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control when the CD is in pause or cue modes
allowing you to set a cue point.
B. The inner wheel also works as a pitch bend
during playback. Turning the wheel clockwise
will increase the pitch percentage up to 16%,
and turning the wheel in the counterclockwise
direction will decrease the pitch percentage up
to -16%. The pitch bend will be determined on
how fast you turn the wheel.
8. SHUTTLE WHEEL - (OUTER RING) This wheel
has two (2) forward and two (2) reverse speed posi-
tions for speed searching through tracks. The more
you turn the wheel in either direction, the faster you
search.
9. PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON - Each press of the
PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON causes the operation to
change from play to pause or from pause to play.
While in play mode the Green Backlit LED will glow,
and while in pause mode the Green Backlit LED will
flash.
10.CUE - Pressing the CUE button during play pro-
vides a return to the position at which play was
started. If a new cue point is set during playback,
pressing the CUE BUTTON will return to you to the
new cue point (see setting a CUE POINT, page 13).
The backlit red CUE LED will flash twice every time
a new CUE POINT has been set. The red CUE
LED will also glow when the player is in CUE
MODE indicating the player is in the ready condi-
tion. The CUE button can be held down to momen-
tarily play the CD. When you release the CUE but-
ton it instantly returns to the CUE POINT. You can
also tap the CUE button to create a BOP EFFECT
(for definition of BOP EFFECT, see page 5).
11. TRACK BUTTON - This buttons is used
to select your desired track. Tapping this button will
back skip on track, holding down this button will
rapidly BACK SKIP through the tracks on your CD.
12.IN REAL TIME CUE BUTTON (IN/R. CUE)-
“CUE “ON THE FLY” - This function allows you to
set a CUE POINT (see CUE POINT page 11) with-
out interruption of music (“on the fly”). This button
also sets the beginning of a seamless loop (see
SEAMLESS LOOP).
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13.(+) PITCH BEND Button - The (+) pitch
bend function creates a momentary “BUMP” in
the CD’s BPM’s (Beats per minute) while it is
playing. This will allow you to match the beats
between two playing CD’s or any other music
source. Remember, this is a momentary func-
tion. When you remove your finger from this but-
ton, the BPM’s will automatically return to PITCH
SLIDERS (18) selected pitch. Holding down this
button will give a maximum of +16% pitch.
14.OUT/EXIT - Used to set the ending point of a
loop. When starting a loop by pressing the IN/R.
CUE (12), pressing the OUT/EXIT button will
play the loop continuously. To exit the loop,
press the OUT/EXIT button again.
15. TRACK BUTTON - This buttons 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.
16. RELOOP BUTTON - If a SEAMLESS
LOOP has been made (see setting a SEAM-
LESS LOOP on page 11), but the CD Player is
not actively in SEAMLESS LOOP mode (a loop
is not playing), pressing the RELOOP BUTTON
will instantly reactivate the SEAMLESS LOOP
mode. To exit loop, press the OUT/EXIT BUT-
TON (14). LOOP and RELOOP will appear in
the LCD DISPLAY (21) when the RELOOP
function is available.
17. BOP - This function will instantly play the
last set cue point during playback without inter-
ruption of music. Use this function to create a
stutter effect.
18. PITCH SLIDER - This slider is used to adjust
the pitch percentage of disk loaded in the unit.
Use this slider to match the BPM’s of this unit to
that of another music source. As where the (-)
and (+) pitch bends are momentary pitch adjust-
ments 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 adjust-
ment can be made with or without a disk in the
tray. This adjustment will remain if a disk has
been remove. That is to say, if you set a +2%
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.)