Page 2 - CONTENTS
© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 2 WARRANTY REGISTRATION.................................................................................................................2ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS..............................................................
Page 3 - ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
NOTE: This product satisfies FCC regulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to connect the unit to other equipment. To prevent electromagnetic interference with electrical appliances such as radios and televi-sions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections. NOTE: This CD play...
Page 4 - ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS; CAUTION; IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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. The lightning flash with ...
Page 5 - PRODUCT INFORMATION; Introduction; LINE VOLTAGE SELECTION
PRODUCT INFORMATION 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. 3. Never disass...
Page 6 - CUSTOMER SERVICE; Figure 2; Be sure your CDS-1TM was shipped with the following:; Installing the Units; inputs of a mixer. Never connect a CD player's output to a mixers
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....
Page 7 - MAIN FEATURES; PRECAUTIONS ON HANDLING COMPACT DISCS; COMPACT DISCS
• 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) • Flip-Flop (Relay Playback) (c) • Sleep Mode (e) • Memory Backup, Defaults to last setting (f) • Selectable Pitch: +...
Page 8 - GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS; The stop button is used to stop CD
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. 2. OPEN (Transport Tray Open) - This butto...
Page 9 - PITCH
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 n...
Page 10 - PITCH BUTTON; PITCH BEND
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. Be su...
Page 11 - LCD DISPLAY
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) B. LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 6) 30. TIME BAR INDICATOR - This bar visually details the time defined in the TIME METER (36, 37, & 38). As with the TIME METER (36, 37, & 38), this bar is also dependent on the selected time function (TOTAL REMAIN (32), REMAIN (33) OR ELAP...
Page 12 - BASIC OPERATIONS; Never open the tray door when a disk is spinning - Always stop; AUTO CUE
BASIC OPERATIONS © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 12 1. OPENING THE DISC TRAY/LOADING DISCS Caution: Never open the tray door when a disk is spinning - Always stop playback before opening the tray door. Press the OPEN BUTTON (2) to open the disc tray. 2. LOA...
Page 13 - FRAME SEARCH/SETTING CUE POINTS; REVERSE
BASIC OPERATIONS © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDS-1™ Instruction Manual Page 13 5. STOPPING PLAYBACK Stopping playback will stop the drive mechanism allowing you to safely remove the CD from the transport drive. Pressing the STOP BUTTON (1) during any function will immediately stop th...
Page 14 - This bar will begin to flash when 15 seconds of a track remain
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 8. SCANNING (FAST FORWARD / FAST REVERSE) This function gives you a fast search through a disk or track. For faster scanning speeds hold down either the FORWARD SEARCH/ SCAN BUTTON (13) or the REVERSE SEARCH/SCAN BUTTON (12) depending on which direction you want to search. Y...
Page 16 - ll continue to the maximum of -
Adjusting the Pitch Slider's Range (19) : You may change the PITCH SLIDER'S (19) operating range. To change the operating range be sure the pitch function is turned on, see figure 12 on the previous page. The pitch percentage can be changed between +/-8%, +/-12%, and +/-16%. +/-8% will allow the lea...
Page 17 - Holding down or tapping on the; CREATING AND PLAYING A LOOP; to activate
BASIC OPERATIONS (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. CREATING AND PLAYING A LOOP A loop is a sound clip that plays continuously be...
Page 18 - EXITING A LOOP; LOOP INDICATORS; OUT
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 18 EXITING A LOOP - To 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. Music playback will resume normal play. T...
Page 19 - REACTIVATING LOOP; IN BUTTON
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 19 REACTIVATING LOOP - To reactivate a LOOP that is stored in memory but is not playing, press the OUT BUTTON (11) (Figure 21) . The IN BUTTON LED (9) and OUT BUTTON LED (16) will begin to flash indicating the LOOP has been...
Page 20 - CUE PLAY; - This functions allows you to momentary playback from the
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 20 CUE PLAY - 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 playba...
Page 21 - SINGLE ICON; Connecting your CDS-1 to a Fader “Q” Start mixer for “Flip Flop” control:; ADVANCED OPERATIONS; “Flip Flop”
American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 21 To FLIP-FLOP entire CDs: To 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 are in continuous play mode, follow the directions for single t...
Page 22 - -YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY; WARRANTY
1-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY A. American Audio ® hereby warrants, to the original purchaser, American Audio ® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 Year (365 days) from the date of purchase. This warranty shall be valid only if the product is purchased...
Page 23 - SPECIFICATIONS; GENERAL
SPECIFICATIONS American Audio ® • CDS-1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 23 GENERAL Model: American Audio ® CDS-1™ - Professional Compact Disc Player System: Single, Top Loading, Digital Compact Disc Audio Player. Disc type: Standard compact discs (5 in / 12cm and 3in/8cm discs) Dimensions: 3 1/4” ~ 4 1/2...
