American Audio CDS-1 - Manuals

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...

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....

• 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: +...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...