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- Page 1 SDJ-1 Professional Dual SD Card Player "EASY, FAST, & RELIABLE" Featuring: User Guide and Reference Manual 6122 S. Eastern Ave Los Angeles Ca. 90040 www.americanaudio.us 1/08...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Please Note: All specifications and improvements to and in the design of this unit and this manuals are subject to change at any time without any prior written or published noticed. For service parts visit http://parts.americandj.com American Audio © - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 2 ®... -
Page 3: Safety Precautions
GATEUR, UNE PRISE DE COURANT OU UNE AUTRE SORTIE DE COURANT, SAUF SI LES LAMES PEUVENT ETRE INSEREES A FOND SANS EN LAISSER AUCUNE PARTIE A DECOUVERT. - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 3 ® CAUTION NOTE: television reception. -
Page 4: Electrical Precautions
ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 4 ® The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. -
Page 5: Safety Instructions
Please write down the numbers here and retain for future refer- ence. Model No.________________________________ Serial No.________________________________ Purchase Notes: Date of Purchase__________________________ Dealer Name______________________________ Dealer Address____________________________ _________________________________________ ________________________________________ Dealer Phone_____________________________ - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 5 ®... -
Page 6: Unpacking
Caution! There are no user serviceable parts inside this SD player. Do not attempt any repairs your- self, without being instructed to do so by an authorized American Audio service technician. Doing so will void your manufactures warranty. In the unlikely event your SD player may require service, please contact American Audio customer support. -
Page 7: Features
Q-Start” control. Connect your SDJ-1 as described in the set-up section of this manual. After set up is completed load SDs into both players. By moving the mixer’s crossfader from left to right you can start and pause the SDJ-1™... -
Page 8: Important Sd Card Information
Never connect this player's output to a mixers "phono" inputs. CONTROL JACK CONNECTIONS: Use the supplied 1/8” mono mini plug cable to connect your SDJ-1™ to a mini jack connection (A or B) on a compatible American Audio ican DJ “Fader Q Start”... -
Page 9: Functions And Controls Controller Unit
"chipmunk" effect when a track is played at a high rate of speed, or the "James Earl Jones" effect when a track is slowed to much. American Audio © - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 9 ® Figure 2... - Page 10 Button. LOOP and RELOOP will appear in the lcD DiSplay (3) when the RELOOP function is available. 13. POWER BUTTON - Press and hold this button for at least 2 seconds to power the unit on and American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 10 © ®...
- Page 11 B. The jog wheel can also serve as frame search, when the search button is activated. Note: the SEARCH BUTTONS will not search frame by frame when the is function is active. If American Audio © - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 11 ®...
- Page 12 22. CHANNEL A CONTROLLER JACK - Connect the supplied mini-plug from the CUE jack on the rear of your unit to the CONTROL out jack of a compatible American Audio This will enable the "Q-Start" function. This feature is only available on American Audio “Q”...
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Page 13: Lcd Display
42. PLAY & PAUSE INDICATORS - The "PLAY" indicator will glow when the unit is in play mode, and the "PAUSE" indicator will flash when the unit is pause mode. - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 13 ® Figure 3... -
Page 14: Basic Operations
1. LOADINg/EJECTINg AN SD CArD The SDJ-1 can only read an SD Card up to 4GB. It cannot read an SD Card higher then 4GB. read or accept a SDHC Card, it must be a regular SD Card. The file format is Mp3 only. Please see page 8 for more SD Card information. -
Page 15: Playback
1) Press the play/pauSe Button (18) dur- 2) Press the cue Button (19) during play- Figure 8 - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 15 ® Figure 7 ing playback. This will pause playback at the exact same point the play/pauSe But ton (18) was pressed. -
Page 16: Frame Search
American Audio © 2) You may also use the jog Wheel (20) to set Figure 11 - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 16 ® Figure 9 Figure 10 a cue point. While a track is in PAUSE or... -
Page 17: Creating A Seamless Loop
SEAMLESS LOOP (Figure 14). The in Button (12) and out Button (12) LEDs will immediately begin to flash rapidly indicating the SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated. Figure 14 - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 17 ® Figure 13... -
Page 18: Changing Time Display
When a loop is playing press the in Button (12) repeatedly to create this effect. of which time func - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 18 ® - The reloop (12) func- Figure 17 on you are in. Use the flashing bar as a... -
Page 19: Advance Track Search
2. Press the track knoB (10) to select your desired track, ”SEARCH” will now be dis- played in the LCD. 4. Pressing the aDv. track Button (16) at anytime, will cancel this function. - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 19 ® Figure 18 Figure 20... -
Page 20: Preset Menu
PrESET mENU 14. PRESET MENU: The SDJ-1 has a PRESET MENU that lets you see a DEMO, or control REPEAT, RELAY (FLIP-FLOP), SEARCH LOCK, RESET, or lets you "display" the FIRMWARE VERISION. Press and hold the time Button (8) for 2 secs. -
Page 21: View The Title Content
You are able to view the ARTIST, BIT RATE, TITLE NAME, and FILE NAME of the current song playing. To view this information press the track/folDer knoB (10). - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 21 ® Figure 26 Figure 28... -
Page 22: Record A Demo
A DEmO 15. RECORD A DEMO: In the SDJ-1 PRESET MENU there is a DEMO mode that allows you to play a single re- corded track from an SD Card, without the SD Card being loaded. Figure 31 2. Once you have found your desired track press and hold the folDer Button (11) until "loading"... -
Page 23: Pitch Adjustments
To use the pitch SliDer (5) slide the slider up and down. Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch. - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 23 ® Figure 35... -
Page 24: Pitch Bending
2 seconds to change the percentage, until your desired percentage is reached. Holding down on the (+) pitch BenD Button (15) will provide a speed bump in the playback pitch. - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 24 ® Figure 38... - Page 25 -100%. When you stop turning the jog Wheel (20) the speed will automatically return to it’s previous set speed. Figure 40 American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 25 © ®...
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Page 26: Adding Music To Your Sd Card
When adding music to your SD Card, the files must be in Mp3 format. Make a folder for each artist, this will make it easier for you to find your desired songs. Remember the SDJ-1 can only load a 4GB SD Card max. It cannot read or accept a SDHC Card, it must be a regular SD Card. The file format is Mp3 only. -
Page 27: Flip Flop (Relay) Set Up
"FLIP-FLOP" SET UP INSTrUCTIONS "FLIP-FLOP" (rELAy) CONNECTED TO A "q" STArT mIxEr SERIAL NO: American Audio © MODEL NO : Q-2422 MKII POWER SOURCE 115/230V~ 50/60Hz 13W MADE IN CHINA BOOTH TRIM OUTPUT - www.americanaudio.us - SDJ-1™ Instruction Manual Page 27 ® AUX/IN... -
Page 28: Warranty
United States. If the entire instrument is sent, it must be shipped in its original package. No accessories should be shipped with the product. If any accessories are shipped with the product, American Audio® shall have no liability whatsoever for loss of or damage to any such accessories, nor for the safe return thereof. -
Page 29: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio® SDJ-1™ - Professional Dual SD Player Type: Dual SD Card audio player. SD Card type: Maximum 4GB SD Card Note: Does not accept SDHC Cards Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, Pitch Bend:... - Page 30 ©American Audio® World Headquarters: 6122 S. Eastern Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90040 USA Tel: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-3311 Web: www.americanaudio.us E-mail: info@americanaudio.us...