Numark CDN 36 manual

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    CDN 36 PROFESSIONAL DUAL CD PLAYER OWNER’S MANUAL ©2002 Industries http://www.numark.com[...]

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    CDN 36 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS a) Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instruction s should be read before this product is conne cted and used. b) Retain Instr uctions - The safety and operating in structions should be kept for future reference . c) Heed Warnings - All w arnings on this product a nd in these opera ting instructions should b[...]

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    CDN 36 ® CDN 36 PROFESSIONAL DUAL CD PLAYER CONGRATULATIONS... You have just purchased a CD play er designed specifi cally for the professional DJ. T his unit has been designed to provide CD mixi ng with ease and creativity that ma ximizes your skills. Please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the CDN 36 by re ading the follow ing inf[...]

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    CDN 36 TABLE OF CONTENTS Safety Instructions 2 Introduction and Registration 3 Set-up & Connections 5 Description of the Features Face Panel 6 Rear Panel 8 Display 9 Basic Operation Play, Pause and Cue Operations 10 Relay Play, Fader Start, Remote Switch Start 11 Looping 12 BPM Counter 15 Matching the Tempo 16 Beat Matching Using Pitch Bend 16 [...]

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    CDN 36 SETUP & CONNECTIONS Typical connection with a mixer is illustrated below. 1. Mount the units in your console or rack with 19” EIA rails. 2. The transport should be mounted not to exceed an angl e of 15 degrees. 3. Your CD player can be affected by excess vibration so mount the units in a secure environmen t if possib le. 4. Connect the[...]

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    CDN 36 FRONT PANEL FEATURES 1. Open/Close: Press to load or eject the disc. The tray will no t open if a disc is in play. The tray door will automatically close in 30 seconds if left open. This is to protect the tray from accidental damage while open. 2. Single: Allows the unit to play back just one track at a time (single) or play continuously thr[...]

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    CDN 36 13. Jog Wheel: Cue Function: As explained under “CUE”, when the music is pa used and you rotate the wheel, music will sound. By pressing play a new cue point is set. Search Function: As explained under “SEARCH KNOB”, when search is pressed and you rotate the wheel , the music will rapidly scan the music to find a cue poin t. Pitch Be[...]

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    CDN 36 REAR PANEL FEATURES 26. Control Cable Connector- Plug in the 8-pin cable included in here to connect the remote control and main CD unit together 27. IEC Power Plug Connector - Plug your supplied power cord in here. 28. Voltage Selector - Set this switch to the voltage for your location. 29. RCA Audio Connectors - Connect your CD player to y[...]

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    CDN 36 DISPLAY FEATURES 1. CUE - Flashing when the unit is setting a cue point. Lit continuously when the unit is paused at a cue point. 2. PAUSE ( II )- Active when the uni t is paused. 3. PLAY ( > )- Active while the unit is actually playing a CD. 4. TRACK - Shows the track that the unit is playing. 5. TOTAL – indicate s when tot al CD remai[...]

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    CDN 36 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAY/PAUSE AND CUE OPERATIONS PLAY & CUE Pressing the “PLAY/PAUSE” button starts the disc. Pressing th e “CUE” button will reset the disc to the last place where the disc was started. This is called the cue point. By alternately pressing the “PLAY/PAUSE” button and the “CUE” button, the disc may be retu[...]

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    CDN 36 RELAY PLAY 1. Insert CDs into both of the units. 2. Press the “RELAY” button. 3. Press play on the first unit. When that unit stops play it will send a signal to the second unit to start pl ay. You will see the second unit start play and the first unit pa use. When unit 2 has completed play unit 1 will start. Note: The play signal is sen[...]

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    CDN 36 LOOPING OPERATIONS LOOPING A loop is any area of a CD that yo u choose to repeat with no breaks. LOOP IN The “LOOP IN” point is where you wish for the loop to start. You will notice the “LOOP IN” button will be lit every time you put in a new CD. Thi s is becaus e the init ial “CUE” po int of th e CD is also the default “LOOP I[...]

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    CDN 36 MOVING LOOP IN POINT The “LOOP IN” point can be moved while the music is pl aying just by pressing at the new desired point. The next time “LOOP OUT” is reached the CD will return to this new “LOOP IN” point. If is pressed after the “LOOP OUT” po int it will clear the “LOOP OUT” point. The “LOOP IN” point can also be [...]

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    CDN 36 RELOOP/STUTTER This button performs 2 different functions depending on loop setting. RELOOP This is on ly possib le if “LOOP ” points have been previous ly set and the CD is playing be yond the “LO OP OUT” point. The “RELOOP” function automatically returns the music to the “LOOP IN” point and will play the loop until it is re[...]

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    CDN 36 USING THE BPM DISPLAY FEATURE Press the BPM button to select the BPM feat ure on the display on the side of the CD player that you wish to set. Tap the Counter button to the beat of the music. You will see the BPM number appear in the display. The more times you tap the more accu rate your number will be. When you adjust the pitch slider the[...]

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    CDN 36 MATCHING THE BEATS PER MINUTE (BPM) Match the tempo by monitoring the music of both PLAYER 1 and PLAYER 2 by ear or using the manual BPM counter and adjusting the pitch. When the tempo of the music of the selected CD player is slow compared to th e tempo of the other player, move the slider to the “+” side and match the tempo. When faste[...]

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    CDN 36 EXAMPLE OF MIXING USING TWO CD PLAYERS While play ing a disc o n PLAYER 1 lo ad a disc in to PLAYER 2 and sele ct your next t rack, match it s pitch to the track playing on PLAYER1 and when you are ready use the crossfader on your mixer to fade from PLAYER 1 to PLAYER 2. Load a disc in PLAYER 1 and select the track and press PLAY. Load a dis[...]

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    CDN 36 BEFORE SWITCHING OFF THE POWER When you have finished using the CD player, be sure that the di sc tray is closed with the “OPEN/CLOSE” button before switching off the power. DO NOT switch off the power when the disc holder is open. Switch off the power after the disc holder has been closed with the “OPEN/CLOSE” button TROUBLESHOOTING[...]

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    CDN 36 SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL Disc Type Standard Compact discs (12 cm & 8 cm) Time Display Track Elapsed, Track Remain, or Total remain Quantization 1 bit linear/Channel, 3 Beam Laser Oversampling rate 8 Times Sampling Frequency 44.1 kHz Frequency response 20 Hz to 20 kHz T.H.D. + NOISE Less Than 0.01% S/N ratio (IHF-A) > 90 dB Channel sep[...]

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    ® Professional Disc Jockey Products LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY 1. What is covered and for how long? NUMARK INDUSTRIES LCC ("NUMARK") warrants to the orig inal purchaser that NUMARK'S DJ Mixers, Amplifiers, CD players, turntabl es, preamplifiers, b eatkeepers, equa lizers, micropho nes, headphones , and all other acc essories are free [...]