American Audio Media Operator manual

Featuring: User Guide and Refer ence Manual 6122 S. Eastern Ave Los Angeles Ca. 90040 www .americanaudio.us 5/08 Media Operator Professional USB & SD Card Player "EASY , F AST , & RELIABLE"[...]

CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 2 FEA TURES.................. ................................................. ........................................................................2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS................................................................................[...]

NOTE: This unit may cause interference to radio and television r eception. CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MA Y RESUL T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA TION EXPOSURE THE PLA YER SHOULD NOT BE ADJUSTED OR REP AIRED BY ANYONE EXCEPT PROPERL Y QUALIFIED SER VICE PERSONNEL. CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT USE THIS [...]

ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO 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 an equilateral triangle, [...]

I. Read Instructions - All the safety and oper ating instructions should be read befor e the before the Media Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for futur e refer ence. 2. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the Media Player and in the operating instructions should be adher ed to. 3. W ater and Moisture - The play[...]

Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® Media Operator™. This media player is a r epresentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to produce the best and high- est quality audio products possible at an affor dable price. Please read and understand this manual completely befor e attempting to ope[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 7 1. Checking the Contents Be sur e your Media Operator™ was shipped with the following: 1) Media Operator™ 2) Operating Instructions (This Booklet) 3) A Set of Stereo RCA Cables 4) W arranty card 5) SD Card and SD Car d Reader 2. Installing the Units 1) Pl[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 8 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. MEDIA PLA YER (FIGURE 1) 1. SOURCE SELECT BUTTON - Pr ess this button to toggle between the USB port or SD Car d slot. The related LED will be lit when the playback source is selected. The USB port LED glows red, and the SD C[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 9 LCD. T ur n the knob to scr oll backward and forward thr ough tracks and folders. Pushing and turning this knob will allow you to skip 10 tracks ahead or back, per "click" of the knob. Push this knob to display the artist, bitrate, title name, genre[...]

BPM’ s (Beats per minute) while it is playing. This will allow you to match the beats between two play- ing song's or any other music source. Remember , this is a momentary function. When you remove your finger from this button, the BPM’ s will automatically return to normal. Holding down this button will incr ease the pitch to whatever th[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 11 24. AUDIO OUT R & L - The Master Output includes a pair XLR BALANCED JACKS (25) as well as a pair of RCA Unbalanced Jacks. The RCA jacks send a low current unbalanced output signal. U se these jacks to send standard audio to a mixer or receiver . The red[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 12 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) D. LCD DISPLA Y P ANEL (FIGURE 3) 27 . 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. 28. FOLDER INDICA TOR - This will indicate which folder you[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 13 Figure 8: T urning the TRACK KNOB (6) clock- wise will take you to the next track. BASIC OPERA TIONS Figure 4: T o eject the SD Card pr ess the SD Card "in" until it "pops" out. T o disconnect a USB drive, stop playback and "pull out[...]

5. STOPPING PLA YBACK - Figur es 9 & 10 Stopping playback will not stop the read- ing mechanism, but mer ely pause or cue the track, this function allows the unit to begin play instantly . There are two ways to stop (pause) playback: 1) Press the PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (14) dur - ing playback. This will pause playback at the exact same point the P[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 15 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 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 (s[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 16 Press the IN BUTTON (8). This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP . The IN BUTTON LED will blink. Press PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON (14) to acti- vate playback mode. Figure 15 Figure 14 BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) 9. CREA TING AND PLA YING A SEAMLESS LOO[...]

BASIC OPERA TIONS (CONT .) © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 17 10. EXITING A LOOP - T o exit a SEAMLESS LOOP , press the OUT BUTTON (8). The IN BUTTON and OUT BUTTON LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music playback will resume normal play . The but- ton LEDs will remain on to remind[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 18 4. Pressing the ADV . TRACK BUTTON (18) at anytime, will cancel this function. 13. ADV ANCE TRACK SEARCH Y ou can nd the desired track you would like to play during the playback/pause. 1. Press the ADV . TRACK BUTTON (18) to enter advance track search mod[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 19 14. PRESET MENU: The Media Operator has a PRESET MENU where you can access AUTO MUTE, AUTO T ALK OVER, RESET ALL, or you can "display" the FIRMWARE VERISION. Press and hold the FOLDER KNOB (5) for 2 secs. to enter PRESET mode. T urn the FOLDER KNOB[...]

Figure 28 Figure 29 VIEW THE TITLE CONTENT : Y ou are able to view the ARTIST , BIT RA TE, TITLE NAME, and FILE NAME of the current song playing. T o view this information pr ess the TRACK KNOB (6 ). PRESET MENU (CONT .) FIRMW ARE VERSION: Enter PRESET MENU, and then tur n the FOLDER KNOB (5) until VXX.XX is displayed. "X's" are the [...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 21 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS Figure 32 Using the PITCH KNOB (11): Be sure the pitch function has been activated as described above. T o use the PITCH KNOB (11) tur n the knob either clockwise or counter -clockwise. Clockwise will increase the pitch and counter -clockwi[...]

PITCH ADJUSTMENTS (CONT .) 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH KNOB (11) adjustment this function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks speed during playback. T o operate the PITCH BEND use the (-) & (+) PITCH BEND BUTTONS (12). The maximum pitch bend per centage allowed by PITCH BUTTONS (12) is +/-16%. The pitch bend function will work[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 23 ADDING MUSIC TO YOUR MEDIA DEVICE When adding music to your SD Card, USB Stick or Exteran Har d Drive the les must be in Mp3 format. Make a folder for each artist, this will make it easier for you to nd your desired songs. The file format is Mp3 only .[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 24 W ARRA NTY INFOR MA TION: Th e MEDIA OPERA TOR™ carri es a ONE year (365 days ) limit ed warra nty. This warranty cove rs parts and labor . Plea se fill out the enclo sed warran ty card to validat e your pu rchase an d warranty . All return ed servic e ite[...]

© American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Media Operator™ Instruction Manual Page 25 GENERAL Model: American Audio® Media Operator™ - Pr ofessional SD Player , USB Stick, or Exter nal Hard Drive player T ype: SD Car d and USB audio player . Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, Pitch Bend: +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, Pitch Accuracy: +[...]

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