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Featuring:

CK 1000Mp3

User Guide

and Reference Manual

4295 Charter Street

Los Angeles Ca. 90058

www.AmericanAudio.us

4/07

Summary of Contents for CK-1000 MP3

Page 1: ...Featuring CK 1000Mp3 User Guide and Reference Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca 90058 www AmericanAudio us 4 07 ...

Page 2: ...ayback 18 Frame search 18 setting a cue point 19 Creating a SEAMLESS Loop 20 Changing Time display 21 pitch adjustments pitch slider 22 pitch bending 23 EFFECTS BOP EFFECT 25 Scratch 25 Accessing Mp3 FOLDERS 26 RELAY FLIP Flop 27 TYPICAL MIXER SET UP 28 CROSSFADER RELPLACEMENT 30 Warranty 31 SPECIFICATIONS 32 FOR BEST CD R DISC PLAYBACK RESULTS IN THIS CD PLAYER PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES 1 Hi...

Page 3: ...NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICE TO YOUR AUTHORIZED American 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 sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock The exclamation point triangular symbol is intended to alert the user to t...

Page 4: ...r 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 antennaorcablesystemisconnectedtotheproduct be sure the antenna or cable system is grounded so astoprovidesomeprotectionagainstvoltagesurges andbuilt upstaticcharges Article810oftheNational Electrical...

Page 5: ...not attempt to service the CD Player beyond that described in the operating instructions All other servicing should be referred to quali fied service personnel The Player should be servicedbyqualifiedservicepersonnelwhen A The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged B Objects have fallen or liquid has been spilled into the CD Player C The CD Player has been exposed to rain or water D The CD...

Page 6: ...roughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condition Carefully check the shipping carton for damage that may have occurred during shipping If the carton appears to be damaged carefully inspect your CD player for any damage and be sure all equipment necessary to operate the CD player has arrived intact In the event damage has been found or parts are missing please contact our toll fre...

Page 7: ...ayer once one 1 player has ended For example if player one 1 is playing a disc and it ends player two 2 will instantly begin to play You may set RELAY to play track to track or disc to disc For more information on this feature see RELAY FLIP FLOP on page 27 c SLEEP MODE The CK 1000Mp3 s laser and pick up assembly will power down after 15 minutes of inactivity when in pause or cue mode This will le...

Page 8: ...unit Set UP CAUTION The player will work normally when the main unit is mounted with the front panel within 15 degrees of the vertical plane If the unit is tilted excessively discs may not be loaded or unloaded properly Figure 1 Figure 1 15 Figure 2 American Audio www AmericanAudio us CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 8 FOR BEST CD R DISC PLAYBACK RESULTS IN THIS CD PLAYER PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUI...

Page 9: ... is used to adjust the playback pitch percentage The slider is a set adjustment and will remain set until the pitch slider is moved or the pitch function has been turned off This adjustment can be made with or without a disc in the drive The pitch adjustment will remain even if a disc has been removed and will reflect on any other disc loaded into the play er That is to say if you set a 2 pitch on...

Page 10: ...PO LOCK function This func tion allows you to use the PITCH SLIDER to speed up or slow down playback speed without altering the tonal pitch of the track When this function is not engaged the original tonal pitch of the track will be altered giving you the chip munk 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 12 JOG WHEEL EFFEC...

Page 11: ...u to quick ly scan backwards through a track This search button allows you to quick ly scan forwards through a track 20 TRACK select Buttons This button is used to select a track Tapping this button will forward skip to the next track holding down this button will rapidly for ward skip through the tracks 10 TRACK SKIP This button allows you to skip ahead by 10 tracks Example if you are at Track 1 ...

Page 12: ...ected to the channel you are adjusting 4 Use the Gain Control 24 to adjust an average output volume of 4 dB 5 Repeat this step for all channels 25 Channel Equalizer All of the channels include a three band signal EQ These controls are used to increase or decrease the LOW s MID s and HI s of the output signal CHANNEL treble control This knob is used to adjust the treble levels of a channel allowing...

Page 13: ... the play function on CD drive two and return CD drive one to cue mode To return to normal fader operation turn the Fader Q Start ON OFF SWITCH to the OFF position 30 replaceable Crossfader This fader is used to blend the output signals of channels one and two together When the fader is in the full left position channel 1 the output signal of chan nel one will be controlled by the master volume le...

Page 14: ...is used to load and unload a compact disc The tray is opened and closed by pressing the oPEN CLOSE button 1 Never attempt to force the transport tray open or closed when the power is turned off C REAR PANEL FIGURE 5 37 Balanced XLR MASTER Outputs jacks The Master Output includes a pair of XLR Balanced jacks as well as a pair of RCA Unbalanced Jacks 40 The 3 pin XLR jacks send a high current balanc...

Page 15: ...and the white represents the left channel input Input volume will be controlled by channel two fader The channel Source Selector Switch 22 must be in the Line 2 position to monitor any source connected to these jacks 43 Microphone This combo jack will accept a standard 1 4 plug or XLR 3 pin balanced male plug The volume output level for this micro phone will be controlled by the MIC VOLUME CONTROL...

Page 16: ...r will light up when the Pitch is activated 55 PITCH BPM meter This meter will dis play the pitch percentage applied by the PITCH SLIDER 5 56 Character display This will display the name of the track and album when a Mp3 disc is loaded 57 TIME METERS These indicators will detail the current Minutes Seconds and Frames The meter will display either the elapse total or remaining time of a track or th...

Page 17: ... Figure 7 CAUTION NEVER attempt to load any other objects besides 3 and 5 CDs NEVER attempt to load more than one disc at a time Doing so may result in sever damage to your unit Do not force the transport tray open or close when the power is off this may damage the drive system 2 Selecting Tracks Select a desired track by using the TRACK Buttons 20 Tapping the TRACK Buttons 20 once will select eit...

Page 18: ...ON 15 was pressed 2 Press the CUE button 17 during playback This will pause playback and return the track to the last set cue point 6 Pausing Figure 10 This function pauses playback at the exact same point the PLAY PAUSE BUTTON 15 was pressed Pressing the PLAY PAUSE BUTTON 15 will switch between play and pause modes When the unit is in pause mode the PAUSE indicator 47 in the LCD DISPLAY 21 will g...

Page 19: ... found your desired CUE point press the Play button 15 to set your cue point Pressing the cue Button 17 will now return you to this exact point 8 SETTING A CUE POINT A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLAY PAUSE button 15 is pressed You may set your cue points anywhere on a disc or in a track There are two 2 ways to set and create a CUE point as detailed in figures 13 and ...

Page 20: ...ng point of the SEAMLESS LOOP The IN Button 14 LED will light 1 Press PLAY PAUSE button 15 to activate playback mode 3 Press the OUT Button 13 to set the ending point for your LOOP Figure 17 The IN Button 14 and OUT Button 13 LEDs will immediately begin to flash indicating the SEAMLES LOOP mode has been activated LCD LOOP INDICATORS During a aeamless loop the loop indica tor 52 and REloop indicato...

Page 21: ...sing the TIME button 4 will change the time display information in the LCD 21 The following is a break down of the time settings and their definitions 1 Remain 58 This details the time in the LCD 21 as the current tracks remaining running time 2 ELAPSED 58 This details the time in the LCD 21 as the current tracks elapsed running time 3 TOTAL Remain 58 This details the time in the LCD 21 as the cur...

Page 22: ...se the pitch slider slide the slider up and down Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch Activating the PITCH SLIDER 5 To activate the pitch slider you must turn on the pitch adjustment function Press the on off button 6 located at the top right of the unit The on off button 6 led will glow when the function is activated If the pitch function is not activated the pitch slider w...

Page 23: ...BEND button 9 will increase track playback speed and the PITCH BEND button 9 will decrease track playback speed The extent to which the speed changes is proportionate to the amount of time the button is pressed For example if the PITCH BEND button 9 is held down continuously as in figure 26 the disc speed will increase and will continue to increase until it reaches a maximum of 16 speed gain When ...

Page 24: ...a counter clockwise direction will decrease your track pitch 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 decrease and will continue to decrease until playback reaches a maximum of 100 and play back stops entirely When you stop turning the JOG Wheel the d...

Page 25: ...D will light up Once the Scratch Effect has been activated the jog wheel 12 may be used in the same fashion a turntable platter is used Use the jog wheel 12 to simulate the scratch motion on a turntable platter and to manipulate playback BOP Effect The Bop Effect is a stutter effect that is similar to turntable scratching You can use this effect to create tricks in your mixing Effects Figure 29 Fi...

Page 26: ...he different folders files located on your Mp3 disc 1 Press the Folder BUTTON 2 so that the FOL DER LED lights up The artist and song title should appear in the CHARACTER DISPLAY 56 and the Folder number will appear in the FOLDER INDICATOR 61 2 Now press the TRACK BUTTONS 20 to scroll forward or backwards through the folders Figure 30 Figure 31 ...

Page 27: ...ad your two players with audio discs 5 After they have both cued press the PLAY PAUSE BUTTON 15 on one player to begin playback 6 After the first player s single track has ended the second player s track will immediately begin playback 7 RELAY will continue until you stop it or power is interrupted To Relay Flip Flop entire CDs Be sure your players are both in continuous play mode make sure single...

Page 28: ... us CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 28 Typical Mixer Set Up CASSETTE DECK This image details a typical DJ Set Up consisting of a microphone Mp3 player CD players and a tape deck Note Turntables cannot be connected to the CK 1000Mp3 ...

Page 29: ...nced output jacks whenever possible The balanced output jacks should always be used for cable runs in excess of 15 feet Using the balanced jacks will ensure a clean signal through out the entire audio system American Audio www AmericanAudio us CK 1000Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 29 Speaker Cables Balanced XLR male to XLR female Cables American Audio V4001 Typical Mixer Set Up ...

Page 30: ...he channel fader knobs and crossfader knob Lift the mixer face plate from its to access the crossfader Carefully pull the crossfader up from its seated position 4 After removing the crossfader disconnect the ribbon cable that attaches the crossfader to the PC board Grasp the crossfader by its base and pull the ribbon cable by its connector not the actual cables The connector is designed to only fi...

Page 31: ...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 by American Audio if the product is damaged because not properly maintained as set forth in the instruction manual D This is not a service contract and this warranty does not include maintenance clea...

Page 32: ...to 35 C 41 to 95 F Operational humidity 25 to 85 RH no condensation Storage temperature 10 to 60 C 14 to 140 F Accessories AC Power Cord User Instructions MIXER SECTION Input Output Impedance Sensitivity Level Impedence Load 100K OHM EQ Flat Input Impedance Reference Level LINE 20K OHM 14dBV 200mV AUX 10K OHM 20dBV 100mV MIC 10K OHM 54dBV 2mV Output Impedance Sensitivity REC 2 2K OHM 10dBV 316mV 2...

Page 33: ...tio More than 90dB W 20KHz LPF A Weighted Channel separation More than 65dB 1KHz W 20KHz LPF A Weighted De emphasis response 20dB 0 3 5dB TCD 782 TRK14 SEARCHING ACCESS TIME TEST DISC TCD 792 Short access time Less than 4sec to next track Long access time Less than 6sec from Track 1 Track 20 PLAYABILITY Interruption More than 800um TCD 725 Black dot More than 600um TCD 725 Finger prints More than ...

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