Panasonic SL-DZ1200 - Manual (Page 16)

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Advanced operations
Locking the pitch
You can change the tempo without affecting the pitch.
Press [PITCH LOCK]
•The PITCH LOCK lamp lights.
•Sound quality will change due to digital processing.
•Making a big adjustment to the rate of change in tempo may
cause the occurrence of digital noise.
•By rotating the platter slip surface with the pitch lock set to on,
you can play using the platter slip surface without changing the
original pitch.
•Pitch lock automatically turns off when the power is turned off.
Reverse play (Reversing the platter)
You can reverse play a track.
Set the play direction switch to REVERSE side
•The platter spins in reverse, and reverse play starts.
•Reverse play is synchronized with the platter, therefore it may
take time for it to come up to the normal rated speed. Use In-
stant Change to make quicker changes.
•The direction you increase or decrease tempo with your hand
on the platter slip surface is also reversed.
•You cannot reverse play from the 1st track back to the last track.
•You cannot perform reverse play beyond a track with MP3 files on
CD-R and CD-RW.
•When using reverse play, the start of play for cue pad play or loop
play that is longer than 15 seconds may be delayed ( page 18).
Changing tempo and direction of play
Before use
•Switch [PLAY SELECT] to select the media to be used
•Turn [MODE] on the rear panel to TURNTABLE
•Insert the SD Memory Card or CD to be used
Changing tempo
1
When the RESET lamp is lit
Press [RESET] and the RESET lamp
goes out
2
Press [RANGE] to select the tempo
variation range
•Each time the button is pressed:
±8% ±16% ±33% ±50%
•When playing CD-R, CD-RW MP3 files or SD audio, only
the ±8%, ±16% range can be selected.
•The larger the range number, the larger the change in tempo
when using [TEMPO].
•The selected tempo variation range lamp lights.
3
During play, use [TEMPO] to make ad-
justments
•Use the scale on the panel for making approximate adjust-
ments.
•The pitch will change with the tempo.
•When the power is turned off the range returns to
±8%.
You can change the tempo and pitch of the media being played.
RESET lamp
Tempo reset
Press [RESET]
•The RESET lamp lights and play instantly returns to normal play
when playing.
•Tempo reset automatically turns off when the power is turned
off.
Checking tempo
•The change in tempo
rate appears in the dis-
play.
•You can check the relative change in tempo when the strobo
light reflects on the three rows of strobo dots on the peripheral
edge of the platter when rotating.
Strobo dots
When the dots appear to be stationary, the tempo setting
has changed about +3.5%.
When the dots appear to be stationary, the tempo is at
normal setting.
When the dots appear to be stationary, the tempo setting
has changed about –3.5%.
Note
The strobo dot illuminator is a synchronized and precise frequency
quartz illuminator (Red LED). Be sure to use this red LED as the basis
when checking tempo.
Change in
tempo rate
Strobo illuminator
a
c
b