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PROFESSIONAL MEDIA PLAYER & CONTROLLER DN-HD2500 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG MODE D’EMPLOI ISTRUZIONI PER L’USO INSTRUCCIONES DE FUNCIONAMIENTO GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING BRUKSANVISNING 操作說明書...
2. Do not open the rear cover In order to prevent electric shock, do not open the top cover. If problems occur, contact your DENON DEALER. 3. Do not place anything inside Do not place metal objects or spill liquid inside the system.
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TOP PANEL DIAGRAM / ÜBERSICHT AUF DER SCHALTTAFEL OBEN / SCHEMA DU PANNEAU SUPERIEUR / ILLUSTRAZIONE PANNELLO SUPERIORE / DIAGRAMA DEL PANEL SUPERIOR / DIAGRAM BOVENPANEEL / ÖVERSIKT ÖVER TOPPANELEN / 頂面板視圖 #3 #1 !3 !5 FRONT PANEL DIAGRAM / ÜBERSICHT AUF DER SCHALTTAFEL VORNE / SCHEMA DU PANNEAU AVANT / ILLUSTRAZIONE PANNELLO ANTERIORE /...
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NOTE ON USE / HINWEISE ZUM GEBRAUCH / OBSERVATIONS RELATIVES A L’UTILISATION / NOTE SULL’USO / NOTAS SOBRE EL USO / ALVORENS TE GEBRUIKEN / OBSERVERA • Keep the apparatus free from moisture, water, and dust. • Halten Sie das Gerät von Feuchtigkeit, Wasser und Staub fern.
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A NOTE ABOUT RECYCLING: This product’s packaging materials are recyclable and can be reused. Please dispose of any materials in accordance with the local recycling regulations. When discarding the unit, comply with local rules or regulations. Batteries should never be thrown away or incinerated but disposed of in accordance with the local regulations concerning chemical waste.
4. Keyboard Support HD2500 to be used as your new primary “plug and play” full featured compact system. Additionally, the DN-HD2500 can be used as a backup system for those DJ’s currently using laptops. 5. SCRATCH 2. External USB Device Support...
• About formats, etc. (the following applies to USB memory devices and all other sorts of mass storage devices) q The DN-HD2500 is compatible with FAT16 and FAT32 formats. w Maximum number of files – 50,000/device. (note #1) e Maximum number of folders – 5,000/device.
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5. PC u Turn the power of the DN-HD2500 off when q Computer on which the Windows XP Service Pack 2 connecting the USB hub to it.
“ • Connect a computer. indicates long time push function. • MP3/WAV files and playlist files are transferred between the computer and the DN-HD2500. CUE/STUTTER button • Pushing this button in play mode will force the file Digital output terminals back to the position which playback started.
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ENGLISH TAP, LOCK, AUTO/INPUT BPM button • TAP: When you push this button repeatedly, the Auto mode turns off and starts measuring your Beats Per Minute (BPM) by tapping. • LOCK: When this button is pressed once while the Auto BPM counter is operating, the data measured by the Auto BPM counter is locked.
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Navigation display messages as “Push/Play” means if “YES”, push • With the DN-HD2500, such operations as selecting PARAMETERS knob. The display indicates the mode, etc., can be performed using the PARAMETERS knob following the instructions on to turn PARAMETERS knob and the navigation display.
Playlists created and edited by the user are searched for and selected and the MP3/WAV files registered on that playlist are played. By using playlists, the DN-HD2500 can be operated with the same feel as conventional CDs. Up to 1,000 playlists can be created per device. A maximum of 99 MP3/WAV files can be registered on each playlist.
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✽ Playlists can also be created in the edit mode and using a computer management program (DENON DJ Music Manager). • Playlist Create New playlists can be created from the top menu of the file playback mode.
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The top menu of the selected device is displayed with the playback mode maintained, so you can now search for the playlist or file. ✽ When “PC” is selected, the DN-HD2500 is set to the device mode and is operable from the included “DENON DJ Music Manager” PC...
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2 Text search Operating from a keyboard Use this procedure to search for titles and albums in the file search or playlist search mode by first letter or by At the screen for selecting the name of the artist, character strings. For example, to select the desired artist album, title, playlist, etc., use the keyboard to input the desired letter, number or symbol name from a list, you can press and turn the...
Back-Cue. With the Back-Cue function, you can start from exactly same position. The CUE button illuminates solid red when DN-HD2500 is ready to start playback. • You can set and change Cue point as follows. • When you started playback.
• Relay Play function is a playback mode to continue play • It’s now possible to select the next file to be played while continuing playback of the current file without interrupting files of Deck1 and Deck2 in DN-HD2500. playback.
ENGLISH SCRATCH You can Scratch MP3 or WAV files. Set the JOG mode q Push the JOG MODE button to set JOG disc to scratch mode. The JOG MODE button light up in orange. [Start the Scratching] w When SCRATCH is selected as the JOG MODE and JOG disc is turned by hand, the sound is scratched.
Stutter • A1 and A2 points can be also used for Stutter playback. t To enable stutter playback, push FLIP button for A1/A2 buttons, then “ ” display turns off. Press the FLIP button to switch between the Hot Start/Seamless Loop and Stutter modes.
ENGLISH AUTO BPM COUNTER / EFFECTOR AUTO BPM COUNTER AUTO BPM COUNTER Beats per minute (BPM) of a file is measured automatically and displayed during playback or in Cue standby mode. Measured BPM values are synchronized with the effector parameters such as: (ECHO/LOOP and FLANGER time) •...
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FILTER ECHO/LOOP OFF r When the ECHO/LOOP button FILTER ON is pressed, the echo/loop parameter selection mode is o When the FILTER button is set. If the ECHO/LOOP button is pressed again, the echo/loop function is turned off. FLANGER FLANGER ON Select the parameters t When the FLANGER button is pressed, the !0 In the parameter...
ENGLISH PLATTER EFFECT BRAKE BRAKE Simulates a winding-down sound of a turntable coming to a full stop slowly. Set the BRAKE mode q The BRAKE function can be turned on by pushing the BRAKE button. Select the BRAKE time When the BRAKE function is turned on, the PARAMETERS and BRAKE indicator flashes for 3 seconds and the BRAKE time is displayed.
• The memo data is stored in the playlist file itself, so when transporting playlist files in which the memo data has been stored and playing them on a different DN-HD2500, that data can be called out and used. • Memo data can be stored a total of times equal to the number of files registered in the playlist. For example, if 74 files are registered in a playlist, 74 bits of memo data can be stored in that playlist.
JOG disc. The last character in the character input section is cleared. NOTE: • The characters usable on the DN-HD2500 are as shown on the diagram below. Note that usable characters differ according to the character input target. Select “ ”.
The File Search A database is created on the USB HDD, etc., so that window is displayed at MP3/WAV files can be searched on the DN-HD2500. the left of the screen. It is also possible to create simplified databases and to Select and set the title update databases.
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ENGLISH Move (changing the order of the titles) • Note that the memo data stored for the playlist is lost when the move function is used. q A list of the titles registered in the playlist is displayed on the left side. w At the list of titles, turn the PARAMETERS...
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2 Database Edit • Creating databases A database is created on the USB HDD, etc., so that MP3/WAV files can be searched on the DN-HD2500. Creating databases q At the top menu in the NOTE: MP3/WAV files stored on devices other than the one for which the database is being created can be played even while the database is being creating.
The “*” mark next to the data indicates the default value. (1) Cue Mode : DENON* (When the playback is started durnig the Play Pause mode, the Cue point is set.) / Other (When the Cue button is pushed during the Play Pause mode, the Cue point is set.) (2) Auto Cue : Auto Cue level OFF / –...
(ASCII + ISO8859-1 (West European)) Encording C.B.R, V.B.R 16bit f/s 44.1kHz WAV Format Metadata Tag Supported NOTE: q .m3u and .xml playlists are supported only through DENON DJ Music Manager. SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Type: MP3/WAV media player Media type: Internal HDD (40GB)
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PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS COMPANY TOKYO, JAPAN http://www.dm-pro.jp Professional Business Company, D&M Holdings Inc. HOI-003...
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