GENERAL FEATURES
American
audio
• DCD-PRO400™ INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL • PAGE 6
A. REMOTE UNIT FRONT
1. RECALL
-
This button allow you to cue up any of
the 10 memory points that have been memorized. Press
RECALL
button then any of the 10 number buttons. the
player will cue up the selected point and pause.
2. MEMORY
-
This button allows you to program up
to 10 cue points on the CD, Press the
MEMORY
button
during play or pause, the memory LED lights up. Use
frame search to reach desired point, then press a
number button to memorize that starting point. Repeat
above steps to memorize all 10 starting points if desired.
3. NUMBER
buttons (1 to 10) These buttons are
used to select a particular track number starting point.
They are also used in
MEMORY
and
RECALL
modes.
4. PROGRAM
-
Depress this button to stop the CD
an enter the program mode. Note the word “PROGRAM”
is indicated on the display. Select each track to be
programmed with the f. skip and b.skip buttons (13 & 14).
and press the PROGRAM button between selections.
You can program up to 30 tracks. Press PLAY to start
the program. To exit and erase program hold the
program button down for more than 2 seconds while the
unit is stopped, open the disc tray, or turn off the power.
5. REPEAT
-
This button allows you to select between
REPEAT 1
REPEAT ALL CONTINULUS PLAY
6. SGL/CTN
-
You can choose between a single
track to play or all tracks in order by pressing once or
twice.
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 pitch
bend function allows the positioning of the bass beats to
be matched after the pitch of each disc is matched.
Either player can “catch up” or “fall back” to match the
other player. The pitch will automatically rise while the +
button is pressed (allowing “catch up”) and return to the
original pitch when the button is released. The pitch will
automatically drop while the - button is pressed (allowing
“fall back”) and return to the original pitch when the
button is released. By changing the pitch of one disc with
respect to the other in this way the beats can be matched.
10. PITCH
(Pitch Button)- This button activates the
Pitch Slider (14).
11.
SHUTTLE WHEEL -
(OUTER RING) This wheel
has 4 forward and 4 reverse speed positions for
searching through songs. The more you turn the wheel in
either direction the faster you search through the music.
12.
JOG WHEEL -
(INNER RING) This jog wheel
serves 2 functions depending on the mode you are
working in.
a.
The jog wheel will act as a slow frame search
control when the CD is not playing but either paused or
set to a cue point. To set a new frame cue point, spin the
wheel then press PLAY when you have determined the
proper position. Press CUE to return to the “CUE
POINT”.
