American Audio CD Player DCDPRO600 User Manual

applied will be displayed in the LCD (14). Use this 
slider  to  match  the  BPM’s  of  this  unit  to  that  of 
another  music  source.  By  changing  the  pitch  of 
one disc with respect to the other in this way, the 
beats can be matched. 
24.  BPM  BUTTON  - This  changes  toggles 
between  the  PITCH  function  and  BPM  function 
indicators  in  the  LCD.  When  the  BPM  function 
is  engaged,  the  COUNTER  (25)  button  may  be 
used  to  manually  display  a  tracks  BPM's  in  the 
LCD...

 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS - PLAYER UNIT 
C. TRANSPORT UNIT - FACE (FIGURES 5)
35.  DRIVE  1  TRANSPORT  TRAY  -   This  tray  is 
used to load and load compact disc in to the drive 
1  mechanism.  The  tray  is  opened  and  closed  by 
pressing  the DRIVE  1  OPEN/CLOSE  BUTTON 
(36). Never  attempt  to  force  the  transport  tray 
open or closed when the power is turned off.
36.  DRIVE  1  OPEN/CLOSE  (Transport  Tray 
Open/Close)  -  This  button  is  used  to  open  and 
close  the  drive  1...

ality.  For  more  information  on  the  Scratch  Box 
refer to the Scratch Box manual.
41. DRIVE 2 REMOTE JACK - Connect the sup-
plied 8 pin din cable from this jack to the remote 
control's  channel  2  remote  connector.  This  will 
allow you to control the player functions with the 
remote unit.
42.  DRIVE  2  DIGITAL  OUT  -  This  jack  sends  a 
digital  stereo  out  signal.  Use  this  connection  to 
create  near  perfect  copies  of  your  disc  to  a  Mini 
disc,  CD-R,  or  any  other...

 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD)
E. LCD DISPLAY (FIGURE 7)
50. FUNCTION INDICATORS - These indicators 
serve  two  functions;  Indicators  1-3  detail  which 
effect  is  active,  Indicators  6-9  detail  a  cue  point 
stored in memory.
51.  CUE  INDICATOR  - This  indicator  will  glow 
when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every 
time  a  new  CUE  POINT  is  recorded  in  memory 
(see setting CUE POINTS on page 20).
52. PROGRAM INDICATOR - This icon indicates 
"Program  Mode"  is...

& 59). When the TOTAL REMAIN indicator is dis-
played in the LCD (14), the time defined will refer 
to a disc's total remaining time. The time mode is 
changed by tapping on TIME BUTTON (5). 
67. SINGLE INDICATOR - This indicates the unit  
is  in  single  play  mode,  the  unit  will  play  a  single 
and return to CUE mode. If the single indicator is 
not  displayed  the  unit  is  in  continuous  mode.  In 
continuous  mode  the  drive  will  play  through  all 
the  tracks  on  the  disc.  Once...

 BASIC OPERATIONS
Figure 8
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Figure 7
3 in. / 8cm disc
5 in. / 12cm disc1. 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  (10)  to  open  or  close  the  disc  tray.  Pressing  the 
PLAY/PAUSE  BUTTON  (29),  will  also  automatically  close  the  tray  if  it  is  open 
and  immediately  cue  any  CD  that  is  in...

 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT)
8.   FRAME SEARCH 
This feature allows you to scroll through a track to set a cue, starting sam-
ple, 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  tip  to 
turn the JOG WHEEL (19) to scroll through the track (figure 9). Turning the 
wheel in a clockwise direction will advance the frame search and turning the 
wheel in a counter-clockwise direction rewinds the frame search....

 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT)
Activating  the  Pitch  Slider  (23): To  activate  the PITCH  SLIDER 
(23),  turn  the  pitch  function  on.  Press  the  PITCH  BUTTON  (7)  to  turn 
on  the  pitch  function,  when  the  pitch  function  is  activated  a  LED  will 
begin  to  glow  (or  flash  depending  on  what  pitch  percentage  value  is 
selected, see changing pitch values on page 18). If the pitch function 
is  not  activated  neither  the PITCH  SLIDER  (23)  nor  the  PITCH  BEND 
BUTTONS (15 & 16)...

 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT)
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12. PITCH BEND:
This  function  will  momentarily  increase  or  decrease  a  tracks  playback  speed.  There  are  two  ways  to  operate 
this  function  with  the  (-)  &  (+)  PITCH  BUTTONS  (25)  or  with  the JOG  WHEEL  (19).  The  maximum  pitch  bend 
percentage allowed is +/- 16%. The pitch bend function will work in conjunction with the PITCH SLIDER (23) 
pitch  setting.  The...

13.  SETTING and STORING a CUE POINT:
Setting A Cue Point:
A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (29) is pressed. A cue point 
may  be  anywhere  on  a  disc  or  in  a  track.  You  may  set  and  store  up  to  five  independent  cue  points  per  disk. 
Four  cue  points  are  stored  in  the CUE  MEMORY  BUTTONS  (6)  and  one  in  the IN  REAL-TIME  CUE  BUTTON 
(26). Once a cue point is set it may be recalled at any time during normal playback. Figures 18 and...