User manual AMERICAN AUDIO DCD-PRO500

[. . . ] Featuring: Sampling FLIPFLOP designed for the working dj. © American DJ® AUDIO Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA · www. americandj. com IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR U. S. A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS CD PLAYER TO WATER OR MOISTURE. NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser. It is recommended for use in a room at the following temperature: 41°F - 95°F / 5°C - 35°C CAUTION: 1. Do not damage or deform; it may cause electric shock or malfunction when used. [. . . ] DRIVE UNIT REMOTE - Connect supplied 8-pin cable from REMOTE 1 on MAIN UNIT (51) to REMOTE 1 on CONTROL UNIT, and REMOTE 2 on the Drive Unit to Remote 2 on the Control Unit. CONTROL - Connect mini-plug from CONTROL out on rear of CONTROL UNIT to a mixer's CONTROL out. This feature is available on all mixers with Fader "Q" Start (see Q" Start Control p. 5). American DJ® AUDIO · DCD-PRO500TM INSTRUCTION MANUAL · PAGE 8 BASIC OPERATIONS 1. OPENING AND CLOSING THE DISC TRAY AND LOADING DISCS · This operation only works when the power is on. · Press the OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (2) to open or close the disc tray. OPEN/CLOSE BUTTONS (2) are provided on both the main unit and control unit or, Press PLAY BUTTON (25), tray automatically closes. · If tray is not closed after 60 seconds it will close automatically and pause. · The disc trays cannot be opened during playback to prevent playback from being interrupted if the OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (2) is pressed accidentally. LOADING DISCS · Hold the disc by the edges and place it in the disc tray. · When using 5 inch/12 cm discs, place the disc in the outer tray guides (Fig. 10), and when using 3 inch/8 cm discs, place them securely in the inner guides (Fig. 11). CAUTION: · DO NOT place any foreign objects in the disc tray, and do not place more than one disc in the disc tray at a time. · DO NOT push the disc tray in manually when the power is off, as this may result in malfunction and damage the player. SELECTING TRACKS · · · · Select desired track using NUMBER BUTTON (23) or Fig. 11 Press the TRACK BUTTONS (16 & 19) once to move to one higher or lower track or Hold the TRACK buttons in to change tracks continuously at a higher speed. When a new track is selected during playback, playback begins as soon as the search operation is completed. Fig. SELECT THE DESIRED TRACK BY NUMBER KEY (23) IN THE CENTER OF FACEPLATE · First, press the white button to choose (22, 24) which DISK will be selected. · Press the number key to select the desired track · Then press PLAY BUTTON (25), the desired track will start playing. STARTING PLAYBACK · Press the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (25) during the pause or cue to start playback. · The point at which playback starts is automatically stored in the memory as the cue point. The pickup then returns to the cue point (the point at which playback started) when the CUE BUTTON (15) is pressed. STOPPING PLAYBACK · There are two ways to stop playback: 1) Press the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (25) during playback to pause at that point. [. . . ] · Press any of the Cue Button 1~6 (4) while music is playing and while the 1-6 buttons are Lit, it will immediately begin to play that track without interruption of music. · This function will allow you to beat match two separate tracks being played on both sides of the DCD Pro 500 together. 5. MATCHING THE BEATS PER MINUTE (BPM) · · · · · · · · · · Beat matching is done by the BPM's of two (2) songs and matching them together. Press the BPM BUTTON (8) to display the beats per a minute in the LCD DISPLAY (27) The BPM's will display in the BPM METER (40). [. . . ]