Related Manuals for American Audio CDI-500 MP3
Summary of Contents for American Audio CDI-500 MP3
- Page 1 CDI-500 Mp3 ™ Featuring: Sampling Sampling User Guide and Reference Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 10/05 www.AmericanAudio.us...
-
Page 2: Table Of Contents
JOG WHEEL SENSITIVITY ........................25 CREATING A BOP EFFECT........................25 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS PITCH SLIDER...........................26 PITCH BENDING........................27 BUILT-IN EFFECTS SCRATCH/SKID........................29 FILTER/PHASE........................30 ECHO/FLANGER/ROBOT.......................30 TRANS/PAN..........................31 CHANGING PARAMETERS.......................31 ACCESSING Mp3 FOLDERS.......................32 FLIP-FLOP™.............................34 WARRANTY...........................35 SPECIFICATIONS..........................36 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 2 © ®... -
Page 3: Safety Regulations
SI LES LAMES PEUVENT ETRE INSEREES A of important operating and maintenance FOND SANS EN LAISSER AUCUNE PARTIE A (servicing) instructions in the user manual accompanying the CD player. DECOUVERT. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 3 © ®... -
Page 4: Electrical Precautions
EQUIPMENT GROUND CLAMPS POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM Fig. A (NEC ART 250, PART H) NEC — NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 4 © ®... -
Page 5: Safety Instructions
C. The CD Player has been exposed to rain or water. _________________________________________ D. The CD Player does not appear to _________________________________________ operate normally or exhibits a marked Dealer Phone__________________________ change in performance. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 5 © ®... -
Page 6: Unpacking
UNPACKING Every CDI-500 Mp3™ has been thoroughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condi- tion. Carefully check the shipping carton for damage that may have occurred during shipping. If the carton appears to be damaged, carefully inspect your CD player for any damage and be sure all equip- ment necessary to operate the CD player has arrived intact. -
Page 7: Features
DJ® audio mixers that also feature “Fader Q Start” control. For best results use this feature with two (2) CDI-500 Mp3™ players. Connect your CDI-500 Mp3 as described in the set-up section of this manual. After set up is com- pleted load your players. -
Page 8: Set-Up Installation
Connect the included RCA cable from your CDI-500 Mp3™ outputs to the inputs on your mixer. Use the supplied 1/8” mini plug cable to connect your CDI-500 Mp3™ to a mini jack connection (A or B ) on a compatible American Audio® or American DJ® “Fader Q Start”... -
Page 9: Main Unit
6. TAP BUTTON - This button is used to override between 4%, 8%, 16% and 100%. 4% will allow and manually set a tracks BPM. Occasionally the American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 9 © ®... - Page 10 -100% pitch. Use dentally ejecting the disc when in play mode. this function to slow to another playing music American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 10 © ®...
- Page 11 (see setting a music interruption (“on the fly”). This button also CUE POINT, page 18). The blue CUE BUTTON sets the starting point of a seamless loop (see American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 11 © ®...
- Page 12 This display is viewable at several comfortable angles (see page 8). The display ICONS will be explained in the section D. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 12 © ®...
- Page 13 CUE JACK on the rear of your unit to a compatible American Audio® mixer’s CONTROL out. This feature is only available on American Audio’s “Q” series mixers. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 13 © ®...
-
Page 14: Lcd Display
The flashing bar is great reminder, that time 52. CD INDICATOR - This will indicate a CD disc is running out to get that next track ready to go. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 14 © ®... - Page 15 58. LOOP - This icon will flash when you are in loop mode. This icon will glow when a loop has been created but is not actively playing. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 15 © ®...
-
Page 16: Basic Operations
1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS The CDI-500 Mp3™ can only play regular 5 inch CDs. 3 inch, odd shaped, and oval CDs are not compatible. When loading a CD into the player always hold the disc by it edge. Load the disc label side up and slide it in the disc slot. -
Page 17: Starting Playback
PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) as in Figure 10. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (20) as in Figure 11 will now return you to the point you just set. Figure 12 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 17 © ®... -
Page 18: Track Scanning (Fast Fwd/Fast Rev)
PLAY BUTTON (17) to set your cue point. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (20) or the IN BUTTON (26) will now return you to this exact point. Figure 15 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 18 © ®... -
Page 19: Creating A Seamless Loop
(26). This will set the activate playback starting point of the mode. SEAMLESS LOOP. The IN BUTTON (26) LED will flash then glow. Figure 18 Figure 19 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 19 © ®... - Page 20 - FOR A SHORTER LOOP: Press the OUT BUTTON (24) at sooner point in the track (Figure 21). - FOR LONGER LOOP: Press the OUT BUTTON (24) at later point in the track (Figure 21). American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 20 © ®...
-
Page 21: 11. Using The Built In Sampler
11. Using the Built In Sampler: Your CDI-500 Mp3™ comes with an advanced built in sampler. You may store up to three samples in the three BANK BUTTONS (12). Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a BANK BUTTON (12), not both. - Page 22 HOLD BUTTON (19) all parameters will remain until changed again or power is shut off, unless they are stored in to the unit's memory. Figure 29 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 22 © ®...
-
Page 23: Using The Bank Buttons
13. BANK PROGRAM BUTTON (12): Once you store samples in the three (3) Bank Buttons, the CDI-500 Mp3 can be programmed to play the stored samples in a desired order. You can program the three (3) banks up to 12 times. The programmed samples can be played in your desired order without interrupting music playback. -
Page 24: Changing Time Display
16. RECALL FLASH MEMORY: The CDI-500 Mp3 can store all your programmed cue points and effect parameters in to memory. These set- ting may be recalled at any time, even when a disc has been removed and loaded at a later time. To recall the memory on a specific disc;... -
Page 25: Jog Wheel Sensitivity
JOG WHEEL (13) is released. Once the JOG WHEEL (13) is released the unit will return to the last cue point. Figure 36 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 25 © ®... -
Page 26: Pitch Adjustments
To use the PITCH SLIDER (7) slide the slider up and down. Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch. Figure 39 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 26 © ®... -
Page 27: Pitch Bending
42, the disc speed will increase and will continue to increase until it reaches a maximum of 100% ally return to speed gain. When you release the (+) PITCH BEND BUTTON (11) the disc speed will automati it’s previous set speed. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 27 © ®... -
Page 28: Fine Tune Bpm
TAP BUTTON for 2 secs. NOTE: If you leave the adjusted BPM count as is, it will carry over to the next song. Figure 44 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 28 © ®... -
Page 29: Built-In Effects
BUILT-IN EFFECTS The CDI-500 Mp3™ comes with nine built in effects. These effects can be used one at a time or you may choose to overlap the effects and use up to four at a time. The Built-in effects include Scratch, Skid, Filter, Phase, Flanger, Echo, Robot, Pan, and Trans. -
Page 30: Filter/Phase
PT will adjust the echo gap length (see "Parameters" in the next section). off time), and the PT will adjust the Echo gap length. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 30 © ®... -
Page 31: Trans/Pan
To activate the hold function press the HOLD BUTTON (19) as in figure 50. When the hold function becomes activated, the hold button will begin to glow red. Figure 51 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 31 © ®... -
Page 32: Accessing Mp3 Folders
2) Now, turn the FOLDER KNOB (29) clockwise to scroll forward through the folders or turn it counter clockwise to scroll backwards through the folders. Figure 53 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 32 © ®... - Page 33 PARAMETER/FOLDER KNOB (23) to begin playback of your selected track. If you want to cancel Advanced Track Search without making any changes press the PARA- METER/FOLDER BUTTON (23). Figure 56 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 33 © ®...
-
Page 34: Flip-Flop
Flop™” control: Be sure to connect 1/8” mono mini plugs from the control connection on the rear of your CDI- 500 Mp3™ to the 1/8” control jack on the rear of American Audio® “Q” series mixer. That’s it, you’ll be set for FLIP-FLOP.™... -
Page 35: Warranty
American Audio concludes, after inspection, affects the reliability of the product; ® if the product has been repaired or serviced by anyone other than the American Audio factory unless ® prior written authorization was issued to purchaser by American Audio ;... -
Page 36: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio® CDI-500 Mp3™ - Professional CD Player Type: Tray loading, digital compact disc audio player. Disc type: Standard size compact discs only (5 in/12 cm and 3in/8cm) Applicable File Extenstions for Mp3s: mp3, MP3, mP3, and Mp3... - Page 37 Semiconductor laser Wave length 780nm Specifications and improvements in the design of this unit and this manual are subject to NOTES: change without any prior written notice. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 37 © ®...
- Page 38 ©American Audio® World Headquarters: 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA Tel: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-3311 Web: www.AmericanAudio.us E-mail: info@americanaudio.us...