American Audio Radius 3000 - Manuals

Page 2 - CONTENTS

CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 2 Safety regulationS.........................................................................................................................3electrical precautionS.................................................

Page 3 - TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD,; CAUTION; TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK; ImpORTANT INfORmATION

NOTE: This unit may cause interference to radio and television reception. CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE THE COMPACT DISC PLAYER SHOULD NOT BE ADJUSTED OR REPAIRED BY ANYONE EXCEPT PROPERLY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSON...

Page 4 - ELECTRICAL pRECAUTIONS; IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; ELECTRICAL SAfETY pRECAUTIONS

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 - SAfETY INSTRUCTIONS

I. Read Instructions - All the safety and operat- ing instructions should be read before the Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future reference.2. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the Player and in the operating instructions should be adhered to.3. Water an...

Page 6 - INTRODUCTION; Operating Determinations:; SET-Up pRECAUTIONS

Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® Radius 3000™ SD/USB/CD player. This player is a representation of American Audio’s continuing commitment to produce the best and highest quality audio products possible at an affordable price. Please read and understand ...

Page 7 - mAIN fEATURES

(a) fADER “Q” START CONTROL: This feature is used in conjunction with most American Audio® and American DJ® audio mixers that also feature “Fader Q Start” control. For best results use this feature with two (2) Radius 2000 players. Connect your Radius 3000 as described in the set-up section of this ...

Page 8 - ) User Guide and Reference Manual; Installing the Units; Place your unit on a flat surface or mount it in a flat surface case.

CAUTION: • The VFD is designed to be clearly visible at any angle but is best viewed within the angles shown in figure 1 . 1. Checking the Contents Be sure your Radius 3000™ was shipped with the following: 1) Radius 3000™ Professional CD/SD/USB player. 2) User Guide and Reference Manual 3) One (1) s...

Page 9 - gENERAL fUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS; Figure 2

gENERAL fUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 9 Figure 2 A. TOp UNIT CONTROLS (fIgURE 2)1. SOURCE SELECTOR - Press this button to select your desired playback source. Select either SD, USB, or CD player. The source indicator LED will ...

Page 11 - JOg WHEEL EffECTS AND CONTROLS; jog

4 (Mode 4) - The Wheel flashes to the beat of the music. Wheel stays lit when scratching5 (Mode 5) - Wheel is always on. Dimmable from 100-06 (Mode 6) - Flashes at a set speed 7 (Mode 7) - Cue indicator with a strobe effect.8 (Mode *) - The wheel will light when the touch sensor on the jog wheel is ...

Page 12 - It can read SDHC Cards up

gENERAL fUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 12 16. SEARCH BUTTONS - This search button allows you to quickly scan backwards through a track. This search button allows you to quickly scan forwards through a track. 17. fAST TR...

Page 13 - Bank program Button

fect tweaks the original sound to add different tonal definition. The effect is almost the same as the PHASE effect. ECHO EffECT - This button is used to activate and deactivate the Echo effect. The Echo effect adds an echo to your output signal. See built in effects on page 32. TRANS EffECT - This ...

Page 14 - Figure 3

gENERAL fUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 14 B. REAR pANEL (fIgURE 3) 35. pOWER CONNECTOR - This connection is used to connect your main power. Be sure that your local power matches the unit’s required power. 36. pOWER BUT...

Page 15 - CHARACTER DISpLAY; This will display the name of the track and album when a Mp3 disc is; C U E; Figure 4

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 15 gENERAL fUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) C. VfD DISpLAY pANEL (fIgURE 4) 42. pLAY INDICATOR - The play indicator will glow when the unit is in play mode. 43. pAUSE INDICATOR - The pause indicator will glow when the uni...

Page 16 - This will indicate if the Auto Cue is on or off. Press and hold the

will display either the elapse, total, or remaining time of a track or the entire disc. The display time will depend on the selected time function. The selected time function will be displayed above the TIME METER as either total remaining , remaining track time, or elapSed track name. 55. TOTAL/REm...

Page 17 - INTERNAL mENU; folder

INTERNAL mENU © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 17 Press and hold the folder knoB (20) for at least 2 sec. to enter the internal menu, and turn the folder knoB (20) to search through the different menus. Turn either the ratio (25) or time (31) knoBS to ...

Page 18 - BASIC OpERATIONS; The file format is Mp3 only.; Figure 5; Figure 6; SELECTING YOUR AUDIO SOURCE - Figure 5; NEVER

BASIC OpERATIONS Figure 6: tapping the reverse track button or turning the track knob counter clockwise will jump back to the previous track. Figure 7: tapping the forward track button or turning the track knob clockwise will skip forward to the next track. 1. LOADINg/EJECTINg AN SD CARD, USB DEVICE...

Page 19 - pauSe

4. STARTINg pLAYBACk - Figure 8 Load a audio device as described on page 18 ( loading/ejecting Sd card, uSB, or cd ). Pressing the play/pauSe Button (13) will immediately start playback. The play (42) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins. The point at which playback starts (cue point) will...

Page 20 - When the Bank Button LED is flashing,; Search

BASIC OpERATIONS (CONT.) 1) You may press the in Button (15) on the fly (while a track is playing). This will set a CUE Point without music interruption. Pressing the cue Button (14) will now return you to the same point that you pressed the in Button (15). You may now store this CUE Point in any of...

Page 21 - in Button; internal operating modeS; CREATINg AND pLAYINg A SEAmLESS LOOp

BASIC OpERATIONS (CONT.) 2) Press the in Button (15). This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP. The in Button (15) LED will flash then glow. 1) Press play/pauSe Button (13) to activate playback mode. Figure 17 Figure 16 © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instructio...

Page 22 - REPLAY LOOP; out

BASIC OpERATIONS (CONT.) 3) Press the out Button (15) to set the ending point for your SEAMLESS LOOP (Figure 17). The in Button (15) and out Button (15) LEDs will immediately begin to flash rapidly, indicating the SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated. VFD LOOP INDICATORS - During a seamless loop, t...

Page 23 - onds it can not be stored as a sample and will stored as a Cue Point.

BASIC OpERATIONS (CONT.) Figure 22 Figure 21 Figure 23 6) Your sample can now be recalled at any time even when the unit is in PAUSE MODE. To recall the sample be sure the sample function is on, by press- ing the Sample Button (27). The blue sample button LED will turn on. To play your sample in a c...

Page 25 - Bank

BASIC OpERATIONS (CONT.) Figure 28 © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 25 13. Bank Buttons (28): These buttons are used to store your samples and cue points. Only a sample or a cue point can be stored into each of these four banks. When a sample is stored...

Page 26 - of which time func; ELAPSED; SYSTEm mEmORY

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 26 BASIC OpERATIONS (CONT.) TIME BAR INDICATOR (53) - Details the time defined in the time meter (54) as a visual bar icon. As with the time meter (54) this bar is also dependent on the selected time function [total rem...

Page 27 - time; TOUCH SENSITIVE JOg WHEEL; ACTIVATING TOUCH SENSITIVITY:

Figure 32 JOG WHEEL TOUCH SENSITIVITY: This function works with the SCRATCH effects. This function allows the play and cue commands to be controlled by tapping on the touch sensitive jog wheel. ADJUSTING JOG WHEEL TOUCH SENSITVITY: The degree of sensitivity can be adjusted to make it more or less se...

Page 28 - pITCH ADJUSTmENTS; pitch Slider

pITCH ADJUSTmENTS © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 28 1. pITCH SLIDER (4): This function will increase or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH." The maximum pitch percentage manipulation in this function is +/-100%. The pitch Slider (4)...

Page 29 - Unlike the; pitch

pITCH ADJUSTmENTS © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 29 2. pITCH BENDINg: Unlike the pitch Slider (4) adjustment t his function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks speed during playback. There are two ways to operate this function, with the (-...

Page 30 - jog Wheel; ally return to

pITCH ADJUSTmENTS © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 30 Figure 41 3. JOg WHEEL (9): The jog Wheel will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode Rotating the wheel in a clockwise direction will increase your track pitch and rotating the w...

Page 31 - All; The Scratch Effect simulates real time; BEAT SELECTION BANKS; These buttons access the preset

BUILT-IN EffECTS The Radius 3000™ comes with eight built in effects. These effects can be used one at a time or you may choose to overlap the effects and use up to four at a time. The Built-in effects include Scratch, Filter, Echo, Trans, Skid, Phase, Flanger, and Pan. You can choose to use the effe...

Page 32 - The Flanger effect distorts the output signal and

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 32 Figure 45 FLANGER EFFECT: The Flanger effect distorts the output signal and creates an effect similar to frequencies phasing in and out of each other. The FLANGER Effect has two adjustable parameters, Parameter Time ...

Page 33 - hold Button

pARAmETERS: All the effects have adjustable parameters. The parameters change the way the effects will react. To adjust the parameter values for any of the effects, turn either of the two parameter knoBS (25 or 31) . When the parameter value is adjusted the VFD display will indicate the parameter ad...

Page 34 - ADVANCED TRACk SEARCH; adV Button

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 34 ADVANCED TRACk SEARCH 3. You can now turn either the folder knoB (20) to choose a Mp3 Folder or turn the track knoB (19) to search through the Mp3 tracks.4. When you found your desird track, press the track knoB (19)...

Page 35 - mAIN pLAYER (with loaded USB Device

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 35 MAIN PLAYER:1. Press the folder knoB (20) to enter the internal menu. 2. Once you are in the internal menu, turn the folder knoB (20) until MIDI SETUP is displayed. 3. Turn the either the time knoB (31) or ratio knoB...

Page 36 - See next page for Playlist Operation.

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 36 DATA BACkUp (DbBUILDER) The Radius 3000 includes a database management soft ware, that will allow you to search for your files by Title, Artist, Album, and Genre. The DbBuilder will scan your USB hard drive and creat...

Page 37 - pLAYLIST OpERATION

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 37 pLAYLIST OpERATION Playlist Operation:1.Press and hold the FOLDER KNOB (20) for 2 sec. to enter the internal menu. Then turn the knob until "PLAYLIST" is displayed.2. Turn either the RATIO or TIME KNOBS (25 &...

Page 38 - mIDI TABLE

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 38 mIDI TABLE SW name Type MIDI MIDI2(Hold TAP) Remarks SW/LED/ENC 19/19/36 58/19/75 CC TYPE = RELATIVE SW/LED/ENC 1F/1F/38 5E/1F/77 CC TYPE = RELATIVE Para. Time SW/ENC 25/3A 64/79 CC TYPE = RELATIVE Para. Ratio SW/ENC...

Page 41 - should be indicated in the; mono mini plug; Compatible Q-Deck mixer

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 41 fLIp-fLOp™ Sample "Q" Start Set-Up. This set-up will allow "Q" start function and Flip-Flop™ function to operate. Be sure to use 1/8" mono mini plugs only. fLIp-fLOp™ This feature is a kind of “au...

Page 42 - WARRANTY INFORMATION:; odic check-up. During the period specified above, American Audio; WARRANTY

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 3000™ Instruction Manual Page 42 WARRANTY INFORMATION: The RADIUS 3000™ carries a ONE year (365 days) limited war- ranty. This warranty covers parts and labor. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase and warranty. All re...

Page 43 - gENERAL; Environmental conditions:; AUDIO SECTION; change without any prior written notice.; SpECIfICATIONS; important notice: Sdhc logo is a trademark.

gENERAL model: American Audio® Radius 3000™ - professional CD/SD/USB player Type: Slot Loading, USB & SD Card Player Media Type: Applicable File Extenstions: mp3, MP3, mP3, and Mp3 Disc Type: Standard size compact discs only (5 in/12 cm and 3 in/8cm) Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, ...

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