Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DCD-PRO240 American Audio
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DCD-PRO240 Pr ofessional Dual CD Player Operating Instructions 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .americandj.com 6/03 FLIP FLOP.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 2 CAUTIONS REGARDING HANDLING.................................................................................................3 PRODUC T INFORM A TION.. ......... ...
NOTE: This pr oduct 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 tele- visions, 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 INFORMATION I. Heat - The CD player should be situated away from heat sources such as radiators, heat r egis- ters, stoves, or other appliances (including ampli- fiers) 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 - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 6 CUSTOMER SUPPORT 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.
• 3 Selectable Colors for LCD Illumination • Jog Wheel Pitch Bend (b) • Single or Continuous Play • Selectable Time Display • Auto Cue • Selectable Pitch: +/-8%, +/-12%, or +/-16% • Flip Flop ™ (Relay Playback) (d) • 4 Different Speed Scans © American Audio ® - www .
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 8 REMOTE CONTROL - F ACE (FIGURE 3) 1. OPEN/CLOSE (Disc T ray Open/Close) - This button is used to open and close the disc trans port tray door .
than return to cue mode on the first track in the program. 5. PRG - (PROGRAM BUTTON) The PROGRAM button will activate program mode. When pro- gram mode is activated the LED above the button will glow . For pr ogramming information see “Programming” on page 17.
15. CUE - Pressing the CUE button during playback immediately pauses playback and returns the track to the last set cue point. The red CUE LED will glow when the unit is in cue mode The LED will also flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. The CUE button can also be held down to momentarily play the CD.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 11 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT Figure 6 Figure 5 27 28 29 26 30 31 32 33 25 24 23 22 21 PLA YER UNIT - F ACE (FIGURE 5) 21. DRIVE 1 TRANSPOR T TRA Y - This tray is used to load and unload a compact disc into the drive 1 mechanism.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 12 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT channel output and white jack represents the left channels output. 27. DRIVE 1 DIGIT AL OUT - This jack sends a digital stereo out signal.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 13 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 7 ) 3 4 . TIME BAR INDICATOR - This bar visually details the time defined in the TIME METER (39, 40, & 4 1 ).
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 14 BASIC OPERATIONS Figure 8 Figure 7 3 in. / 8cm disc 5 in. / 12cm disc 1. OPENING AND CLOSING THE DISC TRA Y/LOADING DISCS This is an electr onic operation and can only work when the power is on.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 15 8. CHANGING THE TIME DISPLA Y (39, 40, & 41)/TIME BAR (33): The time may be displayed in three differ ent modes; Elapsed, Remain, and T otal Remain.
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 16 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) 10. PITCH BEND: This function will momentarily increase or decr ease a tracks playback speed. There are two ways to operate this function with the (-) & (+) PITCH BUTTONS (12 & 13) or with the JOG WHEEL (16).
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 17 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) 1) Be sure a disc is inserted in the drive and pr ess the PROG Button (5). Pressing the PROG Button (5) from any function will immediately pause the disc and enter the program mode.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) 12. FLIP-FLOP™ This feature is a kind of “auto pilot. " “Flip-Flop ™ ” mode can only function with the both drives of the DCD-PRO240. The “Flip-Flop ™ ” function may be used with or without an American Audio ® or American DJ ® “Q” deck mixer .
© American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - DCD-PRO240™ Instruction Manual Page 19 1. PRECAUTIONS ON HANDLING COMP ACT DISCS Compact disc ar e constructed of the same types of plastic r ecord are. T o avoid severe damage to you valuable disc please observe the following guide lines.
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American Audio ® • DCD-PRO240™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • P AGE 21 SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio ® DCD-PRO240™ - Professional Compact Disc Player System: Dual, CD T ray Loading, Digital Compact Disc Audio Player .
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