Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CDI-100 American Audio
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Featuring: CDI-100 Mp3 User Guide and Refer ence Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .AmericanAudio.us 3/07.
CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 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 room at the fol - lowing temperatur e: 41˚.
ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 4 ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation poi.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 5 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.
Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for pur chasing the American Audio ® CDI-100 Mp3/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) FADER “Q” START 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-100 Mp3™ players. Connect your CDI-100 Mp3’ s as described in the set-up section of this manual.
1. Checking the Contents Be sur e your CDI-100 Mp3 was shipped with the following: 1) CDI-100 Mp3 Pr ofessional CD player . 2) Operating instructions (this booklet). 3) One (1) set of RCA cables. 4) One (1) 1/8” mini plug. 5) W arranty card. 2. Installing the Units Place your unit on a flat surface or mount it in a flat surface case 3.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 1. LCD DISPLAY - This high quality LCD display indicates all the functions, as they are occurring. This display is viewable at several comfortable angles (see page 8). The display ICONS will be explained on page 13.
will allow the least amount of pitch manipulation and 16% will allow the most amount of pitch manipulation. 6. PITCH PERCENTAGE SELECTOR - Press this button to select pitch range percentages of 4%, 8%, and 16%. See adjusting the PITCH SLIDER'S RANGE on page 20.
15. TRACK BUTTONS - This button is used to select a track. T apping this button will forward skip to the next track, holding down this button will rapidly for - ward skip through the tracks. This button is used to select a track. T apping this button will back skip on track, holding down this button will rapidly back skip through the tracks.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 12 Figure 4 17 22 21 20 19 18 B. REAR PANEL (FIGURE 4) 17. VOLTAGE SELECTOR - Because power supplies vary from location to location we have incorporated a selectable voltage switch.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 13 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) D. LCD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 5) 23. PLAY/PAUSE INDICATOR - Either the play or pause indicator will glow depending which mode you ar e in.
BASIC OPERATIONS Figure 7: T apping the reverse track button will jump back to the previous track. Figure 8: T apping the for - ward track button will skip forward to the next track. 2. SELECTING TRACKS Select a desir ed track by using the TRACK BUTTONS (15).
3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 9 Insert an audio CD as describe on page 14 ( LOADING/EJECTING DISCS ). Pressing the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (11) with an audio CD inserted will imme - diately start playback. The PLA Y (23) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 16 1) Y ou may press the IN BUTTON (10) on the fly (while the disc is playing). This will set a CUE Point without music interruption. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (12) will now return you to the same point that you pressed the IN BUTTON (10) .
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 17 9. CREATING AND PLAYING A LOOP A loop is a sound loop that plays continuously without sound interruption. Y ou can use this loop to create dra - matic ef fect in your mixing.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 18 REPLA Y LOOP - The RELOOP (7) function allows you to return to your stor ed loop at any time. The IN BUTTON (10) and OUT BUTTON (10) LEDs will indicate a loop is stored in memory , and may be played at any time.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 19 1. PITCH SLIDER (4): This function will incr ease or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH." The maximum pitch percentage manipulation in this function is +/-16%.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 20 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the Pitch SLIDER (4) adjustment t his function will momentarily incr ease or decr ease a tracks speed during playback.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 21 Figure 26 3. JOG WHEEL (9): The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playb.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 22 RELAY (FLIP-FLOP™) This feature is a kind of “auto pilot”. When you are using two CDI-100 Mp3 players and an American Audio® “Q” Deck™ mixer , you can have one player begin playback when the other ends.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 23 W ARRANTY INFORMA TION: The CDI-100 MP3 carries a ONE year (365 days) limited war- ranty. This warranty covers parts and labor . Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase and warranty .
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 24 GENERAL Model: American Audio® CDI-100 Mp3 - Professional CD Player T ype: T ray loading, digital compact disc audio player . Disc type: Standard size compact discs (5in/12cm and 3in/8cm), Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, or +/- 16% Pitch Accuracy: 0.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-100 Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 25 T racking detection 3 spot beam detection Optical sour ce Semiconductor laser W ave length 780nm NOTES: Specifications and improvements in the design of this unit and this manual are subject to change without any prior written notice.
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