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(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) Radius  

 

2000 players. Connect your Radius 3000 as described in the set-up section of this manual. After set up is com- 

 

pleted load your players. By moving the mixer’s crossfader from left to right you can start and pause your Radius  

 

2000 playback functions. For Example, when using two (2) Radius 3000™ players and a Fader “Q” Start mixer, if  

 

your mixer’s crossfader is all the way to the left (player one is playing, player two is in cue or pause mode), and you  

 

move the fader at least 20% to the right, player two (2) will begin to play. When the crossfader ismoved all the way  

 

to the right, player one (1) will return to cue mode, and you move it 20% to the left, player one (1) will begin to play 

 

and player two (2) will return to its’ cue point. You can create great effects similar to scratching with this feature.  

 

After storing cue points on each side of the player, different songs or samples may quickly be recalled by moving  

 

the mixer crossfader back and forth. New cue points can be easily selected on the Radius 3000 player (see setting  

 

cue points page 20). “Q” Start control is easy to use and mastering this feature will help you create amazing effects  

 

with your music. Note: For proper “Q” Start operation be sure your mixers “Hamster” setting are set to 1/2 (Normal  

 

Setting). Important: When Bank Button LED is flashing, the unit will return to the bank in point.

(b)  fLIp-fLOp:

 This feature is used in conjunction with American Audio® mixers that also feature Fader “Q” Start. For

  

FLIP-FLOP results you must use two (2) Radius 3000 players. Connect your Radius 3000’s as described in the  

 

set- up section of this manual. This feature will start the next player once one (1) player has ended. For example, if  

 

player one (1) is playing a disc in the single mode and it ends, player one (1) will pause, player two (2) will instantly  

 

begin to play. You may set FLIP-FLOP to play track to track. For more information on this feature, see FLIP-FLOP™  

 

on page 40. Important: When Bank Button LED is flashing, the unit will return to the bank in point.

(c)  mEmORY BACkUp:

 The Radius 3000™ has a five (5) year memory back-up, that will save your setting in case  

 

the  power supply is accidentally disconnected. Radius 3000™ will remember your last setting (SGL, CTN, and 

 

effect parameters) even if you disconnect your main power. The Radius 3000™ will store your cue points and  

 

samples in memory if you accidentally eject a disc or shut off the power. See memory on page 26.

(d)  pROgRAmmABLE CUE pOINTS:

 The Radius 3000™ has four 

Bank ButtonS

 (28). 4 cue points can be stored

 

per folder for SD/USB audio device, with a total of 500 Cue points being stored in each of the

 Bank ButtonS  

 

(28)

, a CD can store a total of 2000. These cue points can be stored into the unit's internal memory and may be  

 

recalled at any time. See setting "Cue Points" on page 20.

(e)  

SLEEp mODE:

 The Radius 3000's laser and pick-up assembly will power down after 15 minutes of inactivity (when  

 

in pause or cue mode). This will lengthen the life of your motor drive and laser. To initialize the player press cue or  

 

play button. 

• Plays Mp3/WAV* filles from either USB Stick or SD/SDHC Card and regular CDs
• Mp3 Track Listings   

 

 

 

 

 

• Headphone Jack w/ Trim Control

• Fine Tune BPM (See page 28) 

 

 

 

 

• Advanced Track Search (See page 34)

• Auto cue  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Real Time Scratch Play

• 1/75th second frame search  

 

 

 

 

• Reverse Play

• Real time cue (“Cue on the Fly”) 

 

 

 

 

• Pan Effect

• 8 different speed scan (4 Forward/4 Reverse) 

 

 

• Skid Effect

• Pitch display  

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Filter Effect

• RCA coaxial output   

 

 

 

 

 

• Phase Effect

• Large bright VFD display can be viewed from wide angles.  

• Echo Effect

• Fader “Q” Start Control

 (a)

   

 

 

 

 

• Flanger Effect

• Seamless Loop (uninterrupted loop playback) 

 

 

• Trans Effect

• Sampler (Forward & Reverse Sampling) 

 

 

 

• Music Master tempo

• 10 Second Digital Anti-Shock 

 

 

 

 

• Sleep Mode (

e)

• Flip-Flop (Relay Playback)

 (b) 

 

 

 

 

• Memory Backup, Defaults to last setting

(c)

• Jog Wheel Pitch Bend +/-100% 

 

 

 

 

• Selectable Single or Continuous Play

• Jog Wheel Sensitivity Adjustment

   

 

 

 

• Folder Search for Mp3's

 

• 2000 programmable Cue Points (500 x 4)

 (d) 

 

• 4 Programmable Cue (Bank) Buttons 

 

 

 

• Adjustable Pitch Percentages: +/-4%, +/-8%, +/-16% or +/-100%
• Instant Start within 10ms (sound is produced immediately when the PLAY button is pressed)

* WaV files: 1411kbps pcm 

mAIN fEATURES

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Summary of Contents for RADIUS 3000

Page 1: ...Featuring Sampling Sampling Radius 3000 PROFESSIONAL SD USB CD PLAYER User Guide and Reference Manual 9 09...

Page 2: ...k 19 Pausing playback 19 Frame search 19 track scanning Fast FWD Fast Rev 20 setting and storing cue points 20 Creating a seamless loop 21 using the built in sampler 23 Using the bank Buttons 25 bank...

Page 3: ...erican Audio DEALER The lightning flash with an arrow triangular symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of non insulated dangerous volt age within the products enclosure and may be of su...

Page 4: ...pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs conveniencereceptacles andthepointwhere they exit from the product OUTDOOR ANTENNA gROUNDINg If an outside a...

Page 5: ...layer should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the player 7 Servicing The user should not attempt to service the player beyond tha...

Page 6: ...en 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 care...

Page 7: ...FLOP on page 40 Important When Bank Button LED is flashing the unit will return to the bank in point c MemorY Backup The Radius 3000 has a five 5 year memory back up that will save your setting in cas...

Page 8: ...cable may result in unit damage To avoid severe damage to the unit be sure the power is off when making connections to the unit Figure 1 American Audio www AmericanAudio us Radius 3000 Instruction Man...

Page 9: ...sec to record the playing track as a demo 2 EJECT BUTTON Pressing this button will eject the CD The eject function will only work when the unit is in cue or pause mode this is to prevent accidentally...

Page 10: ...page 28 7 TEMPO LOCK FUNCTION This button activates the TEMPO LOCK function This function allows you to use the PITCH SLIDER to speed up or slow down playback speed without altering the tonal pitch o...

Page 11: ...lay to pause or from pause to play While in play mode the blue play LED will glow and while in pause mode the blue play LED will flash 14 CUE BUTTON Pressing the CUE button during playback immediately...

Page 12: ...ard The current track number will be shown in the VFD C Push this knob to display the Artist Album Track Title Genre and Track Bit Rate 20 Folder KnoB This knob has two functions A Turning this knob w...

Page 13: ...PAN EFFECT This button is used to activate and deactivate the Trans or Pan effect The Pan effect allows you to pan the output from the left channel to the right channel See built in effects on page 33...

Page 14: ...io out signals Connect stereo RCA cable s from the AUDIO OUT to a mixer s LINE input 40 Headphone jack volume control This jack is used to connect your headphones and the volume control is for your he...

Page 15: ...ET This meter serves two functions 1 The bucket outline indates your cue memory status a full outline lets you know the cue memory is full Note The search functions will not work unless all the bars a...

Page 16: ...will show the current track s elapsed time 56 Track Display This indicator describes which track is currently cued or is playing 57 Single indicator This indicates that the player is in single play m...

Page 17: ...T 0 30 ms Control JOG MIDI max send time Pulse 1024 or 512 select sensor to send Pulse I O DISPLAY Hide display hide MIDI I O value NAME 3000 B H 2 more devices connection EDIT ON OFF Set MIDI NOTE an...

Page 18: ...tion 3 Selecting Tracks Select a desired track by using either of the two TRACK Buttons 17 or by turning the TRACK KNOB 19 Tapping the TRACK Buttons 17 or turning the TRACK KNOB 19 once will select ei...

Page 19: ...nt the PLAY PAUSE button 13 was pressed 2 Press the CUE button 14 during playback This will pause playback and return the track to the last set cue point 7 Auto cue Figure 9 This function will automat...

Page 20: ...he IN Button 15 will now return you to this exact point Figure 13 Figure 11 American Audio www AmericanAudio us Radius 3000 Instruction Manual Page 20 10 SETTING and STORING a CUE POINT Setting A Cue...

Page 21: ...ne of the two means listed on page 20 Press the Memory Button 30 as in Figure 14 The red Memory Cue LED will glow indicating the store memory function has been activat ed You may now press any one of...

Page 22: ...15 LEDs will again begin to flash indicating SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated and your stored loop will immediately begin to play Figure 20 Figure 19 Figure 18 American Audio www AmericanAudio us...

Page 23: ...n advanced built in sampler You may store up to four samples in the four Bank buttons 28 Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a Bank button 28 not both Your sa...

Page 24: ...will increase your pitch Turning the knob in a counter clockwise direction will decrease the parameters value Changing the Sample Parameters Hold Function Hold Function This mode will allow you to sav...

Page 25: ...that sample 14 BANK PROGRAM BUTTON 29 Once you store samples in the four 4 Bank Buttons the Radius 3000 can be programmed to play the stored samples in a desired order You can program the four 4 banks...

Page 26: ...s elapsed running time 2 Remain This describes the time in the VFD 3 as the current Tracks remaining running time 3 TOTAL REMAIN This describes the time in the VFD 3 as the disc total remaining runnin...

Page 27: ...E JOG WHEEL American Audio www AmericanAudio us Radius 3000 Instruction Manual Page 27 ACTIVATING TOUCH SENSITIVITY Before you can use the Jog wheel 9 to control the play and cue commands you must fir...

Page 28: ...ill not affect your samples Figure 35 Figure 37 Figure 36 Using the Pitch Slider 4 Be sure the pitch function has been activated as described above To use the Pitch Slider 4 slide the slider up and do...

Page 29: ...buttons 5 The PITCH BEND button 5 will increase track playback speed and the PITCH BEND button 5 will decrease track playback speed The extent to which the speed changes is proportionate to the amount...

Page 30: ...tch The speed you rotate the JOG Wheel will determine pitch bend percentage For example if the JOG Wheel is continuously turned in a counter clockwise direction the playback speed will steadily decrea...

Page 31: ...turntable scratching Once the Scratch Effect has been activated the jog wheel 9 may be used in the same fashion a turntable platter is used Use the jog wheel 9 to simulate the scratch motion on a tur...

Page 32: ...s Parameter Time PT and Parameter Ratio PR The PT will adjust the Time Range and The PR will adjust the Frequency Range see Parameters in the next section FILTER EFFECT The Filter effect tweaks the or...

Page 33: ...AmericanAudio us Radius 3000 Instruction Manual Page 33 Built in effects Figure 48 Figure 51 HOLD BUTTON Use the HOLD BUTTON 26 to lock your parameters If the hold button is not activated any changes...

Page 34: ...5 The VFD will then display FOUND when your track is located 1 Press the ADV TRACK BUTTON 18 to enter advance track search mode 2 When this mode is active the TRACK INDICATOR 56 will flash 6 When FOUN...

Page 35: ...YER 5 Connect the MAIN PLAYER using the rear USB port to the second players top USB port See Figure 55 6 You should now be able to access the main players loaded USB device using the second players co...

Page 36: ...he DbBuilder will also allow you to format your hard drive into a FAT format hard drive which is needed to use on the radius 3000 To Format a hard drive select the desired hard drive letter on drop do...

Page 37: ...R KNOB 20 to save your desired selection and exit The database should adjust to your setting Example Artist is selected all artists will be in alphabetical order Pushing and turning the FOLDER KNOB wi...

Page 38: ...CCW 36 37 75 76 CC TYPE NOTE CW CCW 38 39 77 78 CC TYPE NOTE Para Time CW CCW 3A 3B 79 7A CC TYPE NOTE Para Ratio CW CCW 3C 3D 7B 7C CC TYPE NOTE JOG CW CCW 35 3F 74 7E CC TYPE NOTE Pitch Silder VR PI...

Page 39: ...SW 29 68 SW 1D 5C SW 11 50 SW 23 62 Time SW 1A 59 SGL CTN SW 14 53 SW 17 56 SW 07 46 SW 0D 4C BPM SW 12 51 TAP SW 20 SW 0E 4D Chan 1 8 or 9 16 no function SW 08 47 Chan 1 8 or 9 16 no function LED 34...

Page 40: ...American Audio www AmericanAudio us Radius 3000 Instruction Manual Page 40 midi table cont LED CD SD SD_IN 41 LED LED 40 3F...

Page 41: ...single mode SINGLE 57 should be indicated in the VFD 3 4 Load your two Radius 3000s with audio discs 5 After they have both cued press the PLAY PAUSE button 13 on one player to begin playback 6 After...

Page 42: ...nspection 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...

Page 43: ...hannel Sampling rate 44 1 kHz at normal pitch Over sampling rate 8 times D A conversion 16 bit Frequency response 1dB 17Hz to 20 000Hz for CD 1dB 17Hz to 16 000Hz for SD USB Output level 1 45V 1dB for...

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