American Audio Mixer QD6 User Manual

Q-D6
™
  
Professional Preamp Mixer
American Audio
4295 Charter Street
Los Angeles Ca. 90058
www.americanaudio.us
Rev. 4/05 

 Q-D6™                                                 Unpacking
MAIN FEATURES....................................................................................................................................2
ELECTRICAL  PRECAUTIONS................................................................................................................3
SAFETY  PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................4...

 Q-D6™                            Electrical Safety Precautions
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ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS
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CAUTION
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 Q-D6™                                   Safety Precautions
1.  For  adult  use  only  -  Keep  out  of  the  reach 
of   children.
2.  Water and Moisture - The player should not 
be  used  near  water  -  for  example,  near  a  bath 
tub,  kitchen  sink,  laundry  tub,  in  a  wet
 base-
ment  or  near  a  swimming  pool,  etc.
 Do not 
spill  water  or  other  liquids  in  to  or  on  to  your 
mixer.
3.  Ventilation  -  The  Mixer  should  be  situ
ated 
so  that  its  location  or  position  does...

Introduction: 
Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio
® Q-D6™ mixer. This mixer is a rep-
resentation of American Audio’s continuing commitment to produce the best and highest quality audio 
products  possible  at  an  affordable  price.  The  Q-D6™  comes  with  a  2  year  limited  warranty!  Please 
read and understand this manual completely before attempting to operate your new mixer. This book
-
let contains important information concerning the proper and safe operation of...

American Audio would like to thank for your purchase of this great product. For those of you that are to 
impatient to read the entire user manual we have compiled these quick start instructions. We hope that 
you will at least read through these instructions to familiarize yourself with the basic understanding of 
the unit. The 
Q-D6 is part of American Audio’s continuing evolution in audio technology. This unit has 
been built and designed with the typical DJ in mind, by DJ’s. We have attempted to...

 Q-D6™                                           Controls and Features
1. SOURCE SELECTOR SWITCH -  These switches are used to select the input source assigned to 
each channel. Each channel may only be assigned one input source at a time. This switch must be in 
the “phono” position for turntable operation.
2. POWER L.E.D. - Th is L.E.D. will glow when the power is sw
itched on.
3 . CHANNEL GAIN CONTROL - This adjustment is used to adjust an audio source signal input gain 
for a channel. Never use the...

 Q-D6™                                           Controls and Features Cont.
control is always set to zero before turning the unit on.
5.  CUE  LEVEL  VOLUME  CONTROL  -  This  knob  is  used  to  adjusts  the  headphone  volume  output 
level. Turn the knob in a clockwise direction to increase the headphone volume.
6 .  CUE  MIXING  CONTROLLER  - This  knob  selects  the  channel  for  monitoring.  The  monitor  signal 
comes  from  the  Prefader.  This  means  it  will  not  be  affected  by  the...

Audio® or American DJ® “Q” Start CD player. When used with a compatible CD player, you can use the 
crossfader to start and stop the  CD play. 
The ON/OFF “Q” START switch activates the fader “Q” start 
feature. When  the fader 
“Q” start feature is activated sliding the  CROSSFADER (10) from left to right 
will play or cue any CD player connected to the CONTROLLER JACKS (16)
 on the rear of the unit.
  For example, connect a compatible dual CD player connect to mixer channels one and two 
  (refer to...

 Q-D6™                                              Controls and Features Cont.
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16. PLAYER CONTROL - These jacks are used to control the “Q-Start” function between the mixer 
and  a  compatible  American  Audio  CD  Player.  Input  mini  plugs  from  CD  player  controller  into  these 
jacks, input CD 1 into jack A and CD 2 into jack B.
17. GND (GROUND TERMINAL) - Connect each of your turntables ground leads to either of...