Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DCD-PRO310 MKII American Audio
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DCD-PRO310 MKII Pr ofessional Dual CD Player Operating Instructions 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, Ca. 90040 www .americandj.com 6/09.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ 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 INFORMA TION I. Heat - The CD player should be situated away from heat sources such as radia- tors, heat r egisters, stoves, or other appli- ances (including amplifiers) that pr oduce 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-PRO310 MKII™ 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.
• Jog Wheel Pitch Bend (b) • Single or Continuous Play • Selectable Time Display • Auto Cue • Flip Flop ™ (Relay Playback) (c) • Pitch Control and Bend (+/-4%, +/-8%, or +/-16%) © American Audio ® - www .
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 8 REMOTE CONTROL - F ACE (FIGURE 3) 1. JOG WHEEL - The jog wheel serves two functions depending on the curr ent operating mode: A.
the other in this way , the beats can be matched. 4. LOOP IN BUTTON - “CUE ON THE FL Y” - This function allows you to set a CUE POINT (see CUE POINT page 17) without music interruption (“on the fly”). This button also sets the starting point of a loop (see LOOP).
speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the PITCH (13) function is activated. This functions allows the beats between two CD’ s or any other music sour ce to match. This is a momentary function. When the button is depressed the pitch speed will automatically r etur n to PITCH SLIDER'S (3) selected pitch.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 11 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLA YER UNIT Figure 6 Figure 5 27 28 26 29 30 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-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 12 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLA YER UNIT power cord. Use of any other power may result in sever damage to the unit. Be sure the local power matches the unit’ s requir ed power .
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 13 LIQUID CR YST AL DISPLA Y (LCD) LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 7 ) 3 1. TIME BAR INDICATOR - This bar visually details the time defined in the TIME METER (36, 3 7 , & 38).
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 14 BASIC OPERA TIONS Figure 9 Figure 8 3 in. / 8cm disc 5 in. / 12cm disc 1. OPENING AND CLOSING THE DISC TRA Y/LOADING DISCS This is an electronic operation and can only work when the power is on.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 15 8. CHANGING THE TIME DISPLA Y (36, 37, & 38)/TIME BAR (39): The time may be displayed in three differ ent modes; Elapsed, Remain, and T otal Remain.
Holding down or tapping on the (+) PITCH BEND BUTTON (14) will pr ovide a speed bump in the playback pitch. © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 16 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT) 10. PITCH BEND: This function will momentarily increase or decr ease a tracks playback speed.
BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT) 2) Press the IN BUTTON (4) . This will set the start- ing point of the SEAMLESS LOOP (figure 17). The IN BUTTON LED will blink. 1) Pr ess PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (17) to activate playback mode. 13. CREA TING AND PLA YING A LOOP A loop is a sound loop that plays continuously .
"FLIP-FLOP' (RELA Y) CONNECTION AND SET UP 12. RELA Y (FLIP-FLOP™) This feature is a kind of “auto pilot. " “Flip-Flop™” mode can only function with the both drives of the DCD-PRO310 MKII. With “Flip-Flop™” you can have one disc drive begin playback when the other ends.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ 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 ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 21 SPECIFICA TIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio ® DCD-PRO310 MKII™ - Professional Compact Disc Player System: Dual, CD T ray Loading, Digital Compact Disc Audio Player .
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DCD-PRO310 MKII™ Instruction Manual Page 22 SPECIFICA TIONS PICK-UP System Object lens drive system optical pick-up Object lens drive system 2 dimensio.
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