Tascam CD-GT1 manual

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    » CD-GT1 Portable CD Guitar T rainer OWNERʼS MANUAL  is appliance has a serial number located on the rear panel lease recor d the model number and serial number and r etain them for your records odel number _____________ erial number _____________ D00716500 B[...]

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    2 — T ASCAM CD-GT1 Important safety precautions Y CA UTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICABLE PAR TS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING T O QU ALIFIED SERVICE PERSON- NEL. E T he lightning  ash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilater al trinagle , is intended to alert the user to the presence of u[...]

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    T ASCAM CD-GT1 — 3 Important Safety Instructions 1 Read these instructions. 2 Keep these instructions . 3 Heed all warnings . 4 Follow all instructions . 5 Do not use this apparatus near water . 6 Clean only with dry cloth. 7 Do not block any ventilation openings . Install in accordance with the manufacturer’ s instructions . 8 Do not install n[...]

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    4 — T ASCAM CD-GT1 Safety Information T his product has been designed and manu- factured according to FDA regulations “title 21, CFR, chapter1, subchapter J , based on the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968”, and is classi ed as a class 1 laser product. T here is no hazardous invisible laser radiation during operation beca[...]

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    T ASCAM CD-GT1 — 5 First steps with your CD-GT1 ............... 6 Making connections.............................. 7 Adjusting the balance........................... 8 Using the menu system ........................ 9 Using the CD player .............................. 10 Pitch and tempo changes ..................... 11 Using effects...............[...]

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    6 — T ASCAM CD-GT1 6 — T ASCAM CD-GT1 6 English First steps with your CD-GT1 About this manual About this manual hen we r efer to a key or connector hen we r efer to a key or connector or control on the  we write it or control on the  we write it like this like this PLA Y   hen we refe[...]

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    T ASCAM CD-GT1 — 7 Making connections Inputs Connecting a guitar o connect a guitar or bass guitar to the unit simply connect one end of the guitar cord to the guitar and connect the other to the GUIT AR/MI C IN jack of the  f you use eects pedals or stomp boxes you can connect the output of these to the [...]

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    8 — T ASCAM CD-GT1 Adjusting the balance Inputs e  has three input sources  t he  be ing pl ayed  t he gu ita r or micr ophone con nect ed to t he GUI T A R/ MIC IN jac k  a ny st ereo i nput con necte d to t he LIN E IN jac k e rst and last of these cannot have their input levels changed by the [...]

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    T ASCAM CD-GT1 — 9 Using the menu system ee the table on this page for details of the dierent menus and their settings o enter the menu system press the LCD MENU key until the menu you want appears shown in a ashing re versed box and the rst menu item is shown on the main part of the screen se the up or ?[...]

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    10 — T ASCAM CD-GT1 Using the CD player e s  player works in much the same way as other  players with a few minor dierences and special features as explained on this page oad s label side up shiny side down in the  pen and close the player door by hand Playb[...]

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    T ASCAM CD-GT1 — 11 Pitch and tempo changes ere are three modes for changing the way a  is played back NOTE Only one of these modes can be active at a time. ese modes help you to play along at a dierent key or a dierent tempo so that you can learn your favorite ris and licks TIP Use these together with the looping funct[...]

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    12 — T ASCAM CD-GT1 Using effec ts How effects work ere are two eect banks A and B  each with ve slots numbered from 1 through 5 where you can store your own eect settings Eects are created from the  preset eects available  guitar and  vo cal hen a bank and slot ar e selected[...]

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    T ASCAM CD-GT1 — 13 Effect pr esets and parameters e preset eects can be divided into three categories Distortion Clean sound V ocal 00 DIST -TONE-FLA-REV 15 COMP-T ONE-FLA-REV 30 De-esser 01 DIST -TONE-FLA-DL Y 16 COMP-T ONE-FLA-DL Y 31 Chorister 02 DIST -TONE-PHA-REV 17 COMP-T ONE-PHA-REV 32 Emphasis 03 DIST -TONE-PHA-DL Y 18 COMP-T ON[...]

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    14 — T ASCAM CD-GT1 Using the tuner e s builtin guitar tuner has two modes an automatic mode where the pitch of the incoming signal is detected and displayed automati cally and a manual mode where you set the target and tune to it ress the MENU key until the display shows TUNER, and then press[...]

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    T ASCAM CD-GT1 — 15 Facts and gures (specications) Disc types 8 cm single, 12 cm CD AD/DA 16-bit Digital signal processing 32-bit Nominal output level (LINE OUT) –10 dBV Maximum output level (LINE OUT) 0 dBV (1 Vrms) Output impedance 1 k Ω Maximum output level (PHONES) > 18 mW (into 32 Ω Nominal input levels LINE IN MIC IN GUIT AR IN[...]

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    » CD-GT1 TEAC CORPORA TION 3-7-3 Nakacho Musashino-shi T okyo 180-8550 JAP AN +81-422-52-5082 www .tascam.com TEAC AMERICA, INC 7733 T elegraph Road Montebello CA 90640 USA +1-323-726-0303 www .tascam.com TEAC CANADA L TD. 5939 W allace Street Mississauga Ontario L4Z 1Z8 CANADA +1-905-890-8008 www .tascam.com TEAC MEXICO, S.A de C.V Campesinos No.[...]