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INTRODUCTION:

Congratulations on your purchase of a

Gemini CDX-601

CDX-602

CD Player

. Your state-of-the-art professional CD Player is backed by a

three year warranty that excludes lasers, which are covered by a
separate one year warrenty. Prior to use of this unit, we suggest you
carefully read the following instructions.
Your

Gemini CDX-601 CD Player

CDX-602 CD Player

comes

equipped with

ADCS (Automatic Disc Calibration System)

, a unique

state-of-the-art feature. CDs are produced by a variety of
manufacturers and recorded by many different professional companies
as well as the do-it-yourselfers at home. Therefore, all CDs do not play
the same. The

ADCS (Automatic Disc Calibration System)

automatically adjusts the laser in your

CDX-802 CD Player

for each

individual CD you insert into the tray, to give you the best possible
performance for every CD you play regardless of how it was
manufactured or how it was recorded. With this exclusive system you
always get consistent and reliable performance as well as exceptional
sound quality every time you play a CD... any CD.

SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS:

Laser Diode Properties
Material: Ga - Al - As
Wavelength: 755 - 815 nm (25° C)
Laser Output: Continuous Wave, max. 0.5mW

LINE VOLTAGE SELECTION:

The Gemini

CDX-600

series CD Players are dual voltage units operating

at 115 or 230 volts. Be sure to set the proper voltage:

1. Place the head of a screwdriver in the center of the

VOLTAGE

SELECTOR (19)

switch found on the rear panel.

2. Slide the switch to 115 or 230 volts.

3. Do not force or twist the switch. Excessive force may cause damage.

If the switch does not move smoothly, contact a qualified technician.

CONNECTIONS:

1. Plug one end of a set of RCA connectors into the two

LINE OUTPUT

(21)

jacks on the back of your CD unit.

2. Plug the other end of the RCA connectors into any of the available line

level input jacks on your mixer. If you are playing the

CDX

through a

receiver, you can plug the RCA connectors into the CD or AUX input
jacks located on the receiver. If there are no CD or AUX inputs, use
any line level (not phono) input.

FUNCTIONS:

POWER SWITCH:

After making sure the

VOLTAGE SELECTOR

switch

is properly set, plug the unit in and press the

POWER (1)

button. The

unit will turn on. Pushing

POWER

a second time turns the unit off.

DISC TRAY:

The

DISC TRAY (2)

is where the CD is held during loading,

unloading and playback. Pressing disc tray

OPEN/CLOSE (3)

opens or

closes the tray. The

DISC TRAY

holds both 12 cm and 8 cm CDs and

automatically closes after remaining open for three minutes. Note: The
tray will not open when the

CDX

is in the play mode.

OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON:

Press

OPEN/CLOSE (3)

to load or remove

a CD from the

DISC TRAY

DISPLAY:

The

DISPLAY (7)

shows total tracks; track number; pitch value;

single-auto cue; continue (continuous play); and three different time
displays: track time elapsed, track time remaining and total time
remaining on disc. Time is measured in minutes, seconds and frames.

PLAYBACK DISPLAY:

The

PLAYBACK DISPLAY (7A)

displays the

play time remaining for each track. The display flashes slowly when
the track has 15 seconds remaining and pulses rapidly when play
time is down to five seconds.

PLAY/PAUSE

Each press of

PLAY/PAUSE (16)

causes the operation

to change from

PLAY

PAUSE

PLAY

TRACK SKIP

The

TRACK SKIP (13)

buttons let you select the

track to play.

SEARCH JOG WHEEL:

The

SEARCH

JOG WHEEL (9)

has two functions.

Use the

SEARCH

JOG WHEEL

to make fine adjustments in pause mode.

Use the

SEARCH

JOG WHEEL

to bend the pitch for precise synchroni

zation in PLAY mode.

SEARCH DIAL:

Use the

SEARCH DIAL (8)

to select the scanning

direction and speed of your CD. Turning the dial in a clockwise direction
scans forward while a counter-clockwise turn scans the track in
reverse. Scan speed increases as the dial is turned.

STOP :

The

STOP (6)

button

ends CD play.

TIME:

The

TIME (4)

button switches the time display between the three

available choices listed under

DISPLAY

FLY CUE:

The

FLY CUE (10)

function lets you set cues “on the fly” with

the press of a button. Press

FLY CUE

when the disc reaches the

musical location you wish to make your cue or start point. The cue point
is now programmed. Press

CUE (15)

to return to the cue point. Press

PLAY/PAUSE

and the unit starts from the pre-programmed spot.

CUE:

With the unit in the Play mode (

PLAY/PAUSE

LED is green) and after

the cue point has been programmed, pressing

CUE (15)

will cause the

CD player to enter the PAUSE mode (green

PLAY/PAUSE

LED blinks) at

the programmed cue point (the

CUE

LED glows yellow). Holding down

the cue button changes the function to

PREVIEW

and starts the CD from

the programmed cue point. Releasing the

CUE

button will return the CD

laser to the preset cue point.

LOOP:

After a cue point is programmed, pressing

LOOP (11)

while in the

PLAY

mode (

CUE

LED blinks yellow) repeats the section between the

cue point and the point where the

LOOP

button was pressed. Press

EXIT/RETURN

PAUSE/PLAY

EXIT

Loop repeat.

EXIT/RETURN:

Press loop

EXIT/RETURN

(12)

to return to the beginning

of the previously saved loop from normal play.

SINGLE-AUTO CUE/CONTINUOUS:

Pressing

SINGLE-AUTO CUE/

CONTINUOUS (5)

activates the

AUTO CUE FUNCTION

. The Auto

Cue causes the CD to pause at the recorded beginning of the next track
and allows you to segue into the next song with no “dead” air. Pressing

SINGLE-AUTO CUE/CONTINUOUS

a second time will activate the

CONTINUOUS

function. This causes the CD to repeat play continuously

until

SINGLE-AUTO CUE/CONTINUOUS

is pressed a third time to

deactivate the

CONTINUOUS

function.

PITCH CONTROL:

Pushing

PITCH CONTROL (17)

activates the

PITCH

section of the unit (

PITCH

LED glows red). The pitch of the CD will

change according to the position of the

PITCH SLIDE (14)

PITCH BEND BUTTONS

Pushing the

PITCH BEND (18)

buttons

will automatically raise the pitch up to +4% or lower the pitch down
to -4% from the existing setting. Releasing the buttons returns pitch
to the original setting. Use this function to match the pitch bend when
mixing from one song to another.

DIGITAL OUTPUT JACK:

Connecting any type of DAT, MD, HARD DRIVE,

or other such items which accept digital signals to the

BNC (20)

output

connector on the rear panel of your

CDX

allows you to record a digital

signal from CD.

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Make sure that the

VOLTAGE SELECTOR (19)