Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CDS-1 American Audio
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Featuring: FLIP FLOP CDS-1 American Audio ® 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 Revised 11/05 American Audio ® Operating Instructions.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 2 W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION.................................................................................................................2 ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS..
NOTE: This product satisfies FCC regulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to connect the unit to other equipment. T o prevent electromagnetic interference with electrical appliances such as radios and televi - sions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections.
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.
PRODUCT INFORMA TION I. Heat - The CD player should be situated away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other appliances (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 2. Do not let insecticides, benzene, or thinner come in contact with the surface of the unit.
SET -UP © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 6 CUSTOMER SERVICE Customer Support: American Audio ® provides a toll free customer support line, to provide set up help and to answer any question should you encounter problems during your set up or initial operation.
• 8 times over sampling 1 bit D/A converter • Auto cue Function (Sensitive to -48dB) • Selectable Time Display • S/PDIF Digital Audio RCA Coaxial Output • Fader “Q” Start Control (a) •.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 8 A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 1. STOP - The stop button is used to stop CD playback. Never open the transport door without stopping playback first.
also operates in FLIP FLOP modes. When using two units in Flip-Flop mode, each unit may be set up to run in either single or continuous. In single mode a unit will play a single track and jump to the next unit. If the next unit is in continuous mode, that unit will play all tracks and jump back to next unit, and so on.
vated. This functions allows the beats between two CD’ s or any other music source to match. This is a momentary function. When the button is depressed the pitch speed will automatically return to PITCH SLIDER'S (19) selected pitch. Holding down this button down yields a maxi - mum of -16% pitch.
LIQUID CR YST AL DISPLA Y (LCD) B. LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 6) 3 0. TIME BAR INDICATOR - This bar visually details the time defined in the TIME METER (36 , 3 7 , & 38 ). As with the TIME METER (36, 3 7 , & 38), this bar is also dependent on the selected time function (TOTAL REMAIN (32), REMAIN (33) OR ELAPSE (3 1 ).
BASIC OPERA TIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 12 1. OPENING THE DISC TRA Y/LOADING DISCS Caution: Never open the tray door when a disk is spinning - Always stop playback before opening the tray door .
BASIC OPERA TIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 13 5. STOPPING PLA YBACK Stopping playback will stop the drive mechanism allowing you to safely remove the CD from the transport drive. Pr essing the STOP BUTTON (1) during any function will immediately stop the unit.
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 8. SCANNING (F AST FORW ARD / F AST REVERSE) This function gives you a fast search through a disk or track. For faster scanning speeds hold down either the FORW ARD SEARCH/ SCAN BUTTON (13) or the REVERSE SEARCH/SCAN BUTTON (12) depending on which direction you want to search.
Activating the Pitch Slider (19) : T o activate the PITCH SLIDER (19) , tur n the pitch function on. Press the PITCH BUTTON (21) to tur n on the pitch function, when the pitch function is activated the PITCH LED (22) will begin to glow .
Adjusting the Pitch Slider's Range (19) : Y ou may change the PITCH SLIDER'S (19) operating range. T o change the operating range be sure the pitch function is turned on, see figure 12 on the previous page. The pitch per centage can be changed between +/-8%, +/-12%, and +/-16%.
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 17 Holding down or tapping on the (-) PITCH BEND BUTTON (18) will provide a slow down in the playback pitch. Figure 16 12. CREA TING AND PLA YING A LOOP A loop is a sound clip that plays continuously between two points.
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 18 EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a LOOP when a loop is active, press the OUT BUTTON (11) (Figure 20) . The IN BUTTON (10) and OUT BUTTON (11) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing.
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 19 REACTIV A TING LOOP - T o reactivate a LOOP that is stored in memory but is not playing, pr ess the OUT BUTTON (11) (Figur e 21) . The IN BUTTON LED (9) and OUT BUTTON LED (16) will begin to flash indicating the LOOP has been activated.
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 20 CUE PLA Y - This functions allows you to momentary playback from the last cue point when a track is in Cue mode. Simply press and hold down the CUE BUTTON (6) when the unit is in cue mode and the unit will begin to playback.
American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 21 T o FLIP-FLOP entire CDs: T o FLIP-FLOP an entire disc, be sure both drives are in continuous play mode. The SINGLE ICON (39) should not be displayed in the LCD (3) . When both drives ar e in continuous play mode, follow the directions for single track FLIP-FLOP as detailed above.
1-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. American Audio ® her eby warrants, to the original purchaser , American Audio ® pr oducts to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 Y ear (365 days) fr om the date of purchase.
SPECIFICA TIONS American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 23 GENERAL Model: American Audio ® CDS-1™ - Professional Compact Disc Player System: Single, T op Loading, Digital Compact Disc Audio Player .
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