iDance XD3 User manual

Bluetooth Home Party Speaker with Synchronizing Disco Lights
PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL COMPLETELY BEFORE OPERATING THIS UNIT AND RETAIN THIS BOOKLET FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
Thank you for purchasing this Audio System.
Instrucon Manual

The iDance XD3 is a Wireless All-In-One DJ Party Box System with an integrated mixer. It accepts
microphone, guitar, line-in audio, and stereo Bluetooth wireless audio up to 10 meters. The XD-3
also includes a built-in FM radio and USB MP3 player. Pair your device easily with only a few simple
steps! The XD3 is also embedded with disco party lighng – just turn your music on and everything
is ready to go!
You may also record a playback mix directly onto USB using the XD-3’s premium record funcon.
You can record FM radio, your own voice or a guitar too.
The XD3 is perfect for DJs, house / pool / yard pares, or for karaoke applicaons. Take your sound
with you wherever you go!
Thank you, and congratulaons on your choice of iDance’s XD3!
WHAT’S IN THE BOX
OVERVIEW
Contents
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iDance XD3 main unit
AC-DC Power Adaptor (10.5V DC)
Instrucon Manual

Read these instrucons.
Keep these instrucons.
Heed all warnings.
Follow all instrucons.
Do not use this apparatus near water.
Clean only with dry cloth.
Do not block any venlaon openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s
instrucons.
Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other
apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug
has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a
third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. If the
provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the
obsolete outlet.
Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched parcularly at plugs, convenience
receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.
Only use aachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.
Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold
with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use cauon when moving the cart/apparatus
combinaon to avoid injury from p-over. Portable Cart Warning
Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of me.
Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus
has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been
spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or
moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids,
such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.
The baery shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like.
The MAINS plug is used as the disconnect device, which shall remain readily operable.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

AUX line input (3.5mm Stereo Mini Jack)
Microphone & Guitar input (1/4” Jack)
Bluetooth wireless stereo audio streaming
Support A2DP Profile for most smart phone / laptop
USB Mp3 Player & Recorder
(Support Mp3/WMA/Wav format playback, Wav@128kbps recording)
On board jingle sound for your mix
Disco lighng ready to go
Built-in FM radio tuner
Intelligent cross-fader for CUE
2 x Big DJ jog wheel for DJ filter and delay FX
2 x 4” Full range Driver
200W MAX Power output
Smartphone / tablet stand
FEATURES

CONTROL LOCATION (1.1)
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Front View - 2 x 100W speaker
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CONTROL LOCATION
GENERNAL OPERATION
TROUBLESHOOTING
SPECIFICATIONS
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CONTENTS

MIC input(1/4” Jack)
6.3mm unbalanced jack for microphone input
GTR input(1/4” Jack)
6.3mm unbalanced jack for guitar (or other Hi-Z instrument) input
Aux-In(mini jack)
Connect your music device to this socket with the 3.5mm mini jack cable
USB Input
Connect USB drive (up to 32GB) to this port for MP3/WMA/WAV playback
Smartphone / Tablet cradle
Cradle to display your smartphone/tablet.
LCD
Shows the status of the XD3.
- In MP3 mode, the track tle and song index of the song will be shown
- In Tuner mode, the channel number and frequency will be shown
Master Output (RCA)
Connect external PA system to this master output for bigger sound. The level of this output is
controlled by the master volume knob.
CUE Phone output (1/4”Jack)
Connect a ¼” jack headphone to this output for CUE.
Note: The signal of this headphone output is reverse to the cross fader and speaker output,
When the cross fader is at “MP3/Tuner”, the Bluetooth signal will be heard on the CUE
headphone. When the cross fader is at “Bluetooth”, the MP3/Tuner audio will be heard on
the CUE headphone.
FM Antenna
Extend this antenna in Tuner mode and swivel it around to find the best recepon.
DC Jack In
Connect the power adapter to power up the XD3 unit.
DJ DELAY effect jog wheel
Turn this jog wheel clockwise to add a DJ delay effect to the master output.
Turn the wheel more to increase the delay effect.
Note: To turn off the delay effect, turn the Delay jog wheel all the way to the le.
8x Jingle Pads
Press Jingle Pads to mix the preset jingle sounds to your music.
Adjust the pitch and tempo in real me by turning the jingle pitch knob.
DJ Filter effect jog wheel
Turn the jog wheel to add a wide dynamic DJ filter on the master output.
Turn clockwise posion for parametric Low pass filter (LPF) and counter
clockwise for parametric HPF.
Note: To return to normal sound, turn the jog wheel back to the middle.
The iDance logo on the jog wheel will be straight, as shown here:
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CONTROL LOCATION (1.2)
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CONTROL LOCATION (2.1)
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Top View Control Knob
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Play / Pause
- In MP3 mode, press to Play/Pause the music
- In Tuner mode, press for auto scanning
Mode
Press to change between Tuner and Mp3 mode.
Standby Buon
Press to turn ON the XD3 or put the XD3 into standby mode.
When XD3 is not in use, please put XD3 into standby mode to save energy.
Stand By Indicator
The indicator light off - power on . The indicator light on - standby mode.
Phones volume knob
Turn this knob to adjust the CUE headphone output volume.
Voice Changer
Change your microphone voice into beast (Low) or kid (Hi) by turning this knob to Hi or Low.
Please switch back to Normal for normal microphone voice
Mic volume knob
Turn this knob to turn the microphone volume
Intelligent Cross Fader
Mix your music between MP3/Tuner and Bluetooth music.
Turn the cross fader to the le for MP3/Tuner, the speakers will put out MP3/Tuner audio
while the CUE headphone will be on Bluetooth.
Turn the cross fader to the right for Bluetooth, the speakers will put out Bluetooth audio
while CUE headphone will be on MP3/Tuner.
Next / Previous
- In MP3 mode, press to select next or previous track.
- In Tuner mode, press to select next or previous preset FM channel.
Master volume knob
Turn to adjust the Master output volume.
(for speaker and master output RCA)
Record
Press to record your master mix into a connected USB drive in .wav format.
Note: During USB recording, USB playback is disabled and would automacally switch to
Tuner mode
Jingle Pitch
Turn to adjust the tempo and pitch for the jingles in real me.
Turn clockwise for pitch-up and faster tempo, and turn counter clockwise for pitch-down and
slower tempo. Turn the knob back to the middle posion to return to the original pitch and
tempo.
Jingle volume pot
Turn to adjust Jingle mix volume
Equalizer
Press this buon to cycle through 8 different preset EQs on Master output for your favorite.
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CONTROL LOCATION (2.2)
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GENERAL OPERATIONS
AC 230~240V 50Hz
Right side of the main unit
Power Connecon
Connecng Bluetooth to your smartphone / tablet
Press the Standby buon to turn on the XD3
(XD3 Bluetooth is ready to connect aer turning ON)
On your smartphone / Tablet, turn on Bluetooth and enable device scanning
When “XD3” shows up on the Bluetooth scan, select it to connect it to your device.
When both devices are successfully connected, you are ready to play music wirelessly
from your device.
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NOTE:
When Bluetooth is NOT connected, the LED ring on Play/Pause buon will blink.
When Bluetooth is successfully connected, the LED ring on Play/Pause buon will stay ON
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GENERAL OPERATIONS
Recording into USB drive
Plug USB drive into the XD3
(Please ensure that the USB drive does not contain other file formats beside MP3/Wav and
contain enough capacity around 20MB)
Press the mode buon and change to Tuner mode
Press “REC” buon and start to record your master output mix into USB drive
Press “REC” buon again to stop recording
A new folder will be created in the USB drive and you may playback via XD3 or computer.
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Turning off the DJ lighng
Press and hold “Play/Pause” buon for 2 seconds to turn OFF the DJ lighng effect
Press and hold “Play/Pause” buon for 2 seconds to turn ON the DJ lighng effect again
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Listening to MP3 via USB
Press the Standby buon to turn on the XD3.
If “USB” is not on the LED display, press the Mode buon to switch to USB mode.
Plug in a USB drive that has MP3s stored on it.
Press the Play/Pause buon to start music playback. Press Prev/Next to switch between MP3
tracks.
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Ensure that the Crossfader slider is pushed to the le, at the MP3/Tuner posion.
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Listening to Tuner
Press the Standby buon to turn on the XD3.
If “FM” is not on the LED display, press the Mode buon to switch to Tuner mode.
If you are using the Tuner for the first me, press the Play/Pause buon to scan for FM
staons. The XD3 will automacally save the staons into preset memory. Aer scanning is
complete, the unit will play the first found staon.
Press Prev/Next to switch between staon presets.
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Ensure that the Crossfader slider is pushed to the le, at the MP3/Tuner posion.
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TROUBLESHOOTING
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE AND SOLUTION
Noise on speaker output when
microphone is connected and turn on
voice changer.
Make sure your microphone or microphone cable is in
good condion, grounded and shielded. Internal gain of
voice processing could cause vibraon from poor ground
noise
Bluetooth cannot connect to XD3 Make sure no other device from your friend or family is
connected to XD3. When XD3 Bluetooth is connected, LED
ring on Play/Pause buon would stay ON.
So make sure XD3 Play/Pause buon LED ring is blinking
and indicang Bluetooth is ready to connect. Also make
sure your smartphone / tablet is located close to XD3
(<2m) when pairing.
Distoron on recording XD3 USB recorder is capturing audio signals on master
output, please make sure microphone/guitar volume, jingle
volume and master volume are at opmal level and no
distoron is heard from speaker.
No music from Phone output, and not
mung the speaker
No sound on selected source
XD3 phone output is for DJ CUE monitoring, but NOT for
private listening. Please refer to above page E4 for the
phone output operaon.
Ensure that the XD3 is powered ON
Ensure fader control is in the correct posion for
listening to the desired source
Check the master volume on the XD3
Check the volume level on paired Bluetooth device
Intermient Bluetooth music
streaming
The wireless Bluetooth distance of XD3 is about 7-10m in
open area. Below condions could block you Bluetooth
signal and please ensure you would get rid of those:
Metal protecon case for your phone/tablet
Metal or wall is blocking in between your phone/tablet
and XD3
Another Bluetooth device is working close to XD3
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All features and specificaons are subject to change without noce.
Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment (Applicable in the European Union and other European
countries with separate collecon systems).
This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product shall not be treated as household
waste. Instead it shall be handed over to the applicable collecon point for the recycling of electrical and
electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potenal negave
consequences for the environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste
handling of this product. The recycling of materials will help to conserve natural resources. For more detailed
informaon about recycling of this product, please contact your local Civic Office, your household waste disposal
service or the shop where you purchased the product.
SPECIFICATIONS
INPUT FM, USB, Bluetooth, 1/4"microphone, 1/4"guitar, Aux-In
Phone output 1/4"stereo jack
LCD Display ID3, FM frequency, Radio Channel, Radio Channel
FM Frequency Range 87.5-108MHz
Maximum USB size 32GB
Freq. Response 40Hz ± 3 dB to 16KHz ±6dB
THD 10%
S/N 45 dB
Master Output level 800 mV
Speaker size 4” inch full range speaker x2
Speaker Power Output 200W MAX Power output
USB Supported
file type MP3 / WAV
USB Recording
Format WAV @ 128kbps
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