American Audio MCD-110 Operating Instructions Manual page 9

FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS
3. LOOP IN BUTTON - "CUE ON THE FLY" -
This function allows you to set a CUE POINT (see
CUE POINT page 18) without music interruption
("on the fly").
4. LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) - This
high quality LCD Indicates all the unit functions
(play, pause, cue, etc..,), as they occur as well
as displaying the time and track values. This dis-
play is viewable at several comfortable angles as
described on page 6.
5. + 10 - This button instantly advances the
track selection by 10. For example if the unit
is cued on track one, pressing this button will
instantly advance to and cue track 11. If the but-
ton is pressed once more the unit will advance to
and cue track 21.
- 10 - This button instantly rewinds the track
selection by 10. For example if the unit is cued on
track 11, pressing this button will instantly rewind
to and cue track 1.
6. SGL/CTN - This button allows the unit's play
mode to change between Single and Continuous.
In single mode the unit will play a single track and
return to cue mode. In continuous mode the unit
continues to play track by track and returns to
cue mode after all tracks have played. This func-
tion also operates in program modes. In program
mode the continuous function will play all tracks
in a program, than return to cue mode on the first
track in the program.
7. PITCH PERCENTAGE SELECTOR - Choose
from pitch percentages of 4%, 8%, and 16%.
See page 28 for more details.
8. PITCH SLIDER - This slider is used to adjust
the playback pitch percentage when the PITCH
(9) function is activated. The slider is a set adjust-
ment and will remain set until the pitch slider
is moved or the PITCH (9) function has been
turned off. This adjustment can be made with or
without a CD in the drive. The pitch adjustment
will remain even if a disc has been remove, and
will reflect on any other disc loaded into the unit.
That is to say, if you set a +2% pitch on one disc,
remove that disc and insert another, that disc too
will have a +2% pitch. The amount of pitch being
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applied will be displayed in the LCD (4). 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.
9. PITCH BUTTON - This button is used to turn
the pitch function on and off. The pitch functions
of the PITCH SLIDER (8), PITCH BEND BUTTONS
(10) and JOG WHEEL (2) will not function without
this function being activated. The LED will glow
when the pitch function is activated. See PITCH
on page 16.
10. PITCH BEND BUTTONS -
(-) PITCH BEND - The (-) pitch bend function
creates a momentary "Slow Down" in the CD's
pitch speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the
PITCH (9) function is activated. This functions
allows the beats between two CD's or any other
music source to match. This is a momentary
function. When the button is depressed the pitch
speed will automatically return to PITCH SLID-
ER'S (8) selected pitch. Holding down this button
will give a maximum of -16% pitch. Be sure to
remember that this function is a momentary pitch
adjustment, for a more precise adjustment use
the PITCH SLIDER'S (8) to match the BPM's with
another playing music source.
(+) PITCH BEND - The (+) pitch bend func-
tion creates a momentary "BUMP" in the CD's
pitch speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the
PITCH (9) function is activated. This functions
allows the beats between two CD's or any other
music source to match. This is a momentary
function. When the button is depressed the pitch
speed will automatically return to PITCH SLID-
ER'S (8) selected pitch. Holding down this button
will give a maximum of +16% pitch. Be sure to
remember that this function is a momentary pitch
adjustment, for a more precise adjustment use
the PITCH SLIDER'S (8) to match the BPM's with
another playing music source.
11. TIME - The time button is used to changed
the way the time values are displayed in the LCD
(4). The time value can be displayed as elapsed
track time or remaining track time.