Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Q-SD del fabbricante American Audio
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Q-SD "Q" ST ART MIXER & SD CARD PLA YER "EASY , F AST , & RELIABLE" 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles Ca. 90040 www .AmericanAudio.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 2 MAIN FEA TURES....................................................................................................................................2 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS...
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 3 NOTE: This pr oduct satisfies FCC r egulations when shielded cables and connectors ar e used to con- nect the unit to other equipment.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 4 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is .
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 5 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.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 6 Intr oductions: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® Q-SD mixer . This mixer is a repr esentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to produce the best and high- est quality audio products possible at an affor dable price.
QUICK ST A RT : A merican Audio ® wo uld lik e to thank y ou for your purchase of this great audio product. For those o f y ou that don 't ha v e the time t o read the entire use r manual we hav e com piled t hese quick star t instructions.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 8 Q - SD FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 1 . MICROPHONE 1 - This combo jack will accept a standard 1/4 plug or XLR 3-pin balanced male plug. The volume output level for this microphone will be controlled by its o wn respectiv e VOL UME KNOB (22).
allowing for a maximum treble gain of + 1 2dB or maximum decrease of -30dB. Turning the knob in a counter-clockwise direction will decrease the amount of treble applied to a channel signal, turning the knob in a clockwise direction will increase the amount of treble applied to a channel signal.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 10 Q - SD FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . either hear more or less of either of the two levels. T urning the Cue Mixing knob to the CUE position (left) will allow you to hear more of the Cue level.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 11 Q - SD FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . However, master volume is controlled by the MASTER VOLUME CONTROL (5).
Q - SD S D P LA Y ER - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 12 25 26 36 35 34 33 31 30 29 27 32 37 28 25.
ing SD’ s or any other music source. Remember , this is a momentary function. When you remove your finger fr om this button, the BPM’ s will automatically r eturn to PITCH SLIDERS (26) selected pitch. Holding down this button will give a maximum of +16% pitch.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 14 38. CUE INDICA TOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. 39. FOLDER INDICA TOR - This will indicate which folder you are in.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 15 Q-SD R E AR P AN E L - C ON T R OL S A N D FU N C TI O N S 52. GND (GROUND TERMINAL) - Be sure to connect turntable ground leads to either or both of the two available ground terminals.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 16 Q - SD REAR P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . to these jacks when the LINE LEVEL SELECTOR SWITCH (55) is in the “P.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 17 Q - SD REAR P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . 67. TRIM OUTPUT - This knob is used to adjust the maximum voltage output level. Output voltage wil range from 0v ~ 9v . This function may be used to limit the maximum siganl output level.
Q - SD S D PL A YE R B AS I C OP E R A TI O N S Figure 1: T o eject the SD Card pr ess the SD Card "in" until it "pops" out. Remeber: When loading a SD Car d always load the card with the label facing you and the contacts ar e facing down and away .
6. STOPPING PLA YBACK - Figures 4 & 5 Stopping playback will not stop the r eading mecha- nism, but merely pause or cue the track, this func- tion allows the unit to begin play instantly . The read- ing mechanism will only stop if a SD Car d is ejected.
7. FRAME SEARCH This feature allows you to scroll through a track frame by frame, allowing you to find and set a starting cue or loop point. T o use the scroll function you must first be in Pause Mode (see section 4) or Cue Mode (see section 5).
Press the IN BUTTON (35) . This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP . The IN BUTTON (35) LED will blink. Press PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (33) to activate playback mode. Figure 10 Figure 9 9. CREA TING AND PLA YING A SEAMLESS LOOP A seamless loop is a sound loop that plays continuously without sound interruption.
10. EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a SEAMLESS LOOP , press the OUT BUTTON (35) . The IN BUTTON (35) and OUT BUTTON (35) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music play- back will resume normal play (Figur e 12). The IN BUTTON (35) and OUT BUTTON (35) LEDs will remain on to remind you that a loop is stored.
4. Pressing the ADV . TRACK BUTTON (27) at anytime, will cancel this function. 13. ADV ANCE TRACK SEARCH Y ou can nd the desired track you would like to play next time during the playback/pause. 1. Press the ADV . TRACK BUTTON (27) to enter advance track search mode.
REPEA T : Enter PRESET mode, and then tur n the FOLDER KNOB (37) until REPEA T is displayed. Press the FOLDER KNOB (37) to toggle REPEA T between ON or OFF .
FIRMW ARE VERSION: Enter PRESET mode, and then tur n the FOLDER KNOB (37) until VER.XXXXXX is displayed. "X's" are the version number . Once you have seen the version number you can press the FOLDER KNOB (37) to exit PRESET mode.
Figure 28 Using the Pitch slider (26): Be sure the pitch function has been engaged as described above. T o use the PITCH SLIDER (26) slide the slider up and down. Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch. Q - SD P I TC H A D JU S T ME N T S 1.
2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH SLIDER (26) adjustment this function will momentarily incr ease or decr ease a tracks speed during playback. T o operate this function use the (-) & (+) PITCH BEND BUTTONS (29). The maximum pitch bend percentage allowed is +/- 16%.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 28 This image details a typical DJ Set Up consisting of a microphone, turn- tables, CD players, and a tape deck. Note: T urntables can only be connected to the PHONO LEVEL RCA JACKS .
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 29 Q - SD TYPICAL MIXER SET -UP Balanced XLR male to XLR female Cables American Audio V4001™ T ypical Balanced Output Set-up This image details a typical stereo output layout.
"FLIP-FLOP" (RELA Y) CONNECTED TO A "Q" ST ART MIXER Q - SD " F LI P - FL O P " SE T U P IN S T R UC T I ON S © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 30 After these connections are made please see the Flip-Flop instructions in your American Audio CD player user manual.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 31 Due to fog residue, smoke, and dust, cleaning the mixer should be carried out periodically to r esidue build up. 1. Use normal glass cleaner and a soft cloth to wipe down the outside casing.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 32 Q - S D T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G T rouble Shooting: Listed below are common pr oblems you may encounter , and solutions. There is no power to the unit: 1. Be sure you have connected the power cor d to a correct wall outlet.
1-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. American Audio ® hereby warrants, to the original purchaser , American Audio ® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 Y ear (365 days) fr om the date of purchase.
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 34 Q - SD T E CH N I CA L S P E CI F I CA TI O N S Model: Q-SD 4 Channel Mixer/ SD Player POWER SUPPL Y : Dual V oltage: AC .
© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-SD Instruction Manual Page 35 Microphone Equalizer: BASS: +12 +/-2dB, -22 +/-2dB at 100Hz TREBLE: +12 +/-2dB, -15 +/-2dB at 10KHz Channel Equalizer: BA.
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