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GENERAL FEATURES (Cont.)

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13&14.TRACK 

(Track Buttons) -

 

These buttons are used 

to select the track to be played. FORWARD SKIP 
& BACK SKIP. 

15. TIME 

(Time Button)

 - 

The TIME button switches 

between ELAPSED PLAYING TIME, 
REMAINING TIME in a selection and TOTAL 
REMAINING TIME of the disc. 

16. PITCH 

SLIDER 

The pitch can be changed up to   

+/- 12% by Pressing the PITCH BUTTON so the   
PITCH LED is lit, then moving the sliding fader. 
The pitch will not be changed if the PITCH LED is 
off. 

17.  

BPM 

BUTTON 

Switches the mode of the 

display between showing the BPM and the 
percentage change in PITCH. Use COUNTER 

BUTTON  

18. 

COUNTER BUTTON - 

Tap this button with the 

beat of the music to determine the current Beats 
Per Minute (BPM). 

19. 

REALTIME CUE – 

This allows you to set the CUE 

POINT without stopping the play back. This button 
also sets the beginning of a seamless loop.   

20. CUE 

Pressing the CUE button during play 

provides a return to the position at which play was 
started. If PAUSE is used before CUE or CUE 
POINT was set, that will become the cue point. 
Alternately pressing the PLAY button and the 
CUE button allows the CD to be played from the 
same position any number of times. The CUE 
LED will light up from the time the Cue button 
is pressed until the CD has reset to the position at 
which play was started. Steady lighting of this 
LED indicates the ready condition. 

21. 

OUT / EXIT - 

Used to set the ending point when 

looping music. The player will start to loop 
continuous. Until you press this button again to 
exit. This is not a seamless function. 

22. START/PAUSE

 (Play/Pause Button) - Each press 

of the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON causes the 
operation to change from play to pause or from 
pause to play. 

23. RELOOP 

BUTTON 

If a LOOP has been made, 

and you have hit the exit button, press this button 
to enter the loop again. To exit loop press 
OUT/EXIT button. 

B. LCD   

26.PLAY INDICATOR ( ) - 

The PLAY indicators light 

during playback. 

27.PAUSE INDICATOR ( ) - 

The PAUSE indicators 

light during pause or cue mode. 

28.A-B INDICATOR – 

These light when player 

performs repeat A-B playback. 

29.PROGRAM INDICATOR - 

This lights when 

program mode is set or played. 

30.REPEAT Indicator - 

(REPEAT 1, REPEAT ALL) 

These light during repeat one or all playback. 

28,31,32.TRACK, MINUTE, SECOND – 

These 

Displays information on the current track and time. 

33.PITCH OR BPM DISPLAY - 

Show either beat per 

minute or percent of pitch adjustment. 

34.BPM INDICATOR - 

Lights up when BPM Button is 

engaged. 

35.PITCH INDICATOR- 

Lights to show percent of 

pitch is displayed. 

36.ELAPSED & TOTAL REMAIN INDICATORS 

– 

These indicate that the time shown on the display 
is the ELAPSED, TOTAL remaiming or SINGLE 
song remaining time. 

37.LOOP, RELOOP – 

displayed when loop is 

engaged LOOP flashes when playing loop. 

D.MAIN UNIT REAR PANEL 

LINE OUT 1 and 2 – 

The audio signals from each 

player are output from these jacks. 

REMOTE 

- Connect this connector to the control unit 

using the included control cords.. 

DIGITAL - 

connect to Minidisc or CDR device. 

VOLTAGE SELECTOR – 

(multi-vlotage models only)

 

On multi- voltage models, use this to select the 
power voltage. Always disconnect the power plug 
before changing the voltage. 

E.CONTROL UNIT REAR PANEL(FIGURE 4) 

CONNECT TO MAIN UNIT – 

Connect this connector 

to the REMOTE connector on the main unit using 
the included control cords.

 

   

CONTROL – 

Connect this connector to the control out 

from mixer control out. Available on future mixers. 

American audio • DCD-PRO300™ INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL • PAGE 7

 

Summary of Contents for DCD-PRO300 MKII

Page 1: ...DCD PRO300 MKII American AUDIO Los Angeles CA 90058 USA ...

Page 2: ...ects or spill liquid inside the CD player Electric shock or malfunction may occur Please record and retain the model name and serial number from your rating label Model No ______________________________ Serial No ______________________________ Line Voltage Selection for multiple voltage model only The desired voltage may be set with the VOLTAGE SELECTOR switch on the rear panel using a screwdriver...

Page 3: ...appliance 9 Grounding or Polarization Precautions should be taken so that the grounding or polarization means of an appliance is not defeated 10 Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from ...

Page 4: ...sively discs may not be loaded or unloaded properly Figure 1 The control panel s LCDs are designed to be clearly visible within the angles shown in Figure 2 Mount the control unit so that the visual angle is within this range Fig 1 Fig 2 3 Connections 1 Turn off the POWER switch 2 Connect the RCA pin cables to the inputs on your mixer 3 Connect the control cables to the REMOTE connector on the mai...

Page 5: ... set Never disassemble or modify the set in any way MAIN FEATURES 1 8 times over sampling 1 bit D A converter 2 Beat counter 3 Auto cue 4 Frame search 5 Realtime cue 6 4 different speed scan 7 Pitch display 8 10 number buttons for direct track access 9 30 programmable tracks 10 Ten cue points can be memorized 11 Digital output RCA coaxial 12 Fader Start Fader Stop back cue Relay playback using the...

Page 6: ...ice 7 OPEN CLOSE Disc Tray Open Close Press to load or eject the disc Each press will open or close the disc tray on the transport NOTE Tray will not open unless the disc has been paused 8 LCD DISPLAY Indicates all the functions as they are occurring with the CD These functions are explained in the next section 9 PITCH BEND 16 Pitch Bend Button When each of the two CD players is playing a CD the p...

Page 7: ...SE BUTTON causes the operation to change from play to pause or from pause to play 23 RELOOP BUTTON If a LOOP has been made and you have hit the exit button press this button to enter the loop again To exit loop press OUT EXIT button B LCD 26 PLAY INDICATOR The PLAY indicators light during playback 27 PAUSE INDICATOR The PAUSE indicators light during pause or cue mode 28 A B INDICATOR These light w...

Page 8: ...in the inner guides Figure 9 Fig 8 Fig 9 CAUTION DO NOT place any foreign objects in the disc tray and do not place more than one disc in the disc tray at a time Doing so may result in malfunction DO NOT push the disc tray in manually when the power is off as this may result in malfunction and damage the player 3 SELECTING TRACKS Select desired track using NUMBER Button or Press the TRACK Buttons ...

Page 9: ...en set desired Cue then press any of 10 number buttons You can also set any of the 10 Cue points by pressing MEMORY then any of the NUMBER Buttons To return to a CUE POINT press CUE BUTTON This will return to point A or B above The player has completed the cue or pause operation and is waiting for the play start command When the PLAY PAUSE button is pressed playback starts To Return to any of the ...

Page 10: ...ess the PLAY BUTTON to begin playing programmed tracks To cancel Program press and hold PROG BUTTON more than 2 seconds 1 Find the BPM of the song playing by pressing the BPM BUTTON Then tap COUNTER BUTTON 18 firmly to the beat of the music until BPM is displayed on the LCD 2 Repeat step 1 for the song you want to mix in You can listen in by cueing it in your headphones using your mixer or by foll...

Page 11: ... the surface in particular when removing a disc from its Do not bend the disc Do not apply heat Do not enlarge the hole in the center of the disc Do not write on the label printed side with a hard tipped implement such as a pencil or ball point pen Condensation will form if a disc is brought into a warm area from a colder one such as outdoors in winter Do not attempt to dry the disc with a hair dr...

Page 12: ...0 to 60 C 4 to 140 F Accessories Connecting cord 2 sets for left and right channels Control cord 1 8m 6 feet AUDIO SECTION Quantization 16 bit linear per channel Sampling rate 44 1 kHz at normal pitch Over sampling rate 8 times D A conversion 16 bit Frequency response 10 to 20 000 KHz Total harmonic distortion 0 01 Signal to noise ratio 85 dB Channel separation 86 dB Output level 2 0V 1dB Load imp...

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