Page 2 - CONTENTS; MaiN fEaTurES
SAfEtY PRECAUtIOnS........................................................................................................................3ELECtRICAL SAfEtY PRECAUtIOnS.................................................................................................4PRODUCt InfORMAtIOn..................
Page 3 - SafETY PrECauTiONS
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 3 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 tele-...
Page 4 - CAUTION; 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 applia...
Page 5 - PrODuCT iNfOrMaTiON
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 5 PrODuCT iNfOrMaTiON WarraNTY iNfOrMaTiON the UCD-100 carries a OnE year (365 days) limited warranty. this warranty covers parts and labor. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase. All returned...
Page 6 - iNTrODuCTiON
introduction: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® UCD-100. this player is a repre- sentation of American Audio’s continuing commitment to produce the best and highest quality audio products possible at an affordable price. Please read and understand this manual complete...
Page 8 - fuNCTiONS aND CONTrOLS; tray is opened and closed by pressing the
fuNCTiONS aND CONTrOLS a. frONT PaNEL CONTrOLS1. TRANSPORT TRAY - this tray is used to load and unload a compact disc into the drive mechanism. the tray is opened and closed by pressing the OPEN/CLOSE buttON (3) . never attempt to force the transport tray open or closed when the power is turned off....
Page 9 - PitCh SLiDEr; The pitch slider and “+” and “-” pitch bend buttons have a maximum range
for at least 2 seconds to enter the internal menu. Use the fOLDER/tRACK KnOB (14) to scroll through the internal menu. 6. SGL/CTN - this button allows the unit’s play mode to change between Single and Continuous. In single mode the unit will play a single track and return to cue mode. In continuous ...
Page 10 - BALANCED XLR MASTER OUTPUT JACKS -
14. FOLDER/TRACK BUTTON & FOLDER/TRACK KNOB - this button is used to toggle the fOLDER/tRACK KnOB between folder and track search. When the LED of the fOLDER BUttOn is lit, the player is in fOLDER search mode. When the unit is in track search mode, turn the knob clockwise to search forward, and ...
Page 11 - C U E
C. LCD DiSPLaY -24. CUE INDICATOR - this indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POInt is set. 25. FOLDER DISPLAY - this indicates which folder you are in. 26. TIME METER - these indicators will detail the current Minutes, Seconds, and frames. the meter w...
Page 12 - fuNCTiONS aND CONTrOLS - rEMOTE
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 12 fuNCTiONS aND CONTrOLS - rEMOTE 39. SOURCE SELECTOR - Press this button to select your desired playback source. Select either CD Player, USB 1, or USB 2. the source indicator LED will light when the selected source is ac...
Page 14 - BaSiC OPEraTiON; OPENING AND CLOSING THE DISC TRAY; to open or close the disc tray. Pressing the
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 14 BaSiC OPEraTiON figure 3 - 3 in. / 8cm disc figure 2 - 5 in. / 12cm disc 2. LOADING DISCS the UCD-100 can play both 3 inch (8 cm) and 5 inch (12 cm) compact discs (CD’s). Odd shaped and oval CD’s are not compatible. When...
Page 15 - NOt; LOADING USB DEvICE; The file format is Mp3 only.; NEVER; SELECTING YOUR AUDIO SOURCE
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 15 figure 6 5. SELECTING TRACKS Select a desired track by using the FOLDEr/traCk kNOb (14) . Press the FOLDEr/traCk buttON (14) so that the fOLDER LED is NOt lit. Rotate the FOLDEr/traCk kNOb (14) clockwise to select the ne...
Page 16 - LOaDiNG DiSCS; PLay/PauSE buttON LED
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 16 6. STARTING PLAYBACK Insert an audio CD as describe on the previous page ( LOaDiNG DiSCS ). Pressing the PLay/PauSE buttON (15) with an audio CD inserted will immediately start playback. the point at which playback start...
Page 17 - SETTING CUE POINTS; CuE
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 17 11. FRAME SEARCH this feature allows you to scroll through a track to set a cue, 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 t...
Page 18 - LCD; shown. Only the rEMaiN time and ELaPSED time of the track.; SETTING OUTPUT vOLUME LEvEL
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 18 BaSiC OPEraTiON 12. CHANGING THE TIME DISPLAY (26)/TIME BAR (27): the time may be displayed in three different modes; total Remain, Remain, and Elapsed. During normal play-back, pressing the tiME buttON (5) as in figure ...
Page 19 - PitCh LED; PITCH ADJUSTMENTS; PitCh
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 19 activating the Pitch Slider (8): to activate the PitCh SLiDEr (8) , you must turn the pitch function on. Press the PitCh buttON (10) for at least 2 seconds to turn on the pitch function, when the pitch function is activa...
Page 20 - momentarily; ll continue to the maximum of -; JOG
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 20 14. PITCH BEND this function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks playback speed using the (-) & (+) PitCh but- tONS (11). the maximum pitch bend percentage allowed is +/-16%. the pitch bend function will w...
Page 21 - CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLESS LOOP; Out
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 21 2) Press the iN buttON (17). this will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP (figure 22). the iN buttON (17) will blink. 1) Press PLay/PauSE buttON (15) to activate playback mode. 15. CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLES...
Page 22 - INTERNAl MENU
INTERNAl MENU © American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 22 Hold tIME BUttOn for 3 seconds to enter the internal menu. turn tRACK KnOB to scroll through the differ-ent menus and press the tRACK KnOB to enter the corresponding submenu. turn tRACK KnOB to change the s...
Page 23 - dATAbAsE bUIldER; Installation; Step 3: Click Install
dATAbAsE bUIldER Minimum Hardware Requirements:CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1GHz processor or above, Intel Centrino Mobile technology 1.6GHzRAM: 512MB RAMDISC SPACE: 100MB of free disc space neededOS: Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2 the device includes a database management software that enables you to ...
Page 24 - Drive Selector; file; Format; the selected
dATAbAsE bUIldER (PC ONly) © American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 24 to open the database builder, “click” on your start menu, then programs, then American Audio, Da-tabase Builder. to build a database your hard drive must fAt formatted. Drive Selector : Select ...
Page 26 - TROUblshOOTINg; Disc Read Error
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 26 TROUblshOOTINg Disc Read Error The disc is unable to read in the CD drive, make sure that the disc is clean and not scratched. If the problem continues try a different CD, make sure that the CD is CDA or MP3 format. If t...
Page 28 - -YEar LiMiTED WarraNTY
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.com - UCD-100 Instruction Manual Page 28 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...
Page 29 - SPECifiCaTiONS
SPECifiCaTiONS GEnERAL Model: American Audio ® UCD-100 - Professional Compact Disc/USB Player System: Single tray front Loading, Digital Compact Disc/Mp3/USB Audio Player. Disc type: Standard compact discs (5 in / 12cm and 3in/8cm discs) Dimensions: 3.5” H x 19” W x 11” D / 482W x 88.8H x 270.5D mm ...