Cortex Hdc-1000

The HDC-1000 can play all your MP3's; CBR or VBR at any bitrate up to 320kbps from USB hard drive / memory stick or Ipod.

Support for various hard drive & flash-based music players such as Apple iPod and External CD/DVD Rom Drives. Due to Apple limitations, the iPod® iTouch, iPhone & Mac formatted Classics are not compatible with Cortex products.

Take an iPod or USB memory flash drive, plug it in, and play it right away without having to reboot the unit. With two USB ports (and support for up to 4 devices when using a USB hub), the HDC unit allows users to connect and recognize multiple storage devices to access a variety of separate music databases simultaneously. No need to abandon the CD collection, the HDC-1000 is able to play audio CDs with any compatible USB CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Play back user-created CD-R's or DVD-R's loaded with MP3 or WAV music files using a compatible USB CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

Intelligent Music Database Management
The HDC-1000 uses a database management system that allows the user to search through a massive library of music within seconds, by artist, title, genre, album or even by string.

Multiple search options including file explorer and BPM search
The cataloging system gives you several browsing options, including Search by Artist, Song, Title, Album, BPM and Genre. This system allows users to search the same way they would using an iPod™ or similar portable music player. Users can search by a certain word or phrase to find tracks on their storage device, even if they're unsure of the name. When the user inputs a keyword, it will search all Artists, Titles, Albums, and Genres, and show all matches to that keyword. For instance, searching for the word 'LOVE' might bring up (3) artists. It might also find (60) titles, (10) albums and (1) genre. The user can then select the artists, titles, albums, or genres from that list.

Playlist creation with iTunes Playlist Compatibility
Easily make Playlists and sort songs based on Artist, Genre, etc., via your computer for use on your HDC-1000 unit with new Database Software. Also when using an iPod™ the iPod™ playlist will become available in the search field.

Dual 4 line 80-charcter LCD displays for playback information, parameter adjustments & Waveform display
The brightly illuminated LCD main playback screen displays info on any track in the catalog, showing everything from the essentials such as artist, track title, pitch, time elapsed/remaining to detailed information including file format (MP3 or WAV), genre, and track length and Waveform Display.

Front and Rear USB ports for easy access
As well as having a high speed USB connection in the back the HDC-1000 includes one right in the front of the machine for easy access when the unit is rack mounted. Both USB connections allow you to connect any kind of media as well as an optional USB keyboard.

USB Keyboard connection for search and navigation
Quickly find that hot new track in a massive library of music with just a few taps of a USB-compatible keyboard. Also control all the basic functions of the HDC-1000 via the keyboard like Play, Pause and Navigation.

Jog Wheel with Jog Mode Select
The HDC-1000's 2 multifunction Jog Wheels let you change modes on the fly, in the default mode the wheel acts as a pitch controller and in Jog Mode the wheel allows you to use it for fast forwarding and rewinding, as well when in any of the other modes of the HDC-1000 like Search, Edit and/or CUEING the Jog wheel can be used as a navigation tool.