Page 2 - CONTENTS
© American Audio ® - www.americandj.com - DIGI-PRO™ Instruction Manual Page 2 CAUTIONS REGARDING HANDLING.......................................................................................................3 PRODUCT INFORMATION..........................................................................
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 isintended to alert the user to the presence of importantoperating and maintenance (servicing) instructions inthe literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arr...
Page 5 - PRODUCT INFORMATION; LINE VOLTAGE SELECTION; Voltage Line Selector Switch
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 SUPPORT; Figure 2; . Mount the control unit; Installing the Units
SET-UP © American Audio ® - www.americandj.com - DIGI-PRO™ 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...
Page 7 - MAIN FEATURES; 0 SECOND TRANSPORT PROTECTION:
• 8 times over sampling 1 bit D/A converter • Filter Effect • 20 Seconds Digital Anti-Shock Protection • 2 Coast Effect • 4 Programmable Cue Points or Samples • Auto cue Function (Sensitive to -48dB) • Reverse Playback (Unlimited) • Real-time Cue (“Cue on the Fly”) • Selectable Time Display • 4 diff...
Page 8 - GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT; LCD
13 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT © American Audio ® - www.americandj.com - DIGI-PRO™ Instruction Manual Page 8 A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 1. FILTER/COAST/ADJUST - This button allow you to change the FILTER and Coast values. With the FILTER/COAST/ADJUST button select- ed (on) the ...
Page 9 - PITCH BUTTON; GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT CONT.
will continue to play in reverse until it returns to the beginning of the disc. When the REV/PLAY effect is selected a number 3 will appear in the LCD (14) , indicating REV/PLAY is active. See reverse play on page 24. 5. TIME - The TIME button is used to changed the displayed time values. Time can b...
Page 10 - PITCH
described in the next section. 15. ( -) PITCH BEND - The (-) pitch bend function creates a momentary “Slow Down” in the CD’s pitch speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the PITCH (7) function is activated. This functions allows the beats between two CD’s or any other music source to match. This is a m...
Page 12 - GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT; DRIVE 1 OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT B. TRANSPORT UNIT (FIGURES 3) 35. DRIVE 1 TRANSPORT TRAY - This tray is used to load and load compact disc in to the drive 1 mechanism. The tray is opened and closed by pressing the DRIVE 1 OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (36). Never attempt to force the transport tray...
Page 13 - Scratch Box
41. DRIVE 2 REMOTE JACK - Connect the supplied 8 pin din cable from this jack to the remote control's channel 2 remote connector. This will allow you to control the player functions with the remote unit. 42. DRIVE 2 DIGITAL OUT - This jack sends a digital stereo out signal. Use this connection to cr...
Page 14 - ELAPSE; LCD DISPLAY
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) C. LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 6) 50. FUNCTION INDICATORS - These indicators serve two functions; Indicators 1-3 detail which effect is active, Indicators 6-9 detail a cue point stored in memory. 51. CUE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will ...
Page 16 - BASIC OPERATIONS; TRACK BUTTONS
BASIC OPERATIONS Figure 8 © American Audio ® - www.americandj.com - DIGI-PRO™ Instruction Manual Page 16 Figure 7 3 in. / 8cm disc 5 in. / 12cm disc 1. OPENING AND CLOSING THE DISC TRAY/LOADING DISCS This is an electronic operation and can only work when the power is on. Press the OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON ...
Page 17 - FRAME SEARCH; CUE BUTTON; ELAPSED; This bar will begin to flash when 15 seconds
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 8. FRAME SEARCH This feature allows you to scroll through a track to set a cue, starting sample, or loop point. To use the scroll function you must first be in Pause Mode or Cue Mode. Once you are in Pause or Cue mode, use your finger tip to turn the JOG WHEEL (19) to scroll...
Page 18 - PITCH SLIDER
© American Audio ® - www.americandj.com - DIGI-PRO™ Instruction Manual Page 18 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) Activating the Pitch Slider (23) : To activate the PITCH SLIDER (23) , turn the pitch function on. Press the PITCH BUTTON (7) to turn on the pitch function, when the pitch function is activated a ...
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BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) © American Audio ® - www.americandj.com - DIGI-PRO™ Instruction Manual Page 19 12. PITCH BEND: This function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks playback speed. There are two ways to operate this function with the (-) & (+) PITCH BUTTONS (25) or with the JOG W...
Page 20 - IN REAL-TIME CUE BUTTON; To Store a cue point:
13. SETTING and STORING a CUE POINT: Setting A Cue Point: A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (29) is pressed. A cue point may be anywhere on a disc or in a track. You may set and store up to five independent cue points per disk. Four cue points are stored i...
Page 21 - CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLESS LOOP; CUE BUTTONS
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) American Audio ® • DIGI-PRO™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 21 14. CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLESS LOOP A seamless loop is a sound loop that plays continuously without sound interruption. You can use this loop to create dramatic effect in your mixing. This loop has no time limit ...
Page 22 - EXITING A LOOP; LOOP INDICATORS
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) American Audio ® • DIGI-PRO™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 22 EXITING A LOOP - To exit a SEAMLESS LOOP, press the OUT/EXIT BUTTON (28). The IN REAL-TIME CUE BUTTON (26) and OUT/EXIT BUTTON (28) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music playback will resume normal play (...
Page 23 - PROGRAM INDICATOR; PROGRAM PLAY
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) American Audio ® • DIGI-PRO™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 23 1) Be sure a disc is inserted in the drive and press the PRG/HOLD FX (13) . Pressing the PRG/HOLD FX (13) from any function will immediately pause the disc and enter the program mode.2) After activating the program mo...
Page 24 - Reverse track/disc play; Creating a BOP Effect:; IN REALTIME CUE BUTTON; ADVANCED OPERATIONS
American Audio ® • DIGI-PRO™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 24 Reverse Play: Reverse play allows you to play a track, loop, or sample backwards. This function is activated by pressing the REV/PLAY BUTTON (4) as in figure 34. This function will react differently to different playback modes: - Reverse trac...
Page 25 - SINGLE ICON; Scratch BoxTM Compatible; “Flip Flop”
American Audio ® • DIGI-PRO™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 25 To FLIP-FLOP entire CDs: To FLIP-FLOP an entire disc, be sure both drives are in continuous play mode. The SINGLE ICON (67) should not be displayed in the LCD (14) . When both drives are in continuous play mode, follow the directions for sing...
Page 26 - The COAST effect; ADJUST
American Audio ® • DIGI-PRO™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 26 BUILT-IN EFFECTS: The DIGI-PRO™ comes with two built in effects. Only one effect may be used at any given time. The Built-in effects include FILTER and Coast. When either effect is activated a corresponding icon will display in the LCD. For e...
Page 27 - ADVANCED OPERATIONS CONT.; When the FILTER effect
American Audio ® • DIGI-PRO™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 27 ADVANCED OPERATIONS CONT. FILTER EFFECT: The filter is a type of dampening effect that tweaks with the harmonics of a track. This effect uses a low and high filter to distort the an audio track. The effect works with both the low and high fil...
Page 28 - SCRATCH BOX SET UP; Scratch BoxTM; Warning! Be sure to make all connections before powering the unit!
SCRATCH BOX SET UP American Audio ® • DIGI-PRO™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 28 R L GND 70 71 DC 12V CLK OUT 1 CLK OUT 2 72 73 74 76 75 75 70. PHONO INPUTS - These are stereo phono inputs. Connect a turntable's output RCAs to these jacks. The right stereo channel is repre-sented by the red female RCA a...
Page 29 - PRECAUTIONS ON HANDLING COMPACT DISCS; • Do not apply heat.; PRECAUTION ON STORAGE; COMPACT DISCS; forcibly close the disc holder when the power is off.; DO NOT; switch off the power when the disc holder is; BEFORE SWITCHING OFF THE POWER
1. PRECAUTIONS ON HANDLING COMPACT DISCS Compact disc are constructed of the same types of plastic record are. To avoid severe damage to you valuable disc please observe the following guide lines. Following the these guide lines will ensure long disc life.• Do not allow fingerprints, oil or dust to ...
Page 30 - -YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY; WA R R A N T Y
2-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 2 Year (730 days) from the date of purchase. This warranty shall be valid only if the product is purchased...
Page 31 - SPECIFICATIONS; GENERAL Model: American Audio
SPECIFICATIONS American Audio ® • DIGI-PRO™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 31 GENERAL Model: American Audio ® DIGI-PRO™ - Professional Compact Disc Player System: Dual, CD Tray Loading, Digital Compact Disc Audio Player. Disc type: Standard compact discs (5 in / 12cm and 3in/8cm discs) Dimensions: Player...
