Panasonic RQT7114-2Y, SLDZ1200 manual Changing tempo and direction of play, Locking the pitch

Change in tempo rate

Changing tempo and direction of play

Tempo reset

Press [RESET]

•The RESET lamp lights and play instantly returns to normal play when playing.

•Tempo reset automatically turns off when the power is turned off.

Checking tempo

•The change in tempo

rate appears in the dis- play.

•You can check the relative change in tempo when the strobo light reflects on the three rows of strobo dots on the peripheral edge of the platter when rotating.

Strobo dots

a

b c

Advanced operations

Before use

•Switch [PLAY SELECT] to select the media to be used

•Turn [MODE] on the rear panel to TURNTABLE

•Insert the SD Memory Card or CD to be used

Changing tempo

You can change the tempo and pitch of the media being played.

1 When the RESET lamp is lit

Press [RESET] and the RESET lamp goes out

RESET lamp

2 Press [RANGE] to select the tempo variation range

•Each time the button is pressed:

±8% ±16%±33% ±50%

•When playing CD-R, CD-RW MP3 files or SD audio, only the ±8%, ±16% range can be selected.

•The larger the range number, the larger the change in tempo when using [TEMPO].

•The selected tempo variation range lamp lights.

3 During play, use [TEMPO] to make ad- justments

•Use the scale on the panel for making approximate adjust- ments.

•The pitch will change with the tempo.

•When the power is turned off the range returns to ±8%.

When the dots appear to be stationary, the tempo setting has changed about +3.5%.

When the dots appear to be stationary, the tempo is at normal setting.

When the dots appear to be stationary, the tempo setting has changed about –3.5%.

Note

The strobo dot illuminator is a synchronized and precise frequency quartz illuminator (Red LED). Be sure to use this red LED as the basis when checking tempo.

Strobo illuminator

Locking the pitch

You can change the tempo without affecting the pitch.

Press [PITCH LOCK]

•The PITCH LOCK lamp lights.

•Sound quality will change due to digital processing.

•Making a big adjustment to the rate of change in tempo may cause the occurrence of digital noise.

•By rotating the platter slip surface with the pitch lock set to on, you can play using the platter slip surface without changing the original pitch.

•Pitch lock automatically turns off when the power is turned off.

Reverse play (Reversing the platter)

You can reverse play a track.

Set the play direction switch to REVERSE side

•The platter spins in reverse, and reverse play starts.

•Reverse play is synchronized with the platter, therefore it may take time for it to come up to the normal rated speed. Use In- stant Change to make quicker changes.

•The direction you increase or decrease tempo with your hand on the platter slip surface is also reversed.

•You cannot reverse play from the 1st track back to the last track.

•You cannot perform reverse play beyond a track with MP3 files on CD-R and CD-RW.

•When using reverse play, the start of play for cue pad play or loop play that is longer than 15 seconds may be delayed ( page 18).

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