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    AXIS 8 Premium CD Player Owner Manual ©2001 Industries http://www.numark.com[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 2 - http://www.numark.com SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS a) Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instruction s should be read before this product is conne cted and used. b) Retain Instr uctions - The safety and operating in structions should be kept for future reference . c) Heed Warn[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 3 - http://www.numark.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Safety and Warnings (PLEASE READ) 2 Table of Contents 3 Introduction Letter from the Engineers and Registration 4 Setup and Connections 5 Description of the Features 6 Basic Operation Play, Pause, Cue, Pitch, General CD control 8 Advanced Ope[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 4 - http://www.numark.com ® AXIS 8 PREMIUM TABLETOP CD PLAYER Congratulations, you are now the ow ner of one of the most tech nically advanced pieces of DJ equipment ever developed. The AXIS 8 is the result of many years of development a nd se veral NUMARK exclusive patents. The devel[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 5 - http://www.numark.com SETUP AND CONNECTIONS Typical connection with a mixer is illustrated below . 1. Find a level sur face free of excess ive vibration to place your equipment 2. Connect the lin e output connections us ing the supplied audio cable from t he CD Player t o the line [...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 6 - http://www.numark.com FEATURES 1. PLAY/STUTTER- To start the mus ic from the initial cue point. 2. PAUSE- To pause the music. 3. CUE- To move the mus ic to the cue point and preview the selection. 4. WHEEL- Used for various fu nctions such as cueing, scratching, pitc h bend, searc [...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 7 - http://www.numark.com 25. Power Switch- Turn on and t urn off the machi ne with this but ton. The unit should alway s be shut down wit h this button firs t before any external power is removed. Typically it is recommended that the CD player is powered on before amp lifiers and off [...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 8 - http://www.numark.com BASIC OPERATIONS Open/Close: Press to load or eject the disc. The drawer will aut omatically close to protect the tray from accidental damage while open. NOTE: Tray will not open if the disc is in play. In order to program the automatic close time press and ho[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 9 - http://www.numark.com SETTING CUE POINTS PLAY and CUE Pressing the “PLAY” button starts the disc. Pressing the “CUE” button will reset the disc to the last place where the disc was started. This is called the cue point. By alternately pre ssing the “PLAY” button and the[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 10 - http://www.numark.com ADJUSTING PITCH Pitch Range: actives the pitch slider and adjusts the amount of control the pitch slider has on the overall speed of music. On depression of will toggle the slid er on and off. Range adjustments of 6, 12, 25, and 100% can be achieved by holdin[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 11 - http://www.numark.com BPM: This button is used for resetting the downbeat and also re-calibra ting the BPM. The Beatkeeper is considered by many to be the most accurate automatic beat counter on the market today , however, it occasionally may have t rouble determining the correct [...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 12 - http://www.numark.com LOOPING OPERATIONS LOOPING A loop is any area of a CD that you choose to repeat with no breaks. On the AXIS 8 two seamless loops are possible. LOOP IN The “LOOP IN” point is where you wish for t he loop to start. The initial “CUE” point of the CD is a[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 13 - http://www.numark.com MOVING LOOP POINTS The “ LOOP IN ” point can be moved while the music is playing just by pressing at the new desired point. The next time “LOOP OUT” is reached the CD will return to this new “LOOP IN” point. If “LOOP IN” is press after the “[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 14 - http://www.numark.com SPECIAL EFFECTS Your AXIS 8 is equipped with some of most advanced effects on the market today. To fully take advantage of these effects it’s helpful to practice and understand their use. EFFECT SELECTION To select and activate an effect tap on it’s butto[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 15 - http://www.numark.com A.D. (Artificial-Dissemination) – Reduces the bit rate of the music creating increasing distortion with intensity. CHOP – This effect works best when the Beatkeeper™ is properly aligned. Chop breaks up the music by turning the volume on and off based up[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 16 - http://www.numark.com PROGRAM FUNCTIONS This button provides several programmable functions depending upon the combination of buttons used. Track Sequence Programming - Depress while the unit is stopped and “ ” will light. Select each track to be programmed then press between [...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 17 - http://www.numark.com RELAY PLAY This mode will be operational only when 2 units are connected via a relay cable. 1. Insert CDs into both of the units. 2. We recommend putting both sides in SINGLE play mode while learning this function. 3. Press the “RELAY” button on one unit [...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2001 Numark Industries - 18 - http://www.numark.com BEFORE SWITCHING OFF THE POWER: When you have fin ished using th e CD player, be sure t hat the disc tray is closed wit h the “OPEN/CLOSE” button before switchin g off the p ower. DO NOT switch off the power when the disc holder is open. Switch off the po[...]

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    AXIS 8 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2000 Numark Industries - 19 - http://www.numark.com SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL Disc Type Standard Compact discs (12 cm & 8 cm) Time Display Track Elapsed, Track Remain, or Total Remain Quantization 1 bit linear/Channel, 3 Beam Laser Oversampling rate 8 Times Sampling Frequency 88.2 kHz Frequency response 20 [...]

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    ® Professional Disc Jockey Products LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY 1. What is covered and for how long? NUMARK INDUSTRIES LCC ("NUMARK") warrants to the orig inal purchaser that NUMARK'S DJ Mixers, Amplifiers, CD players, turntabl es, preamplifiers , beatkeepers , equalizers, micr ophones, hea dphones, and all other acces sories are free [...]