Operation Manual

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WORKING WITH CDs & EXTERNAL DEVICES
PLAYING MUSIC FROM CDs & EXTERNAL DEVICES
Storing your music digitally makes it easier to carry and access, but you can also use the DDS simply to play music directly
from the CD.
1. Insert your disc into the CD/DVD Drive. You may also
use an external drive, such as a USB CD drive or another
mass storage device, to play music through the DDS.
2. Once the disc or device is read by the DDS, press the
Library button.
3. Use the Menu Buttons to select the drive with the music
you want to play. If you inserted your disc into the DDS’s
CD/DVD drive, select the CD/DVD. If you are using an
external device, select the appropriate option from the
Menu Bar.
4. Use the Push Select knob to navigate and highlight the
track or album you want to play or cue.
Note: When playing music from a data disc or device, you
will not be able to edit any tags. When playing music from
an audio disc, you can edit its tags while it is inserted, but
all the information you entered will be lost once you eject
the disc. See TAGGING YOUR MUSIC for more
information.
5. When the track you want to play or cue is highlighted, you
can use the Menu Buttons to add it either to Deck A or B
or to the Crate. If you select a whole album, you may add
it to the Crate only but not to either Deck. Tracks playing
from a single album may only be added to one deck at a
time from the Crate.
Note: Ejecting the disc after loading one or more of its tracks into the Crate will remove it from the Crate. A dialog
box will appear asking you to confirm or cancel this command. You will not be able to eject a disc if one of its tracks
is playing.
TAGGING YOUR MUSIC
In order to keep track of the music in your libraries, we recommend
tagging it with any relevant information (e.g. Album, Artist, Genre,
Year, etc.) before you copy it to the DDS. Follow these steps to
edit this information in the DDS.
1. Using the Push Select knob, highlight the track or album
you wish to tag.
2. Press the Next (Right) Menu Button to move to the next
page of Menu Bar options.
3. Select Edit.
4. Using the Push Select knob, highlight the tag you wish to
edit. You can select it by pushing the knob or by selecting
Edit. The current tag will appear in a text entry box at the
bottom of the Graphic Interface with the cursor at the end.
5. A highlighted box on the right shows the character that you
are about to enter, which you can change or select by using
the Push Select knob. Rotate left or right to move through
each character, or press the knob to enter that character.
The Menu Buttons can be used to delete the previous
character (“Delete”), insert a space (“Space”), switch
between lower and upper case (“Caps”), and finsh entering
text (“Done”).
If you have a USB keyboard connected to your DDS, you can
simply type text straight into the text entry box. Use the left
and right cursor keys to move around within the text you have
entered. The Enter and Tab keys complete the text entry
(the same as the “Done” Menu Button).
Note: You cannot tag the files on data CDs (such
as mp3 CDs or mp3 DVDs), or data devices (such
as USB drives) as you are copying them. If you
want to edit these tags after copying them,
however, you may use other software programs.