Numark MP302 User manual

MP302
Dual CD / MP3 Player
 QUICKSTART GUIDE
ENGLISH ( 3 – 7 )
 GUÍA DE INICIO RÁPIDO
ESPAÑOL ( 8 – 12 )
 GUIDE D’UTILISATION RAPIDE
FRANÇAIS ( 13 – 17 )
 GUIDA RAPIDA
ITALIANO ( 18 – 22 )
 KURZANLEITUNG
DEUTSCH ( 23 – 27 )

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BOX CONTENTS
MP302 CD player transport unit
MP302 CD player control unit
Power cord
RCA cables (2 pair)
Control cable
Fader start cables
Quickstart Guide
Safety & Warranty Information Booklet
REGISTRATION
Please go to http://www.numark.com to register your MP302. Registering your product ensures that we can keep you up-to-
date with any last-minute product developments and provide you with world-class technical support, should you run into any
problems.
GROUND RULES
1. Make sure all items listed in the BOX CONTENTS section are included in the box.
2. READ SAFETY & WARRANTY INFORMATION BOOKLET BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT.
3. Study the connection diagram in this guide.
4. Place mixer in an appropriate position for operation.
5. Make sure all devices are turned off and all faders and gain knobs are set to “zero.”
6. Connect all stereo input sources as indicated in the diagram.
7. Connect the stereo outputs to power amplifier(s), tape decks, and/or other audio sources.
8. Plug all devices into AC power.
9. Switch everything on in the following order:
•Audio input sources (i.e. turntables, CD players, etc.)
•Mixer
•Last, any amplifiers or output devices
10. When turning off, always reverse this operation by:
•Turning off amplifiers
•Mixer
•Last, any input devices
CONNECTION DIAGRAM

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REAR PANEL FEATURES
1. CONTROL CABLE CONNECTOR – Plug in the 8-pin cable included in here to connect the remote control and main CD
unit together
2. POWER PLUG CONNECTOR – Plug your supplied power cord in here.
3. VOLTAGE SELECTOR – Set this switch to the voltage for your location.
4. RCA AUDIO CONNECTORS – Connect your CD player to your mixer from this line level output.
5. DIGITAL OUTPUT – The format is type 2, form 1, also known as S/PDIF (Sony/Phillips Digital Interface Format). In
order to use the digital output you should not use variable pitch slider and the pitch bend buttons. If you adjust the pitch,
other devices may not read the digital output properly because the sampling rate changes
6. AUTO-START CONNECTORS – Use this connector to plug into your Fader Start-compatible mixer.
CD PLAYER FEATURES
1. OPEN/CLOSE (Disc
Tray Open/Close) –
Press to load or eject
the disc. Each press
will open or close the
disc tray on the
transport.
NOTE: Tray will not
open unless the disc
has been paused.
Tray will automatically
close after 30
seconds.
2. TIME (Time Button) –
Switches the time
display between
elapsed playing time
and remaining time on
the track and
remaining time on the
entire CD.
3. CONT/SING – Will cause just a single track to play or all tracks in order by pressing once or twice.
4. LCD DISPLAY – Indicates all the functions, as they are occurring, with the CD. These functions are explained in the
next section.
5. TRACK (Track Buttons) – Used to select the track to be played.
6. Folder/+10 Button – Steps up or down through folders on MP3 discs. On a disc which contains no folders, this button
advances the track by 10.
7. PROGRAM – Depress this button and the unit will stop and the program indicator will light. Select each track to be
programmed and press the PROGRAM button between selections. You can program up to 20 tracks. Press PLAY to
start the program. To exit and erase program, either hold the program button down for more than 2 seconds while the
unit is stopped, open the disc tray, or turn off the power.
8. PITCH (Pitch Button) – Activates the Pitch Slider. To alternate between ±8% and ±16%, press and hold the PITCH
button. The LED will indicate the pitch setting.
9. PITCH SLIDER – The pitch can be changed up to ±16% by pressing the PITCH button so the PITCH LED is lit, then
moving the sliding fader. The pitch will not be changed if the PITCH LED is off.
10. SEARCH WHEEL (OUTER RING) – 3 forward and 3 reverse speed positions for searching through songs. The more
you turn the wheel in either direction the faster you search through the music.
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11. PITCH BEND/JOG WHEEL (INNER RING) – The jog wheel serves 2 functions depending on the current mode.
a) The jog wheel will control a slow frame search when the CD is not playing. To set a new frame cue point, spin the
wheel then press play when you have determined the proper position. Press CUE to return to the “CUE POINT”.
b) When both CD players are playing a CD, the pitch bend function allows the positioning of the bass beats to be
matched after the pitch of each disc is matched. Either player can “catch up” or “fall back” to match the other
player. The jog wheel will temporarily bend the pitch of the music if the song is already playing by rotating the
wheel clockwise to speed up or counterclockwise to slow down. By changing the pitch of one disc with respect to
the pitch of the other disc, the beats can be matched.
c) After you press the Previous or Next Track buttons, you can use the wheel to quickly scroll through tracks. This is
especially useful on MP3 CD’s with a large number of tracks.
12. CUE – Pressing the CUE button during play provides a return to the position at which play was started. If PAUSE is
used before CUE, that will become the cue point. Alternately pressing the PLAY button and the CUE button allows the
CD to be played from the same position any number of times. The CUE LED will light up from the time the CUE button is
pressed until the CD has been reset to the position at which play was started. Steady lighting of this LED indicates the
ready condition.
13. START/PAUSE (Play/Pause Button) – Each press of the Play/Pause Button causes the operation to change from play
to pause or from pause to play.
14. LOOP IN –Used for setting a start loop point and new cue points during playback.
15. LOOP OUT – Used for setting the end loop point and releasing the loop action.
16. RELOOP / STUTTER – Depending on mode, as explained further, this button is used for either repeating a previously
set loop or seamlessly stuttering on the last set cue point.
LCD FEATURES
1. PAUSE – This shows when the unit is paused.
2. PLAY – The shows when a CD is playing.
3. CUE – Flashing when the unit is setting a cue point. Lit
continuously when the unit is paused at a cue point.
4. PROGRAM – Used for pre-programming the track order to
automatically be played by the unit. This is a great function
if you need to leave the CD player alone.
5. TIME MODE – (Elapsed) is for showing time as it is taking
place.(Remain) shows how much time is left on a particular
track. This function is controlled by the TIME BUTTON.
6. TIME BAR – Shows either time remaining or elapsed depending on the setting of the TIME BUTTON.
7. TRACK NUMBER – Shows the current track number. While searching folders, this shows “F”.
8. TRACK – Shows when unit is in Track List mode instead of Folder mode.
9. SINGLE – Shows when the unit is set to play just one track at a time. When this is not lit, the CD will play continuously
through all tracks. This function is controlled by the SING/CONT BUTTON.
10. MP3 – Shows when unit is playing an MP3 file.
11. MINUTES – Shows the minutes elapsed or remaining depending on mode setting.
12. SECONDS – Shows the seconds elapsed or remaining depending on mode setting.
13. FRAMES – The CD Player breaks down a second into 75 frames for accurate cueing. This shows the frames elapsed or
remaining depending on mode setting.
14. LOOP – Indicates when loop is actively playing.
15. PITCH – Shows the percentage change in pitch.
16. PITCH – Is lit when the PITCH BUTTON is active.
17. MATRIX DISPLAY – Displays CD Text or MP3 Tag information. If reading a disc with no encoding, display will read “NO
TEXT”. Also displays folder names while searching through folders.
NAVIGATING THROUGH MP3 FOLDERS
One way to organize the MP3 files on your CD’s is by using Folders. Folders make it
easier to find the music you want quickly. The MP302 is set up to navigate folders, making
it the ideal tool for the professional DJ.
1. Place an MP3 CD that contains folders into one of the MP302’s two CD drives.
2. When the Disc is ready, the LCD display will change from “READ” to displaying the
folder name.
3. Press the FOLDER button. The LCD display will flash “FOLDER”. Use the TRACK
search buttons to scan through the named folders contained on the disc. Press the
FOLDER button again to select a folder. LCD display will flash “TRACK LIST”.
4. You may now search tracks contained within the selected folder using the TRACK
search buttons to scan through the tracks contained within the folder.
Note that the Track +10 feature is not available with a disc that contains folders.
Note: In addition to using the TRACK buttons, you can also use the inner part of the jog
wheel to rapidly change tracks. Just press and release either of the TRACK buttons then
spin the wheel to select the desired track number.
Note: Holding the folder button and pressing the right hand TRACK button will allow you to toggle between displaying the
filename of the current mp3 file or displaying the ID3 tag information.

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PLAY, PAUSE & CUE OPERATIONS
PLAY & CUE
Pressing the “PLAY/PAUSE”
button starts the disc. Pressing
the “CUE” button will reset the
disc to the last place where the
disc was started. This is called
the cue point. By alternately
pressing the “PLAY/PAUSE”
button and the “CUE” button,
the disc may be returned and
played from the cue point any
number of times. This function
is called back cue.
PLAY, PAUSE & CUE
When play has been paused
and then started again, the
return position for the back
cue will be updated to this
new position.
EDITING CUE POINT
When the inner dial is turned
while a cue point is set, a new
cue point can be located. The
CD player will repeatedly play
small parts of the CD as you
move it to the desired position.
By pressing “PLAY/PAUSE”
then “CUE” you can confirm
that the new cue point is
desirable.
MATCHING BPMs
Match the tempo by monitoring the music of both PLAYER 1 and PLAYER 2 by ear and adjusting the pitch. When the tempo of
the music of the selected CD player is slow compared to the tempo of the other player, move the slider to the ( + ) side and
match the tempo. When faster, move the pitch slider to the ( - ) side. The following illustration shows the case of matching the
pitch of PLAYER 2 to the pitch of the music being played on PLAYER 1.
1. Press PLAY/PAUSE to start PLAYER 1. PLAYER 1 is playing.
2. Press PLAY/PAUSE to start PLAYER 2. Both CD players are playing discs.
3. Listen to PLAYER 2 in your headphones. If the beat of channel 2 (in the
headphones) is faster than channel 1, slow down the beat of channel 2 using the
pitch control.
4. If the beat of channel 2 (in the headphones) slower than the beat of channel 1, speed
up the beat using the pitch control.
USING THE BPM DISPLAY FEATURE
Press the BPM button to select the BPM feature on the display on the side of the CD player that
you wish to set. Tap the Counter button to the beat of the music.
You will see the BPM number appear in the display. The more times you tap the more accurate your number will be. When you
adjust the pitch slider the display number will change by an equal percentage.
Back Cue Operation
Play Interval
Press "PLAY/PAUSE
"
to start music
Press "CUE" return t
o
last starting point
Position on Disc
Back Cue Operation
Play Interval Play Interval
Press "PLAY/PAUSE
"
to start music
Press "PLAY/PAUSE
"
to start music
Press "CUE" return to
last starting point
Press "PLAY/PAUSE
"
to pause music
Position on Disc
Back Cue Operation
Play Interval
Press "PLAY/PAUSE"
to start music
Adjust the "CUE" point
with the jog wheel
Press "CUE" return to
last starting point
Position on Disc

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BEAT MATCHING USING PITCH BEND
If you find the BPM’s (Beats Per Minute or Tempos) are the same, however, the drum beats are not matched you will need to
temporarily change the pitch. The illustration below shows how to match the beat of PLAYER 2 to the beat of the music being
played on PLAYER 1. (This procedure can be done on either PLAYER).
After matching the BPM’s adjust the pitch temporarily as follows:
When PLAYER 2 is ahead, rotate the jog wheel counter clockwise. When PLAYER 2 is behind, rotate the jog wheel clockwise.
The pitch changes automatically while the jog wheel is rotated. The faster you rotate the wheel the more you change.
Releasing the wheel results in a return to the original pitch (so the BPM’s are once again the same).
EXAMPLE OF MIXING USING BOTH PLAYERS OF YOUR CD PLAYER
While playing a disc on PLAYER 1, load a disc into PLAYER 2 and select your next track, match its pitch to the track playing on
PLAYER1 and when you are ready use the crossfader on your mixer to fade from PLAYER 1 to PLAYER 2.
PLAYER 1
Load a disc and press the
OPEN/CLOS E button.
PLAYER 2
Load a disc and press the
OP EN/CLOSE button.
PLAYER 2
Press the Pause button of PLAYER 2.
PLAYER 2
Listen with the monitor and
press the play button.
PLAYER 2
With a matching downbeat from
Player 1 press the play button.
P LAYE R 1
S e le c t th e tra ck to b e p la ye d.
P LAYE R 2
S e le c t th e tra ck to b e p la ye d.
P LAYE R 2
Rapidly search for a cue point using
the ou te r whe e l
PLAYER 2
Pressthecuebuttonthenplaytobe
sure of the set cue point.
P LAYE R 2
If you are beat mixing, turn on your
Pitch a djus t and follow the directions
for beat matching.
Load a disc in PLAYER 1 and
select the track and press PLAY.
Load a disc in PLAYER 2 and
select the track then play.
Set and edit a start cue point on
PLAYER 2
Check your new cue point
Do a MIX!
PLAYER 1
Press the PLAY button
PLAYER 2
Press the PLAY button
PLAYER 2
Slowly set the right cue point
using the inner wheel
PLAYER 2
Reset the player to the Cue point
by pressing Cue
MIXE R
When you are happy with your mix
move th e c ros s fa de r a c co rdingly.

SPECIFICATIONS
DIMENSIONS: Main Unit: 482 x 88.8 x 262 (mm)
(W x H x D) Control Unit: 482 x 88.8 x 97 (mm)
WEIGHT: Main Unit: 4.9 Kg
Control Unit: 1.5 Kg
POWER SOURCE: AC 115/230 V, 50/60 Hz, 23 W
AUDIO CHARACTERISTICS Typical Limit Condition
Output Level 2VRMS +/-0.5dB 2VRMS +/-1dB 1KHz, 0dB
Channel Balance Within 0.1dB Within 1dB 1KHz, 0dB
Frequency Response 20-20KHz +/-0.4dB 20-20KHz +/-1dB 0dB output
THD .006% .01% 1KHz, 0dB
SNR 102dB 90dB 1KHz, 0dB
MEDIA FORMAT
yApplicable file extensions: mp3, MP3, mP3, Mp3
yLevel 1(max. 8”/8.3” character style) ISO9660 Level 2 (max. 31/30 character style)
yJoliet max. 64/64 character style
yCD-ROM sector format mode-1 only
yMax. number of Folders: 255
yMax. number of files: 999 (max. 255 files per folder)
yMPEG 1 Layer 3 standard (ISO/IEC11172-3), which provides for single channel (‘mono’)
and two-channel (‘stereo’) coding at sampling rates of 32, 44.1, and 48kHz.
yMPEG 2 Layer 3 standard (ISO/IEC 13818-3), which provides for similar coding at
sampling rates of 16, 22.05, and 24 kHz.
yMPEG 2.5 Layer 3 standard, which provides for similar coding at sampling rates of 8,
11.025, and 12 kHz
yDisc at Once and Track at Once
yDisc Writing Method Multi Session
yIf the 1st session is CDDA, you can playback only CDDA tracks. If the 1st session is MP3,
you can playback only MP3 files.
MANUAL VERSION 1.2