Pioneer PDR-W37 - Manual

5 1 Before You Start Hints on installation We want you to enjoy using this unit for years to come, so pleasebear in mind the following points when choosing a suitablelocation for it: Do... ✓ Use in a well-ventilated room. ✓ Place on a solid, flat, level surface, such as a table, shelf orstereo rack....

6 1 Before You Start Maintaining your CD recorder To clean the compact disc recorder, wipe with a soft, dry cloth. Forstubborn dirt, wet a soft cloth with a mild detergent solution madeby diluting one part detergent to 5 or 6 parts water, wring well, thenwipe off the dirt. Use a dry cloth to wipe th...

7 1 Before You Start Recording and finalizing discs Unlike other recording media, recordable CDs have a number ofdistinct states, and what you can do with a disc depends on thecurrent state of the disc. Figure 1. (right) shows the three states —blank, partially recorded, and finalized — and summariz...

8 2 Connecting Up LINE IN OPTICAL IN REC OUT PLAY L R DIGITAL OUT COAXIAL OPTICAL 2 1 DIGITAL IN COAXIAL CONTROL AC IN Rear panel Important: Before making or changing any rear panel connections, make sure that all the components are switched offand unplugged from the power supply. Connecting optical...

9 2 Connecting Up ◊ÛB¿ˆ≤≥ OPEN/CLOSE 1 3 2 POWER — OFF _ ON 3-CD CONTROL 3 - COMPACT DISC MULTI CHANGER INPUT PLAY MODE PHONE KEYBOARD INPUT COMPACT DISC RECORDER / MULTI-CD CHANGER 0 0 0 4 1 ¡ ¢ DISPLAY 6 7 Connecting a keyboard You can choose to use a connected keyboard to control many of theplayb...

10 3 Controls and Displays Front panel 1 OPEN/CLOSE ) 1 / 2 / 3 – Press to open/close disc tray 1, 2 or 3 from the changer. 2 Changer disc tray 3 CD SELECT 1 / 2 / 3 – Press to select and play disc 1, 2 or 3 from the changer. (p.14) 4 CD = CD-R START / REC THIS – Press to start recording from disc(s...

11 3 Controls and Displays Remote control 1 DISPLAY/CHARA – Press to switch between display modes (p.16), and between upper- and lower-casecharacters while using CD text (p.23). 2 SCROLL – Press to scroll through long names in CD text. (p.16, 23) 3 MENU/DELETE – Press to access the preference menu o...

12 3 Controls and Displays Display DISC DISC DISC PARTIAL SINGLE ALL RELAY FADER SCAN RDM PGM SKIP ON VOL FIX DIG OVER ANA OPTICAL RPT - 1 A.SPACE COAXIAL DISC TRK TOTAL REMAIN TRK STEP STEP MIN MIN SEC SEC dB REC CD TEXTCD-RW MANUAL TRACK SYNC-1 FINALIZE ANALOG 1 2 3 COPY Hi REC THIS L R –dB 8 40 1...

13 4 Getting Started Quick CD recording Although the PDR-W37 has many advanced recording features,duplicating a CD is pretty much a one-touch operation. Beforestarting, make sure that the recorder is connected to your ampliferand that everything is plugged in to a power outlet. For detailed informat...

14 4 Getting Started Playing a CD This section takes you through using the basic playback controls ofthe CD changer and CD-R. The steps below describe playing a discin tray 1 of the disc changer, but the playback controls for the CD-Rand for other discs loaded into the changer work in the same way. ...

15 4 Getting Started Playback modes The different play modes let you play either a single disc, or up tofour discs one after another for an uninterrupted playing time of upto five hours. 1 Load a disc into disc tray 1 of thechanger. 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE 2 0 . Disc tray 1 closes and 2 opens. Load a dis...

16 4 Getting Started Switching the display (CD changer side) The recorder can display various kinds of disc and track informa-tion while stopped, and in both playback and copying modes. If theCD contains text information, this can be displayed duringplayback, and while the CD is stopped. The informa...

19 5 Recording Features Introduction Recording CDs from the disc changer has several advantages overrecording from an external CD player. • Double speed recording lets you record a disc in half the regular time. • Automatic spacing when individual tracks are recorded. • Automatic SCMS copying makes ...

20 5 Recording Features Recording individual tracks Here's how to copy individual tracks from any disc in the changer: 1 Load the CD(s) you want to copytracks from in to the CD changer. You can use any of the three disc trays in the changer. 2 Load a CD-R or CD-RW into theCD-R tray. If the disc isn'...

21 5 Recording Features Recording from anywhere on the disc Here's how to record starting from any point on the disc: 1 Load the CD(s) you want to recordtracks from in to the CD changer. You can use any of the three disc trays in the changer. 2 Load a CD-R or CD-RW into theCD-R tray. If the disc isn...

22 5 Recording Features Recording a programmed selection You can automate the process of making a mix CD by using theprogramming function of the disc changer. 1 Load the CD(s) you want to programtracks from in to the CD changer. You can use any of the three disc trays in the changer. 2 Load a CD-R o...

23 5 Recording Features DISC NAME ARTIST NAME Using CD text You can name a CD-R or CD-RW so that when you load the discinto the player, the disc name, track title, or artist name can appearin the display. Each title can be up to 120 characters long,including spaces. You can store all the text (up to...

24 5 Recording Features 6 Confirm the character and move thecursor to the next character positionby pressing the jog dial (or ¡ ). For the remote, move the cursor to the next characterposition by pressing ENTER . • Move the cursor backwards or forwards along the display using 1 and ¡ . • Insert a ne...

25 5 Recording Features TIME ENTER CURSOR NAME 1 ¡ 4 ¢ NAME CLIP Copying track names to other tracks If you need to name several tracks with similar names—severalparts of one suite, for example—you can name the first one usingthe procedure detailed above, then simply copy that name to theother track...

26 5 Recording Features Recording fade ins and fade outs Sometimes, for example if you're recording just an excerpt fromsomething, it may be better to fade in the recording, then fade outagain at the end, rather than start and end abruptly. You can alsoset longer or shorter fade times so that they m...

27 5 Recording Features Setting the silence threshold If you're recording from CD, MD, DCC or DAT, you can usually letthe recorder number the tracks automatically as they change onthe source material. When recording other digital or analogsources, the recorder will start a new track if it detects mo...

28 5 Recording Features Starting tracks in time increments If you aren't able to set track numbers automatically duringrecording (a radio program with interviews, for example), youmight want to have the recorder start tracks after every threeminutes or so. This will make it easier to listen back to ...

29 5 Recording Features Setting the balance You can increase the relative volume of the right or left channel forboth recording and playback. However, It is generally not necessaryto change the balance of a commercially recorded source. 1 Make sure the recorder is stopped,then press REC MODE. The re...

30 6 Finalizing and Erasing Finalizing a disc Before you can play a CD-R on an ordinary CD player, the disc mustgo through a process called finalization. Once finalized, a CD-Rdisc is no longer recordable. Finalization is not reversible for CD-Rsso be absolutely sure that everything on the disc is t...

31 6 Finalizing and Erasing Erasing a CD–RW disc Although more expensive than CD-R discs, the great advantage ofCD-RW is that the discs can be erased and reused. Various eraseoptions are available depending on whether or not the disc hasbeen finalized. A third, special option, erases (re-initializes...

32 6 Finalizing and Erasing 3 - COMPACT DISC MULTI CHANGER COMPACT DISC DIGITAL RECORDER COMPACT DISC RECORDER / MULTI-CD CHANGER Hi-bit Legato Link Conversion CD TEXT ◊ÛB¿ˆ≤≥ ERASE 4 1 ¡ ¢ 6 7 REC VOL PUSH ENTER ¶ When a finalized disc is loaded: 1 Press ERASE. 2 Use the jog dial (or press 4 1 or ¡...

33 6 Finalizing and Erasing Marking recorded tracks to skip Although you can’t erase tracks on a CD-R disc, you can set whatare called ‘skip IDs’. These tell a CD player (though many do notrecognize skip IDs) not to play a particular track, but to skip to thenext one on the disc. You can also set sk...

34 6 Finalizing and Erasing Clearing skip IDs: 1 Use the 4 and ¢ buttons (or the jog dial) to select the track you wantto clear the skip ID for. Skip play must be off (the SKIP ON indicator does not light in the display) for you to choose tracks with skip IDs. Press SKIP PLAY on the remote to turn i...

35 7 Playback Functions Programming a playlist (3-CD changer) Programming a playlist means telling the player precisely whichtracks, and in what order, you want played. You can program asequence of up to 30 tracks, playing tracks from any of the discsloaded in the changer, and playing tracks more th...

36 7 Playback Functions Programming a playlist (CD-R) You can program a playlist for a disc that's in the CD-R disc tray.When you eject the disc, the playlist is lost. 1 Press CD-R then 7 to stop playback. 2 Press PROGRAM. The PGM indicator lights and the display prompts you to enter the first track...

37 7 Playback Functions Fading in and fading out CD-R side only Use the fader feature to fade the volume down gradually and pauseplayback, or to have the player fade in the volume when youresume playback. You can also set the length of time over whichyou want to fade in or fade out (See Setting the ...

38 8 Recording Other Sources Introduction Use the various recording modes described here when you'rerecording from a component connected to the recorder eitherdirectly via an optical or coaxial digital connection, or via youramplifier to the the analog line in jacks. For most sources, both analog an...

39 8 Recording Other Sources Digital synchro recording If you have a CD, MD, DAT or DCC player connected to either of thedigital inputs of this recorder, you can make digital recordingsfrom it very simply using this mode. Note that double speed recording is not possible in this mode. 1 Make sure tha...

40 8 Recording Other Sources Analog synchro recording Use the analog line inputs when recording from your turntable,cassette deck, or other analog audio source. Note that double speed recording is not possible in this mode. 1 Make sure that any discs loaded inthe CD changer are stopped. 2 Load a CD–...

41 8 Recording Other Sources Manual recording (analog or digital) The main use for manual recording mode is when there are nospecific start and/or end points in the source material — whenyou're recording from a tuner or a satellite decoder, for example. 1 Make sure that any discs loaded inthe CD cha...

42 8 Recording Other Sources Recording blank sections This feature is useful when you want to put some space at the endof a recording session so that the next recording doesn't start afterthe last too closely, but use it wherever you need some blank spacerecorded on the disc. Note that you can’t sta...

43 9 Additional Information Storing discs Although CD, CD-R and CD-RW discs are more durable than vinylrecords, you should still take care to handle and store discscorrectly. When you're not using a disc, return it to its case andstore upright. Avoid leaving discs in excessively cold, humid, or hote...

44 9 Additional Information Digital recording restrictions This unit has been designed exclusively for recording and playbackof audio discs — you can’t record other CD formats, such ascomputer CD-ROMs or Dolby Digital (AC-3). If you record from adisc format such as CD+Graphics, Video CD, or other fo...

45 9 Additional Information Understanding display messages Below is a list of messages you’ll see during normal operation witha brief explanation of what they mean. If you need moreinformation, turn to the page indicated. e g a s s e M n o i t p i r c s e D e g a P N E P O . n e p o s i y a r t c s ...

46 9 Additional Information Error messages Below is a list of error messages you may see during playback orrecording, with possible causes and remedies. If you need moreinformation, turn to the page indicated. e g a s s e M e s u a C y d e m e R C S I D K C E H C . y t r i d r o d e g a m a d s i c ...

47 9 Additional Information Digital synchro recording troubleshooting If digital synchro-recording fails to operate correctly, check thefollowing: 1 Pause playback of the source, then press the digital synchro button again. If you’re recording from a portable CD player, etc., makesure that the shock...

48 9 Additional Information Troubleshooting Power does not come on • Check that the unit is plugged into a standard AC power outlet. • If the unit is connected to another component’s power output, check that the other component is switched on. No sound when playing a disc • Check that all connection...

49 9 Additional Information Specifications 1. General Model ..................................................... Compact disc audio systemApplicable discs ......................................... CDs, CD-Rs and CD-RWsPower supply ............................................................. AC 120...

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