COMPACT DISC RECORDER PDR-609 Operating Instructions
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IMPORTANT FOR USE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: Blue : Neutral Brown :Live If the plug provided is unsuitable for your socket outlets, the plug must be cut off and a suitable plug fitted. The cutoff plug should be disposed of and must not be inserted into any 13 amp socket as this can result in electric shock. The plug or adaptor of the distribution panel should be provided with a 5 amp fuse.
1 Before You Start Feature of the PDR-609 CD recorder ...................................... 6 Checking what’s in the box ..................................................... 6 Using this manual ................................................................... 6 Hints on installation ............................................................... 6 Putting the batteries in the remote control ............................ 7 Avoiding condensation problems .......................................
1 Before you start Features of the PDR-609 CD recorder Create your own audio CDs At last, there's a convenient and affordable way to make your own audio CDs. Create your own original recordings, or put together compilations of your favorite tracks from your existing CDs. Other uses include making high-quality recordings from radio or satellite broadcasts, and making personal copies of CDs, MDs, etc. to keep in the car, keeping the originals safe at home.
1 Before you start English Putting the batteries in the remote control • Turn over the remote control, then press and slide the battery compartment cover off. • Put in the batteries supplied, taking care to match the plus and minus ends of each battery with the markings inside the compartment. • Slide the cover back on, and your remote is ready for use. Caution! Incorrect use of batteries can result in hazards such as leakage and bursting.
1 Before you start Storing discs Discs to avoid Although CD, CD-R and CD-RW discs are more durable than vinyl records, you should still take care to handle and store discs correctly. When you're not using a disc, return it to its case and store upright. Avoid leaving discs in excessively cold, humid, or hot environments (including under direct sunlight). CDs spin at high speed inside the player during playback and recording.
1 Before you start Recording copyright material Unlike other recording media, recordable CDs have a number of distinct states, and what you can do with a disc depends on the current state of the disc. The figure below shows the three states—blank, partially recorded, and finalized—and summarizes what’s possible (✔) and impossible (✘) in each.
2 Connecting up PDR–609 CD-Recorder LINE REC PLAY IN OUT AC IN L CONTROL DIGITAL OUT DIGITAL IN OPTICAL TEXT COAXIAL OPTICAL COAXIAL IN R CONTROL IN or OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL IN Digital playback component (CD, MD, DAT player, etc.) Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Note: It is not possible to daisy-chain several units together for digital duplication.
2 Connecting up PLAY OUT AC IN CONTROL L DIGITAL IN OPTICAL TEXT COAXIAL DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL English LINE REC IN COAXIAL IN R L R R L R L L R MD/TAPE OUTPUT INPUT REC PLAY L R OUT CONTROL Connecting up for analog playback & recording Before you start, make sure that all the components are switched off and disconnected from the wall outlet. Next, connect this unit to your amplifier/receiver using the two sets of supplied audio leads—one set for playback, the other for recording.
3 Controls and Displays 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 COMPACT DISC DIGITAL RECORDER DIGITAL REC LEVEL 10 ANALOG REC LEVEL ◊ÛB->?/ PUSH ENTER L SCROLL TIME ERASE FINALIZE AUTO MANUAL ANALOG REC BALANCE R MONITOR TEXT MENU/ DELETE TRACK NO. WRITE AUTO MANUAL INPUT SELECTOR SYNCHRO CD TEXT 11 12 13 14 15 Front panel 1 POWER switch (p.15) Switches power to the unit on and off. 2 SCROLL (p. 16) Press to scroll through long names in CD text. TIME (p.
3 Controls and Displays 15 SKIP PLAY (p.28) 1 Records a blank section on a disc (for space between tracks, etc.) 2 ¶ REC (p.22–25) Press to enter record-pause mode. 3 TIME (p.17) Switches the display mode (elapsed track time, remaining track time, total disc playing time, etc.) 4 Press to switch skip play on and off. • REC MUTE (p.35) DISPLAY/CHARA Press to switch between display modes (disc title, artist name, track title) (p.
3 Controls and Displays 1 2 3 TRK TOTAL REMAIN TIME DISC TRACK ARTST ANALOG OPTICAL 45 6 INDEX MIN SEC CD TEXT FINALIZE FADER SYNC-1 AUTO TRK MANU TRK 32 18 12 6 2 0 OVER SKIP ON RPT-1 PGM VOL dB RDM COAXIAL 20 19 Display 2 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. TOTAL / REMAIN / TIME (p.
4 Getting Started AUTO/ REC SYNCHRO MANUAL • TIME ABC 1 2 3 JKL MNO 4 5 6 SCROLL PQRS TUV WXYZ 7 8 MENU/ DELETE MARK 9 NAME 10/0 4 8 7 9 DEF GHI DISPLAY /CHARA 5,6 The next few pages take you through switching on the PDR–609, playing discs, and doing some basic recording. Before proceeding with this section you should have at least connected your recorder to an amplifier. (If you haven't, turn to pages 10–11 for more on connecting the PDR– 609 to other components in your system.
4 Getting Started Number buttons AUTO/ REC SYNCHRO MANUAL • TIME ABC DEF 1 2 3 GHI JKL MNO 4 5 6 SCROLL PQRS TUV WXYZ 7 8 MENU/ DELETE MARK DISPLAY /CHARA • >10 ¢ CURSOR 3 1 ¡ ENTER 7 REPEAT RANDOM NAME CLIP 8 FADER PROGRAM CHECK CLEAR INPUT SELECTER SKIP ID SKIP PLAY SET Showing CD text information If you want to start directly from a track other than the first, just enter the track number from the remote control.
4 Getting Started Introduction to CD recording The PDR-609 can display various kinds of disc and track information during both playback and recording. The TIME button switches between the different time display modes. Additionally, while stopped, individual track information is available from the track skip buttons (4 and ¢), or by turning the jog dial. The PDR-609 is designed to let you make extremely high quality digital recordings onto recordable compact discs.
4 Getting Started This generally allows just one generation of digital recording. In other words, you can make a digital recording from an original source (such as a commercial CD), but you can’t then make further digital recordings from that copy. Most digital recording equipment uses the SCMS system, including CD and MD recorders, and DAT decks. You may also find that you can’t record certain DVD discs as the digital output of the DVD player can be disabled by the disc.
4 Getting Started If you want to record just a single track, or a few selected tracks, from a digital (CD, MD, DCC or DAT) or an analog source, the recorder can start and stop automatically. With digital recording, there's no need to worry about recording levels—you'll get a perfect digital copy of the original (if you want to change the digital recording level, see pages 23).
4 Getting Started Synchro recording won't work if the source is already playing! Recording all tracks from a source If you want to copy all the tracks from a source, use this mode. Like the 1-track synchro recording mode, the recorder starts and stops automatically. When recording from MD or CD, you can play the source in either normal play mode, or program play if you’d like the recorded tracks in a different order to the original.
4 Getting started 1 DIGITAL REC LEVEL You can also copy CD text digitally as long as: it has not been copy-protected by the manufacturer; the disc you want to copy is not in program-play mode; you use a completely blank CD-R. Play the source. Recording starts automatically. If you press SYNCHRO during recording, the recorder will finish recording without finalizing the CD-R. 5 After recording all tracks on the source, the recorder starts finalizing the disc.
4 Getting started Manual recording Use the manual recording method with a source where syncho recording is not suitable. For example, if you are recording from either radio, or a digital satellite, synchro recording is not possible since there are no track numbers or start IDs to signal the start and end points of the recording.
4 Getting started One of the advantages of digital-to-digital recording is that you don't have to set recording levels—and risk distortion by overloading the disc. If you're recording commercial material from CD or MD, the digital level has already been optimized and you don't need to change it. If you're making a digital copy of a CD, DAT or MD that was not commercially produced and that was consistently under-recorded, you can boost the overall level by up to +20dB.
4 Getting started Setting the analog recording level Compared to analog tape, the distortion that you get from overloading a CD is much less tolerable, and something you’ll definitely want to avoid. 2 What you want to aim for is a level where the loudest sound from your source material is recorded onto the CD at a level just below the point where it overloads (where it produces an unpleasant, buzzy distortion). ◊ÛB->?/ SCROLL TIME ERASE FINALIZE AUTO MANUAL MONITOR TRACK NO.
4 Getting started You can increase the relative volume of the right or left channel for both recording and playback. However, It is generally not necessary to change the balance of a commercially recorded source. 2 1 ◊ÛB->?/ AUTO MANUAL SCROLL TIME ERASE FINALIZE MONITOR TRACK NO. WRITE AUTO MANUAL English Setting the balance Press INPUT SELECTOR to choose an input.
4 Getting started Finalizing a disc Before you can play a CD-R on an ordinary CD player, the disc must go through a process called finalization. Once finalized, a CD-R disc is no longer recordable, nor will you be able to set or clear skip IDs. Finalization is not reversible for CD-Rs so be absolutely sure that everything on the disc is the way you want it before you start.
5 More playback features Programming the track order means telling the player precisely which tracks, and in what order, you want played. You can program a playlist of up to 24 tracks, playing tracks more than once if you like. 2 DIGITAL REC LEVEL The playlist you program applies only to the disc in the player at the time: as soon as you eject that disc the playlist is lost.
5 More playback features Playing tracks at random Selecting random play leaves the track order of the disc up to the player. Each track on the disc is played just once, but in a random order. AUTO/ REC SYNCHRO MANUAL • TIME ABC DEF 1 2 3 DISPLAY /CHARA GHI JKL 4 5 6 SCROLL PQRS TUV WXYZ 7 8 9 MENU/ DELETE >10 ¢ CURSOR 3 1 ¡ ENTER 7 REPEAT RANDOM NAME CLIP 8 FADER PROGRAM CHECK CLEAR SET SELECTER • Pressing 7 cancels random play.
5 More playback features ABC DEF 1 2 3 DISPLAY /CHARA GH I JKL 4 5 6 SCROLL P QR S TUV WXYZ 7 8 9 MENU/ DELETE MN O MARK 4 NAME 10/0 4 >10 ¢ ¢ CURSOR 3 2 Although you can't erase tracks on a CD-R disc, you can set what are called 'skip IDs'. These tell a CD player (though not all recognize skip IDs) not to play a particular track, and to skip to the next one on the disc.
6 More recording features If the disc is already named, the character display shows the name (or the first 12 characters if it is too long to be displayed completely), with a blinking cursor under the first character. Using CD text You can name a CD-R or CD-RW so that when you load the disc into the player, the disc name, track title, or artist name can appear in the display. Each title can be up to 120 characters long, including spaces.
6 More recording features 6 DIGITAL REC LEVEL ANALOG REC LEVEL The characters on either side of the current cursor position close to fill up the gap. PUSH ENTER L ANALOG REC BALANCE R MENU/ DELETE TEXT SYNCHRO Legato Link Conversion CD TEXT 7 6 7 AUTO/ REC SYNCHRO MANUAL • TIME ABC 6 DEF 1 2 3 GHI JKL MNO 4 5 6 SCROLL PQRS TUV WXYZ 7 8 MENU/ DELETE MARK DISPLAY /CHARA Press NAME again to enter the text and return to the title selection display.
6 More recording features Copying track names to other tracks If you need to name several tracks with similar names—several parts of one suite, for example—you can name the first one using the procedure detailed above, then simply copy that name to the other tracks and edit them as required. This can save you a lot of time over naming each track individually. The recorder stores the last three names you've copied using the name clip function in its memory (up to 40 characters each).
6 More recording features If you're recording from CD, MD, DCC or DAT, you can usually let the recorder number the tracks automatically as they change on the source material. When recording other digital or analog sources, the recorder will start a new track if it detects more than 2 seconds of silence. However if you’re recording a noisy vinyl record or a classical recording with long quiet sections, the recorder may not always regognize the gap between tracks.
6 More recording features AUTO/ REC SYNCHRO MANUAL • TIME ABC 1 2 DISPLAY /CHARA GHI JKL 4 5 6 PQRS TUV WXYZ MENU/ DELETE MARK 3 MNO 9 8 NAME 10/0 4 >10 2,3 ¢ CURSOR 3 1 If you aren't able to set track numbers automatically during recording (a radio program with interviews, for example), you might want to have the recorder start tracks after every three minutes or so. This will make it easier to listen back to sections of the recording at a later date.
6 More recording features DIGITAL REC LEVEL ANALOG REC LEVEL This feature is useful wherever you need some blank space recorded on the disc, for instance, at the end of a recording session so that the next track doesn't follow the last too closely. Note that you can’t start a recording with a muted section; only after a recording has started, or at the end of a recording.
6 More recording features Monitoring a source ◊ÛB->?/ TIME ERASE FINALIZE AUTO MANUAL MONITOR TRACK NO. WRITE AUTO MANUAL INPUT SELECTOR 1 Start the source component playing. Make sure that the input selector is set to the correct input. Checking for digital copy protection Using the MONITOR button, you can also check whether or not a digital source is copy-protected with SCMS (Serial Copy Management System).
6 More recording features 1 ◊ÛB->?/ AUTO MANUAL SCROLL TIME ERASE FINALIZE MONITOR TRACK NO. WRITE AUTO MANUAL 1 ANALOG REC LEVEL 2 A third, special option, erases (reinitializes) the whole disc. This process takes quite a long time to complete and should be used for recovering damaged discs, not for erasing tracks from a healthy disc.
6 More recording features When a finalized disc is loaded Be careful: When you erase the TOC, the CD text information for the disc is also copied to memory for editing purposes, erasing the oldest text information stored (as explained on page 30). 1 ◊ÛB->?/ AUTO MANUAL SCROLL TIME ERASE FINALIZE MONITOR TRACK NO. WRITE AUTO MANUAL INPUT SELECTOR 1 Press 7 to cancel erase here. 2 DIGITAL REC LEVEL ANALOG REC LEVEL 2 PUSH ENTER L ANALOG REC BALANCE R MENU/ DELETE TEXT Press ERASE.
7 Additional information 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. English Understanding display messages Note: In the table below, ** indicates a track number. Message Description Reference TOC READ The recorder is reading the disc's TOC (Table of Contents). Wait for the message to disappear. p.
7 Additional information Troubleshooting Below is a list of messages mainly related to playback and recording problems, together with a brief explanation and a page reference where you can find more information: Display Cause Remedy CHECK DISC The disc is damaged or dirty. Take out the disc and check for dust, dirt, scratches, etc. Clean as necessary. The disc is loaded upside down. Take out the disc and reload it label-side up.
7 Additional information Note: In the table below, ** indicates a track number. Display Cause Remedy Can't COPY The input signal is digital-copy protected with SCMS. Record the source through the analog inputs. Can't SYNC This appears when the SYNCHRO button is pressed when the input selector is set to a digital input, and the source selected is not recognized as CD, MD, DCC, or DAT. Record the source manually, or record through the analog input. DIN UNLOCK The digital source was interrupted.
7 Additional information It’s often easy to mistake incorrect operation for trouble and malfunction of the unit. If you think there is something wrong with the component, check the points below first. If the problem persists, contact you nearest Pioneer-authorized service center and have them check over the unit. Symptom Cause Remedy Power cannot be turned on. The power cord is unplugged from the wall outlet. Plug the power cord into a power outlet.
7 Additional information 1 General Model ..................................................... Compact disc audio system Applicable discs ......................................... CDs, CD-Rs and CD-RWs Power supply ............. AC 120 V, 60 Hz (U.S and Canadian models) AC 220-240 V, 50/60 Hz (U.K model) Power consumption ................... 13 W (U.S and Canadian models) 14 W (U.K model) Operating temperature ......... +5 °C to +35 °C (+41 °F to +95 °F) Weight (without package) ............................
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