Page 2 - CONTENTS
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 2 CAUTIONS REGARDING HANDLING.................................................................................................3PRODUCT INFORMATION.................................................................................
Page 3 - This CD player uses a semiconductor; 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 tele-visions, 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; wARRANTy INFORMATION; Please fill out the enclosed war-
PRODUCT INFORMATION I. Heat - The CD player should be situated away from heat sources such as radia- tors, heat registers, stoves, or other appli- ances (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 2. Do not let insecticides, benzene, or thinner come in contact with the surface of the unit. 3. Never di...
Page 6 - CUSTOMER SUPPORT
SET-UP © American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 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
• Jog Wheel Pitch Bend (b) • Single or Continuous Play • Selectable Time Display • Auto Cue • Flip Flop ™ (Relay Playback) (c) • Pitch Control and Bend (+/-4%, +/-8%, or +/-16%, & 100%*) • Dual USB Slots for MP3 Playback *100% Pitch Bend/Pitch Slider is for CDs only © American Audio ® - www.amer...
Page 8 - GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT; This button is used to open and close the disc trans-
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT © American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 8 REMOTE CONTROl - FACE (FIGURE 3) 1. OPEN/CLOSE (Disc Tray Open/Close) - This button is used to open and close the disc trans- port tray door. NOTE: when a disc is loaded, the tr...
Page 9 - The pitch slider and
track by track. 7. TAP/BPM BUTTON - Press this button to switch between manual BPM and Auto BPM. when in manual BPM mode, tap this button to the beat of the current track. 8. PITCH BUTTON/ PITCH PERCENTAGE SELECTOR - This button is used to turn the pitch function on and off and choose the pitch perc...
Page 10 - GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - REMOTE UNIT CONT.
use the PITCH SLIDER to speed up or slow down playback speed without altering the tonal pitch of the track. when this function is not engaged the original tonal pitch of the track will be altered giving you the "chipmunk" effect when a track is played at a high rate of speed, or the "Jam...
Page 11 - GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT; VERy IMPORTANT: PlEASE SEE PAGE 7 FOR DETAIlS
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 11 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT Figure 6 Figure 5 30 31 29 33 32 PLAYER UNIT - FACE (FIGURE 5) 23. DRIVE 1 TRANSPORT TRAy - This tray is used to load and unload a compact disc into the drive 1 mechanism. The ...
Page 12 - compatiable external hard drive for playback
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 12 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT 30. REMOTE JACK - Connect the supplied 8 pin cable from this jack to the remote control's connec- tor. This will allow you to control the player functions with the remote unit....
Page 13 - TOTAL REMAINING; The LOOP indicator will a; Lcd dIspLAy; C U E
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 13 LIqUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 7) 34. CUE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. 35. FOLDER DISPLAy - This indicates which fol...
Page 14 - and return to CUE mode. If the
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 14 play all tracks in a selected folder until the mode is deactivated. To activate REPEAT mode, press the FOLDER BUTTON (10 ) for at least 2 seconds to activate and deactivate. 46. SINGLE INDICATOR - This indicates the unit ...
Page 15 - INTERNAL MENU
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 15 INTERNAL MENU 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 su...
Page 16 - BASIC OPERATIONS; OPENING AND ClOSING THE DISC TRAy/lOADING DISCS; The file format is Mp3 only.; when; Please see page 7 for USB information.; NEVER; remove a USB device while in PLAy mode.; This button lets you toggle
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 16 BASIC OPERATIONS Figure 9 Figure 8 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 - SETTING A CUE POINT
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 17 BASIC OPERATIONS to stop playback:1) Press the PLAy/PAUSE BUTTON (16) during playback to pause at that point. 2) Press the CUE BUTTON (17) during playback to return the track to it’s last cue point. 7. SETTING A CUE POINT...
Page 18 - Lcd; This bar will
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 18 8. CHANGING THE TIME DISPlAy (37)/TIME BAR (36): The time may be displayed in three different modes; Elapsed, Remain, and Total Remain. During normal play-back, pressing the TIME BUTTON (3), will change the time display i...
Page 19 - ally return to
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 19 Holding down or tapping on the (+) PITCH BEND BUTTON (13) will provide a speed bump in the playback pitch. BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) 10. PITCH BEND: This function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks playback spee...
Page 20 - CREATING AND PLAYING A LOOP; FOR A SHORTER lOOP:
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 20 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT) 2) Press the IN BUTTON (11) . This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP (figure 17). The IN BUTTON LED will blink. 1) Press PLAy/PAUSE BUTTON (16) to activate playback mode. 13. CREATIN...
Page 22 - DATABASE BUILDER; Installation; Step 3: Click Install
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 22 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, Vi...
Page 23 - Drive Selector; file; Format; the selected
© American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 23 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 your desired drive to for-ma...
Page 25 - SET UP
SET UP © American Audio ® - www.americanaudio.us - UCD-200 Instruction Manual Page 25
Page 26 - TROUBLSHOOTING; Disc Read Error
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 the disc takes over 20 seconds or more to read the CD lens will stop reading, thi...
Page 27 - COMPACT DISCS; CAUTION: dO NOT forcibly close the disc holder when the power is off.; 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 29 - SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio ® UCD-200 - Professional Compact Disc/USB 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 unit: 19” (w) x 3.49” (H) x 10.5” (D) 482mm (w) x 88.8mm...