INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of a
CD Player
. Your state-of-the-art professional CD Player is backed by a
three year warranty that excludes lasers, which are covered by a
separate one year warrenty. Prior to use of this unit, we suggest you
carefully read the following instructions.
Your Gemini CDX-601 CD Player or CDX-602 CD Player comes equipped
with ADCS (Automatic Disc Calibration System), a unique state-of-
the-art feature. CDs are produced by a variety of manufacturers and
recorded by many different professional companies as well as the do-it-
yourselfers at home. Therefore, all CDs do not play the same. The ADCS
(Automatic Disc Calibration System) automatically adjusts the laser in
your CDX-802 CD Player for each individual CD you insert into the tray, to
give you the best possible performance for every CD you play regardless
of how it was manufactured or how it was recorded. With this exclusive
system you always get consistent and reliable performance as well as
exceptional sound quality every time you play a CD... any CD.
SAFETY CERTIFICA TIONS
Laser Diode Properties
Material: Ga - Al - As
Wavelength: 755 - 815 nm (25° C)
Laser Output: Continuous Wave, max. 0.5mW
LINE VOL T AGE SELECTION
The Gemini CDX-600 series CD Players are dual voltage units
operating at 115 or 230 volts. Be sure to set the proper voltage:
1. Place the head of a screwdriver in the center of the VOLTAGE
SELECTOR (19) switch found on the rear panel.
2. Slide the switch to 115 or 230 volts.
3. Do not force or twist the switch. Excessive force may cause damage.
If the switch does not move smoothly, contact a qualified technician.
CONNECTIONS
1. Plug one end of a set of RCA connectors into the two
LINE OUTPUT (21) jacks on the back of your CD unit.
2. Plug the other end of the RCA connectors into any of the available
line level input jacks on your mixer. If you are playing the CDX
through a receiver, you can plug the RCA connectors into the CD
or AUX input jacks located on the receiver. If there are no CD or
AUX inputs, use any line level (not phono) input.
FUNCTIONS
POWER SWITCH: After making sure the VOLTAGE SELECTOR switch
is properly set, plug the unit in and press the POWER (1) button.
The unit will turn on. Pushing POWER a second time turns the unit off.
DISC TRAY: The DISC TRAY (2) is where the CD is held during loading,
unloading and playback. Pressing disc tray OPEN/CLOSE (3) opens
or closes the tray. The DISC TRAY holds both 12 cm and 8 cm CDs
and automatically closes after remaining open for three minutes. Note:
The tray will not open when the CDX is in the play mode.
OPEN/CLOSE BUTTON: Press OPEN/CLOSE (3) to load or remove
a CD from the DISC TRAY.
DISPLAY: The DISPLAY (7) shows total tracks; track number; pitch
value; single-auto cue; continue (continuous play); and three
different time displays: track time elapsed, track time remaining
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and total time remaining on disc. Time is measured in minutes,
seconds and frames.
PLAYBACK DISPLAY: The PLAYBACK DISPLAY (7A) displays the
play time remaining for each track. The display flashes slowly when
the track has 15 seconds remaining and pulses rapidly when play
time is down to five seconds.
PLAY/PAUSE
: Each press of PLAY/PAUSE (16) causes the
operation to change from PLAY to PAUSE or PAUSE to PLAY.
TRACK SKIP
select the track to play.
SEARCH JOG WHEEL: The SEARCH JOG WHEEL (9) has two
functions. Use the SEARCH JOG WHEEL to make fine adjustments
in pause mode. Use the SEARCH JOG WHEEL to bend the pitch
for precise synchronization in PLAY mode.
SEARCH DIAL: Use the SEARCH DIAL (8) to select the scanning
direction and speed of your CD. Turning the dial in a clockwise
direction scans forward while a counter-clockwise turn scans
the track in reverse. Scan speed increases as the dial is turned.
STOP
: The STOP (6) button ends CD play.
TIME: The TIME (4) button switches the time display between the
three available choices listed under DISPLAY.
FLY CUE: The FLY CUE (10) function lets you set cues "on the fly"
with the press of a button. Press FLY CUE when the disc reaches the
musical location you wish to make your cue or start point. The cue
point is now programmed. Press CUE (15) to return to the cue point.
Press PLAY/PAUSE and the unit starts from the pre-programmed spot.
CUE: With the unit in the Play mode (PLAY/PAUSE LED is green) and
after the cue point has been programmed, pressing CUE (15) will
cause the CD player to enter the PAUSE mode (green PLAY/PAUSE
LED blinks) at the programmed cue point (the CUE LED glows yellow).
Holding down the cue button changes the function to PREVIEW and
starts the CD from the programmed cue point. Releasing the CUE
button will return the CD laser to the preset cue point.
LOOP: After a cue point is programmed, pressing LOOP (11) while in the
PLAY mode (CUE LED blinks yellow) repeats the section between the
cue point and the point where the LOOP button was pressed. Press
EXIT/RETURN or PAUSE/PLAY to EXIT Loop repeat.
EXIT/RETURN: Press loop EXIT/RETURN (12) to return to the beginning
of the previously saved loop from normal play.
SINGLE-AUTO CUE/CONTINUOUS: Pressing SINGLE-AUTO CUE/
CONTINUOUS (5) activates the AUTO CUE FUNCTION. The Auto
Cue causes the CD to pause at the recorded beginning of the next
track and allows you to segue into the next song with no "dead" air.
Pressing SINGLE-AUTO CUE/CONTINUOUS a second time will activate
the CONTINUOUS function. This causes the CD to repeat play continu-
ously until SINGLE-AUTO CUE/CONTINUOUS is pressed a third time to
deactivate the CONTINUOUS function.
PITCH CONTROL: Pushing PITCH CONTROL (17) activates the PITCH
section of the unit (PITCH LED glows red). The pitch of the CD will
change according to the position of the PITCH SLIDE (14).
PITCH BEND BUTTONS
will automatically raise the pitch up to +4% or lower the pitch down
to -4% from the existing setting. Releasing the buttons returns pitch
to the original setting. Use this function to match the pitch bend when
mixing from one song to another.
DIGITAL OUTPUT JACK: Connecting any type of DAT, MD, HARD DRIVE,
or other such items which accept digital signals to the BNC (20) output
connector on the rear panel of your CDX allows you to record a digital
signal from CD.
OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Make sure that the VOLTAGE SELECTOR (19) switch, found on
the rear panel, is set for the proper voltage. Plug the unit in and
press the POWER (1) switch. The unit is ON. Pushing POWER
a second time turns the unit OFF.
2. Press OPEN/CLOSE (3) and place a CD in the DISC TRAY (2).
Press OPEN/CLOSE again. The tray will close.
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: The TRACK SKIP (13) buttons let you
: Pushing the PITCH BEND (18) buttons