NAMES AND FUNCTIONS

Control Unit

(1)SHUTTLE (Shuttle Dial)

Use the dial to select the scanning direction and speed. The disc is scanned in the forward direction when the shuttle dial is turned clockwise from the neutral position, in the reverse direction when the shuttle dial in turned counterclockwise. The scanning speed increases when the shuttle dial is turned faster.

(2)OPEN/CLOSE (Open/Close Button)

Press it to open and close the disc holder. The main unit also includes OPEN/CLOSE buttons. The disc holder cannot be opened during playback, so stop playback before pressing the button.

(3)TIME (Time Button)

Press this button to switch the time display among the elapsed time and remaining time and total remaining time of the disc.

(4)LCD

(5)SGL (Single Button)

Press it to switch the single and continuous play modes. The SINGLE mode is indicated by the SINGLE indicator on the LCD and continuous mode is indicated by the CONTINU indicator on the LCD.

(6)PROG (Program Button)

Press the PROGRAM button, the player will enter the program mode and stop the CD playback.

(7)PROGRAM Indicator

The PROGRAM LED lights when program mode is set.

(8)RELOOP

If a Loop has been made, but the CD Player is not actively in Loop mode, press the RELOOP button to reactivate the loop mode. To exit loop, press the OUT button.

(9)PITCH Indicator

When the indicator lights, the pitch adjustment is enabled.

(10)Pitch Slider

Use the slider to adjust the CD pitch. Slide up to decrease the pitch, down to increase the pitch.

(11)JOG (Jog Dial)

When the dial is turned during CD pause, the point at which the sound is being produced mover by a number of frames corresponding to the number of clicks. Clockwise moves the point forward, counterclockwise moves the point backward.

(12)B. SKIP

Use these buttons to go back to the beginning of the current track or select a previous track for playing.

(13)CUE Indicator

When in CUE mode, the CUE indicator lights. (14)CUE (Cue Button)

Pressing the CUE button during play provides a return to the position at which play was started. If PAUSE is used before CUE or a CUE POINT was set, that will become the cue point. Alternately pressing the Play button and the CUE button allows the CD to be played from the same position any number of times. The CUE LED will light up from the time the CUE button is pressed until the CD has reset to the position at which play was started. Steady lighting of this LED indications the ready condition. The CUE button can be held down to play a CD. When you release the CUE button it instantly returns to the CUE POINT.

(15)+10 (Track +10 Button)

Use the button to skip ahead 10 tracks. (16)PLAY Indicator

The PLAY indicator lights during play mode. (17)PLAY/PAUSE Button

Use the button to start playback. Press once to start playback, once again to set the pause mode, and once more to resume playback.

(18)F. SKIP

Use these buttons to skip to the next CD track. (19)IN

This allows you to set the cue point without stopping the play back. This button also sets the beginning of a loop.

(20)OUT

Used to set the ending when looping music. The player will start to loop continues until you press this button again to exit.

(21)PITCH (Pitch Button)

Press PITCH button to switch on/off pitch.; hold the PITCH button down for more than 0.6 sec to switch pitch in +/-8% / +/-12% / +/-16%.

(22)CONTROL CONNECTOR

Connect this connector to the REMOTE connector on the main unit using the included control cord.

(23)CONTROL SOCKET

Via the Control socket, the respective CD-player can be remotely controlled. If you are using a mixer with fader start-function connect the player with the Control Out-socket. Please note that these sockets must never be connected with any voltage.

LCD

(24)~(27)TRACK, MINUTE, SECOND and FRAME Displays

These displays indicate information for the CD’s current position and time.

(28) BAR Indicator

These ten indicators provide a visual display of the approximate position of the pickup within the current track.

(29) ELAPSED Indicator

It indicates that the time shown for the display is the elapsed time.

(30) CONTINU Indicator

When the indicator lights, the function will cause the unit to play continuously.

(31) SINGLE Indicator

When the indicator lights, playback will stop at the beginning of the next track.

(32) REMAIN Indicator

It indicates that the time shown on the display is the remaining time of playing track.

(33) PITCH DISPLAY

It shows the BPM change range, the BPM changes within a range of +/-12%.

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Stanton S.550 user manual Control Unit, Reloop, 22CONTROL Connector, 23CONTROL Socket

S.550 specifications

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