American Audio DCD-PRO210 CD Player User Manual


 
5. PITCH SLIDER - This slider is used to adjust the playback pitch percentage when the PITCH (9)
function is activated. The slider is a set adjustment and will remain set until the pitch slider is moved
or the PITCH (9) function has been turned off. The maximum pitch range of the slider is +/-12%. This
adjustment can be made with or without a CD 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 unit. That is to say, if
you set a +2% pitch on one disc, remove that disc and insert another, that disc will also have a +2%
pitch. The amount of pitch being applied will be displayed in the LCD (4). Use this slider to match the
BPM’s of this unit to that of another music source. By changing the pitch of one disc with respect to
the other in this way, the beats can be matched.
6. RELAY BUTTON - This button is acitvates Flip-Flop™ mode. See page 18 for more information.
7. (-) PITCH BEND - The (-) pitch bend function creates a momentary “Slow Down” in the CD’s pitch
speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the PITCH (9) function is activated. This functions allows the
beats between two CD’s or any other music source to match. This is a momentary function. When the
button is depressed the pitch speed will automatically return to PITCH SLIDER'S (5) selected pitch.
Holding down this button will give a maximum of -16% pitch. Be sure to remember that this func-
tion is a momentary pitch adjustment, for a more precise adjustment use the PITCH SLIDER'S (5) to
match the BPM’s with another playing music source.
8. (+) PITCH BEND - The (+) pitch bend function creates a momentary “BUMP” in the CD’s pitch
speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the PITCH (9) function is activated. This functions allows the
beats between two CD’s or any other music source to match. This is a momentary function. When the
button is depressed the pitch speed will automatically return to PITCH SLIDER'S (5) selected pitch.
Holding down this button will give a maximum of +16% pitch. Be sure to remember that this func-
tion is a momentary pitch adjustment, for a more precise adjustment use the PITCH SLIDER'S (5) to
match the BPM’s with another playing music source.
9. PITCH BUTTON - This button is used to turn the pitch function on and off. The pitch functions of
the PITCH SLIDER (5), PITCH BEND BUTTONS (7 & 8) and JOG WHEEL (17) will not function without
this function being activated. The pitch slider has a maximum range of +/-12%. The "+" and "-"
pitch bend buttons have a maximum range of 16%.
10. +10 TRACK SKIP - This button allows you to skip ahead by 10 tracks. Example: if you are at
Track #1, pressing this button will skip you to Track #11, press the button again, it will skip to Track
#21. If there are not that many tracks, it will go back to Track #1.
11. TRACK BUTTON - This button is used to select your desired track. Tapping this button will
forward skip to the next track, holding down this button will rapidly forward skip through the tracks
on your CD.
12. TRACK BUTTON - This button is used to select your desired track. Tapping this button
will skip backward to the previous track, holding down this button will rapidly skip backward through
the tracks on your CD.
13. TIME - The TIME button is used to changed the displayed time values. Time can be displayed
as elapsed track time, remaining track time, and total disc remaining time.
14. SGL - This button allows the unit's play mode to change between Single and Continuous. In
single mode the unit will play a single track and return to cue mode. In continuous mode the unit
continues to play track by track and returns to cue mode after all tracks have played. This function
also operates in PROGRAM mode. In program mode the continuous function will play all tracks in a
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