Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CDI-300 American Audio
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Featuring: Sampling Sampling CDI-300 ™ User Guide and Refer ence Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .AmericanAudio.us Rev . 4/05.
CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ 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 recommended for use in a r oom at the fol - lowing temperatur e: 41˚.
ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 4 ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation poin.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 5 AUDIO OUT DIGITAL OUT POWER ON OFF RELAY AC IN~ 230V 115V I. Read Instructions - All the safety and operat- ing instructions should be read before the CD Player is operated.
Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® CDI-300™ 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 affor dable 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 results use this feature with two (2) CDI-300™ players. Connect your CDI-300’ s as described in the set-up section of this manual.
1. Checking the Contents Be sur e your CDI-300™ was shipped with the following: 1) CDI-300™ Professional 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.
P R O F E S S I O N A L C D P L A Y E R GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 1. PITCH PERCENT AGE SELECTOR - Pr ess this button to select pitch range percentages of 4%, 8%, 16%, and 100%. See adjusting the PITCH SLIDER'S RANGE on page 28.
slider is moved or the pitch function has been turned off. This adjustment can be made with or without a disc in the drive. The pitch adjust - ment will r emain even if a disc has been r emoved and will reflect on any other disc loaded into the player .
instantly r etur ns to the CUE POINT . 17. RELOOP BUTTON - If a SEAMLESS LOOP has been made (see setting a SEAMLESS LOOP on page 17), but the CD Player is not actively in SEAMLESS LOOP mode (a loop is not playing), pressing the RELOOP BUTTON will instantly reactivate the SEAMLESS LOOP mode.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 12 Figure 5 Figure 4 AUDIO OUT DIGIT AL OUT POWER ON OFF RELAY AC IN~ 230V 115V 23 29 28 27 26 25 24 B. REAR P ANEL (FIGURE 4) 23.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 13 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) Figure 6 D. LCD DISPLA Y P ANEL (FIGURE 5) 30. P AUSE INDICA TOR - This indicator will glow when the drive is in pause mode. 31.
P R O F E S S IO N A L C D P L AY E R P R O F E S S IO N A L C D P L AY E R P R O F E S S IO N A L C D P L AY E R BASIC OPERA TIONS Figure 8: T apping the r everse track button will jump back to the previous track. Figure 9: T apping the forward track button will skip forwar d to the next track.
P R O F E S S IO N A L C D P L AY E R P R O F E S S IO N A L C D P L AY E R P R O F E S S IO N A L C D P L AY E R 3. ST ARTING PLA YBACK - Figur e 10 Insert an audio CD as describe on page 14 ( LOADING/EJECTING DISCS ). Pressing the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (14) with an audio CD inserted will imme - diately start playback.
8. SCANNING (F AST FORW ARD / F AST REVERSE) This function gives you a fast sear ch thr ough a disc or track. T urn the SEARCH KNOB (21) in clockwise dir ection for fast forward or tur n the knob counterclockwise for fast reverse. Y ou can scan in four different forward and four differ ent reverse speeds depending on how much you r otate the knob.
Storing A Cue Point: Once you have set your CUE Point by one of the two means listed on page 16, you may stor e your cue point in one of the BANK BUTTONS (4).
11. EDITING A LOOP: Please note: Only the ending point of the loop may be edited.
12. Using the Built In Sampler: Y our CDI-300™ comes with an advanced built in sampler . Y ou may store up to four samples. One sample in each of the four BANK BUTTONS (4) (Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a BANK BUTTON (4), not both).
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) Figure 27 © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 20 13. BANK BUTTONS (4): These buttons are used to store your samples and cue points. Only a sample or a cue point can be stored into each of these three banks.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 21 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 16. RECALL FLASH MEMOR Y : The CDI-300 can store all your user programmed cue points in to memory . These cue points may be r ecalled at any time, even when a disc has been removed and reinserted at a later time.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 22 1. PITCH SLIDER (33): This function will increase or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH." The maximum pitch percentage manipulation in this function is +/-100%.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 23 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH SLIDER (5) adjustment t his function will momentarily increase or decr ease a tracks speed during playback.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 24 Figure 37 3. JOG WHEEL (10): The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playb.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300™ Instruction Manual Page 25 FLIP-FLOP™ This feature is a kind of “auto pilot”. When you ar e using two CDI-300™ players and an American Audio® “Q” Deck™ mixer , you can have one player begin playback when the other ends.
W ARRANTY INFORMA TION: The CDI-300™ carries a ONE year (365 days) limited warranty. 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® CDI-300™ - 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%, +/- 16%, +/- 100% Pitch Accuracy: 0.
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