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    Featuring: User Guide and Refer ence Manual 6122 S. Eastern Ave Los Angeles Ca. 90040 www .americanaudio.us 1/08 SDJ-1 Professional Dual SD Card Player "EASY , F AST , & RELIABLE"[...]

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    CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ 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. CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MA Y RESUL T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA TION EXPOSURE THE SD PLA YER SHOULD NOT BE ADJUSTED OR REP AIRED BY ANYONE EXCEPT PROPERL Y QUALIFIED SER VICE PERSONNEL. CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT USE TH[...]

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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 read before the SD Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future refer ence. 2. Heed W arnings - All warnings on the SD 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 ® SDJ-1™ SD player . This SD player is a repr esentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to pr oduce the best and highest qual- ity audio pr oducts possible at an affor dable price. Please read and understand this manual completely before attempting to ope[...]

  • Page 7

    • Music Master tempo • Folder Search • Auto cue • Advance T rack Search • 1/75th second frame search • Mp3 T rack Listings • Real time cue (“Cue on the Fly”) • ID3 T ags • Unlimited Skip Protection • Bright Lar ge Digital Screen • Pitch display • Fader “Q” Start Control (a) • Search Lock • Jog Wheel Pitch Bend +/[...]

  • Page 8

    1. Checking the Contents Be sur e your SDJ-1™ was shipped with the following: 1) SDJ-1™ Controller 2) Operating Instructions (This Booklet) 3) T wo (2) "Q-Start" 1/8” mini plug. 4) T wo (2) Sets of Stereo RCA Cables 5) W arranty card. 2. Installing the Units 1) Place your unit on a flat surface or mount it in a secure rack mount cas[...]

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    GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. SD PLA YER (FIGURE 1) 1. SEARCH MODE BUTTON - Press this button to toggle between fast search (LED lit) and slow search (LED of f). The fast search will automatically turn off if the JOG WHEEL (20) is not used for mor e then 15 seconds. - When in PLA Y mode, you can use the JOG WHEEL (20) to search fast, backward o[...]

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    5. PITCH SLIDER - This slider is used to adjust the playback pitch percentage. The slider is a set adjustment and will r emain set until the pitch slider is moved or the pitch function has been tur ned off. This adjustment can be made with or without a loaded SD card. The pitch adjustment will r emain even if a SD Card has been removed and will ref[...]

  • Page 11

    off. 14. PITCH PERCENT AGE SELECTOR- This button activates the PITCH SLIDER (5) . Pr ess and hold this button for at least 2 seconds to activate the PITCH SLIDER (5 ). When the PITCH SLIDER (5) is activated use this button to choose a pitch percentages of 4%, 8%, and 16%. See page 24 for mor e details. 15. PITCH BEND BUTTONS - ( -) PITCH BEND BUTTO[...]

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    you hold either of the buttons down it will search quickly through the track. B. SD PL A YE R - REA R (FIG URE 2) 21. AUDIO A OUT R & L - These jacks send a left and right analog mono output signal. Use these jacks to send standard audio to a mixer or receiver . The r ed colored jack repr esents the right channel output and white jack represent[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 13 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) D. LCD DISPLA Y P ANEL (FIGURE 3) 2 6. 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. 27. FOLDER INDICA TOR - This will indicate which folder you ar e in.[...]

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    Figure 6: T urning the TRACK/FOLDER KNOB clockwise will take you to the to the next track. BASIC OPERA TIONS Figure 4: T o eject the SD Card pr ess the SD Card "in" until it "pops" out. Remeber: When loading a SD Card always load the card with the label facing the up and the contacts ar e facing down. Figure 5: T ur ning the TRA[...]

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    5. STOPPING PLA YBACK - Figur es 7 & 8 Stopping playback will not stop the read- ing mechanism, but merely pause or cue the track, this function allows the unit to begin play instantly . There are two ways to stop (pause) playback: 1) Press the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (18) dur - ing playback. This will pause playback at the exact same point the PLA[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 16 7. FRAME SEARCH This featur e 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 scroll function you must first be in Pause Mode (see section 4) or Cue Mode (see sect[...]

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    Press the IN BUTTON (12). This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP . The IN BUTTON (12) LED will blink. Press PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (18) to acti- vate playback mode. Figure 13 Figure 12 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 17 9. CREA TING AND PLA YING A SEAMLESS LOOP A[...]

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    BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 18 10. EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a SEAMLESS LOOP , press the OUT BUTTON (12). The IN BUTTON and OUT BUTTON (12) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music playback will resume normal play . The but- ton LEDs will remain on to remind yo[...]

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    4. Pressing the ADV . TRACK BUTTON (16) at anytime, will cancel this function. 13. ADV ANCE TRACK SEARCH Y ou can nd the desired track you would like to play during the playback/pause. 1. Press the ADV . TRACK BUTTON (16) to enter advance track search mode. The TRACK INDICA TOR (41) will ash in the LCD. T ur n the TRACK KNOB (10) to search fo[...]

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    REPEA T : Enter PRESET MENU, and then turn the TRACK/FOLDER KNOB (10) until REPEA T is displayed. Press the TRACK/FOLDER KNOB (10) to toggle REPEA T between ON or OFF . Once you have selected press the TIME BUTTON (8) to exit the PRESET MENU. 14. PRESET MENU: The SDJ-1 has a PRESET MENU that lets you see a DEMO, or control REPEA T , RELA Y (FLIP-FL[...]

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    RESET ALL: Enter PRESET MENU, and then tur n the TRACK/FOLDER KNOB (10) until RESET ALL? is displayed. Pr ess the TRACK/FOLDER KNOB (10) to reset back to default settings. If you do not wish to r eset pr ess the TIME BUTTON (8) or wait 5 seconds to return to the main dis- play . Figure 26 SEARCH LOCK: Enter PRESET MENU, and then tur n the TRACK / F[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 22 RECORD A DEMO 15. RECORD A DEMO: In the SDJ-1 PRESET MENU there is a DEMO mode that allows you to play a single re- corded track from an SD Card, without the SD Car d being loaded. Figure 30 Figure 31 Figure 32 3. T o play your demo track, press the SD CARD SELECT BU[...]

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    PITCH ADJUSTMENTS Figure 36 Using the Pitch slider (5): Be sure the pitch function has been activated as de- scribed above. T o use the PITCH SLIDER (5) slide the slider up and down. Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch. 1. PITCH SLIDER (5): This function will increase or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH.&quo[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 24 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS (CONT .) 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH SLIDER (5) adjustment this function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks speed during playback. There are two ways to operate this function with the (-) & (+) PITCH BUTTONS (15) or with the J[...]

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    PITCH ADJUSTMENTS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 25 Figure 40 4. JOG WHEEL (20): The JOG WHEEL (20) will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode, and the SEARCH MODE BUTTON (1) is not active. Rotating the wheel in a clockwise direction will increase your track pitch and rot[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 26 ACCESS FOLDERS : Use this function to access the differ ent folders (files) located on your SD Car d. 1) Pr ess the FOLDER BUTTON (11) to activate FOLDER search. 2) T ur n the TRACK/FOLDER KNOB (10) clockwise to scr oll forwar d through the folders or turn it counter[...]

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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/I N "FLIP-FLOP" (RELA Y) CONNECTED TO A "Q" ST ART MIXER "FLIP-FLOP" SET UP INSTRUCTIONS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 27[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 28 W ARRA NTY INFOR MA TION: The SDJ-1™ carries a ONE year (365 days ) limited warrant y. This warra nty covers parts and labor . Please fill out the enclos ed warr anty card to valida te your purcha se and warra nty . All returne d serv ice items whethe r unde r warr[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 29 GENERAL Model: American Audio® SDJ-1™ - Professional Dual SD Player T ype: Dual SD Card audio player . SD Car d type: Maximum 4GB SD Card Note: Does not accept SDHC Cards Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, Pitch Bend: +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, (+/- 100% w[...]

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