Encore 1000 Featuring: User Guide and Reference Manual 3/11
CONTENTS IMPORTANT INFORMATION..................................................................................................................3 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS................................................................................................................4 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.......................................................................................................................5 UNPACKING.................................................................................
IMPORTANT INFORMATION IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR U.S.A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser. It is recommended for use in a room at the following temperature: 41˚F - 95˚F / 5˚C - 35˚C WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS CD PLAYER TO WATER OR MOISTURE CAUTION: 1. Handle the power supply cord carefully. Do not damage or deform; it may cause electric shock or malfunction when used. Hold plug attachment when removing from wall outlet.
ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER (OR BACK).
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS I. Read Instructions - All the safety and oper- ating instructions should be read before you operate the system. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future reference. The serial and model number for this unit is located on the rear panel. Please write down the numbers here and retain for future reference. 2. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the system and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. Serial No._____________________________ 3.
UNPACKING Every Encore 1000 System has been thoroughly 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 system for any damage and be sure all equipment necessary to operate the system has arrived intact. In the event damage has been found or parts are missing, please contact our toll free customer support number for further instructions.
MAIN FEATURES • Plays Mp3, CD, and CD-R Discs • Auto cue • Sleep Mode (c) • Selectable Single or Continuous Play • 1/75th second frame search • Real time cue (“Cue on the Fly”) • Pitch display • Digital RCA coaxial output • Fader “Q” Start Control (a) • 20 Sec.
SET-UP Checking the Contents Be sure your Encore 1000 was shipped with the following: 1) Encore 1000 Professional CD player/mixer 2) Operating instructions (this booklet) 3) Warranty card 4) Power Cord CAUTION: • To avoid severe damage to the unit, be sure the power is off when making connections to the unit. System Power Up Sequence: 1. Turn ON the Encore 1000. 2. Next turn ON your speakers. System Power Up Sequence with connected mixer, amp, active speakers, or external device: 1.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS CD PLAYER Figure 3 1 2 3 4 16 15 14 5 13 6 12 11 7 8 10 9 A. PLAYER CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 1. EJECT BUTTON - Pressing this will open/close the CD tray. The eject function can only happen when the unit is in pause or cue mode, this is to prevent accidentally ejecting the disc when in play mode. 2. FOLDER BUTTON - This button is used to toggle between folders and tracks. Press this button to show the folder that is playing in the LCD.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) CD PLAYER say, if you set a +2% pitch on one disc, remove that disc and insert another, that disc too will have a +2% pitch. The amount of pitch being applied will be displayed in the LCD (16). 6. PITCH ON/OFF BUTTON - This button is used to switch the pitch function on and off. When the button LED is lit the PITCH SLIDER (5) is active. When the button LED is not lit, the PITCH SLIDER (5) is not active. The pitch percentage can be changed between 4%, 8%, 16%, 100%.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) CD PLAYER the OUT BUTTON (10). LOOP will appear in the LCD DISPLAY (16) when the RELOOP function is available. 11. 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 blue play LED will glow, and while in pause mode the blue play LED will flash. 12. SCRATCH BUTTON - This button is used to activate and deactivate the Scratch effect. 13.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) MIXER Figure 4 17 18 19 29 28 20 27 26 21 22 23 24 25 B. MIXER CONTROLS (FIGURE 4) 17.SOURCE SELECTOR SWITCH - These switches are used to select the input source assigned to each channel. Each channel may only be assigned one input source at a time. 18. AUX INPUT - This Aux input is for the use of a Mp3 player. Input volume will be controlled by the channel two fader. 19.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) MIXER for a maximum midrange gain of +12dB or maximum decrease of -30dB. Turning the knob in a counter-clockwise direction will decrease the amount of midrange applied to a channel signal, turning the knob in a clockwise direction will increase the amount of midrange applied to a channel signal. BASS CONTROL - This knob is used to adjust the low frequency levels of a channel allowing for a maximum bass gain of +12dB or maximum signal decrease of -30dB.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) FRONT & REAR PANEL Figure 5 30 31 39 40 32 38 36 37 34 35 33 Figure 6 C. FRONT PANEL (FIGURE 5) 30. TRANSPORT TRAY 1 - This tray is used to load and unload a compact disc. The tray is opened and closed by pressing the OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (1). Never attempt to force the transport tray open or closed when the power is turned off. 31. HEADPHONE JACK - This jack is used to connect your headphones to the mixer allowing you to monitor the cue source.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) FRONT & REAR PANEL 35. LINE 2 INPUT JACKS - DO NOT CONNECT TURNTABLES TO THESE JACKS! CD players, Tape Decks and other line level instruments may be connected to these jacks. The red colored RCA jack represents the right channel input and the white represents the left channel input. Input volume will be controlled by channel two fader. The channel SOURCE SELECTOR SWITCH (17) must be in the "Line 2" position, to monitor any source connected to these jacks. 36.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) 41 42 43 CD PLAYER LCD 44 Figure 7 45 58 57 46 56 55 54 47 48 49 50 E. LCD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 7) 53 52 51 41. CUE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE or PAUSE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. 42. FOLDER INDICATOR - This indicator details the current selected folder. 43. TIME BAR INDICATOR - This bar gives a visual approximation of a track's or disc's remaining time.
INTERNAL MENU Hold TIME BUTTON (3) for 3 seconds to enter the internal menu. Use the TRACK BUTTONS (15) or turn the JOG WHEEL (9) to scroll through the different menus and press the +10 BUTTON (15) to enter the corresponding submenu. Press the TRACK BUTTONS (15) or turn the JOG WHEEL (9) to change the submenus and press TIME BUTTON to memorize your settings in any operating mode and exit the menu. 1. Sensitivity – Touch Wheel Sensitivity Adjustment (Adjustment range is -20~+20.
BASIC OPERATIONS 1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS The Encore 1000 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 OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON (1), see Figure 8. CAUTION: • NEVER attempt to load any other objects besides 3" and 5" CDs. • NEVER attempt to load more than one disc at a time.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 11 Load an audio CD as describe on page 18 (LOADING/EJECTING DISCS). Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (11) with an audio CD loaded will immediately start playback. The PLAY (58) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins. The point at which playback starts (cue point) will automatically be stored in the memory as the cue point. The unit will return to this cue point (the point at which playback started) when the CUE BUTTON (13) is pressed. 4.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 8. SETTING A CUE POINT A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLAY/PAUSE button (11) is pressed. You may set your cue points anywhere on a disc or in a track. There are three (3) ways to set and create a CUE point as detailed in figures 14, 15, and 16. 1) You may press the IN BUTTON (10) on the fly (while the disc is playing). This will set a CUE Point without music interruption.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 9. CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLESS LOOP A seamless loop is a sound loop that plays continuously without sound interruption. You can use this loop to create dramatic effect in your mixing. This loop has no time limit and you could actually loop the entire length of disc. You create a seamless loop between two continuous points of a disc. 1) Press PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (11) to activate playback mode. Figure 17 2) Press the IN BUTTON (10).
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) REPLAY LOOP - The RELOOP function allows you to return to your stored loop at any time. The IN BUTTON (10) and OUT BUTTON (10) LEDs will indicate a loop is stored in memory, and may be played at any time. To replay the loop, press the RELOOP BUTTON (10). The IN BUTTON (10) and OUT BUTTON (10) LEDs will again begin to flash indicating SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated and your loop will immediately begin to play. Figure 21 10.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS PITCH ADJUSTMENTS: You can activate the PITCH SLIDER (5) by pressing the PITCH ON/OFF BUTTON (6). When the button LED is lit, the PITCH SLIDER (5) is active and the pitch can be adjusted. When the button LED is not lit PITCH SLIDER (5) is not active. The different pitch adjustments allow a track's or a loop's playback speed to be manipulated. This speed manipulation is commonly used to beat match between two or more music sources such as a turntable or another CD player.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS Adjusting the PITCH SLIDER'S RANGE: You may change the PITCH SLIDER'S (5) operating range at any time. To change the operating range be sure the pitch function is turned on, see figure 24. The pitch percentage can be changed between +/-4%, +/-8%, +/-16%, & 100%. 4% will allow the least amount of pitch manipulation and 100% will allow the most amount of pitch manipulation.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS 3. JOG WHEEL (9): The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode. Rotating the wheel in a clockwise direction will increase your track pitch and rotating the wheel in a counter-clockwise direction will slow your track pitch. The speed you rotate the JOG WHEEL will determine pitch bend percentage (%).
ACCESSING MP3 FOLDERS ACCESS MP3 FOLDERS : Use this function to access the different folders (files) located on your Mp3 disc. 1) Press the FOLDER BUTTON (2) so that the FOLDER LED lights up. The artist and song title should appear in the CHARACTER DISPLAY (52) and the Folder number will appear in the FOLDER INDICATOR (42). Figure 30 2) Now, press the TRACK BUTTONS (15) to scroll forward or backwards through the folders. Figure 31 ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.
MIXER SET-UP CASSETTE DECK This image details a typical DJ Set Up consisting of a microphone, Mp3 player, CD players, and a tape deck. Note: Turntables cannot be connected to the ENCORE 1000. ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.
MIXER SET-UP American Audio V4001™ Speaker Cables Typical Balanced Output Set-up This image details a typical stereo output layout. Note the use of the Balanced XLR Jacks on both the mixer and the amplifier. Always use the balanced output jacks whenever possible. The balanced output jacks should always be used for cable runs in excess of 15 feet. Using the balanced jacks will ensure a clean signal through out the entire audio system. ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.
CROSSFADER REPLACEMENT The crossfader is “Hot Swapable” which means it may be replaced at any time, even when power is applied. Only replace with American Audio Part Feather Fader Plus. Replacing with any other model fader may seriously damage your mixer. Please, always use insulated tools. Replacing the Crossfader: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Using a Phillips screw driver, unscrew the six stainless steel retainer screws that hold the mixer face plate in place. Gently remove the crossfader knob.
WARRANTY WARRANTY INFORMATION: The ENCORE 1000 carries a ONE year (365 days) limited war- ranty. This warranty covers parts and labor. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase and warranty. All returned service items whether under warranty or not, must be freight pre-paid and accompany a return authorization (R.A.) number. If the unit is under warranty, you must provide a copy of your proof of purchase invoice.
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Type: Disc type: Pitch Range: Pitch Accuracy: Dimensions: Installation: Weight: Power supply: Power consumption: Environmental conditions: Accessories: Model: American Audio Encore 1000 - Professional DUAL CD Player/Mixer Tray loading, digital compact disc audio player. Standard size compact discs only (5 in/12 cm and 3in/8cm) Applicable File Extenstions for Mp3s: mp3, MP3, mP3, and Mp3 Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16% (+/-100% for CDDA) +/-0.
SPECIFICATIONS Below -32dB at 1KHz TREBLE: +12 +/-2dB at 13KHz, Below -32dB at 13KHz Fader Maximum Attenuation: Channel Fader: More than 75dB at 1KHz Crossfader: More than 70dB at 1KHz CD PLAYER SECTION AUDIO CHARACTERISTICS (EQ Flat, Input Gain/Master/Fader Maximum) Output level -8dBV (0.4V) +/-2dB (TCD-782 TRK16, Max. Input Gain) T.H.D. + NOISE Less than 0.
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