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prepr ogr ammed cue p oin t. Th is s tutte r effe ct a dd s e x tr a cre a ti vity to you r
perf orm a n c e.
LOO P EDIT: W hen a lo op is pr ogrammed, press the R ELOO P/STU TTER butto n
fo r a b out 2 se co nds t o e nte r “loo p edit” mo de . N o w y ou a re a ble to cha ng e the
e ndpo int of the loo p. Se e cha pte r “Ho w to use…” fo r mo re info rmati on .
6. CUE button: Pressi ng th e C UE bu tt o n dur ing p l a yback prov ide s a n imme dia te re turn
to the po siti on a t which pla yba c k wa s starte d. P la yb ack sta rts imm ed ia tel y f rom t he
pro gra mme d c ue po int fo r a s l o ng a s th e CUE butto n is p re s se d. T he CD pla ye r j umps
ba ck t o the cue poi nt as so on as the CUE b utto n is rele ase d. Also with t he uni t in
pa use mo de (Pla y/P au s e LED blinks) the se arch a nd/or jo g w he e l i s u sed to set a
di ffe rent start po int. By pre s sin g "PLA Y/PAUSE" butto n t he n "CUE", you ca n co nfi rm
this ne w cue po int.
7. SCR A TCH bu tton: Use d to put the MCD2 00 i n scra tc h mod e. Thi s op ti on give s yo u
the p ossi bility to scratch a ny t rack on the CD in r e al ti me . You c a n use the sc ra t ch
functi o n i n bo th pla y a nd pa use mod e:
I n play mo de: Th e music pl ay s no rma ll y un t il you turn the b ig j o g whe el (20).
W hile ma ni pul a tin g the j og whe e l(20 ), the scra tch e ffect i s au dib le. Once th e jo g
whe e l i s stop pe d , t he music cont inu es pl a yin g fro m the po int whe re you stop pe d
turni ng it.
I n p au se mod e: the music is pa used f o r a s long a s the jog whe e l(20) isn ’t mo ve d.
W he n yo u start ma ni pula t ing the jog whe e l(20), th e scratch e ffe ct is a udible . On c e
the j o g wh ee l is s top ped, t he music stop s pla yi ng a nd w ai ts i n p au s e mo de .
NOT E: during scra tch mode you can sw itch be tw een pl ay and pause mode by simply pre ssing the
PLAY/PAUSE button(8)
8. PLA Y/ P A USE bu tt on: ev ery time y o u pre ss the PLAY/PAU SE button the CD pla ye r
cha nge s fro m pla y to pau se o r fr o m pa use t o pl a y. The b utto n bl inks as lo ng a s t he
pl ay er i s s e t to pa use .
9. MEM OR Y Bu tt on: is u s e d to stor e cue po ints a nd lo o ps to the Ho t C ue b utton s and to
the perma ne nt c ue me mo ry:
S torin g to HOT CUE bu tton s: Pre s s t he MEMO RY butto n sh ort ly to prepare t he
MCD2 00 fo r storing a cue po int or lo op to one of the 4 HOT CUE buttons.
S torin g to perman en t memory: Pre ss t he M EMORY butto n un ti l i t s tarts f la shing
a nd t he LC D d ispl a y sh ows “ SAVI NG”. The co nten ts o f the HO T CUE b u tton s fo r
this C D are s tored to pe rma ne nt memo ry.
Lo o k fu rthe r in th is man ua l for mo re informa tio n o n h ow to u s e t hese functi ons.
10. O PEN/ CLOSE button: pre ss thi s butt on to ope n a nd clo se the disc tr a y in t he f ron t of
t he M CD200. This b utto n is d isab led during pl ay ba ck . I f t he tray is n o t c lo sed a fter
60se c. I t will clo se a uto ma tical ly to prev en t dama ge .
11. LCD DI S PL A Y: Sho ws a ll impo rtan t info rma ti o n ne e de d d ur ing pl ay ba ck. Refe r to the
ne x t c ha pte r for mo re informa tio n.
12. PI T CH RA NGE Butto n: Eve ry time yo u p ress this but to n, you w ill c han ge the scale of
the spe ed s lid er (15). On no rma l a udi o C Ds yo u ca n sele c t + / -4%, +/-8%, +/-16% a nd
+/- 100%. Th e +/- 100 % op tio n is not av ail ab le on MP 3 CDs.
13. PI TCH LO CK Bu t ton : (Ma st e r te mpo ) a c tiva tes th e P itch L o c k functi on . Thi s functi on
a llo ws yo u to m a ke a dj ust me nts to a t racks spe ed u s in g the p itc h co ntrol with ou t
a lter ing it s to nal pitch. This button turns red whe n the Pi tc h Lo ck is on.
NOT E: be in formed that the pi tch lock function has it s limi tations. From a certain spee d devia tion
(depe nds on the mu sic style) the pitch lock w on’t be a ble to keep t he same pitch anymore . First you w i ll
hear a small d istortion that b e comes mo re i mpo rtant a t h igh er sp eed deviatio ns. Thi s is n ot al w a ys a
disad vantag e: at ve ry lo w speeds you can also use it as a specia l “d istortion e ffect”!
14. SPEED B utt on: Th is bu t to n is use d to turn the spe ed fun c ti on on a nd o f f.
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15. SPE ED s li der: Pre ss the S PEED button (14), so it is lit. T he s pe ed can be cha n ged u p
to +/-100% by m ov ing the f a de r. T he spe e d will no t cha nge if th e SP EED butto n(14) is
o ff. Yo u ca n c ha nge the pitch ra ng e with the P ITCH RANGE button (12)
16. TI M E B utton: The TIM E butto n switche s be twe e n el a psed pl ay ing tim e, remai nin g
time i n a sele cti o n a nd total r e ma ini ng tim e o f the di sc . (s ta nd ard = r e mai nin g / tra ck)
The “ to tal rema in ing ti me o f the di sc” i s no t av ail ab le o n M P3 CD s .
The TIME b utto n i s also use d t o set t h e p it c h b e nd p ar a mete r o f th e jo g di al. Se e
“Pitch be nd para me te r” in th e c ha pt er “Ho w to u se”.
17. SGL/CTN B u t ton: wi th thi s button you can cho o s e be twee n “sin gle tra ck m o de ” a n d
“c on tinuo u s pla y”. Yo u can also switch th e a uto cue functio n (-48 dB) on a nd o ff .
C o n ti n uou s play: the co mpl ete CD will b e pla yed witho ut interrupt ion . (mostly
use d i n pubs )
S ing le track: pla ye r stop s a t t he e nd o f e a ch tra ck a nd w a its a t the be gi nni ng of
the ne xt t ra c k. The p la yer wa i t s a t the fi rs t music n ote of ea ch tra ck . T his me an s
tha t ba dl y inde x e d CDs will no t inte rfe re w ith the in st ant st a rt c apa bilit ie s o f this
CD p la ye r . Th is i s a very u seful fe a ture fo r d ee j a ys!
A uto Cu e on /off: The M CD20 0 a uto ma tically d e tects t he first “musi c no te” o n
e a c h track t o en s ure the music starts imme di ately when yo u p r e ss th e pla y
butto n. To tu rn thi s Auto C ue functio n on/o ff just press the S GL/CTN butto n for
a bo ut 2 se co nds. The di spla y sho ws “A.CUE” wh e n the functi on i s a c tive .
18. PI TCH BE ND bu tt ons : The sp ee d ri ses while t he “ + butto n” i s pre ssed a nd returns to
the o ri gin al pitch whe n t he bu tt o n i s rel ea sed . T he spe e d d rops whe n the “ – button ” is
pre ss e d a nd re tur ns t o th e origina l pitch whe n the butto n is rele a se d. The se bu tt o ns
can be used to synch roni ze the be ats o f 2 tr a cks .
19. HO T CU E butt ons: 4 pro gra mma ble b uttons whe re yo u can stor e ordin ary cue poi nts
a nd/o r lo op s . You can pro gram up to 4 cue po ints and/o r lo ops d iv ided ov er all the
tracks o n you r CD .
B u tton n ot l it: n o cue poi nts l oa de d.
B u tton is red: a si mple c ue po int i s lo ad ed
B utton i s green : a l o op i s l o ad ed
If yo u like yo u ca n s tore th e co ntents of the se HOT CUE bu tt o ns to the internal
pe rma ne nt memory. Loo k furt he r is this man ual fo r mo re in forma tio n on how to
pro gra m c ue poi nts etc.
NOT E: When you p ut another CD i n t he d isc tray without first w ritin g the current HOT CUE m emori es to
the i nterna l perman ent memory, they wil l b e er ased.
20. B IG JOG WHEE L: Thi s j o g whe e l se r ve s 3 functions d ep en ding on the m od e yo u a re
wo rking in.
T he j og whe e l a cts as a sl ow fr a me s e arch (1/75se c) c ontr ol whe n t he CD i s no t
pl ay ing but e it he r p a used o r se t to a cue po int . To se t a ne w cue poin t, sp in the
whe e l th en pre ss PLAY ( 8) or LOOP IN(3) whe n y o u ha ve de termine d th e p rop er
po sit ion. Press CUE(6) to r e turn to the “ CUE POI NT”.
I f t he track is pla y in g, th e j og whe e l te mpo ra ri ly be nds the pitc h o f the music u p to +/ -
100 % by ro ta ti ng the whe e l cl ockwise to spee d it up o r counte rclo c kwise to s lo w it
do wn. The amo un t o f pi tc h ch an ge is d etermi ne d b y the sp ee d of ro tat ion . This i s a n
a lterna ti ve to t he P ITCH BEND bu tt o ns( 18).
I n scra t c h mo d e the j o g w he el is u sed to m an ipula te t he pl a yba ck of th e music in re al
time . A s a re sult y o u ca n s cr a tc h the mu s ic o n yo ur C D th e wa y y ou do this with a
no r ma l a nal o g vi nyl reco rd.
21. CD TRA Y IND ICATOR : is lit whe n no CD is lo a de d a nd whe n the CD tra y is ope n o r
pre par es t o ope n.