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AXIS 8 Premium CD Player
Owner Manual
©2001 Industries http://www.numark.com
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AXIS 8 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS a) Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before this product is connected and used. b) Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be kept for future reference. c) Heed Warnings - All warnings on this product and in these operating CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK instructions should be followed. DO NOT REMOVE ANY COVER. NO USER- d) Follow Instructions - All operating and other in
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AXIS 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS Safety and Warnings (PLEASE READ) 2 Table of Contents 3 Introduction Letter from the Engineers and Registration 4 Setup and Connections 5 Description of the Features 6 Basic Operation Play, Pause, Cue, Pitch, General CD control 8 Advanced Operations Pitch Change, Key Change 10 Beatkeeper 10 Matching Beats 11 Looping 12 Stuttering (Hot Starts) 13 Special Effects 14 Program Functions 16 Fader Start, Relay 17 Specifications 19 Warranty 20 - Th
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AXIS 8 ® AXIS 8 PREMIUM TABLETOP CD PLAYER Congratulations, you are now the owner of one of the most technically advanced pieces of DJ equipment ever developed. The AXIS 8 is the result of many years of development and several NUMARK exclusive patents. The developers and engineers behind the AXIS 8 all have a significant amount of DJ experience and understand your needs. As we like to say, “this unit was designed by DJs for DJs”, like the rest of the NUMARK’s product line. That’s wh
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AXIS 8 SETUP AND CONNECTIONS Typical connection with a mixer is illustrated below. 1. Find a level surface free of excessive vibration to place your equipment 2. Connect the line output connections using the supplied audio cable from the CD Player to the line inputs of your mixer. 3. Connect Fader start cable. Attach your CD play to a similarly equipped DJ mixer with this supplied cable. (This connection can also be used with a remote switch (Page 17)) 4. If setting up 2 u
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AXIS 8 FEATURES 1. PLAY/STUTTER- To start the music from the initial cue point. 2. PAUSE- To pause the music. 3. CUE- To move the music to the cue point and preview the selection. 4. WHEEL- Used for various functions such as cueing, scratching, pitch bend, searching, and effect control 5. LCD DISPLAY- Indicates all the functions, as they are occurring, with the CD. 6. OPEN/CLOSE- Pressing will open or close the disc tray on the transport. 7. SING- To set play mode in sing
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AXIS 8 30. Relay Connector- If you wish to use the relay function plug in your 3.5mm stereo control cables into here and then into your other unit. The cable must be a stereo style plug for the units to work properly 31. Remote Start Connector – Use this connector to plug into your fader start compatible mixer or remote switch. This function is always active. To use this connector for fader start, connect the supplied fader start cable to a fader start compatible mixer. Every time
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AXIS 8 BASIC OPERATIONS Open/Close: Press to load or eject the disc. The drawer will automatically close to protect the tray from accidental damage while open. NOTE: Tray will not open if the disc is in play. In order to program the automatic close time press and hold followed by . The display will indicate options of 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 120 seconds, and (no) for no auto close. This setting will be remembered at power down. Play/Stutter: Starts the music from either the
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AXIS 8 SETTING CUE POINTS PLAY and CUE Pressing the “PLAY” 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” 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 Pressing “Play” to start then pressing “Pause” and then “Play” agai
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AXIS 8 ADJUSTING PITCH Pitch Range: actives the pitch slider and adjusts the amount of control the pitch slider has on the overall speed of music. On depression of will toggle the slider on and off. Range adjustments of 6, 12, 25, and 100% can be achieved by holding down and then pressing to cycle through the range options. This setting will be remembered at power down. Pitch Slider: By moving the slider toward the front the speed of the music speeds up. By moving away the
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AXIS 8 BPM: This button is used for resetting the downbeat and also re-calibrating the BPM. The Beatkeeper is considered by many to be the most accurate automatic beat counter on the market today, however, it occasionally may have trouble determining the correct BPM. This will happen when the music contains complex rhythms or may start without a beat at all. If the BPM showing in the display you know is incorrect or the beat LEDs are not flashing with the beat you have 2 options to re
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AXIS 8 LOOPING OPERATIONS LOOPING A loop is any area of a CD that you choose to repeat with no breaks. On the AXIS 8 two seamless loops are possible. LOOP IN The “LOOP IN” point is where you wish for the loop to start. The initial “CUE” point of the CD is also the default “LOOP IN” point for both loops or “Hot Start” point. If you wish to set a new “LOOP IN” point, just press while the CD is playing when it reaches the desired point. The button will light
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AXIS 8 MOVING LOOP POINTS The “LOOP IN” point can be moved while the music is playing just by pressing at the new desired point. The next time “LOOP OUT” is reached the CD will return to this new “LOOP IN” point. If “LOOP IN” is press after the “LOOP OUT” point it will clear the “LOOP OUT” point. The “LOOP IN” point can also be edited while paused. First hold down then press to move to the loop in point. Next rotate the wheel to search for a new cue point and then press
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AXIS 8 SPECIAL EFFECTS Your AXIS 8 is equipped with some of most advanced effects on the market today. To fully take advantage of these effects it’s helpful to practice and understand their use. EFFECT SELECTION To select and activate an effect tap on it’s button, it will light to indicate activation and effect will indicate in the display. To put the effect into hold mode or active alternate effects press the center button. The button will light indicating the hold has been acti
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AXIS 8 A.D. (Artificial-Dissemination) – Reduces the bit rate of the music creating increasing distortion with intensity. CHOP – This effect works best when the Beatkeeper™ is properly aligned. Chop breaks up the music by turning the volume on and off based upon the BPM of the Beatkeeper™. First activation of the effect plays th 1/8 note or half of every beat. In the BPM display will indicate an 1-8 which means one measure (4 beats) of music has been broken into 8 parts. Rotat
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AXIS 8 PROGRAM FUNCTIONS This button provides several programmable functions depending upon the combination of buttons used. Track Sequence Programming - Depress while the unit is stopped and “ ” will light. Select each track to be programmed then press between selections. Press “PLAY/STUTTER” to start the track sequence program playing. To exit and erase program hold for more than 2 seconds while the unit is stopped, open the disc tray, or turn off the power. The following fun
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AXIS 8 RELAY PLAY This mode will be operational only when 2 units are connected via a relay cable. 1. Insert CDs into both of the units. 2. We recommend putting both sides in SINGLE play mode while learning this function. 3. Press the “RELAY” button on one unit to activate. 4. Press play on the first unit. When that unit has finished play it will send a signal to the second unit to start play. You will see the second unit start play and the first unit pause and cue to the beginning
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AXIS 8 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 the POWER Poor power plug connection at the AC outlet o
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AXIS 8 SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL Disc Type Standard Compact discs (12 cm & 8 cm) Time Display Track Elapsed, Track Remain, or Total Remain Quantization 1 bit linear/Channel, 3 Beam Laser Oversampling rate 8 Times Sampling Frequency 88.2 kHz Frequency response 20 Hz to 20 kHz T.H.D. + NOISE Less Than 0.005% S/N ratio (IHF-A) > 96 dB Dynamic range > 94 dB Output level 1.3 Volts R.M.S. Start Time within 0.006 seconds Pitch control range +/- 6, 12, 25, 100% slider Pitch bend ± 5
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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, Amplifiers, CD players, turntables, preamplifiers, beatkeepers, equalizers, microphones, headphones, and all other accessories 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 c
