Pioneer PDR-509 manual

Operating Instructions COMPACT DISC RECORDER PDR-509[...]

2 The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. IMPOR T ANT The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uni[...]

3 [For Canadian model] This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. [Pour le modèle Canadien] Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. Information to User Alteration or modifications carried out without appropriate authorization may invalidate the user’ s right to operate the equipment[...]

4 Features of the PDR-509 CD Recorder Create your own audio CDs At last, there's a convenient and affordable way to make your own audio CD s. Create your own original recordings, or put together compilations of favorite tracks from your existing CD s. Y ou might also want to put your vinyl collection on to CD to take advantage of the superior [...]

5 Contents Before Y ou Start ................................................................. 6 Checking What's in the Box .......................................................... 6 Using This Manual ........................................................................ 6 Putting the Batteries in the Remote Control .......................[...]

6 Before Y ou Start Checking What’ s in the Box Make sure that you’ve received the following supplied accessories with your PDR–509 CD Recorder: ❖ Also included in the box is your warranty card and this. T wo ‘AA ’ size R6P batteries T wo sets of audio cords Remote control unit AC power cord Using This Manual This manual is for the PDR?[...]

7 Before Y ou Start Getting Set Up ✔ Cleaning external surfaces T o clean the compact disc recorder , wipe with a soft, dry cloth. For stubborn dirt, wet a soft cloth with a mild detergent solution made by diluting one part detergent to 5 or 6 parts water , wring well, then wipe off the dirt. Use a dry cloth to wipe the surface dry . Do not use v[...]

8 Before Y ou Start The PDR–509 is compatible with three different types of compact disc: Playback-only CDs This unit will playback any ordinary audio CD s carrying the Compact Disc Digital Audio mark shown right. CD-Recordable discs Recordable CD s, or CD - R , carry the mark shown right, and are 'write once'. This means that having re[...]

9 Before Y ou Start Getting Set Up Wipe lightly from the center of the disc using straight strokes. Don’ t wipe the disc surface using circular strokes. Discs to avoid CD s spin at high speed inside the player during playback and recording. If you can see that a disc is cracked, chipped, warped, or otherwise damaged, don't risk using it in y[...]

10 Connecting Up for Digital Playback & Recording Connecting Up The diagrams on this and the following page show possible connections with various other components in your system. Before you start connecting your system, make sure that all the components are switched off and disconnected from the wall outlet. About optical and coaxial jacks The[...]

11 Getting Set Up Connecting Up for Analog Playback & Recording Connecting Up 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. On the rear pan[...]

12 What’ s What Front Panel ◊ÛB - .?/ COMP ACT DISC DIGIT AL RECORDER MONITOR DIGITAL REC LEVEL ANALOG REC LEVEL INPUT SELECTOR TIME REPEAT 3 8 a p ; os 24 5 7 9q 6 1 u id f g y t r e w 1 POWER switch (p.15) Switches power to the unit on and off. 2 INPUT SELECTOR (pp.20-25) Switches between the analog, optical digital and coaxial digital input[...]

13 Basic Playback and Recording What’ s What Remote Control 1 FINALIZE (p.33) Press to start the disc finalization process (to make recordable CD s playable on ordinary CD players). 2 F ADER (p.27, 30) Press to fade in or fade out during playback or recording. 3 ERASE (CD-RW discs only) (pp.34–35) Press to start erasing tracks, or to re-initial[...]

14 What’ s What 30 30 23ft. (7m) Keep in mind the following when using the remote control unit: ❖ Make sure that there are no obstacles in between the remote and the remote sensor on the unit. ❖ Use within the operating range and angle, as shown in the diagram left. ❖ Remote operation may become unreliable if strong sunlight or fluorescent [...]

15 Basic Playback and Recording Basic Playback and Recording ◊ÛB - .?/ MONITOR INPUT SELECTOR TIME 1 Switching On for the First T ime The next few pages take you through switching on the PDR–509, playing discs and using the basic playback controls, as well as basic recording. Before proceeding with this section you should have at least connect[...]

16 Basic Playback and Recording FINALIZE ERASE TIME FADER REPEAT DIGITAL SYNCHRO INPUT SELECTOR SKIP PLAY SET SKIP ID CLEAR AUTO/ MANUAL TRACK NO. WRITE REC 12 34 56 78 9 10/0 > 10 78 3 1¡  4 ¢  Î Repeating T racks Using the repeat play function you can repeat either the current track over and over , or the entire disc. T o repeat th[...]

17 Basic Playback and Recording Basic Playback and Recording Showing Disc Information The PDR-509 can display various kinds of disc and track information in both playback and recording modes. The TIME button switches between the different display modes. Additionally , in stop mode, individual track information is available from the track skip butto[...]

18 Basic Playback and Recording Introduction to CD Recording The PDR-509 is designed to let you make extremely high quality digital recordings onto recordable compact discs. For flexibility , you can use either rewritable discs ( CD – RW ) or write-once discs ( CD – R ). For more general information on the discs you can and can’t use with thi[...]

19 Basic Playback and Recording Basic Playback and Recording Digital recording from DA T If you’re recording a DA T tape that was recorded using the DA T machine's auto ID function, the ID s on the tape are slightly after the beginning of the actual recording. This can cause problems for the CD recorder: ❖ The start of the track may not be[...]

20 Basic Playback and Recording Recording One T rack from a Digital Source If you want to record just a single track, or a few selected tracks, from a CD , MD , DCC or DA T , this mode is ideal. The recorder starts and stops automatically , and there's no need to worry about recording levels — you'll get a perfect digital copy of the or[...]

21 Basic Playback and Recording Basic Playback and Recording Recording All T racks from a Digital Source If you want to copy all the tracks from a CD , MD , DCC or DA T , 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 [...]

22 Basic Playback and Recording Automatically Recording and Finalizing a Disc This is a variation on all-track synchro recording on the previous page. After all tracks on the source material has been recorded, the recorder automatically finalizes the disc. If you’re recording onto a CD – R , this means that the disc will be playable on an ordin[...]

23 Basic Playback and Recording Basic Playback and Recording Manually Recording a Digital Source If you are recording from a digital source other than CD , MD , DCC or DA T — digital satellite, for example — synchro recording is not possible since there are no track numbers or start ID s to signal the start and end points of the recording. For [...]

24 Basic Playback and Recording Setting the Digital Recording Level 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 s or other MD s, the digital level has already been optimized and you don&ap[...]

25 Basic Playback and Recording Basic Playback and Recording FINALIZE ERASE TIME FADER DIGITAL SYNCHRO INPUT SELECTOR SKIP PLAY SET SKIP ID CLEAR AUTO/ MANUAL TRACK NO. WRITE REC 12 34 56 78 78 3 1¡  4 ¢  Î Recording an Analog Source Recording through the analog inputs follows much the same procedure as recording via a digital input. Th[...]

26 Additional Playback Features Programming the T rack Order Programming the track order means telling the player precisely which tracks, and in what order , you want played. Y ou can program a sequence of up to 24 steps (each step can contain either a track or a pause in the program), playing tracks more than once if you like. The sequence you pro[...]

27 Additional Features Additional Playback Features RANDOM FINALIZE ERASE TIME FADER REPEAT CHECK PROGRAM CLEAR DIGITAL SYNCHRO INPUT SELECTOR SKIP PLAY SET SKIP ID CLEAR AUTO/ MANUAL TRACK NO. WRITE REC 12 34 56 78 9 10/0 > 10 78 3 1¡  4 ¢  Î COMPACT DISC RECORDER REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RANDOM FINALIZE ERASE TIME FADER REPEAT CHECK PRO[...]

28 Additional Recording Features RANDOM FINALIZE ERASE TIME FADER REPEAT CHECK PROGRAM CLEAR DIGITAL SYNCHRO INPUT SELECTOR SKIP PLAY SET SKIP ID CLEAR AUTO/ MANUAL TRACK NO. WRITE REC 12 34 56 78 9 10/0 > 10 78 3 1¡  4 ¢  Î COMPACT DISC RECORDER REMOTE CONTROL UNIT Skipping Unwanted T racks After recording a CD - R disc, you may dec[...]

29 Additional Features Additional Recording Features RANDOM FINALIZE ERASE TIME FADER REPEAT CHECK PROGRAM CLEAR DIGITAL SYNCHRO INPUT SELECTOR SKIP PLAY SET SKIP ID CLEAR AUTO/ MANUAL TRACK NO. WRITE REC 12 34 56 78 9 10/0 > 10 78 3 1¡  4 ¢  Î COMPACT DISC RECORDER REMOTE CONTROL UNIT 1 2,3 Clearing skip ID s: 1 Press SKIP PLA Y to [...]

30 Additional Recording Features Numbering T racks If you're recording from CD , MD , DCC or DA T , you can usually let the recorder number the tracks as they change on the source material. Although automatic track numbering is the default mode of the recorder , you can number tracks manually as recording is taking place. In some cases — suc[...]

31 Additional Features Additional Recording Features FINALIZE ERASE TIME FADER DIGITAL SYNCHRO INPUT SELECTOR SKIP PLAY SET SKIP ID CLEAR AUTO/ MANUAL TRACK NO. WRITE REC 12 34 78 3 1¡  4 ¢  Î 2 1 Checking What's at the End of a Disc Y ou don't have to record a whole disc at once. Until you finalize the disc, further recording[...]

32 Additional Recording Features ◊ÛB - .?/ MONITOR INPUT SELECTOR TIME Monitoring a Source If you have a set up like the figure below or like that on page 11, you can monitor the source without changing the input function of the amplifier from the PDR–509 (you could also monitor through a pair of headphones connected to the PDR–509's ph[...]

33 Additional Features Additional Recording Features ◊ÛB - .?/ MONITOR INPUT SELECTOR TIME 2 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 ID s. Finalization is n[...]

34 Additional Recording Features FINALIZE ERASE TIME FADER DIGITAL SYNCHRO INPUT SELECTOR SKIP PLAY SET SKIP ID CLEAR AUTO/ MANUAL TRACK NO. WRITE REC 12 34 56 78 78 3 1¡  4 ¢  Î 1 3 2 ◊ÛB - .?/ MONITOR INPUT SELECTOR TIME Erasing a CD–RW Disc Although more expensive than CD – R discs, the great advantage of CD – RW is that the[...]

35 Additional Features Additional Recording Features COMP ACT DISC DIGIT AL RECORDER ◊ÛB - .?/ MONITOR INPUT SELECTOR TIME When a finalized disc is loaded: 1 Press ERASE. The display shows ERASE and TOC ? and the recorder function indicator blinks to indicate erase standby mode. ❖ Press 7 (stop) to cancel erase here. 2 Use the jog dial or 4 an[...]

36 Additional Information Understanding Display Messages Below is a list of messages you’ll see during normal operation of the PDR–509 together with a brief explanation of what they mean. If you need more information, turn to the page indicated. Message OPEN CLOSE SET UP TOC READ 1-SYNC AL-SYNC CAN NOT SYNC MONI INPUT (CD, MD, DA T , DCC,DVD) P[...]

37 Additional Information Additional Information T roubleshooting 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: Cause The input signal is digital-copy pro- tected with SCMS . The digital source was interrupted. The source is [...]

38 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 Power cannot be turned[...]

39 Additional Information 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 Canadia[...]

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