American Audio CD Player CDI500 User Manual

samples or cue points can then be recalled at any 
time  even  when  the  disc  has  been  removed  and 
replaced at a later time. See System Memory on 
page 23.
17.  PLAY/PAUSE  BUTTON  -  Each  press  of  the 
PLAY/PAUSE  BUTTON  causes  the  operation  to 
change from play to pause or from pause to play. 
While in play mode the green play LED will glow, 
and while in pause mode the green play LED will 
flash.
18.   SAMPLER  BUTTON  -  This  is  used  to  acti-
vate  the  sampler  function.  When...

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turn  the  knob  in  either  direction,  the  faster  your 
search.
29.  PARAMETER  TIME  -  This  knob  is  used  to 
adjust the parameter time value.
30.    LCD  DISPLAY  - This  high  quality  LCD  dis-
play indicates all the functions, as they are occur
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ring.  This  display  is  viewable  at  several  comfort
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able angles (see page 8). The display ICONS will 
be explained...

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Figure 4
B. REAR PANEL (FIGURE 4)
31. VOLTAGE SELECTOR - Because power sup-
plies  vary  from  location  to  location  we  have 
incorporated  a  selectable  voltage  switch.  This 
switch  can  select  a  voltage  input  of  120v~60Hz 
or  220v~50/60Hz.  Always  disconnect  the  power 
plug before changing the voltage....

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D. LCD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 6)
38. PAUSE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow 
when the drive is in pause mode.
39.  MEMORY  BUCKET  INDICATOR  -  This  indi-
cator  serves  two  functions. The  black  bucket  out
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line  details  the  cue  memory  status,  a  full  bucket 
outline  indicates  the  cue  memory  is  full. The  five 
bars  in  the  memory  bucket  detail  the...

 BASIC OPERATIONS
Figure 7: Press the Eject button to load and remove a disc. Remeber: When loading a disc always hold the disc by it 
edges and load the disc label side up.Figure  8: Tapping  the  reverse 
track  button  will  jump  back  to 
the previous track. Figure  9: 
Tapping  the  forward 
track  button  will  skip  forward 
to the next track.
1.   LOADING/EJECTING DISCS
The CDI-500™ can only play 3 inch and regular 5 inch CDs. When loading a CD into the player always hold the 
disc  by  it...

3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 11
Insert  an  audio  CD  as  described  on  page 15 (LOADING/EJECTING  DISCS).  
Pressing the  PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) with an audio CD loaded will immediately 
start  playback. The  PLAY  (54)
 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...

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1) You may press the IN BUTTON (26) on the fly (while the disc is playing). This
  will set a CUE Point without music interruption. Pressing the
  CUE BUTTON
  (20)
  will now return you to the same point that you pressed the IN BUTTON    
  (26)
. You may now store this CUE Point in any of the BANK  BUTTONS 1-4 
  (12).
  
2) You  may  also  use  the
 JOG  WHEEL  (13) to  set  a  cue  point.  While  a  disc  is
  in  PAUSE  or  CUE  mode,  use  the  JOG  WHEEL  (13)
 to...

 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.)
2) Press the IN BUTTON 
  (26)
. This will set the 
  starting point of the 
  SEAMLESS LOOP. The 
  IN BUTTON (26) LED 
  will flash then glow.
1) Press
 
PLAY/PAUSE  
  BUTTON  (17)  to    
  activate playback 
  mode.     
Figure 19
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Storing A Cue Point:
Once  you  have  set  your  CUE  Point  by  one  of  the  two  means  listed  on  page  17,  you  may  store  your  cue  point...

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3) Press the OUT BUTTON (24) to set the ending point for your SEAMLESS 
  LOOP (Figure 20). The
  IN BUTTON (26) and OUT BUTTON (24)  LEDs will 
  immediately  begin  to  flash  rapidly,  indicating  the  SEAMLESS  LOOP  mode 
  has been activated.
LCD  LOOP  INDICATORS  -  During  a  seamless  loop,  the LOOP  (50) and 
RELOOP  (49)  INDICATORS
  will  turn  on  in  the LCD  DISPLAY  (30) indicating  a 
loop is active. 
EXITING  A  LOOP  -  To  exit  a  SEAMLESS  LOOP,  press...

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6) Your sample can now be recalled at any time even
  when the unit is in PAUSE MODE. To recall the    
  sa
mple be sure the sample function is on,  by press- 
  ing the
  SAMPLE BUTTON (18). The yellow sample
  button LED will
  turn on. To play your sample in a 
  continuos loop leave  the sample function on. To    
  play your sample just once, turn the sample function  
  off immediately after initiating your sample. With the  
  sample...