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CK 1000Mp3
Featuring:
User Guide
and Reference Manual
4295 Charter Street
Los Angeles Ca. 90058
4/07
www.AmericanAudio.us
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CONTENTS Important InformatIon..................................................................................................................3 ElEctrIcal SafEty prEcautIonS.................................................................................................4 SafEty InStructIonS.......................................................................................................................5 VoltagE SElEctor............... .....................................................
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ImPORTANT INFORmATION IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT USE THIS U.S.A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY (POLARIZED) PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES NOTE: CAN BE CAREFULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE This CD player uses a semiconductor laser. It EXPOSURE is recommended for use in a room at the fol- lowing temperature: 41˚F - 95˚F / 5˚C - 35˚C CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT
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ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER (OR BACK). intended to alert the user to the presence of important presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the THERE ARE NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS operat
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Line Voltage Selection I. Read Instructions - All the safety and operat- ing instructions should be read before the CD • The desired voltage may be set with the Player is operated. The safety and operating VOLTAGE SELECTOR switch on the rear instructions should be saved for future panel (using a flat head screw driver). reference. • Do not force the VOLTAGE SELECTOR switch as this may cause damage 2. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the CD • If the VOLTAGE SEL
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UNPACKING Every CK 1000Mp3 has been thoroughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condition. Carefully check the shipping carton for damage that may have occurred during shipping. If the carton appears to be damaged, carefully inspect your CD player for any damage and be sure all equipment necessary to operate the CD player has arrived intact. In the event damage has been found or parts are missing, please contact our toll free customer support number for further instructions.
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mAIN FEATURES • Plays Mp3, CD, and CD-R Discs • Mp3 Track Listings • Folder Search for Mp3' • Auto cue • Scratch Effect • Sleep Mode (c) • 1/75th second frame search • Real time cue (“Cue on the Fly”) • Pitch display • Digital RCA coaxial output • Large bright LCD display • Fader “Q” Start Control (a) • Digital Anti-Shock • Music Master tempo • Jog Wheel Pitch Bend +/-100% • Selectable Single or Continuous Play • Seamless Loop (uninte
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SET-UP 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) 1. Checking the Contents Be sure your CK 1000Mp3 was shipped with the following: 1) CK 1000Mp3 Professional CD player/mixer 2) Operating instructions (this
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GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS CD PLAYER Figure 3 1 21 2 20 19 3 4 18 5 6 17 16 7 8 15 9 14 10 13 11 12 A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (F IGURE 3) 1. EJECT FUNCTION - Pressing this will eject the playback pitch percentage. The slider is a the CD. The eject function will only when the unit set adjustment and will remain set until the pitch is in cue or pause mode, this is to prevent acci- slider is moved or the pitch function has been dentally ejecting the dis
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GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) CD PLAYER 7. PITCH PERCENTAGE SELECTOR - Press speed up or slow down playback speed without this button to choose any pitch range percent- altering the tonal pitch of the track. When this ages of 4%, 8%, and 16%. See page 22 for more function is not engaged the original tonal pitch details. of the track will be altered giving you the "chip- munk" effect when a track is played at a high rate 8. BOP BUTTON - During play mode,
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GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) CD PLAYER 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 CUE POINT. You can also tap the CUE button to create a BOP EFFECT (for definition of BOP EFFECT, see page 25). 18. TAP/BPm BUTTON - This button is used to override and manually set a tracks BPM. Occa- sionally the built-in BPM meter may not function as desired. This button allows you
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GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) mIxER 22 23 24 34 33 25 32 31 26 27 28 29 30 22. SOURCE SELECTOR SWITCH - These 5. Repeat this step for all channels. switches are used to select the input source 25. CHANNEL EQUALIzER - All of the channels assigned to each channel. Each channel may only include a three-band signal EQ. These controls be assigned one input source at a time. are used to increase or decrease the LoW’s, 23. AUx INPUT - This Aux inp
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GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) mIxER another will vary the output signals of channels applied to a channel signal. one and two respectively. When the crossfader CHANNEL BASS CONTROL - This knob is is set in the center position, the output signals of used to adjust the low frequency levels of a chan- both the channels one and channels two will be nel allowing for a maximum bass gain of +12dB even. or maximum signal decrease of -30dB. Turning
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GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) FRONT & BACK PANEL Figure 4 34 35 36 Figure 5 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 B. FRONT PANEL (FIGURE 4) C. REAR PANEL (FIGURE 5) 34. TRANSPORT TRAY 1 - This tray is used to load and unload a compact disc. The tray 37. BALANCED xLR mASTER OUTPUTS is opened and closed by pressing the oPEn/ JACKS - The Master Output includes a pair of CLOSE BUTTON (1). Never attempt to force the XLR Balanced jacks as well as a pair of rca transport tray open or
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GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) FRONT & BACK PANEL plug before changing the voltage. trol (33). Dual Voltage models only 40. RCA mASTER OUTPUTS - The Master 46. POWER CONNECTOR - This connection is Output includes a pair Xlr Balanc Ed j ack S used to connect your main power. Be sure that (37) as well as a pair of RCA Unbalanced Jacks. your local power matches the unit’s required The RCA jacks send a low current unbalanced power. NEVER REMOVE THE GROUND PRONG output sig
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GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) CD PLAYER LCD 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 62 61 55 60 Figure 6 59 58 57 56 D. LCD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 6) name of the track and album when a Mp3 disc is loaded. 47. PLAY/PAUSE INDICATOR - Either the play or pause indicator will glow depending which mode 57. TImE mETERS - These indicators will detail you are in. the current Minutes, Seconds, and Frames. The 48. CUE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow meter will display either the el
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BASIC OPERATIONS 1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS The CK 1000Mp3 can only play 3 inch and regular 5 inch CDs. When loading a CD into the player always hold the disc by it edge). Load the disc label side up and never touch the signal surface (the glossy side). To remove a disc from the player press the EjEct Button (1) , see Figure 7. CAUTION: • NEVER attempt to load any other objects besides 3" and 5" CDs. • NEVER attempt to load more than one disc at a time. Doing so may result in sever damage to
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BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 10 Load an audio CD as described on page 17 (loadIng/EjEctIng dIScS ). Pressing the play/pauSE Button (15) with an audio CD loaded will imme- diately start playback. The play (47) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins. The point at which playback starts (cue point) will automatically be stored in the memory as the cue point. The unit will return to this cue point (the point at which playback started) when the cuE Button (17) i
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BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 8. SETTING A CUE POINT A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the play/pauSE button (15) is pressed. You may set your cue points anywhere on a disc or in a track. There are two (2) ways to set and create a CUE point as detailed in figures 13 and 14. 1) You may press the In Button (14) on the fly (while the disc is playing). This will set a CUE Point without music interruption. Pressing the cuE Button (17) will now return you to the same point th
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BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 9. CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAmLESS LOOP A seamless loop is a sound loop that plays continuously without sound interruption. You can use this loop to create dramatic effect in your mixing. This loop has no time limit and you could actually loop the entire length of disc. You create a seamless loop between two continuous points of a disc. 1) Press play/pauSE Button (15) to activate playback mode Figure 15 2) Press the In Button (14) . This will set the starti
