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C. VFD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 4)

42.PLAY Indicator - The play indicator will glow when the unit is in play mode.

43.PAUSE Indicator - The pause indicator will glow when the unit is in pause mode.

44.CUE Indicator - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is set.

45.TOUCH INDICATOR - This appears when anything touches the jog wheel.

46.FOLDER Display - This indicates which folder you are in.

47.Character display - This will display the name of the track and album when a Mp3 disc is loaded.

48.BPM meter - This meter will display the BPM's of the current track.

Auto Bpm - This will indicate that the AUTO BPM counter is active.

49.MEMORY BUCKET - This meter serves two functions.

1.The bucket outline indates your cue memory status. a full outline lets you know the cue memory is full. Note: The search functions will not work unless all the bars are full.

2.The five bars inside the bucket represent the digital buffer. Each bar represents 2 seconds.

50.CD/SD/USB INDICATOR - This indicates which port is active. Use the CD/SD/USB SELECTOR

(1) to select your desired port.

51. TEMPO LOCK - This will indicate the Tempo Lock function is active.

52.PITCH INDICATOR - This meter will indicate how much pitch is either being applied or will be ap- plied.

53.Time bar indicator - This bar gives a visual approximation of a track's or disc's time This bar will begin to flash when a track is ending. The flashing bar is great reminder, that time is running out to get that next track ready to go.

54.TIME METER - These indicators will detail the current Minutes, Seconds, and Frames. The meter

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Radius 3000 specifications

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