GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.)

16. TRACK BUTTON - This buttons is used to select a track. Tapping this button will back-skip to the previous track, holding down this button will rapidly back-skip through the tracks on a CD.

17.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 18). 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 last set CUE POINT. You can also tap the CUE button to create a BOP EFFECT (for definition of BOP EFFECT, see page 22).

18.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.

19.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.

20.+10 BUTTON - This button is used to quickly advance ten tracks. For example if you are on track two, pressing the +10 BUTTON will immediately advance you to track 12.

21.PITCH SLIDER - This slider is used to adjust the playback pitch percentage when the PITCH (27) function is activated. The slider is a set adjustment and will remain set until the pitch slider is moved or the PITCH (27) function has been turned off. This adjustment can be made with or without a CD in the drive. The pitch adjustment will remain even if a disc has been remove, 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 too will have a +2% pitch. The amount of pitch being applied will be displayed in

the LCD (13). 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.

22.RELOOP BUTTON - If a Loop has been made (see setting a Seamless Loop on page 23), but the unit is not actively in Loop mode (a loop is not playing), pressing the RELOOP BUTTON will instantly reactivate Loop mode. To exit the Loop , press the OUT/EXIT BUTTON (23). LOOP (48) and RELOOP (47) will display in the LCD (13) when the Reloop function is available.

23.OUT/EXIT - This button serves two functions. This button is used to set the ending point of a loop. During normal loop playback, a loop is exited by pressing the OUT/EXIT button.

24.IN REALTIME CUE (SEAMLESS LOOP IN BUTTON) - “CUE ON THE FLY” - This button allows you to set a CUE POINT (see CUE POINT page 18) without music interruption (“on the fly”). This button also sets the starting point of a loop (see SEAMLESS LOOP on page 19).

25.(+) & (-) PITCH BEND -

A. (+) PITCH BEND - The (+) pitch bend function creates a momentary “BUMP” in the CD’s pitch speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the PITCH (27) 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 automati- cally return to PITCH SLIDER'S (21) selected pitch. Holding down this button will give a maximum of +16% pitch. Be sure to remem- ber that this function is a momentary pitch adjustment, for a more precise adjustment use the PITCH SLIDER'S (21) to match the BPM’s with another playing music source.

B. (-) PITCH BEND BUTTON - The (-)pitch bend function creates a momentary “Slow Down” in the CD’s pitch speed (Beats per minute - BPM) when the PITCH (27) function is acti- vated. This functions allows the beats between two CD’s or any other music source to match.

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PRO-DJ2FX specifications

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