American Audio CD Player DCDPRO1000 User Manual

Featuring:
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DCD-PRO1000
User Guide 
and Reference Manual
4295 Charter Street
Los Angeles Ca. 90058
www.americanaudio.us
  Rev. 4/05 

 CONTENTS
©American Audio®   -   www.americanaudio.us   -   DCD-PRO1000™ Instruction Manual Page 2
SAFETY  PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................3
ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS................................................................................................................4
SAFETY...

 NOTE:
This unit may cause interference to radio and  television reception.
NOTE:
This CD player uses a semiconductor laser.  It 
is  recommended  for  use  in  a  room  at  the  fol
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lowing temperature: 41˚F - 95˚F / 5˚C - 35˚C
CAUTION:
USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS  OTHER 
THAN  THOSE  SPECIFIED  HEREIN  MAY  RESULT 
IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE
THE  COMPACT  DISC  PLAYER  SHOULD  NOT  BE 
ADJUSTED  OR  REPAIRED  BY  ANYONE  EXCEPT 
PROPERLY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
CAUTION
TO  PREVENT...

ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCKDO NOT OPEN
CAUTION
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is
intended to alert the  user  to the  presence  of important
operating  and maintenance  (servicing) instructions  in
the literature accompanying the appliance.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within anequilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to thepresence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the
product's  enclosure  that may  be of sufficient...

I.  Read Instructions - All the safety and operat-
  ing instructions should be read before the CD
  Player is operated. The safety and operating 
  instructions  should  be  saved  for  future
  reference.
2.  Heed  Warnings  -  All  warnings  on  the  CD
    Player  and  in  the  operating  instructions
   should be adhered to.
3.  Water  and  Moisture  -  The  player  should  not
   be  used  near  water  -  for  example,  near  a
   bath  tub,  kitchen  sink,  laundry  tub,  in  a
  wet basement or...

Introduction: 
Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio
® DCD-PRO1000™ CD player. This 
CD  player  is  a  representation  of  American  Audio’s  continuing  commitment  to  produce  the  best  and 
highest quality audio products possible at an affordable price. Please read and understand this manual 
completely before attempting to operate your new CD player. This booklet contains important informa
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tion concerning the proper and safe operation of your new CD player.
Customer...

(b) FLIP-FLOP: This feature is used in conjunction with American Audio® mixers that also feature Fader “Q” Start. For
   FLIP-FLOP results you must use both sides of the DCD-PRO1000™. Connect your DCD-PRO1000 as described  
  in the set-up section of this manual. This feature will start the next player once one (1) player has ended. For 
  example, if player one (1) is playing a disc and it ends, player two (2) will instantly begin to play. You may set FLIP-
  FLOP to play track to track or disc to...

1. Checking the Contents      
  Be sure your DCD-PRO1000™ was shipped with the following:         
  1)  DCD-PRO1000™ Transportation Unit      2)  DCD-PRO1000™ Controller Unit
    3)  Operating Instructions (This Booklet)      4)  Two (2) Control Cables        
  5)  Two (2) "Q-Start" 1/8” mini plug.        6)  Two (2) Sets of Stereo RCA Cables
  7)  Warranty card.
2. Installing the Units 
  1)   Place your unit on a flat surface or mount it in a secure rack mount case.
  2)   Be sure the...

CONNECTTOMAINUNIT2
CONTROLSTARTUNIT2
CONNECTTOMAINUNIT1
CONTROLSTARTUNIT1

 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS 
A. CONTROLLER UNIT  
(FIGURE 3)
1.  EJECT  FUNCTION  -  Pressing  this  will  eject 
the CD. The eject function will only when the unit 
is  in  cue  mode,  this  is  to  prevent  accidentally 
ejecting the disc when in play mode.
2.    PARAMETER  TIME  -  This  knob  is  used  to 
adjust the parameter time value. 3.    PARAMETER  RATIO  -  This  knob  is  used  to 
adjust the parameter ratio...

or Phase effect. See built-in effects on page 28.
6.  HOLD  BUTTON  -  This  button  allows  you  to 
set  and  lock  any  new  parameters  you  set  to  the 
effects.  This  button  will  glow  bright  blue  when 
the hold function is activated. If the hold function 
is not selected any changes to the effect param
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eters will be momentary.
7.  ECHO/FLANGER  EFFECT  -  This  button  is 
used to activate and deactivate either the ECHO 
or  FLANGER  effect.  See  built-in  effects  on  page 
32.
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