Pioneer PDR-609 - Manuals

5 English Contents 1 Before You Start Feature of the PDR-609 CD recorder ...................................... 6Checking what’s in the box ..................................................... 6Using this manual ................................................................... 6Hints on installat...

6 En 1 Before you start Hints on installation We want you to enjoy using the PDR–609 for years to come,so please bear in mind the following points when choosing asuitable location for it: Do... ✔ Use in a well-ventilated room. ✔ Place on a solid, flat, level surface, such as a table, shelf orstereo ...

7 En 1 Before you start English Care and maintenance Cleaning external surfaces To clean the compact disc recorder, wipe with a soft, dry cloth.For stubborn dirt, wet a soft cloth with a mild detergentsolution made by diluting one part detergent to 5 or 6 partswater, wring well, then wipe off the di...

8 En 1 Before you start About CD, CD-R andCD-RW discs The PDR–609 is compatible with three types of compact disc: Playback-only CDs This unit will playback any ordinary audio CDscarrying the Compact Disc Digital Audio markshown right. CD-Recordable discs Recordable CDs, or CD-R, carry the markshown ...

9 En 1 Before you start English Recording copyright material The price of a consumer-use disc includes a copyright fee thathas been paid to the copyright owner (in countries where thecopyright fee collection system has been established based ontheir respective copyright laws). This means that you ca...

10 En 2 Connecting up cable around sharp corners as this can damage the cable.Likewise, when storing optical cable, coil loosely (as shown onpage 8). If you’re using one of the coaxial-type digital connectorsyou’ll need a lead with an RCA/phono plug at each end (thesame type of connector as the Vide...

11 En 2 Connecting up English POWER-CORD CAUTION Handle the power cord by the plug part. Do not pull out theplug by tugging the cord, and never touch the power cordwhen your hands are wet, as this could cause a short circuit orelectric shock. Do not place the unit, a piece of furniture, orother obje...

12 En 3 Controls and Displays 12 FINALIZE (p.26) Press to start the disc finalization process (to make recordableCDs playable on ordinary CD players). Indicator lights upduring finalization. 13 AUTO/MANUAL (p.33–34) Switches between automatic and manual track numberingwhen recording a disc. 14 INPUT...

13 En 3 Controls and Displays English 15 SKIP PLAY (p.28) Press to switch skip play on and off. 16 SKIP ID SET (p.29) Instructs the player to skip aparticular track on playback. 17 SKIP ID CLEAR (p.29) Clears the above setting. 18 SYNCHRO (p.19–21) Press to start recording on detectionof an input si...

14 En 3 Controls and Displays Display 1 CD text indicators(p.16)DISC Lights up when disc information is displayed. TRACK Lights up when track information is displayed. ARTST Lights up when artist information is displayed. 2 TOTAL / REMAIN / TIME (p.17) Indicates whether the current displayed time is...

15 En 4 Getting Started English Switching on forthe first time The next few pages take you throughswitching on the PDR–609, playing discs,and doing some basic recording. Beforeproceeding with this section you shouldhave at least connected your recorder to anamplifier. (If you haven't, turn to pages1...

17 En 4 Getting Started English Elapsed playbacktime of current track Remaining playingtime of all tracks Remaining playing timeof current track O2 O1 O2:16 O2 O1–O3:2O ALL –46:4O Remaining recordingtime available* Elapsed recordingtime O2 O1 O7:46 REC –56:14 Showing discinformation The PDR-609 can ...

4 Getting Started 18 En This generally allows just one generation of digital recording.In other words, you can make a digital recording from anoriginal source (such as a commercial CD), but you can’tthen make further digital recordings from that copy. Mostdigital recording equipment uses the SCMS sy...

19 En 4 Getting Started English Recording onetrack from a source If you want to record just a single track, ora few selected tracks, from a digital (CD,MD, DCC or DAT) or an analog source, therecorder can start and stop automatically.With digital recording, there's no need toworry about recording le...

20 En 4 Getting Started Synchro recording won't work if the sourceis already playing! The recorder goes into all-sync recordpause and the SYNC indicator starts to blink. SYNC–ALL SYNC CD-R The display shows the all-track sync mode,with the SYNC indicator blinking to show that recording can start. 4 ...

21 En 4 Getting started English SYNC–1 SYNC-1 SYNC–ALL SYNC SYNC–FINAL SYNC CD-R CD-R CD-R O1 O1 OO:OO FINALIZE CD-R 1-track sync All-track sync All-track sync w/ finalization Record-pause (no sync) Automaticallyrecording andfinalizing a disc This is a variation on all-track synchrorecording on the ...

22 En 4 Getting started 6 Restart playback of the sourcematerial. If the AUTO TRACK indicator is lit in the display then the recorder will start a newtrack each time it detects a sound after atleast two seconds of continuous silence.(To switch off auto track numbering see Manually numbering tracks o...

23 En 4 Getting started English Setting the digitalrecording level One of the advantages of digital-to-digitalrecording is that you don't have to setrecording levels—and risk distortion byoverloading the disc. If you're recordingcommercial material from CD or MD, thedigital level has already been op...

24 En 4 Getting started Setting the analogrecording level Compared to analog tape, the distortionthat you get from overloading a CD ismuch less tolerable, and something you’lldefinitely want to avoid. What you want to aim for is a level wherethe loudest sound from your sourcematerial is recorded ont...

25 En 4 Getting started English ◊ÛB - >?/ MONITOR INPUT SELECTOR AUTO MANUAL AUTO MANUAL TRACK NO. WRITE TIME FINALIZE ERASE SCROLL 2 1 DIGITAL REC LEVEL ANALOG REC LEVEL MENU/ DELETE TEXT SYNCHRO PUSH ENTER R L ANALOG REC BALANCE Legato Link Conversion CD TEXT 4,6 5 4,6 3 ENTER CURSOR MENU/ DELE...

26 En 4 Getting started For a CD-RW, the finalize indicator lightsin the display. None of the controls on the player or theremote have any effect during finalization.If, however, the recorder hasn't managedto finalize the disc within 10 minutes, youcan abort the operation by pressing 7 . If you do t...

27 En 5 More playback features English DIGITAL REC LEVEL ANALOG REC LEVEL MENU/ DELETE TEXT SYNCHRO PUSH ENTER R L ANALOG REC BALANCE Legato Link Conversion CD TEXT 3 Programming thetrack order Programming the track order meanstelling the player precisely which tracks,and in what order, you want pla...

28 En 5 More playback features Playing a disc withskip IDs If you're not sure whether a disc has skipIDs programmed, look for the SKIP ON indicator in the display when you load adisc—it will light automatically if one ormore are present. 1 Load a disc. The SKIP ON indicator lights up if there are an...

29 En 5 More playback features English Clearing skip IDs 1 Press SKIP PLAY to switch offskip play mode. The SKIP ON indicator in the display disappears. • If the SKIP ON indicator did not light up when you loaded the disc then thereare no skip IDs present on that disc. 2 Press SKIP ID CLEAR duringpl...

30 En 6 More recording features If the disc is already named, the characterdisplay shows the name (or the first 12characters if it is too long to be displayedcompletely), with a blinking cursor underthe first character. 4 Select/change the character atthe current cursor position byturning the jog di...

31 En 6 More recording features English • Erase the character at the current cursor position by pressing MENU / DELETE . The characters on either side of thecurrent cursor position close to fill upthe gap. 7 Press NAME again to enter thetext and return to the titleselection display. If you are input...

32 En 6 More recording features 7 Use the jog dial to select one ofthe previous three namesstored, then press the jog dial(ENTER). On the remote, use the 4 and ¢ buttons to select a name, then press ENTER . The display flashes Name Insert briefly and the selected name is inserted at thepoint you cho...

33 En 6 More recording features English Automaticallynumbering tracks If you're recording from CD, MD, DCC orDAT, you can usually let the recordernumber the tracks automatically as theychange on the source material. Whenrecording other digital or analog sources,the recorder will start a new track if...

34 En 6 More recording features DIGITAL REC LEVEL ANALOG REC LEVEL MENU/ DELETE TEXT SYNCHRO PUSH ENTER R L ANALOG REC BALANCE Legato Link Conversion CD TEXT 2,3,4 1 Starting tracks intime increments If you aren't able to set track numbersautomatically during recording (a radioprogram with interview...

36 En 6 More recording features Monitoring asource When recording, or in record-pause mode,the source signal is always available formonitoring through a connected amplifieror through a pair of headphones pluggedinto the PDR–609’s phones jack. Even ifyou’re not recording, you can stillmonitor—useful ...

38 En 6 More recording features When a finalized disc isloaded Be careful: When you erase the TOC, the CD text information for the disc is alsocopied to memory for editing purposes,erasing the oldest text information stored(as explained on page 30). 1 Press ERASE. The display shows ERASE TOC? . Pres...

39 En 7 Additional information English Understanding display messages Below is a list of messages you’ll see during normal operation of the PDR–609 together with a brief explanation of what they mean.If you need more information, turn to the page indicated. Note: In the table below, ** indicates a t...

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43 En 7 Additional information English Specifications 1 General Model ..................................................... Compact disc audio systemApplicable discs ......................................... CDs, CD-Rs and CD-RWsPower supply ............. AC 120 V, 60 Hz (U.S and Canadian models) AC...

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