American Audio Radius 2000 User Manual And Reference Manual page 12

gENERAL fUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.)
19. TRACk kNOB - This knob has three functions.
A. Turning this knob will let you search through tracks in your selected folder. Turn the knob to scroll back-
ward and forward through tracks.
B. Push the knob in and turn to scroll 10 tracks forward or backward. The current track number will be
shown in the VFD.
C. Push this knob to display the Artist, Album, Track Title, Genre, and Track Bit Rate.
20. fOLDER kNOB - This knob has two functions.
A. Turning this knob will let you search for your desired folder. Turn the knob to scroll backward and for-
ward through folders. The folder number your are currently in will be shown in the VFD.
B. Press and hold this knob, and turn the ratio knob (25) to scroll the current line name in the VFD.
21. SD CARD SLOT - This is the SD slot where you load your SD card. It can read SDHC Cards up to 32GB.
The file format is Mp3 only. Please see page 8 for more SD Card info.
22. USB pORT - This is the USB port where you can insert a USB stick, USB SD Card reader, or compatiable
external hard drive for playback. VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE SEE PAGE 8 FOR DETAILS REGARDING/
USING USB DEVICES.
23. BEAT-SYNC SELECT BUTTONS - These buttons' are used to select the delay time of an effect to the
beat of music. The beat delay ratios are 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1/1, 2/1, and 4/1. To turn off beat sync press both but-
tons at the same time.
NOTE: A effect must be selected to set a delay time.
24. SmART LOOp BUTTON - When the smart loop function is activated, select the beat at which you would
like to start your desired loop, and the smart loop function will find the loop out point automatically according
to the BPM.
25. pARAmETER RATIO kNOB - This knob is used to adjust the parameter ratio value. You can also push
the RATIO KNOB and turn the jog Wheel (9) to adjust the parameter ratio value.
26. EffECTS AND HOLD BUTTON -
fILTER BUTTON - This button is used to activate and deactivate the Filter effect. The Filter effect
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 button is used to activate and deactivate the Trans effect. The Trans effect simu-
lates a real-time mixer transformer effect. See built in effects on page 33.
SkID BUTTON - This button is used to activate and deactivate the Skid effect. The Skid effect simulates
the sudden platter stop of a turntable, like pressing the stop button on a turntable.
HOLD BUTTON - This button has two functions:
parameter Lock: This button allows you to lock any new parameter settings you set to the effects. The
button LED will glow red when the hold function is not selected. When the hold selection is not active,
any changes to the effect parameters will be momentay.
System Lock: If you press and hold the button for 5 seconds you will activate the System Lock. The
button LED will flash when the HOLD function is active. To unlock the HOLD function press and hold the
button for 5 seconds.
pHASE BUTTON - This button is used to activate and deactivate the Phase effect. The Phase effect
tweaks the original sound to add different tonal definition. The effect is almost the same as the FILTER
effect.
fLANgER EffECT - This button is used to activate and deactivate the Flanger effect. The Flanger
effect distorts the output signal and creates an effect similar to the frequency phasing in and out of each
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