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Professional Disc Jockey Products
CDN-20S
PROFESSIONAL DUAL CD PLAYER
OPERATING MANUAL
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CDN-20S Safety Information and Product Registration CAUTION 7. Ventilation - The appliance should be situated so that it’s location or position does not interfere with RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN it’s proper ventilation. For example, the appliance should not be situated on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC surface that may block the ventilation opening; or, SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE ANY COVER. NO USER- placed in a built- SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVI
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CDN-20S WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, NOTICE CONCERNING FCC REGULATIONS do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. This equipment generates and uses radio frequency Electrical equipment should NEVER be kept or stored in energy and may cause interference to radio and damp environments. television reception if you do not operate it in strict accordance with the procedures detailed in this DANGER: INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPERATING MANUAL. OPEN AND INTERLOCK
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CDN-20S ® CDN-20S PROFESSIONAL DUAL-TRANSPORT CD PLAYER WITH REMOTE CONTROLLER CONGRATULATIONS... You have just purchased a dual CD player designed specifically for the professional DJ. This unit has been designed to provide CD mixing with the same ease and creativity that you have enjoyed with records. Please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the CDN-20S by reading the following information before attempting to operate the unit. Once again, congratulations and thank you for maki
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CDN-20S CONNECTIONS Typical connection with a mixer is illustrated right. 1. Connect the output connection cords from the CD Player to the line inputs of your mixer. 2. Connect the remote control connection cable from the Unit A connector on the main unit to the Unit A connector on the remote control unit. Repeat for Unit B. 3. The output connection cords and the remote control connection cables are supplied with the main unit. Be sure to use the remote control connection cables, which have be
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CDN-20S DESCRIPTION CDN-20SREMOTE FEATURES the original pitch when the button is released. By 1. PROGRAM - Depress this button and the unit will changing the pitch of one disc with respect to the other stop and the program indicator will light. Select in this way the beats can be matched. each track to be programmed and press the PROGRAM button between selections. You can 10. SEARCH – Depress and hold the right button and the program up to 20 tracks. Press PLAY to start the CD will rapidly ad
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CDN-20S LCD DISPLAY FEATURES TRANSPORT FEATURES 15. DISC TRAY- Place your CD in here. 1. PLAY - Active while the unit is actually playing a CD. 16. OPEN/CLOSE (Disc Tray Open/Close) - Press to 2. PAUSE - Active when the unit is paused. load or eject the disc. Each press will open or close the disc tray on the transport. NOTE: Tray will not 3. CUE - Flashing when the unit is setting a cue point. open unless the disc has been paused. Lit continuously when the unit is paused at a cue point. 17.
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CDN-20S DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAY/PAUSE, CUE, AND LOOP OPERATIONS PLAY and CUE Pressing the “PLAY/PAUSE” button starts the disc. Pressing the “CUE” button will reset the disc to the last place where the disc was started. This is called the cue point. By alternately pressing the “PLAY/PAUSE” button and the “CUE” button, the disc may be returned and played from the cue point any number of times. This function is called back cue. PLAY, PAUSE and CUE EDITING CUE POINT When the search button is tap
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CDN-20S MATCHING THE BEATS PER MINUTE (BPM) Match the tempo by monitoring the music of both PLAYER A and PLAYER B by ear and adjusting the pitch. When the tempo of the music of the selected CD player is slow compared to the tempo of the other player, move the slider to the (+) side and match the tempo. When faster, move the pitch slider to the (-) side. The following description is for the case of matching the pitch of PLAYER B to the pitch of the music being played on PLAYER A. Press PLAY/PAU
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CDN-20S EXAMPLE OF MIXING USING BOTH PLAYERS OF YOUR CD PLAYER While playing a disc on PLAYER A load a disc into PLAYER B and select your next track, match its pitch to the track playing on PLAYER A and when you are ready use the crossfader on your mixer to fade from PLAYER A to PLAYER B. PLAYER A PLAYER A PLAYER A Load a disc in PLAYER A and select the track and press PLAY. Load a disc and press the Select the track to be Press the PLAY button OPEN/CLOSE button. played. PLAYER B PLAYER B PLAYER
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CDN-20S BEFORE SWITCHING OFF THE POWER: When you have finished using the CD player, be sure that the disc tray is closed with the “OPEN/CLOSE” button before switching off the power. DO NOT switch off the power when Switch off the power after the the disc holder is open. disc holder has been closed with the “OPEN/CLOSE” button TROUBLESHOOTING: Symptom Possible Cause Corrective Action The power fails to switch on when Poor power plug connection at the AC outlet Insert the power plug firmly into th
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® Professional Disc Jockey Products LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY 1. What is covered and for how long? NUMARK INDUSTRIES LCC ("NUMARK") warrants to the original purchaser that NUMARK'S DJ mixers and amplifiers are free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for the period commencing upon the date of purchase from an authorized NUMARK dealer and continuing for the following period of time after that date for (2) Years. The warranty is extended to (3) Years with the com
