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Featuring: Sampling Sampling Radius 1000 ™ User Guide and Refer ence Manual 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles Ca. 90040 www .AmericanAudio.us Rev . 3/10.
CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 2 SAFETY REGULA TIONS.........................................................................................................................3 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS.
NOTE: This unit may cause interference to radio and television r eception. NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser . It is r ecommended for use in a r oom at the fol- lowing temperatur e: 41˚.
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.
I. Read Instructions - All the safety and operat- ing instructions should be read before the CD Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future refer ence. 2. Heed W ar nings - All war nings on the CD Player and in the operating instructions should be adhered to.
Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® Radius 1000™ CD player . This CD player is a r epresentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to produce the best and high- est quality audio products possible at an affordable price.
(a) F ADER “Q” ST ART CONTROL: This feature is used in conjunction with most American Audio® and American DJ® audio mixers that also feature “Fader Q Start” control. For best r esults use this feature with two (2) CDI-500 Mp3™ players. Connect your Radius 1000 as described in the set-up section of this manual.
CAUTION: • The VFD is designed to be clearly visible at any angle but is best viewed within the angles shown in Figure 2 . 1. Checking the Contents Be sur e your Radius 1000™ was shipped with the following: 1) Radius 1000™ Pr ofessional CD player .
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 9 Figure 3 1 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 20 19 18 17 16 15 27 28 29 30 26 25 24 .
A. T OP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 1. EJECT FUNCTION - Pressing this will eject the CD. The eject function will only when the unit is in cue or pause mode, this is to prevent accidentally ejecting the disc when in play mode. 2. VFD DISPLA Y - This high quality VFD display indicates all the functions, as they are occurring.
and set ef fect and sample parameters, see page 24. 10. BPM BUTT ON - Press this button to switch between manual BPM and Auto BPM. 1 1. T AP BUTTON - This button is used for manual BPM. When in manual BPM mode, press this button and turn either the TIME (28) or RA TIO (23) knobs to adjust the BPM 1 2 .
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 12 17. F AST TRACK BUTT ONS - This button is used to select a track. T apping this button will forwar d skip to the next track, holding down this button will rapidly forward skip through the tracks.
HOLD BUTTON - This button has two functions: Parameter Lock: This button allows you to lock any new parameter settings you set to the ef- fects. The button LED will glow red when the hold function is not selected. When the hold selec- tion is not active, any changes to the effect parameters will be momentay .
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 14 Figure 4 B. REAR P ANEL (FIGURE 4) 31. POWER CONNECT OR - This connection is used to connect your main power . Be sure that your local power matches the unit’ s requir ed power .
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 15 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) C. VFD DISPLA Y P ANEL (FIGURE 5) 38. PLA Y INDICA TOR - The play indicator will glow when the unit is in play mode. 39. P AUSE INDICA TOR - The pause indicator will glow when the unit is in pause mode.
51. FOLDER DISPLA Y - This indicator describes which folder you are in. 52. RELOOP INDICA TOR - Appears when LOOP is engaged or ready to be engaged. 53. SINGLE INDICA TOR - This indicates that the CD drive is in single play mode, the track will play once and return to CUE mode.
INTERNAL MENU © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 17 Press and hold the FOLDER KNOB (20) for at least 2 sec. to enter the inter nal menu. Press the TIME (28) or RA TIO (23) KNOBS to enter the submenus and to confirm setting; press the FOLDER KNOB (20) to exit the menu.
BASIC OPERA TIONS Figure 6: Pr ess the Eject button to load and remove a disc. Remeber: When loading a disc always hold the disc by it edges and load the disc label side up. Figure 7: T apping the reverse track button or tur ning the track knob counter clockwise will jump back to the previous track.
3. ST ARTING PLA YBACK - Figure 9 Insert an audio CD as described on page 18 ( LOADING/EJECTING DISCS ). Pressing the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (28) with an audio CD loaded will imme- diately start playback. The PLA Y (42) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins.
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 1) Y ou may press the IN BUTTON (15) on the fly (while the disc is playing). This will set a CUE Point without music interruption. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (14) will now return you to the same point that you pressed the IN BUTTON (15).
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 2) Press the IN BUTTON (15). This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP . The IN BUTTON (15) LED will flash then glow . 1) Press PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (13) to activate playback mode. Figure 18 Figure 17 © American Audio ® - www .
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 3) Press the OUT BUTTON (15) to set the ending point for your SEAMLESS LOOP (Figur e 20). The IN BUTTON (15) and OUT BUTTON (15) LEDs will immediately begin to flash rapidly , indicating the SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated.
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Figure 23 Figure 22 Figure 24 6) Y our sample can now be recalled at any time even when the unit is in P AUSE MODE. T o recall the sample be sure the sample function is on, by pr ess- ing the SAMPLE BUTTON (25). The blue sample button LED will tur n on.
Changing the Sample Parameters: Changing the sample parameters allows you to change the sample's volume and pitch. A higher value will increase the pitch percentage or volume. It's important to understand that the pitch value is basically a speed adjustment and has nothing to do with tonal quality .
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Figure 29 © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 25 12. Bank Buttons (26): These buttons are used to store your samples and cue points. Only a sample or a cue point can be stor ed into each of these three banks.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 26 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) TIME BAR INDICA TOR (47) - Details the time defined in the TIME METER (49) as a visual bar icon. As with the TIME METER (49) this bar is also dependent on the selected time function [TOT AL REMAIN, REMAIN OR ELAPSED].
Figure 33 JOG WHEEL TOUCH SENSITIVITY : This function works with the SCRA TCH effects. This function allows the play and cue commands to be controlled by tapping on the touch sensitive jog wheel. ADJUSTING JOG WHEEL TOUCH SENSITVITY : The degree of sensitivity can be adjusted to make it more or less sensitive.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 28 1. PITCH SLIDER (3): This function will increase or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH." The maximum pitch per centage manipulation in this function is +/-100%.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 29 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the Pitch slider (3) adjustment t his function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks speed dur - ing playback.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 30 Figure 42 3. JOG WHEEL (9): The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in pl.
BUIL T -IN EFFECTS The Radius 1000™ comes with eight built in effects. These effects can be used one at a time or you may choose to overlap the effects and use up to four at a time. The Built-in effects include Scratch, Filter , Echo, T rans, Skid, Phase, Flanger , and Pan.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 32 Figure 46 FLANGER EFFECT : The Flanger effect distorts the output signal and creates an effect similar to fr equencies phasing in and out of each other . The FLANGER Effect has two adjustable parameters, Parameter Time (PT) and Parameter Ratio (PR).
P ARAMETERS: All the effects have adjustable parameters. The parameters change the way the effects will react. T o adjust the parameter values for any of the effects, turn either of the two P ARAMETER KNOBS (23 OR 28) . When the parameter value is adjusted the VFD display will indicate the parameter adjustment.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 34 ADV ANCED TRACK SEARCH 3. Y ou can now turn either the FOLDER KNOB (20) to choose a Mp3 Folder or turn the TRACK KNOB (19) to search through the Mp3 tracks.
MIDI MAP SW name Type MIDI MIDI2(Hold TAP) Remarks SW/LED/ENC 19/19/36 56/19/73 CC TYPE = RELATIVE SW/LED/ENC 1F/1F/38 5C/1F/75 CC TYPE = RELATIVE Para.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - Radius 1000™ Instruction Manual Page 36 MIDI MAP cont. SW name Type MIDI MIDI2(Hold TAP) Remarks Memory SW/LED 1C/1C 59/1C SW/LED 01/01 3E/01 SW/LED 06/06 43/06 % SW/LED 0C/0C 49/0C P. SW/LED 22/22 5F/22 Sample SW/LED 28/28 6 5/28 A.
s k r a m e R ) P A T d l o H ( 2 I D I M I D I M e p y T e m a n W S B 3 D E L Chan= “ 1~8 ” or “ 9~16 ” no function A 3 D E L Chan= “ 1~8 ” or “ 9~16 ” no function 9 3 D E L Chan= .
FLIP-FLOP™ Sample "Q" Start Set-Up. This set-up will allow "Q" start function and Flip-Flop™ function to operate. Be sur e to use 1/8" mono mini plugs only .
W ARRANTY INFORMA TION: The RADIUS 1000™ carries a ONE year (365 days) l imited war- ranty. This warranty covers parts and labor . Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase and warranty . All returned service items whether under warranty or not, must be freight pre-paid and accompany a return authorization (R.
GENERAL Model: American Audio® Radius 1000™ - Professional CD Player T ype: Slot loading, digital compact disc audio player . Disc type: Standard size compact discs only (5 in/12 cm and 3in/8cm) Applicable File Extenstions for Mp3s: mp3, MP3, mP3, and Mp3 Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, +/- 100% Pitch Accuracy: 0.
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