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  • Page 1

    Q-SD "Q" ST ART MIXER & SD CARD PLA YER "EASY , F AST , & RELIABLE" 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles Ca. 90040 www .AmericanAudio.us User Guide and Reference Manual 1/08[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 2 MAIN FEA TURES....................................................................................................................................2 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS......................................................................................................[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 3 NOTE: This pr oduct satisfies FCC r egulations when shielded cables and connectors ar e used to con- nect the unit to other equipment. T o pr event electr omagnetic inter - fer ence with electrical appliances such as radios and televisions, use shielded cables and connect[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 4 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 applianc[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 5 1. For adult use only - Keep out of the reach of children. 2. Water and Moisture - The player should not be used near water - for example, near a bath tub, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet base- ment or near a swimming pool, etc. Do not spill water or other liquids in [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 6 Intr oductions: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® Q-SD mixer . This mixer 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 r[...]

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    QUICK ST A RT : A merican Audio ® wo uld lik e to thank y ou for your purchase of this great audio product. For those o f y ou that don 't ha v e the time t o read the entire use r manual we hav e com piled t hese quick star t instructions. We hope tha t you wil l at least read through these instructions to famil iarize y ourself with the bas[...]

  • Page 8

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 8 Q - SD FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 1 . MICROPHONE 1 - This combo jack will accept a standard 1/4 plug or XLR 3-pin balanced male plug. The volume output level for this microphone will be controlled by its o wn respectiv e VOL UME KNOB (22). Note : W e recommend [...]

  • Page 9

    allowing for a maximum treble gain of + 1 2dB or maximum decrease of -30dB. Turning the knob in a counter-clockwise direction will decrease the amount of treble applied to a channel signal, turning the knob in a clockwise direction will increase the amount of treble applied to a channel signal. CHANNEL MIDRANGE CONTROL - This knob is used to adjust[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 10 Q - SD FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . either hear more or less of either of the two levels. T urning the Cue Mixing knob to the CUE position (left) will allow you to hear more of the Cue level. T ur ning the knob to the PGM position (right) will allow you t[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 11 Q - SD FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . However, master volume is controlled by the MASTER VOLUME CONTROL (5). 2 3 . MICROPHONE EQ SECTION - MICROPHONE TREBLE CONTROL - This knob is used to adjust the treble levels of the Microphone with a maximum signal gain[...]

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    Q - SD S D P LA Y ER - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 12 25 26 36 35 34 33 31 30 29 27 32 37 28 25. TRACK KNOB - This knob is used to scroll backward and forwar d through tracks. Pushing this knob and tur ning it at the same time will let you scr oll forward or backward 10 tracks p[...]

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    ing SD’ s or any other music source. Remember , this is a momentary function. When you remove your finger fr om this button, the BPM’ s will automatically r eturn to PITCH SLIDERS (26) selected pitch. Holding down this button will give a maximum of +16% pitch. 30. TEMPO LOCK FUNCTION - This button activates the TEMPO LOCK function. This functio[...]

  • Page 14

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 14 38. CUE INDICA TOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. 39. FOLDER INDICA TOR - This will indicate which folder you are in. 40. TIME BAR IND ICA TOR - This bar gi ves a visu al appr oximatio n of a trac[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 15 Q-SD R E AR P AN E L - C ON T R OL S A N D FU N C TI O N S 52. GND (GROUND TERMINAL) - Be sure to connect turntable ground leads to either or both of the two available ground terminals. This will reduce the humming and popping noises associated with magnetic phono cartri[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 16 Q - SD REAR P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . to these jacks when the LINE LEVEL SELECTOR SWITCH (55) is in the “PHONO 2” position , THIS MA Y SERIOUSL Y DAMAGE YOUR MIXER! The red colored RCA jack repr esents the right channel input and the white repr esents th[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 17 Q - SD REAR P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . 67. TRIM OUTPUT - This knob is used to adjust the maximum voltage output level. Output voltage wil range from 0v ~ 9v . This function may be used to limit the maximum siganl output level. 68. BALANCED XLR MASTER OUTPUTS [...]

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    Q - SD S D PL A YE R B AS I C OP E R A TI O N S Figure 1: T o eject the SD Card pr ess the SD Card "in" until it "pops" out. Remeber: When loading a SD Car d always load the card with the label facing you and the contacts ar e facing down and away . Figure 2: T urning the track knob counterclockwise will take you to the previous[...]

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    6. STOPPING PLA YBACK - Figures 4 & 5 Stopping playback will not stop the r eading mecha- nism, but merely pause or cue the track, this func- tion allows the unit to begin play instantly . The read- ing mechanism will only stop if a SD Car d is ejected. There are two ways to stop (pause) playback: 1) Pr ess the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (33) during p[...]

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    7. FRAME SEARCH This feature allows you to scroll through a track frame by frame, allowing you to find and set a starting cue or loop point. T o use the scroll function you must first be in Pause Mode (see section 4) or Cue Mode (see section 5). Once you are in Pause or Cue mode, pr ess the SEARCH BUTTONS (31) to scroll through the track (Figure 6)[...]

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    Press the IN BUTTON (35) . This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP . The IN BUTTON (35) LED will blink. Press PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (33) to activate playback mode. Figure 10 Figure 9 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 cre[...]

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    10. EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a SEAMLESS LOOP , press the OUT BUTTON (35) . The IN BUTTON (35) and OUT BUTTON (35) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music play- back will resume normal play (Figur e 12). The IN BUTTON (35) and OUT BUTTON (35) LEDs will remain on to remind you that a loop is stored. Figure 12 11. REPLA Y LOOP - The RELOOP[...]

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    4. Pressing the ADV . TRACK BUTTON (27) at anytime, will cancel this function. 13. ADV ANCE TRACK SEARCH Y ou can nd the desired track you would like to play next time during the playback/pause. 1. Press the ADV . TRACK BUTTON (27) to enter advance track search mode. The FOLDER & TRACK INDICA TORS (39 & 51) will ash in the LCD. T ur n[...]

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    REPEA T : Enter PRESET mode, and then tur n the FOLDER KNOB (37) until REPEA T is displayed. Press the FOLDER KNOB (37) to toggle REPEA T between ON or OFF . Once you have selected press the FOLDER KNOB (37) to lock in your selection. 14. PRESET MENU: The Q-SD has a PRESET menu that lets you con- trol the SINGLE/CONTINUOUS PLA Y , REPEA T , AUTO CU[...]

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    FIRMW ARE VERSION: Enter PRESET mode, and then tur n the FOLDER KNOB (37) until VER.XXXXXX is displayed. "X's" are the version number . Once you have seen the version number you can press the FOLDER KNOB (37) to exit PRESET mode. Figure 23 "Q" ST AR T : Enter PRESET mode, and then tur n the FOLDER KNOB (37) until "Q&qu[...]

  • Page 26

    Figure 28 Using the Pitch slider (26): Be sure the pitch function has been engaged as described above. T o use the PITCH SLIDER (26) slide the slider up and down. Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch. Q - SD P I TC H A D JU S T ME N T S 1. PITCH SLIDER (26): This function will increase or decrease the tracks playback speed or[...]

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    2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH SLIDER (26) adjustment this function will momentarily incr ease or decr ease a tracks speed during playback. T o operate this function use the (-) & (+) PITCH BEND BUTTONS (29). The maximum pitch bend percentage allowed is +/- 16%. The pitch bend function will work in conjunction with the PITCH SLIDER (26) pit[...]

  • Page 28

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 28 This image details a typical DJ Set Up consisting of a microphone, turn- tables, CD players, and a tape deck. Note: T urntables can only be connected to the PHONO LEVEL RCA JACKS . Be sure the LINE LEVEL SELECT OR SWITCHES are in the "PHONO" position when using[...]

  • Page 29

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 29 Q - SD TYPICAL MIXER SET -UP Balanced XLR male to XLR female Cables American Audio V4001™ T ypical Balanced Output Set-up This image details a typical stereo output layout. Note the use of the Balanced XLR Jacks on both the mixer and the amplier . Always use the bal[...]

  • Page 30

    "FLIP-FLOP" (RELA Y) CONNECTED TO A "Q" ST ART MIXER Q - SD " F LI P - FL O P " SE T U P IN S T R UC T I ON S © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 30 After these connections are made please see the Flip-Flop instructions in your American Audio CD player user manual.[...]

  • Page 31

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 31 Due to fog residue, smoke, and dust, cleaning the mixer should be carried out periodically to r esidue build up. 1. Use normal glass cleaner and a soft cloth to wipe down the outside casing. 2. Use a cleaner specially designed for electronics to spray in and around the k[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 32 Q - S D T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G T rouble Shooting: Listed below are common pr oblems you may encounter , and solutions. There is no power to the unit: 1. Be sure you have connected the power cor d to a correct wall outlet. There is little or no sound: 1. Check the [...]

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    1-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. American Audio ® hereby warrants, to the original purchaser , American Audio ® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 Y ear (365 days) fr om the date of purchase. This warranty shall be valid only if the pr oduct is purchased within the United States of America, inclu[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 34 Q - SD T E CH N I CA L S P E CI F I CA TI O N S Model: Q-SD 4 Channel Mixer/ SD Player POWER SUPPL Y : Dual V oltage: AC 115v~60Hz/230v-50Hz, User Selectable Single V oltage: AC 100V , 50/60Hz (For Japan) AC 110V , 60Hz (For Colombia) AC 120V , 60Hz (For USA, and Canada)[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 35 Microphone Equalizer: BASS: +12 +/-2dB, -22 +/-2dB at 100Hz TREBLE: +12 +/-2dB, -15 +/-2dB at 10KHz Channel Equalizer: BASS: 12 +/-2dB, Below -27 A T 70Hz MID: 12 +/-2dB, Below -27 A T 1KHz TREBLE: 12 +/-2dB, -14 +/-3 A T 13KHz CHANNEL BALANCE: WITHIN 3dB Fader Kill: CHA[...]

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    ©American Audio® W orld Headquarters: 6122 S. Eastern A ve. Los Angeles, CA 90040 USA T el: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-3311 W eb: www .americanaudio.us E-mail: info@americandj.com[...]