American Audio Flex 100MP3, User Manual And Reference Manual

Page 1: ...Featuring Flex 100MP3 User Guide and Reference Manual 6122 S Eastern Ave Los Angeles Ca 90040 www AmericanAudio us 6 10 ...

Page 2: ...ack scanning Fast FWD Fast Rev 18 setting and storing cue points 18 Creating a seamless loop 19 Using the bank Buttons 21 Changing Time display 21 system memory 22 pitch adjustments pitch slider 23 pitch bending 24 Accessing Your mp3 files 26 FLIP Flop 27 Warranty 28 SPECIFICATIONS 29 FOR BEST CD RW DISC PLAYBACK RESULTS IN THIS CD PLAYER PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES 1 High quality CD R Audio di...

Page 3: ...E NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICE TO YOUR AUTHORIZED American Audio DEALER The lightning flash with an arrow triangular symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of non insulated dangerous volt age within the products enclosure and may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock The exclamation point triangular symbol is intended to alert the user to...

Page 4: ...POWER CORD PROTECTION Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs conveniencereceptacles andthepointwhere they exit from the product OUTDOOR ANTENNA GROUNDING If an outside antennaorcablesystemisconnectedtotheproduct be sure the antenna or cable system is grounded so as...

Page 5: ...ther appliances including amplifiers that produce heat 6 Power Sources The CD player should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the CD Player 7 Servicing The user should not attempt to service the CD Player beyond that described in the operating instructions All other servicing should be referred to quali fied service personnel Th...

Page 6: ...ughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condition Carefully check the shipping carton for damage that may have occurred during shipping If the carton appears to be damaged carefully inspect your CD player for any damage and be sure all equipment necessary to operate the CD player has arrived intact In the event damage has been found or parts are missing please contact our toll free ...

Page 7: ... 5 year memory back up that will save your setting in case the power supply is accidentally disconnected Flex 100MP3 will remember your last setting even if you discon nect your main power The Flex 100MP3 will store your cue points and samples in memory if you accidentally eject a disc or shut off the power See memory on page 22 d Programmable Cue Points The Flex 100MP3 has four Bank Buttons 13 50...

Page 8: ... or B on a compatible American Audio or American DJ Fader Q Start mixer CAUTION Be sure to use the supplied mono 1 8 control cables Using other types of cable may result in unit damage To avoid severe damage to the unit be sure the power is off when making connections to the unit Set UP CAUTION The player will work normally when the main unit is mounted with the front panel within 15 degrees of th...

Page 9: ...rate of speed or the James Earl Jones effect when a track is slowed to much 3 Pitch ON OFF Button This button is used activate the pitch slider 7 When the button LED is lit the PITCH SLIDER 7 is active When the button LED is not lit the PITCH SLIDER 7 is not active The pitch percentage can be changed between 4 8 16 and 100 4 will allow the least amount of pitch manipulation and 100 will allow the ...

Page 10: ...d out of each other FILTER BUTTON This button is used to activate and deactivate the Filter effect The Filter ef fect tweaks the original sound to add different tonal definition The effect is almost the same as the PHASE effect BRAKE BUTTON This button is used to adjust the START STOP speed When BRAKE is ac tive you can press the X BUTTON 6 and then use the JOG WHEEL 14 to adjust the START speed o...

Page 11: ...d and replaced at a later time 18 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 button LED will glow and while in pause mode the button LED will flash 19 CUE PLAY BUTTON Pressing this button will activate the CUE PLAY function and the music will begin to play instantly starting from the last cue ...

Page 12: ...usic interruption on the fly This button also sets the starting point of a seamless loop see SEAMLESS LOOP The IN point will be set to the last use cue point 25 SEARCH BUTTONS This search button allows you to quickly scan backwards through a track This search button allows you to quickly scan forwards through a track 26 TRACK SEARCH KNOB This knob is used to search through the tracks on a CD or Mp...

Page 13: ...LAY jack on the rear of your unit to a compatible American Audio mixer s CONTROL out This feature is only available on American Audio s Q series mixers 32 DIGITAL OUT Use this connection to create near perfect copies of your disc to a Mini disc CD R or any other digital recording device 33 AUDIO OUT R L Audio out signals Connect stereo RCA cables from AUDIO OUT to a mixer s line input C FRONT PANE...

Page 14: ... location of the sound s cue point on your CD This indicates the play position spins during playback scratching in either direction and stops during cue or pause mode 39 PLAY PAUSE Indicator Either the play or pause indicator will glow depending which mode you are in 40 CUE Indicator This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is set 41 Mp3 indic...

Page 15: ...number or the folder number 49 cd indicator This will indicate that an audio disc is loaded into the player 50 PITCH meter This meter will display the pitch percentage applied by the pitch slider 7 51 TEMPO LOCK This will indicate the Tempo Lock function is active 52 Single indicator This indicates that the CD drive is in single play mode the track will play once and return to CUE mode If the sing...

Page 16: ...on is completed 1 Loading EJECTING discs The Flex 100MP3 can only play 3 inch and regular 5 inch CDs When loading a CD into the player always hold the disc by it edge Load the disc label side up and never touch the signal surface the glossy side To remove a disc from the player press the EJECT BUTTON 16 see Figure 7 CAUTION NEVER attempt to load any other objects besides 3 and 5 CDs NEVER attempt ...

Page 17: ...2 Press the CUE button 20 during playback This will pause playback and return the track to the last set cue point 6 Pausing Figure 10 This function pauses playback at the exact same point the PLAY PAUSE button 18 was pressed Pressing the PLAY PAUSE button 18 will switch between play and pause modes When the unit is in pause mode the PAUSE indicator 39 will show in the LCD DISPLAY 28 The green PLAY...

Page 18: ... There are two 2 ways to set and create a CUE point as detailed in figures 14 and 15 American Audio www AmericanAudio us Flex 100MP3 Instruction Manual Page 18 BASIC OPERATIONS Cont 1 You may press the IN Button 24 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...

Page 19: ...re 17 After pressing one of the bank Buttons 13 the corresponding Bank Button LED will flash briefly The LED of the bank Button 13 will remain lit indicating a cue point is stored in memory The red Memory LED will turn off 2 Repeat the above steps to store up to two more Cue Points Once your four cue points have been stored you may access them at any time During playback the cue points will instan...

Page 20: ...replay the loop press the RELOOP BUTTON 22 The IN button 24 and OUT button 23 LEDs will again begin to flash indicating SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated and your stored loop will immediately begin to play Figure 22 Figure 21 Figure 20 11 Editing A Loop Please note Only the ending point of the loop may be edited You may make your loop shorter or longer Before you can edit your seamless loop yo...

Page 21: ...ls the time in the LCD as the current track s elapsed running time Note The LCD will not display ELAPSED when the Elapsed running time is shown Time bar indicator The time bar in the LCD 28 visually details the time defined in the time meter 43 This bar is also dependent on the selected time function Remain total remain or ELAPSED This bar will begin to flash when 15 seconds of a track remain and ...

Page 22: ... To view the firm ware version While main power is turned off press the MEMORY BUTTON 17 and the 1st BANK BUTTON 13 simultaneously and turn the main power on To exit the firmware version press the TRACK KNOB 26 16 CLEAR ALL MEMORY You may clear the system memory at any time This will erase all your programmed memory and restore the unit to it s default settings To clear the memory While main power...

Page 23: ...een activated as described above To use the PITCH SLIDER 7 slide the slider up and down Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch Activating the Pitch Slider 7 To activate the PITCH SLIDER 7 you must turn on the pitch adjustment function Press the on off button 3 located at the top right of the unit The on off button 3 led will glow when the function is activated If the pitch fun...

Page 24: ...end buttons 11 The PITCH BEND button 11 will increase track playback speed and the PITCH BEND button 11 will decrease track playback speed The extent to which the speed changes is proportionate to the amount of time the button is pressed For example if the PITCH BEND button 11 is held down continuously as in figure 31 the disc speed will increases and will continue to increase until it reaches a m...

Page 25: ...tating the wheel in a counter clockwise direction will slow your track pitch The speed you rotate the JOG Wheel will determine pitch bend percentage For example if the JOG Wheel is continuously turned in a counter clockwise direction the playback speed will steadily decrease and will con tinue to decrease until playback reaches a maximum of 100 and playback stops entirely When you stop turning the...

Page 26: ...older name will appear in the CHARACTER DISPLAY 45 and the folder number will appear in the FOLDER INDICATOR 47 Figure 34 Figure 35 American Audio www AmericanAudio us Flex 100MP3 Instruction Manual Page 26 2 Turn the Folder knob 27 clockwise to scroll forward through the folders or turn it counter clockwise to scroll back wards through the folders ...

Page 27: ...ack 7 FLIP FLOP will continue until you stop it or power is interrupted To Flip Flop entire CDs Be sure your players are both in continuous play mode make sure single mode 52 does not appear in the LCDs 28 of both players Follow all directions for single track FLIP FLOP above When one player s disc ends the other player will immediately begin playback Note You may combine FLIP FLOP single and cont...

Page 28: ...epaired or serviced by anyone other than the American Audio factory unless prior written authorization was issued to purchaser by American Audio if the product is damaged because not properly maintained as set forth in the instruction manual D This is not a service contract and this warranty does not include maintenance cleaning or peri odic check up During the period specified above American Audi...

Page 29: ...ohm ITEM TYPICAL LIMIT CONDITION Output level 2V 0 5dB 2V 1dB 1KHz 0dB Channel balance within 0 2dB within 1dB 1KHz 0dB Frequency response 17 20KHz 0 4dB 17 20KHz 1dB 0dB output De emphasis response 20dB 0 2dB 20dB 1dB 16KHz 20dB Channel separation 2 93dB 85dB 1KHz 0dB T H D NOISE 1 0 006 0 01 1KHz 0dB S N ratio IHF A 2 130dB 90dB 1KHz 0dB Digital Output Level 0 5 0 03V P P 0 5 0 1V P P 75Ohm Load...

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