American Audio CDI-100

will allow the least amount of pitch manipulation

and 16% will allow the most amount of pitch

manipulation.

6. PITCH PERCENTAGE SELECTOR - Press

this button to select pitch range percentages

of 4%, 8%, and 16%. See adjusting the PITCH

SLIDER'S RANGE on page 20.

7. RELOOP BUTTON - If a LOOP has been

made (see setting a LOOP on page 17), but the

CD Player is not actively in LOOP mode (a loop

is not playing), pressing the RELOOP BUTTON

will instantly reactivate the LOOP mode. To exit

the loop, press the OUT BUTTON (10). LOOP

and RELOOP will appear in the LCD DISPLAY (1)

when the RELOOP function is available.

8. (+) 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 function.

When you remove your finger from this button,

the BPM’s will automatically return to PITCH

SLIDERS (4) selected pitch. Holding down this

button will give a maximum of +16% pitch.

(-) PITCH BEND BUTTON - The (-) pitch bend

function creates a momentary “Slow Down” 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 other playing music source.

Remember, this is a momentary function. When

you remove your finger from the pitch button, the

BPM’s will automatically return to PITCH SLID-

ERS (4) pitch value. Holding down this button will

give a maximum of -16% pitch. Use this function

to slow to another playing music source. Be sure

to notice that this function is a momentary pitch

adjustment, for a more precise adjustment use

the PITCH SLIDER (4) to match the BPM’s with

another playing music source.

9. JOG WHEEL/EFFECTS PLATTER - This

wheel has two functions;

A. The jog wheel will act as a frame search con-

trol when the CD is in pause or cue mode,

allowing you to set a cue point.

B. The wheel also works as a pitch bend during

Playback. Turning the wheel clockwise will

increase the pitch percentage up to 100%,

and turning the wheel in the counter-clock-

wise direction will decrease the pitch per-

centage down to -100%. The pitch bend will

be determined on how long you turn the jog

wheel continuously.

10. OUT BUTTON - This button is used to set

the ending point of a loop. A loop is started by

pressing the IN BUTTON, and pressing the OUT

BUTTON to set the loop ending point. The loop

will continue to play until the OUT BUTTON is

pressed once again.

IN BUTTON - “CUE ON THE FLY” - This

function allows you to set a CUE POINT (see

CUE POINT page 16) without music interruption

(“on the fly”). This button also sets the starting

point of a loop (see LOOP).

11. 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 play LED will glow,

and while in pause mode the green play LED will

flash.

12. CUE - Pressing the CUE button during play-

back immediately pauses playback and returns

the track to the last set cue point (see setting a

CUE POINT, page 16). The red CUE LED will glow

when the unit is in cue mode The LED will also

flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. The

CUE button can be held down to momentarily

play the CD. When you release the CUE button it

instantly returns to the CUE POINT.

13. +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.

14. SEARCH BUTTONS -

This search button allows you to quick-

ly scan backwards through a track.

This search button allows you to quick-

ly scan forwards through a track.

GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.)