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COMPACT DISC RECORDER
PDR-609
Operating Instructions
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IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SER- of important operating and maintenance voltage" within the product's enclosure that may VICEABLE PARTS INSID
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English WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK [For Canadian model] HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN This Class B digital apparatus complies with OR MOISTURE. Canadian ICES-003. [Pour le modèle Canadien] [For U.S. model] Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est IMPORTANT NOTICE conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. The serial number for this equipment is located in the rear. Please write this serial number on your enclosed warranty card and keep it in a secure area. This is for your sec
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disposed of and must not be The wire which is coloured brown IMPORTANT inserted into any 13 amp socket must be connected to the terminal as this can result in electric which is marked with the letter L or FOR USE IN THE shock. The plug or adaptor of the coloured red. UNITED KINGDOM distribution panel should be Do not connect either wire to the The wires in this mains lead are provided with a 5 amp fuse. As earth terminal of a three-pin plug. coloured in accordance with the the colours of the wir
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English Recording one track from a source ...................................... 19 Contents Recording all tracks from a source ....................................... 20 Automatically recording and finalizing a disc ..................... 21 1 Before You Start Manual recording .................................................................. 22 Feature of the PDR-609 CD recorder ...................................... 6 Setting the digital recording level ........................................
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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. The CD text feature of the PDR-609 allows
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English 1 Before you start 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. Please observe the following: • Don’t mix new and
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1 Before you start Storing discs Discs to avoid Although CD, CD-R and CD-RW discs are more durable than CDs spin at high speed inside the player during playback and vinyl records, you should still take care to handle and store recording. If you can see that a disc is cracked, chipped, discs correctly. When you're not using a disc, return it to its warped, or otherwise damaged, don't risk using it in your CD case and store upright. Avoid leaving discs in excessively cold, recorder or player—you c
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English 1 Before you start Recording and finalizing discs Recording copyright material Unlike other recording media, recordable CDs have a number The price of a consumer-use disc includes a copyright fee that of distinct states, and what you can do with a disc depends on has been paid to the copyright owner (in countries where the the current state of the disc. The figure below shows the three copyright fee collection system has been established based on states—blank, partially recorded, a
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2 Connecting up PDRÐ609 CD-Recorder LINE REC PLAY AC IN IN OUT CONTROL DIGITAL IN DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL OPTICAL COAXIAL L IN TEXT R Choose either the coaxial or or or the optical connector. CONTROL OPTICAL COAXIAL OPTICAL COAXIAL IN DIGITAL OUT DIGITAL IN Digital recording component Digital playback component (CD, MD, DAT player, etc.) (CD-R, MD, DAT recorder, etc.) Before making or changing the connections, switch off the cable around sharp corners as this can damage the cable. power an
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English 2 Connecting up LINE REC PLAY AC IN IN OUT CONTROL DIGITAL IN DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL OPTICAL COAXIAL L IN TEXT R R L L R R L R L MD/TAPE OUTPUT INPUT REC PLAY L R OUT CONTROL POWER-CORD CAUTION Connecting up for analog Handle the power cord by the plug part. Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord, and never touch the power cord playback & recording when your hands are wet, as this could cause a short circuit or Before you start, make sure that all the components are electri
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3 Controls and Displays 12345 678 9 10 COMPACT DISC DIGITAL RECORDER DIGITAL ANALOG REC LEVEL REC LEVEL ×óB->?/ PUSH ENTER ANALOG L R REC BALANCE SCROLL TIME AUTO MONITOR MENU/ MANUAL TEXT DELETE TRACK NO. WRITE AUTO INPUT SYNCHRO ERASE FINALIZE MANUAL SELECTOR CD TEXT Legato Link Conversion 1 1 1 2 1 3 14 15 16 17 1 8 1 9 20 21 22 23 24 Front panel 12 FINALIZE (p.26) Press to start the disc finalization process (to make recordable 1 POWER switch (p.15) CDs playable on ordinary CD players). I
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English 3 Controls and Displays 15 SKIP PLAY (p.28) Remote control Press to switch skip play on and off. 1 ¥ REC MUTE (p.35) 16 SKIP ID SET (p.29) Records a blank section on a disc (for 1 18 Instructs the player to skip a space between tracks, etc.) AUTO/ ¥
REC SYNCHRO MANUAL 2 19 particular track on playback. 2 ¦ REC (p.22Ð25) TIME ABC DEF 17 SKIP ID CLEAR (p.29) 1 2 3 3 20 Press to enter record-pause mode. DISPLAY /CHARA GHI JKL MNO 4 5 6 4 Clears the above setting. 3 TIME (p.17) SCROL
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3 Controls and Displays 12 3 456 7 8 910 TRK INDEX MIN SEC TOTAL CD TEXT REMAIN CD-RW TIME FINALIZE DISC SYNC-1 FADER TRACK AUTO TRK ARTST MANU TRK ANALOG SKIP ON RPT-1 OPTICAL VOL PGM 50 32 18 12 6 2 0 OVER dB RDM COAXIAL 20 19 1 8 17 16 1514 13 12 11 13 SKIP ON (p.28) Display Lights up to indicate that a disc contains skip IDs. When 1 CD text indicators(p.16) setting or clearing skip IDs, the word SKIP blinks. DISC Lights up when disc information is displayed. TRACK Lights up when track info
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English 4 Getting Started If the disc contains CD text, the CD TEXT Switching on for indicator lights up and the entire disc title automatically scrolls across the display. the first time The first 12 characters of the disc title The next few pages take you through remain, as seen in the display below: switching on the PDR–609, playing discs, CD TEXT AUTO/ ¥
REC SYNCHRO MANUAL and doing some basic recording. Before CD BEST CLASSIC TIME ABC DEF 12 3 proceeding with this section you should DISP
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4 Getting Started Selecting tracks Showing CD text directly information Number If you want to start directly from a track If the CD contains text information, you buttons other than the first, just enter the track can see this in the display during both number from the remote control. If you do playback and when the disc is stopped. the same thing during playback, the The DISPLAY/CHARA button switches recorder immediately jumps to that track between the different text displays. When a AUTO/ ¥
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English 4 Getting Started Showing disc Introduction to CD information recording The PDR-609 can display various kinds of The PDR-609 is designed to let you make disc and track information during both extremely high quality digital recordings playback and recording. The TIME button onto recordable compact discs. For switches between the different time display flexibility, you can use either rewritable modes. Additionally, while stopped, discs (CD-RW) or write-once discs (CD-R). individual track i
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4 Getting Started This generally allows just one generation of digital recording. Digital recording from DAT In other words, you can make a digital recording from an If you’re recording a DAT tape that was recorded using the original source (such as a commercial CD), but you can’t DAT machine's auto ID function, the IDs on the tape are then make further digital recordings from that copy. Most slightly after the beginning of the actual recording. This can digital recording equipment uses the SCMS
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English 4 Getting Started Synchro recording will not work if the Recording one source is already playing! track from a source The SYNC-1 indicator will start to blink when the recorder is ready. If you want to record just a single track, or a few selected tracks, from a digital (CD, CD-R SYNC -1 SYNC-1 MD, DCC or DAT) or an analog source, the recorder can start and stop automatically. The display shows the 1-track sync mode, With digital recording, there's no need to with the SYNC-1 indicator bl
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4 Getting Started Synchro recording won't work if the source Recording all tracks is already playing! from a source The recorder goes into all-sync record pause and the SYNC indicator starts to If you want to copy all the tracks from a blink. source, use this mode. Like the 1-track synchro recording mode, the recorder CD-R SYNC SYNCÐALL starts and stops automatically. When recording from MD or CD, you can play the The display shows the all-track sync mode, source in either normal play mode, or w
