American Audio DCD PRO 250 User Manual

B. Control Unit - Front (Figure 3)

1) TRAY OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON - Press it to open

and close the disc trays. The control unit also

includes OPEN/CLOSE buttons. The disc holders

cannot be opened during playback, so stop play-

back before pressing these buttons.

2) PROGRAM BUTTON - Press the PROGRAM

button, the player will enter the program mode and

stop the CD playback.

3) LCD DISPLAY - This high quality LCD display

Indicates all the functions, as they are occurring.

This display is viewable at several comfortable

angles. The display ICONS will be explained in the

next section.

4) PITCH SLIDER - Use the slider to adjust the

BPM. Slide up to decrease the BPM, down to

increase the BPM

5) FLIP-FLOP BUTTON - This button activates Flip-

Flop mode. This mode allows you to activate drive

two when drive one has completed it's play cycle

and vice versa. For example if disc one is playing

and ends, disc two will immediately being to play

when disc one has ended.

6) PLAY BUTTON - Use this button to start playback.

Press once to start playback, once again to set the

pause mode, and once more to resume playback.

7) (-) PITCH BEND - The (-) pitch bend function

allows a momentary “Slow Down” in the CD’s

BPM’s (Beats per minute) while it is playing. This

will allow you to match the beats between two

playing CD’s or other playing music source.

Remember, that this is a momentary function

when you remove your finger from the pitch button

the BPM’s will automatically return to SLIDERS

(5) selected pitch.

8) (+) PITCH BEND Button - The (+) pitch bend

function allows a momentary “BUMP” in the CD’s

BPM’s (Beats per minute) while it is playing. This

will allow you to match the beats between two

playing CD’s or any other playing music source.

Remember, that this is a momentary function

when you remove your finger from the pitch button

the BPM’s will automatically return to SLIDERS

(5) selected pitch. Use this function to catch up

to the your other playing music source.

9) PITCH BUTTON - Use these buttons to enable or

disable BPM adjustment with the pitch sliders.

BPM adjustment with the pitch sliders is enabled

when the PITCH LED lights.

10) JOG SHUTTLE (INNER WHEEL) - This jog wheel

serves two functions depending on the operating

mode you are working in.

A. The jog wheel will act as a slow frame search

control when the CD is not playing but either

paused or set to a cue point. To set a new

frame cue point, spin the jog wheel then press

PLAY when you have determined the proper

position. Press CUE to return to the “CUE

POINT”.

B. It also works as a pitch bend, when you turn

clockwise the pitch will rise to 16%, and when

you turn counterclockwise it will fall to -16%.

The pitch bend is determined on how fast

you turn the wheel.

11) SHUTTLE WHEEL - (OUTER RING) This wheel

has 3 forward and 3 reverse speed positions

for speed searching through tracks. The more

you turn the wheel in either direction the faster you

12) CUE BUTTON - Press the CUE button during

playback to return to the position at which

playback started.

13) IN/LOOP (In Real-time Cue) - CUE “ON

THE FLY”) This allows you to set a CUE POINT

without interruption of music (“on the fly”). This

button also sets the beginning of a seamless loop
(see SEAMLESS LOOP)

14) OUT/LOOP - Used to set the ending point

when looping. When the OUT/LOOP button is

pressed, the player will play the loop continu-

ously. To exit the loop, press the OUT/LOOP

button agai

15) RELOOP BUTTON - If a SEAMLESS LOOP

has been made, but the CD Player is not actively

in SEAMLESS LOOP mode, press the RELOOP

BUTTON to reactivate the SEAMLESS LOOP

mode. RELOOP will appear in the LCD DISPLAY

(3). To exit loop, press the OUT/LOOP button (14).

16) BACK SKIP BUTTON - Use this button to go

back to the beginning of the current track or select

a previous track for playing. This is fast BACK
SKIP through the tracks on your CD

17) FORWARD SKIP BUTTON - Use this button to

skip to the next track on the CD.

18) TIME BUTTON - Press this button t

o switch

the time display between the elapsed time and re-

maining time, and total remain time. The selected

mode is indicated by the ELAPSED, REMAIN and

TOTAL REMAIN indicator on the LCD.
D. Control Unit - Rear (Figure 4)

1) PLAYER 2 REMOTE CONNECTOR - Connect

to player 2 connector on transport assembly.

2) PLAYER 2 CONTROL - Connect mini-plug from

CONTROL out on rear of CONTROL UNIT to a

mixer’s CONTROL out. This feature is available on

all mixers with Fader “Q” Start (see Q” Start

Control p.5).

3) PLAYER 1 REMOTE CONNECTOR - Connect to

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