Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CK 800Mp3 American Audio
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Featuring: CK 800Mp3 User Guide and Refer ence Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .AmericanAudio.us 4/07.
CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 2 FOR BEST CD-R DISC PLA YBACK RESUL TS IN THIS CD PLA YER PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES: 1. High quality CD-R Audio discs (should conform to the standards of the Orange Book 2).
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- .
ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 4 ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation point.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 5 I. Read Instructions - All the safety and oper - ating instructions should be read befor e you operate the system. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for futur e refer ence.
Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® CK 800Mp3 System. This system is a repr esentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to produce the best and highest qual- ity audio pr oducts possible at an affor dable price.
MAIN FEA TURES © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 7 • Plays Mp3, CD, and CD-R Discs • Auto cue • Sleep Mode ( c ) • Selectable Single or Continuou.
1. Checking the Contents Be sur e your CK 800Mp3 was shipped with the following: 2) Operating instructions (this booklet).
G E N E RA L F UN C T IO N S A N D CO N T RO L S C D P LA Y ER 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 pause or cue mode, this is to prevent acci- dentally ejecting the disc when in play mode.
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14. SEARCH BUTTONS - This search button allows you to quick- ly scan backwar ds through a track. This search button allows you to quick- ly scan forwar ds through a track.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) MIXER 17. SOURCE SELECTOR SWITCH - These switches are used to select the input source assigned to each channel. Each channel may only be assigned one input source at a time. 18. AUX INPUT - This Aux input is for the use of a Mp3 play er.
applied to a channel signal. CHANNEL BASS CONTROL - This knob is used to adjust the low frequency levels of a chan- nel allowing for a maximum bass gain of +12dB or maximum signal decrease of -30dB.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) FRONT & REAR P ANEL © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 14 Figure 5 Figure 4 32 30 31 B. FRONT P ANEL (FIGURE 4) 30. TRANSPORT TRA Y 1 - This tray is used to load and unload a compact disc.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) FRONT & REAR P ANEL © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 15 36. RCA MASTER OUTPUTS - The RCA jacks send a low curr ent unbalanced output signal. These jacks should only be used for shorter cable runs to signal processors or looping to another mixer .
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 16 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) CD PLA YER LCD D. LCD DISPLA Y P ANEL (FIGURE 6) 43. PLA Y/P AUSE INDICA TOR - Either the play or pause indicator will glow depending which mode you ar e in.
BASIC OPERA TIONS Figure 8: T apping the reverse track button will jump back to the previous track. Figure 9: 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. ST ARTING PLA YBACK - Figure 10 Load an audio CD as describe on page 17 ( LOADING/EJECTING DISCS ). Pressing the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (11) with an audio CD loaded will immediate- ly start playback. The PLA Y (43) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins.
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 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 OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 2) Press the IN BUTTON (10). This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP . The IN BUTTON (10) LED will light. 1) Press PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (11) to activate playback mode. Figure 16 Figure 15 © American Audio ® - www .
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) REPLA Y LOOP - The RELOOP (8) function allows you to return to your stored 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. T o replay the loop, press the RELOOP BUTTON (8).
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 22 1. PITCH SLIDER (4): This function will incr ease or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 23 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH SLIDER (4) adjustment t his function will momentarily increase or decr ease a tracks speed during playback.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 24 Figure 27 3. JOG WHEEL (9): The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playbac.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 25 RELA Y (FLIP-FLOP™) This feature is a kind of “auto pilot”. When you are using the CK 800Mp3 system, you can have one player begin playback when the other ends. Y ou can “Flip-Flop™” single tracks, the entire disc, or a combination of the two.
MIXER SET -UP CASSETTE DECK © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 26 This image details a typical DJ Set Up consisting of a microphone, Mp3 player , CD players, and a tape deck. Note: T urntables cannot be connected to the CK 800Mp3.
MIXER SET -UP American A udio V4001™ Speaker Cables T ypical Balanced Output Set-up This image details a typical stereo output layout. Note the use of the Balanced XLR Jacks on both .
The crossfader is “Hot Swapable” which means it may be r eplaced at any time, even when power is applied. Only replace with American Audio Part Feather Fader Plus. Replacing with any other model fader may seriously damage your mixer . Replacing the Cr ossfader: 1.
W ARRANTY INFORMA TION: The CK 800MP3 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.
SPECIFICA TIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 30 GENERAL Model: American Audio CK 800Mp3 - Professional DUAL CD Player/Mixer T ype: T ray loading, digital compact disc audio player .
SPECIFICA TIONS © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - CK 800Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 31 LINE, AUX: Mor e than 65dB @1Khz between L and R Channel Equalizer: BASS: .
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