the OUT BUTTON (16) . The IN BUTTON (17)) and OUT BUTTON (16) L.E.D.s will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music playback will resume normal play (Figure 18). The IN BUTTON (17)) and OUT [...]

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    BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 20 TIME BAR INDICA TOR - Details the time defined in the TIME METER (49, 50, & 51) as a visual bar icon. As with the TIME METER ( 49, 50, & 51) this bar is also dependent on the selected time function REMAIN (48). This bar will begin t[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 21 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 15. RESET MEMORY : Y ou may reset the system memory at any time. This will reset all your programmed menus and restore the unit to it's default settings. Pr ess the TIME BUTTON until "PRESET MODE" is displayed. Now tur n the [...]

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    Figure 28 Using the Pitch slider (3): Be sur e the pitch func- tion 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 - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 22 1. PITCH SLIDER (3): This [...]

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    PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 23 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH SLIDER ( 3) adjustment t his function will momentarily incr ease or decrease a tracks speed during playback. There are two ways to operate this function with the (-) & (+) PITCH BEND BUTTONS (14) or with the [...]

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    PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 24 Figure 32 4. JOG WHEEL (1): The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode Rotating the wheel in a clock- wise direction will increase your track pitch and rotating the wheel in a counter -clockwise direction will slo[...]

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    BOP EFFECT 2) Press the IN BUTTON (17) (Figure 34) at the point you want your BOP to take place. Figure 34 CREATING A BOP EFFECT: The Bop Effect is a stutter ef fect that is similar to tur ntable scratching. Y ou can use this ef fect to create tricks in your mixing. Creating a BOP effect is a simple process: Figure 33 1) Pr ess the PLA Y/P AUSE BUT[...]

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    ACCESSING MP3 FOLDERS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 26 ACCESS MP3 FOLDERS : Use this function to access the dif ferent folders (files) located on your Mp3 disc. 1) Press the FOLDER BUTTON (13) to display the folder selection. See FOLDER INDICA TOR (54) on page 14. 2) Now , press the TRACK KNOB (5)[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 27 FLIP-FLOP™ 12. FLIP-FLOP™ This feature is a kind of “auto pilot . " “Flip-Flop™” mode can only function with the both drives of the MCD-710. The "Flip-Flop" function can work with the player connected to a mixer , but it will only work wi[...]

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    SER IAL NO: MODEL NO : Q-2422 POWER SOURCE : 115/230V~ 50/60Hz 13W MKII MADE IN CHINA MIN MAX TRIM OUTPUT A B BOO TH AU X/ IN "FLIP-FLOP" (RELAY) CONNECTED DIRECT TO SPEAKERS "FLIP-FLOP" (RELAY) CONNECTED TO A "Q" START MIXER "FLIP-FLOP" SET UP INSTRUCTIONS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-7[...]

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    1. PRECAUTIONS ON HANDLING COMPACT DISCS Compact disc ar e constructed of the same types of plastic record are. T o avoid sever e damage to you valuable disc please observe the following guide lines. Following the these guide lines will ensure long disc life. • Do not allow fingerprints, oil or dust to get on the surface of the disc. If the disc [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 30 W ARRA NTY INFORMA TION : The MCD- 710™ carri es a ONE year (365 days) limited warr anty. This warranty covers par ts and labo r . Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to val idate you r pur - chase and warr anty . All ret urned servic e ite ms wh ether und[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 31 GENERAL Model: American Audio® MCD-710™ - Professional CD Player T ype: T ray loading, digital compact disc audio player . Disc type: Standar d size compact discs (5 in/12cm and 3in/8cm) CD-R, and CD-R W Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, (+/- 100% for[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - MCD-710™ Instruction Manual Page 32 SPECIFICATIONS T racking detection 3 spot beam detection Optical source Semiconductor laser W ave length 780nm NOTES: Specifications and improvements in the design of this unit and this manual ar e subject to change without any prior written notice. CHECK THE AMER[...]

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