Akiyama sd2igital User manual

Brand: Akiyama

Model: sd2igital

Category: DJ controllers

Type: User manual

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1. Read Instructions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before this product is

operated.

2. Retain Instructions. The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference.

3. Heed Warnings. All warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions should be adhered

to.

4. Follow Instructions. All operating and use instructions should be followed.

5. Water and Moisture. The appliance should not be used near water - for example, near a bathtub,

washbowl, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, and the like.

6. Carts and Stands . The appliance should be used only with a cart or stand that is

recommended by the manufacturer.

An appliance and cart combination should be moved with care. Quick stops,

excessive force, and uneven surfaces may cause the appliance and cart

combination to overturn.

7. Wall or Ceiling Mounting. The product should be mounted to a wall or ceiling only as

recommended by the manufacturer.

8. Heat. The appliance should be situated away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers,

stoves, or other appliances (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

10. Grounding or Polarization This product may be equipped with a polarized alternation-current

line plug (a plug having one blade wider than the other). This plug will fit into the power outlet

only one way. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the outlet, try

reversing the plug. If the plug should still fail to fit, contact your electrician to replace your

obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized plug.

11. Power-Cord Protection. Power-supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be

walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them, paying particular attention to the

cord in correspondence of plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the

appliance.

12. Cleaning - The appliance should be cleaned only as recommended by the manufacturer. Clean by

wiping with a cloth slightly damp with water.Avoid getting water inside the appliance.

13. For AC line powered units - Before returning repaired unit to user, use an ohm-meter to measure

from both AC plug blades to all exposed metallic parts. The resistance should be more than

100,000 ohms.

14. Non-use Periods. The power cord of the appliance should be unplugged from the outlet when left

unused for a long period of time.

15. Object and Liquid Entry. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled

into the enclosure through openings.

16. Damage Requiring Service. The appliance should be serviced by qualified service personnel

when:

A:Thepower-supply cord or the plug has been damaged; or

B: Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the appliance; or

C:Theappliancehasbeenexposedto rain; or

D:The appliance does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in

performance; or

E:Theappliancehasbeendropped,or the enclosure damaged.

17. Servicing. The user should not attempt any service to the appliance beyond that described in the

operating instructions.All other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel.

18. Ventilation Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable

operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, and these openings must not be

blocked or covered. The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa,

rug, or other similar surface. This product should not be placed in a built-in installation such as a

bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is the manufacturer's instructions have been adhered

to.

19. Attachments do not use attachments not recommended by the product manufacturer as they may

cause hazards.

20. Accessories Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table. The

product may fall, causing serious injury to a child or adult, and serious damage to the product. Use

only with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table recommended by the manufacturer, or sold with

the product. Any mounting of the product should follow the manufacturer's instructions, and

should use a mounting accessory recommended by the manufacturer.

20. Lightning For added protection for this product during a lightning storm, or when it is left

unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the

antenna or cable system. This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning and power-line

surges.

22. Replacement Parts When replacement parts are required, be sure the service technician has used

replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or have the same characteristics as the original

part. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock, or other hazards.

23. Safety Check Upon completion of any service or repairs to this product, ask the service

technician to perform safety checks to determine that the product is in proper operating condition.

9. Power Sources This product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on

the rating label. If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home, consult your

product dealer or local power company. For products intended to operate from battery power, or

other sources, refer the operating instructions.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not

remove any cover. No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer

servicing to qualifiedservice personnel only.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within the

equilateral triangle is intended to alert the use to the

presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage” within

The exclamation point within the equilateral triangleis

intended to alert the user to the presence of important

operation and maintenance (servicing) instructions in

the literature accompanyingthis appliance.

WARNING

TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD. DO NOT USE THIS PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO PRESENT BLADE TO

PREVENTFIRE OR SHOCKHAZARD. DO NOTEXPOSE THISAPPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. TOPRVENT ELECTRICALSHOCK, MATCHWIDE BLADE PLUGTOWIDE SLOTFULLY INSERT.

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. SEARCH MODE BUTTON – Press this button to toggle the

function of the JOG WHEEL between fast search mode (the

LED is lit) and normal mode. The fast search function is

automatically turned off when the JOG WHEEL is not used for

morethan 15seconds.

PLAY MODE: normally the JOG WHEEL is used as pitch

bend tool to synchronize the beats of the playing track to

another track. When the fast search mode is turned on, you can

use theJOGWHEELto search very quicklyforward/backward

insidethe currenttrack.

PAUSE MODE: normally the JOGWHEELisusedtosearch

veryprecisely(1 frameprecision)for theexactcue point.When

the fast search mode is turned on, you can use the JOG WHEEL

to search very quickly forward/backward inside the current

track.

.CARDSELECT BUTTON –Select whichcardwill be active

and the relational LED will be lit. The function can only be

selectedunder pausemode.

.SEAMLESS LOOP (See basic operation for more

information.)

A BUTTON –Allow youto set the cuepointwithout stopping

the playback (CUE ON THE FLY). This button also sets the

beginning of a seamless loop. When the button contains a cue

pointit lightsup.

B/EXIT BUTTON – Used to set the endpoint when looping

music.Thepointwhereyou press the button will be memorized

as an endpoint of the loop. The player starts to loop seamlessly

untilyou pressthisbuttonagainto exit.

RELOOP BUTTON –When a loop is programmed but not

activeyou canalso restartthe loop.press theRELOOPbuttonto

enterthe loopagain.To exitthe looppressestheOUTbutton.

. LCD DISPLAY – This high quality LCD display indicates

all thefunctions,as they are occurring.The display ICONS will

beexplained inthenextsection.

. TAP/BPM BUTTON – The unit has a full automatic BPM-

counter. In some rare cases the automatic beat counter doesn't

count as it should do (beat are out of the normal range or there' s

simply no beat to detect). In these cases you can help the beat

counter by manually tapping this button to the rhythm of the

beat.See basicoperationformoreinformation.

. PITCH SLIDER – This slider is used to adjust the playback

pitch percentage when the PITCH function is activated. The

slider is a set adjustment and will remain set until the pitch

slider is moved or the PITCH function has been turned off. The

maximum pitch range of the slider is +/-16%. This adjustment

can be made with or without a SD card in the slot. The pitch

adjustmentwill remainevenifaSD cardhasbeenremoved,and

will reflect on any other SD card loaded into the unit. That is to

say, if you set a +2% pitch on one SD card, remove that card and

insert another, that card will also have a +2% pitch.Theamount

of pitch being applied will be displayed in the LCD. Use this

slider to match the BPM’s of this unit to that of another music

source. By changing the pitch of one SD with respect to the

otherin thisway,the beatscanbematched.

. SD CARD SLOT – Gently insert a SD card into the slot.

Pressthe SDcardwhileinPause/Cue modetoejecttheSD card.

. TIME BUTTON – The TIME button switches between

elapsed playing time and remain time in a track. The default

modeis remaintime.

. FOLDER BUTTON – Use to switch between FOLDER and

TRACK search modes. When the LED of FOLDER button is

lit, the player is in the FOLDER search mode, otherwise it is in

TRACKsearch mode.

*File name is the first display when select a track and Folder

nameis thefirstdisplaywhenselect afolder.

. TRACK KNOB – Use this knob to select track or folder,

dependingon thesetwodifferent modesasbelow.

In TRACK mode, use to select a track. Turning track knob

will navigate between tracks. Holding down and turning track

knob will rapidly forward / back skip through the tracks by 10

tracksper click.

In FOLDER mode, turning track knob will forward / back

skip between folders. You can also switch between displaying

Folder Name/FILE NAME/TITLE/ARTIST/GENRE/

BITRATE for easy searching by each pressing the TRACK

button. Release the TRACK button when you see the

information you want to keep on the display. You can find more

informationin basicoperationparagraph.

. PITCH ON/OFF BUTTON – Use to turn the PITCH

SLIDERfunction onandoff.When ON,thebuttonwillglow.

. PITCH SELECT BUTTON – Press the button in order to

change pitch percentage of 4%,8%,16%. When the pitch range

isselected, therelatedLEDwillglow.

. PITCH BEND BUTTONS – The speed rises while the

“+button” is pressed and returns to the original pitch when the

button is released. The speed drops when the “–button” is

pressed and returns to the original pitch when the button is

released. These buttons can be used to synchronize the beats of

2tracks.

. SEARCHBUTTONS

This search button allows you to quickly scan backwards

througha track.

This search button allows you to quickly scan forwards

througha track.

. PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON – Every time you press the

PLAY/PAUSE button the player changes from play to pause or

from pause to play. The button blinks as long as the player is set

topause.

. CUE BUTTON – Pressing the CUE button during playback

provides an immediate return to the position at which play was

started. Playback starts immediately from the programmed cue

point for as long as the CUE button is pressed. The SD player

jumps back to the cue point as soon as the CUE button is

released. Also with the unit in pause mode (Play/Pause button

blinks) the jog wheel is used to set a different start point. By

pressing “PLAY/PAUSE" or “IN” button followed by "CUE",

youcan confirmthisnewcuepoint.

.JOG WHEEL – This jog wheel serves 3 functions

depending onthe mode you areworking in.

The jog wheel acts as a slow frame search (1/75 sec) control

when the SD is not playing but either paused or set to a cue

point.To set anewcuepoint, spin the wheel thenpressPLAYor

IN when you have determined the proper position. Press CUE

toreturn tothe“CUEPOINT”.

If the track is playing and this search function is not active,

the jog wheel temporarily bends the pitch of the music up to+/-

100% by rotating the wheel clockwise to speed it up or

counterclockwise to slow it down. The amount of pitch change

isdetermined bythespeedofrotation.

If the search function is active, you will be able to search at a

higherspeed throughallthetracks.

. POWER SWITCH button – It is used to switch the power

on/ standby.Whenpower cord plug intotherear socket to bethe

STANDBYmode, all LE D ar e off but S TANDBYLED.

(a)Inthe STANDBYmode, presspowerbutton to POWERON,

“InsertCard” is displayed in the LCD, SD1 LED will glow red

andSD2 LEDwillglowgreen.

(b) In the POWER ON mode, press and hold the power button

morethan 2sec.tostandby.

. TEMPO LOCK BUTTON – This button is used to choose

the tempo lock mode and the pitch control mode. Tempo lock

mode allowsspeedingup or slow down playback speedwithout

alteringthe tonalityofmusic.

. SGL/CTN BUTTON – You can choose between “single

trackmode” and“continuousplay”.

Continuous play: the complete SD will be played without

interruption.(mostly usedinpubs)

Single track: player stops at the end of each track and waits at

the beginning of the next track. (Mostlyusedbydeejays)Push

theSGL/CTN buttonformorethan1 secondtoswitchbetween

normal and “auto cue” mode. See basic operation for more

information.

. POWER CONNECTOR– Plug in power adapter here. It is

aswitching adaptertosuitabletoeach voltage.

. FADER START – This connection allows two SD players

to be linked for relay play. This can also be connected to a

mixingboard thatsupportsautomaticfaderstart.

. AUDIO OUTPUTS –Output for the audio signals is from

each player. Use the supplied cinch/cinch cables to connect

theseoutputs totheCD/lineinputsof yourmixingunit.

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS

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DISPLAY LCD

. CUE INDICATOR –This indicator will glow when the device is in CUE mode and will flash

every timeanewCUE POINT isset.

. FOLDER INDICATOR – Indicatesthenumber of the currently playing folder.

. TIME BAR INDICATOR –Shows either time remaining or elapsed depending on the setting of

the TIME BUTTON. This bar will begin to flash shortly before the end of a track. The flashing bar is

a greatvisualreminder a track is about to endregardlessof which time mode the unitis.

. BPM STATUS – This willindicatethat theAUTOBPMcounter is active.

.TEMPO LOCK– Indicates if the tempolockisactivated (lock symbol).

. LOOP INDICATOR–Indicates if LOOPfunction is activated.

. RELOOP INDICATOR – Indicates if a loop has been set which can be activated with the Reloop

function ("Reloop").

. AUTO CUE STATUS – Indicates if Auto Cue is activated ("AUTO CUE"). Press and hold the

SGL/CTN for 1sec.to turn theAuto Cuefunctiononand off.

.TIME DISPLAY– Indicates the time ofthechosen Time mode in minutes, seconds andframes.

. SD INFORMATION INDICATOR – Indicates the current name of the track, of the folder and

the samplingrate.

. TIME MODE – Indicates the elapsed time of a track ("ELAPSED") or the remaining time of a

track ("Remain"). Changebetweenthese two modes with theTimebutton.

. REPEAT INDICATOR–Indicates whether the unit is inREPEATED play mode.

. SINGLE INDICATOR – Indicates whether the play mode is set to single ("SINGLE") or

continuous mode(nodisplay).

.TRACK INDICATOR – Indicatesthenumber of the currently playing track.

. PLAY/PAUSE INDICATOR – Indicates the device play mode (" "), if the player is in pause

mode (" ").

PITCH METER –Indicatesthe percentage of a track's pitch.

BPM METER –Indicatesthe BPM value of the currentlyplayingtrack.

CARD SELECT functions

LED DISPLAYTO CARD SELECTING

CARD SELECT

(a)

(b) TWO CARDS PLAYBACK

3. CHANGE CARD DURING PLAYBACK

Switch on the power and the relational LED goes out. Whether you have inserted SD card or not, the

default for SD card selection is as below:

SD1 LED is on in the playerA.

SD2 LED is on in the player B.

At the same time, the LED1 and LED2 for SD1 and SD2 in the middle of front-

panel will display as below:

LED1 is on means the input source assigned to playerAis active

LED2 is on means the input source assigned to player B is active.

There is a CARD SELECTkeytoselectthecardplaybackin each PLAYER by your desires.

You have two different choices as below:

THE SAME CARD PLAYBACK

To play the same card in both player Aand player B; insert the card into either SD1 or SD2 slot. Press

the CARD SELECT and both SD1 LEDs in the player panel are on when card is in SD1 slot; either

does when card is in SD2 slot.

Each SD slot inserts a card to play.

It must in the pause mode, to press the CARD SELECT key you can select the other card. It will no

function when in the play mode.

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AUTO CUE

This function will automatically set a cue point

to the first music note of each track. If a new

track is selected, a new CUE POINT will be set

to reflect the new starting point.

Push the SGL/CTN button for more than 1

second, you can switch between normal and

“AUTOCUE”mode.

Acue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON is pressed.Acue

point may be created anywhere on a SD or in a track.

You may press the A BUTTON on the fly

(while the SD is playing). This will set a CUE

Point without music interruption. Pressing the

CUE BUTTON will now return you to the same

point that you pressed the A BUTTON. Pressing

the CUE BUTTON will now return you to this

exact point.

You may also use the SEARCH KNOB to set

a cue point. While a SD is in PAUSE or CUE

mode, use the SEARCH KNOB to scroll through

a track to find your desired starting point. Once

you have found your desired position press the

PLAY BUTTON to set your cue point. Pressing

the CUE BUTTON will return you to this exact

point.

You may also use the jog Wheel to set a cue

point. While a SD is PAUSE or CUE mode, use

the jog Wheel to scroll through a track and find

your desired starting point. Once you have

found your desired CUE point press the play

Button to set your cue point. Pressing the cue

Button will now return you to this exact point.

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 SD.You create a seamless loop between two continuous points of a SD.

(1) Press PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON to activate

playback mode.

(2) Press the A BUTTON. This will set the

starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP. The A

BUTTON

LED will blink.

(3) Press the B/EXIT BUTTON to set the ending

point for your SEAMLESS LOOP. The A

BUTTON and BUTTON LEDs will

immediately begin to flash rapidly, indicating

the SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been

activated.

To exit a SEAMLESS LOOP, press the

BUTTON. The A BUTTON and

BUTTON LEDs will remain on, but will stop

flashing. Music playback will resume normal

play. The A BUTTON, BUTTONLEDs

and RELOOP/LOOP indicator in the LCD will

remain on to remind you that a loop is stored in

memory.

The RELOOP function allows you to return to

your stored loop at any time. The A BUTTON

and BUTTON LEDs will indicate a

loop is stored in memory, and may be played at

any time. To replay the loop, press the RELOOP

BUTTON. The A BUTTON and

BUTTON LEDs will again begin to flash

indicating SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been

activated and your stored loop will immediately

begin to play.

(1)

(2)

(3)

1- CREATINGAND PLAYINGASEAMLESS LOOP

2-EXITINGALOOP

3. REPLAYLOOP

SETTING A CUE POINT

SEAMLESS LOOP

B/EXIT

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EDITING A SEAMLESS LOOP

You can edit your seamless loop you obviously must first have created a seamless loop to edit. If you

haven’tcreatedaSEAMLESSLOOP, follow the instructions in step 1 to create a loop.

You can edit the end point of the loop to make

your loop shorter or longer. Make sure the loop

that you want to edit is not in reloop mode. Turn

the JOG WHEEL clockwise/counterclockwise

or press search buttons to make the loop shorter/

longer. Press the B button to set the new ending

point of your loop.

You can edit the starting point of the loop to

make your loop shorter. Under the reloop mode,

turn the JOG WHEEL clockwise or press search

buttons to make the loop shorter. Please make

sure the new starting point must before the

ending point. Press the A button to set the new

ending point of your Loop.

You can reset a new loop under the play or pause

mode. Whenever you find a more desired

starting point press the A button, the LED of B

button will go out. Find a new ending point and

press the B button to set the ending point of your

new loop.

You can use your loop to create a stutter effect.

When a loop is playing press the A BUTTON

repeatedly to create this effect.

Has three functions as below:

When FOLDER LED is off, left turning the TRACK knob to backward search

and forward search on the right turn. You can select the desired up to 999 tracks

in a folder.

A-Turning the track knob counterclockwise will take you to the previous track.

B- Turning the track knob clockwise will take you to the to the next track.

When FOLDER LED is on, to select folder number by turning the TRACK

knob.You can select the desired up to 999 folders.

A-Turning the track knob counterclockwise will take you to the previous track.

B- Turning the track knob clockwise will take you to the to the next track.

You can view the title content of FOLDER NAME/FILE NAME/TITLE NAME/ ARTIST/ GENRE/

BITRATE by each pressing the TRACK knob.

Displayed ”Folder Name” is for folder contents.

Displayed ”FILE NAME” is for file contents.

Displayed ”TITLE NAME” is for title contents.

Displayed ”ARTIST” is for artist contents.

Displayed ”GENRE” is for genre contents.

Displayed bitrate contents directly.

Each display for 20 sec. It will auto return to “TITLE NAME” when no action more than 20 sec.

AUTO BPM is the default mode when power on.

You can switch Manual /Auto BPM by pressing the

“TAP BPM” button.

1- Edit a seamless loop’s ending point:

2- Edit a seamless loop’s starting point:

3- Reset a loop:

1-TRACKSEARCH

2- FOLDER SEARCH

3-VIEWTHE CONTENTOFTITLE:

Note:

STUTTER EFFECT

TRACKS KNOB FUNCTION

TAP BPM FUNCTION

SPECIFICACTIONS

ITEM

OUTPUTLEVEL:

CHANNELBALANCE:

THD+N(*1):

S/N RATIO(*2):

L/R SEPARATION(*2):

DYNAMIC RANGE(*2):

FREQUENCYRESPONSE:

TYPICAL

2V+/-0.5dB

WITHIN 0.5dB

0.006%

100dB

93dB

17-16KHz+/-0.2dB

LIMIT

2V+/-1dB

WITHIN 1dB

0.02%

90dB

85dB

17-16KHz+/-1dB

CONDITION

1KHz, 0dB (TCD-782 TRK.2)

1KHz, 0dB (TCD-782TRK.2)

1KHz, 0dB (TCD-782TRK.2,8)

1KHz, 0dB (TCD-782TRK.9,11)

1KHz, -60dB (TCD-782TRK.18)

(TCD-781TRK.1,4&16)

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Notice:

1- Manual BPM:

2-Auto BPM:

Note

REPEAT

RESET

CONTROLVERSION DISPLAY

Switch Manual BPM on just need one touch the

button. Switch Auto BPM on by pressing the “TAP

BPM” button more than 1 sec. and then the LCD

will display “AUTOBPM”.

Following the music tempo and press the “TAP

BPM” button to count BPM value; from the auto

BPM to manual mode, the value won’t change

until the correct BPM value is counted.

Counting BPM value automatically without pressing “TAPBPM” button.

In AUTO BPM mode the SD2DIGITAL player will automatically analize the track Beat and will

depict the value at the Display without need of taping the TAP BPM knob.

Press the TIME BUTTON for 2 sec. until

"PRESET"isdisplayed.

: System setting will be closed

automatically when more than 5 sec no function.

Turn the TRACK KNOB to scroll through the

different submenus including: REPEAT, Reset

all, and, FIRMWAREVERSION.

You can adjust the setting by stopping on the

desired submenu and pushing the TRACK

KNOB. To exit the menu settings press the

TIME BUTTONagain.

“REPEAT: OFF” –You can play the track in the differentfolder.

“REPEAT: ON” –You can’t play the track without in the playing folder.

In the ” Reset all?” section, you may reset the system memory. This will reset all your programmed

menus and restore the unit to its default settings. Press theTRACK knob will return all function setting

to default value automatically and then "reset OK" will display in the LCD.

You can view the units firmware version. “V cc.bb”, cc is for the controller version, bb is for the buffer

version.

SYSTEM SETTING

MODEL:

POWER SOURCE:

DIMENSIONS:

WEIGHT:

AUDIO CHARACTERISTICS

(LOAD: LINE=100Kohm,TESTSIGNALFORMAT: MP3,128Kbps)

AT YOUR SD2DIGITAL

SD2DIGITAL, Dual SD Card MP3 Player

DC 6V, 1.5A

482 (W) x 88 (D) x 120.4 (H)mm

1.8 kgs

NOTES:

*1:WITH20KHzLOWPASS FILTER.

*2:WITH20KHzLOWPASS FILTER, "IHF-A" WEIGHTED.

SD DIGITAL Player

SD2DIGITAL

BOX YOU WILL FIND:

- Manual

- SD Card

- Switching adaptor

- RCA audio cables

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