American Audio CDI-500 SET-UP

CAUTION:

• The LCD is designed to be clearly visible within the angles shown in Figure 2. Mount the control

unit so that the visual angle is within this range.

1. Checking the Contents

Be sure your CDI-500™ was shipped with the following:

1) CDI-500™ Professional CD player.

2) Operating instructions (this booklet).

3) One (1) set of RCA cables.

4) One (1) 1/8” mini plug.

5) Warranty card.

2. Installing the Units

Place your unit on a flat surface or mount it in a flat surface case

3. Connections

1) Be sure the power is disconnected.

2) Connect the included RCA cable from your CDI-500™ outputs to the inputs on your

mixer.

3) Use the supplied 1/8” mini plug cable to connect your CDI-500™ to a mini jack

connection (A or B ) on a compatible American Audio® or American DJ® “Fader Q Start”

mixer. (This will enable the Fader “Q” Start function)

CAUTION:

• Be sure to use the supplied mono 1/8" control cables. Using other types of cable may result

in unit damage

• To avoid severe damage to the unit, be sure the power is off when making connections to

the 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

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FOR BEST CD-R DISC PLAYBACK RESULTS IN THIS CD PLAYER PLEASE FOLLOW THESE

GUIDELINES:

1. High quality CD-R Audio discs (should conform to the standards of the Orange Book 2).

2. Use a high quality bit rate when recording discs. (At least 160kbps)

3. Record discs in the slowest speed possible. (i.e. 2x or 4x speed)

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Contents

Main CDI-500 CONTENTS NOTE: IMPORTANT INFORMATION IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR U.S.A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Instruction Manual Page 4 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Line Voltage Selection INTRODUCTION UNPACKING SET-UP PRECAUTIONS MAIN FEATURES SET-UP GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) Page Page Page Figure 5 Figure 4 B. REAR PANEL (FIGURE 4) C. FRONT PANEL (FIGURE 5) GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) D. LCD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 6) BASIC OPERATIONS 1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS 2. SELECTING TRACKS 3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 11 4. AUTO CUE 5. STOPPING PLAYBACK - Figures 10 & 11 6. PAUSING - Figure 10 7. FRAME SEARCH 8. SCANNING (FAST FORWARD / FAST REVERSE) 9. SETTING and STORING a CUE POINT: Setting A Cue Point: Storing A Cue Point: 10. CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLESS LOOP LCD LOOP INDICA TORS EXITING A LOOP REPLA Y LOOP 12. Using the Built In Sampler: To create a sample: Page 14. BANK BUTTONS (12): 15. BANK PROGRAM BUTTON (23): To program samples: BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) func SYSTEM MEMORY 18. RECALL FLASH MEMORY: 20. FIRMWARE VERSION DISPLAY: TOUCH SENSITIVE JOG WHEEL/BOP EFFECT 1. PITCH SLIDER (7): Using the Pitch Slider (7): Be sure the pitch function has been activated as Activating the Pitch Slider (3): To activate the PITCH SLIDER (7) you must PITCH ADJUSTMENTS: NOTE: A -100% pitch manipulation will stop playback entirely. PITCH BEND BUTTONS (11): Adjusting the PITCH SLIDER'S RANGE (7): 3. JOG WHEEL (13): Page Page Page FLIP-FLOP Compatible Q-Deck Mixer FLIP-FLOP Note: Mono Mini Plug W ARRANTY INFORMA TION: 1-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY change without any prior written notice. SPECIFICATIONS