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control when the CD is in pause or cue modes

allowing you to set a cue point.

B. The inner wheel also works as a pitch bend

during playback. Turning the wheel clockwise

will increase the pitch percentage up to 16%,

and turning the wheel in the counterclockwise

direction will decrease the pitch percentage up

to -16%. The pitch bend will be determined on

how fast you turn the wheel.

8. SHUTTLE WHEEL - (OUTER RING) This wheel

has two (2) forward and two (2) reverse speed posi-

tions for speed searching through tracks. The more

you turn the wheel in either direction, the faster you

search.

9. 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 Green Backlit LED will glow,

and while in pause mode the Green Backlit LED will

flash.

10.CUE - Pressing the CUE button during play pro-

vides a return to the position at which play was

started. If a new cue point is set during playback,

pressing the CUE BUTTON will return to you to the

new cue point (see setting a CUE POINT, page 13).

The backlit red CUE LED will flash twice every time

a new CUE POINT has been set. The red CUE

LED will also glow when the player is in CUE

MODE indicating the player is in the ready condi-

tion. The CUE button can be held down to momen-

tarily play the CD. When you release the CUE but-

ton it instantly returns to the CUE POINT. You can

also tap the CUE button to create a BOP EFFECT

(for definition of BOP EFFECT, see page 5).

11. TRACK BUTTON - This buttons is used

to select your desired track. Tapping this button will

back skip on track, holding down this button will

rapidly BACK SKIP through the tracks on your CD.

12.IN REAL TIME CUE BUTTON (IN/R. CUE)-

“CUE “ON THE FLY” - This function allows you to

set a CUE POINT (see CUE POINT page 11) with-

out interruption of music (“on the fly”). This button

also sets the beginning of a seamless loop (see

SEAMLESS LOOP).

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13.(+) PITCH BEND Button - The (+) pitch

bend function creates a momentary “BUMP” in

the CD’s BPM’s (Beats per minute) while it is

playing. This will allow you to match the beats

between two playing CD’s or any other music

source. Remember, this is a momentary func-

tion. When you remove your finger from this but-

ton, the BPM’s will automatically return to PITCH

SLIDERS (18) selected pitch. Holding down this

button will give a maximum of +16% pitch.

14.OUT/EXIT - Used to set the ending point of a

loop. When starting a loop by pressing the IN/R.

CUE (12), pressing the OUT/EXIT button will

play the loop continuously. To exit the loop,

press the OUT/EXIT button again.

15. TRACK BUTTON - This buttons is

used to select your desired track. Tapping this

button will forward skip to the next track, holding

down this button will rapidly forward skip through

the tracks on your CD.

16. RELOOP BUTTON - If a SEAMLESS

LOOP has been made (see setting a SEAM-

LESS LOOP on page 11), but the CD Player is

not actively in SEAMLESS LOOP mode (a loop

is not playing), pressing the RELOOP BUTTON

will instantly reactivate the SEAMLESS LOOP

mode. To exit loop, press the OUT/EXIT BUT-

TON (14). LOOP and RELOOP will appear in

the LCD DISPLAY (21) when the RELOOP

function is available.

17. BOP - This function will instantly play the

last set cue point during playback without inter-

ruption of music. Use this function to create a

stutter effect.

18. PITCH SLIDER - This slider is used to adjust

the pitch percentage of disk loaded in the unit.

Use this slider to match the BPM’s of this unit to

that of another music source. As where the (-)

and (+) pitch bends are momentary pitch adjust-

ments the slider is a set adjustment and will

remain set until the pitch slider is moved or the

pitch function has been turned off. This adjust-

ment can be made with or without a disk in the

tray. This adjustment will remain if a disk has

been remove. That is to say, if you set a +2%

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