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    Featuring: User Guide and Refer ence Manual 6122 S. Eastern Ave Los Angeles Ca. 90040 www .americanaudio.us 9/08 SDJ2 Professional Dual SD Card Player "EASY , F AST , & RELIABLE"[...]

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    CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ 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 r ead before the Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future refer ence. 2. Heed W arnings - All war nings on the Player and in the operating instructions should be adher ed to. 3. W ater and Moisture - The player should not be used[...]

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    Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® SDJ2™ SD/USB player . This SD/USB player is a r epresentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to produce the best and highest quality audio pr oducts possible at an affor dable price. Please read and understand this manual completely before attempting to[...]

  • Page 7

    • T empo Lock • Folder Search • Auto cue • Advance T rack Search • 1/75th second frame search • Mp3 T rack Listings • Real time cue (“Cue on the Fly”) • Bright Lar ge Digital Screen • Dual SD Car d Slots and USB Port • Auto BPM • Pitch display • Fader “Q” Start Control (a) • Search Lock • Jog Wheel Pitch Bend +/-[...]

  • Page 8

    1. Checking the Contents Be sur e your SDJ2™ was shipped with the following: 1) SDJ2™ Player/Controller 2) Operating Instructions (This Booklet) 3) T wo (2) "Q-Start" 1/8” mini plug. 4) Set of Stereo RCA Cables 5) W arranty car d. 2. Installing the Units 1) Place your unit on a flat surface or mount it in a secure rack mount case. 2[...]

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    GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. SD/USB PLA YER (FIGURE 1) 1. SOURCE SELECT BUTTON - This button lets you toggle between SD Card slot A, SD Card slot B and the USB port. This selector lets you choose which source will play on either side. The LED's will verify which source is active. Red LED signifies SD slot A, green LED signifies SD slot B,[...]

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    damage that may be caused by excessive volume, be sure this knob is always set to zero (completely down) before turning the unit on. 8. FOLDER SEARCH KNOB - T urning this knob will let you search for your desired folder . T ur n the knob to scr oll backward and forward through folders. The folder number your ar e currently in will be shown in the L[...]

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    through the current track. If in PLA Y mode and the SEARCH mode is not activated the JOG WHEEL (16) will act as a PITCH BEND. - When in P AUSE mode, you can use the JOG WHEEL (16) to search, backward or forward thr ough the current track. If the SEARCH button is activated you can search fast thr ough the track, if the but- ton is not activated you [...]

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    speaker cabinets. If the MIXED OUTPUT is not activated, the output will send player 1 output sig- nal. 24. POWER BUTTON - Press and hold this button for at least 2 seconds to power the unit on and off. 25. 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 [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 13 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) these jacks to send standard audio to a mixer or receiver . The r ed color ed jack repr esents the right channel output and white jack r epresents the left channels output. Output depends on the setting of the MIXER OUTPUT MODE. [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 14 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) D. LCD DISPLA Y P ANEL (FIGURE 3) 37 . 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. 38. FOLDER INDICA TOR - This will indicate which folder you ar e in. [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 15 BASIC OPERA TIONS 1. LOADING/EJECTING AN SD CARD OR USB DEVICE The SDJ2 can only read SDHC (High Capacity) Car ds up to 16GB. The file format is Mp3 only . When load- ing an SD Card into the player load with the SD Car d label facing up and the contacts facing down. T[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 16 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Figure 7: T urning the TRACK KNOB clockwise will take you to the to the next track. Figure 6: T ur ning the TRACK KNOB counter - clockwise will take you to the previous track. 3. SELECTING TRACKS Select a desired track by using the TRACK KNO[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 17 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 5) or Cue Mode (see section 8). Once you are in Paus[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 18 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 8. SETTING a CUE POINT : Setting A Cue Point: A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLA Y/P AUSE Button (18) is pressed. Y ou may set your cue point anywhere on a track. There are two ways to set and create a CUE point [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 19 10. EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a SEAMLESS LOOP , press the OUT BUTTON (26). The IN BUTTON and OUT BUTTON (26) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music playback will resume normal play . The but- ton LEDs will remain on to remind you that a loop is stor ed in [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 20 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Figure 18 12. CHANGING THE TIME DISPLA Y (39)TIME BAR (40): DURING NORMAL PLA YBACK, pr ess the FOLDER KNOB (8) for at least 2 seconds to enter the PRESET MENU. T urn the FOLDER KNOB (8) until TIME MODE is displayed, push the knob to toggle[...]

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    Figure 19 13. CUE BANK BUTT ONS (27): These buttons are used to store either loops and cue points. Only a loop or a cue point can be stored into each of these three banks. When a loop is stored in the CUE BANKS you may use the loop starting point as a cue point. 2) T o store a CUE POINT , find your desired CUE POINT and then while in P AUSE MODE pr[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 22 4. Pressing the ADV . TRACK BUTTON (29) at anytime, will cancel this function. 14. 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 (29) to enter advance track search mode. The TRA[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 23 PLA Y : Enter PRESET MENU, and then turn the FOLDER KNOB (8) until PLA Y is displayed. Press the FOLDER KNOB (8) to toggle PLA Y between SINGLE or CONTINUOUS. Once you have selected your desired PLA Y mode, turn FOLDER KNOB (8) so that PRESET is displayed and pr ess t[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 24 PRESET MENU (CONT .) REPEA T : Enter PRESET MENU, and then turn the FOLDER KNOB (8) until REPEA T is dis- played. Press the FOLDER KNOB (8) to toggle REPEA T between ON or OFF . Once you have selected tur n the FOLDER KNOB (8) so that PRESET is displayed and press the[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 25 SEARCH LOCK: Enter PRESET MENU, and then tur n the FOLDER KNOB (8) until SEARCH LOCK is displayed. Pr ess the FOLDER KNOB (8) to toggle between ON or OFF . Once you have selected turn the FOLDER KNOB (8) so that PRESET is displayed and press the knob to exit. The defa[...]

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    VIEW THE TITLE CONTENT : Y ou are able to view the TITLE NAME, ARTIST , GENRE, BIT RA TE, and FILE NAME of the current song playing. T o view this information press the TRACK KNOB (9) . Figure 39 TITLE CONTENT © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 26 Figure 38 FIRMW ARE VERSION: Enter PRESET MENU, and then t[...]

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    RECORD A DEMO RECORD A DEMO: In the SDJ2 PRESET MENU there is a DEMO mode that allows you to play a single recor ded track from an SD Card or USB device, without the SD Car d or USB device being loaded. Figure 40 Figure 41 3. T o play your demo track, go into the PRESET menu and activate DEMO mode and then exit. Now , press the SOURCE SELECT BUTTON[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 28 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS Figure 45 Using the PITCH SLIDER (25): Be sur e the pitch function has been activated as de- scribed above. T o use the PITCH SLIDER (25) slide the slider up and down. Down will incr ease the pitch and up will decr ease the pitch. 1. PITCH SLIDER (25[...]

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    Figure 47 3. JOG WHEEL (16): The JOG WHEEL (16) will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode, and the SEARCH BUTTON (17) is not active. Rotating the wheel in a clockwise direction will increase your track pitch and rotating the wheel in a counter -clockwise dir ection will slow your track pitch. If the JOG WHEEL (16) is continuous[...]

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    ADDING MUSIC TO YOUR SD CARD AND USB DEVICE When adding music to your SD Card, the les must be in Mp3 format. Make a folder for each artist, this will make it easier for you to nd your desired songs. The SDJ2 can r ead SDHC cards (High Capcity ) up to 16GB. The file format is Mp3 only . Loading music into your SD Card: 1. Insert your SD Card [...]

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    SE RIA L NO: MODEL NO : Q-2422 POWER SOURCE : 115/230V~ 50/60Hz 13W MKII MADE IN CHINA MIN MAX TRIM OUTPUT A B BO OTH 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 - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 31[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 32 W ARRA NTY INFORMA TION: The SDJ2™ carri es 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 a[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - SDJ2™ Instruction Manual Page 33 GENERAL Model: American Audio® SDJ2™ - Professional Dual SD/USB Player T ype: USB + T win SD Card player . SD Car d type: SDHC (High Capacity) up to 16GB Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, Pitch Bend: +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, (+/- 100% with Jog Wheel) Pit[...]

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    SPECIFICA TIONS ITEM NORMAL LIMIT CONDITION EQ: Hi Band: +10 +/-0.5dB +10 +/-1dB 10KHz, -20dB -26 +/-1dB -26 +/-2dB Low Band: +10 +/-0.5dB +10 +/-1dB 100Hz, -20dB -26 +/-1dB -26 +/-2dB MIC SECTION: (Gain Maximum, EQ Flat, Line=1V Output) Input Impedance: 2.2K +/-5% 2.2K +/-10% Input Sesitivity: -36dBV +/-1dB -36dBV +/-2dB 1KHz Frequency Response: 2[...]

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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[...]