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Summary of Contents for American Audio CDI-300 MP3
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Page 1: User Guide
CDI-300 Mp3 ™ Featuring: Sampling Sampling User Guide and Reference Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www.AmericanAudio.us 9/05... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
1. High quality CD-R Audio discs (should conform to the standards of the Orange Book 2). 2. Use a high quality bit rate when recording discs. (At least 160kbps) 3. Record discs in the slowest speed possible. (i.e. 2x or 4x speed) American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 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-300 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-300 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 Dealer Phone__________________________ operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 5 © ®... -
Page 6: Unpacking
UNPACKING Every CDI-300 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
(a) FADER “Q” START CONTROL: This feature is used in conjunction with most American Audio® and American DJ® audio mixers that also feature “Fader Q Start” control. For best results use this feature with two (2) CDI-300 Mp3™ players. Connect your CDI-300 Mp3’s as described in the set-up section of this manual. After set up is completed load your players. -
Page 8: Set-Up Installation
Connect the included RCA cable from your CDI-300 Mp3™ outputs to the inputs on your mixer. Use the supplied 1/8” mini plug cable to connect your CDI-300 Mp3™ to a mini jack connection (A or B ) on a compatible American Audio® or American DJ® “Fader Q Start”... -
Page 9: Main Unit
3. BPM/PITCH ON/OFF BUTTON - This button the playback pitch percentage. The slider is a is used to toggle between the PITCH SLIDER (5) set adjustment and will remain set until the pitch American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 9 © ®... - Page 10 9. BANK BUTTONS 1-3 - These buttons are the track to the last set cue point (see setting a used to store either three (3) cue points or three American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 10 © ®...
- Page 11 23. SEARCH KNOB - This knob has four forward and four reverse speed positions allowing you to quickly scan through tracks. The more you turn the wheel in either direction, the faster your American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 11 © ®...
- Page 12 30. CUE MINI JACK - Connect the supplied mini-plug from the 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 - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 12 © ®...
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Page 13: Lcd Display
50. SINGLE INDICATOR - This indicates that the is ending, or a track if the unit is in "SINGLE" CD drive is in single play mode, the track will mode. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 13 © ®... - Page 14 53. 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-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 14 © ®...
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Page 15: Basic Operations
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Page 16: Starting Playback
PAUSE BUTTON (15) as in Figure 10. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (17) as in Figure 11 will now return you to the point you just set. Figure 12 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 16 © ®... -
Page 17: Track Scanning (Fast Fwd/Fast Rev)
PLAY BUTTON (15) to set your cue point. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (17) or the IN BUTTON (17) will now return you to this exact point. Figure 15 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 17 © ®... -
Page 18: Creating A Seamless Loop
BUTTON (15) to (21). This will set the activate playback starting point of the mode SEAMLESS LOOP. The IN BUTTON (21) LED will light. Figure 18 Figure 19 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 18 © ®... - Page 19 - FOR A SHORTER LOOP: Press the OUT BUTTON (20) at sooner point in the track (Figure 21). - FOR LONGER LOOP: Press the OUT BUTTON (20) at later point in the track (Figure 21). American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 19 © ®...
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Page 20: Using The Built-In Sampler
12. Using the Built In Sampler: Your CDI-300 Mp3™ comes with an advanced built in sampler. You may store up to three samples. One sam- ple in each of the three BANK BUTTONS (9) (Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a BANK BUTTON (9), not both). -
Page 21: Using The Bank Buttons
Use the flashing bar as a visual reminder that a track is ending. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 21 © ®... -
Page 22: System Memory
Figure 29 16. RECALL FLASH MEMORY: The CDI-300 Mp3 can store all your user programmed cue points in to memory. These cue points may be recalled at any time, even when a disc has been removed and reinserted at a later time. To recall the memory on a specific disc;... -
Page 23: Pitch Adjustments
To use the PITCH SLIDER slide the slider up and down. Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch. Figure 33 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 23 © ®... -
Page 24: Pitch Bending
36, the disc speed will increases and will continue to increase until it reaches a maximum of 100% ally return to speed gain. When you release the (+) PITCH BEND BUTTON (7) the disc speed will automati it’s previous set speed. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 24 © ®... - Page 25 -100% and playback stops entirely. When you stop turning the JOG WHEEL the disc speed will ally return to automati it’s previous set speed. Figure 37 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 25 © ®...
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Page 26: Accessing Your Mp3 Files
1) Turn the FOLDER KNOB (25) clockwise to scroll forward through the folders or turn it counter clockwise to scroll backwards through the folders. Figure 39 Figure 40 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 26 © ®... -
Page 27: Flip-Flop
Flop™” control: Be sure to connect 1/8” mono mini plugs from the control connection on the rear of your CDI- 300 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 28: 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 29: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio® CDI-300 Mp3™ - Professional CD Player Type: Tray loading, digital compact disc audio player. Disc type: Standard size compact discs (5in/12cm and 3in/8cm) Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, +/- 100% Pitch Accuracy: 0.15%... - Page 30 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-300 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 30 © ®...
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