Pioneer CTWM62R, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ... ELECTRIC S OCK DO NOT use THIS IPOLARIZED PLUG WITH AN EXTENS ON CORD RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE Pour le modele canadien avec la fiche polarisee ATTENTION POUR PREVENIR ESC OCS ELECTRIQUES NE PAS UTILISER CETTE FICHE POLARISEE AVEC UN PROLONGATEUR UNE PRISE DE COURANT OU UNE AUTRE SORTIE DE COURANT SAUF SI LES LAMES PEUVENT ETRE IN...

Page 2: ...read the following instructions This product is equipped with a polarized alternating current line plug a plug having one blade wider than the other This plug will fit into the power outlet only one way This is s safety feature If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the outlet try reversing the plug If the plug should still fail to fit contact your electrician to replace your obsolete out...

Page 3: ...ugh loud and clear without annoying blaring or distortion and most importantly without affecting your sensitive hearing Sound can be deceiving Over time your hearing comfort level _ adapts to higher volumes of sound So what sounds normal can actually be loud and harmful to your hearing Guard against this by setting your equipment at a safe level BEFORE your hearing adapts To estabfish a safe level...

Page 4: ...r your dealer fora replacement 4 RRB1134 En PACKINGLIST Q _ Connection cord with pin plugs 2 _ CD DECK SYNCHRO control cord 1 _ System remote control cord 1 U S and Canadian models only _ Remote control unit I and Dry cell batteries 2 AAA IEC R03 UM 4 U S and Canadian models only _ Cassette labels 1 Put batteries into the remote control unit U S and Canadian models only Open the battery compartmen...

Page 5: ...ilation openings in any way CONDENSATION When the cassette deck is moved from a cold location to a warm location or when the temperature of the room changes suddenly condensation may form on the mechanical parts and affect the performance of the tape If this occurs wait for about one hour to allow the cassette deck to adjust to the room temperature I BEFORE USING THE CASSETTE DECK The cassette tra...

Page 6: ... can easily jam in the pinch rollers and capstan and they often are subject to other problems such as irregular winding It is best not to use them with this deck If cassette tapes are irregularly wound the tape may get jammed in the rollers This can cause damage to both the tape and the deck If you are not certain whether the tape is wound evenly fast forward or rewind the tape from beginning to e...

Page 7: ...e tab on the cassette shell is broken off Fig B it is not possible to activate the recording function so valuable recordings will not be erased by mistake To re record on a cassette whose tab has been broken off simply stick a piece of doubled adhesive tape over the hole Fig C When using TYPE IV Metal or TYPE II HIGH Cr02 tapes be careful not to block the sensor holes with the tape Fig D Fig E If ...

Page 8: ...tte deck to the CD DECK SYNCHRO jack of the CD player using the enclosed CD DECK SYNCHRO control cord NOTES Keep the input and output jacks connected between the amplifier and this cassette deck Otherwise CD DECK SYNCHRO recording cannot be carried out Even when the CD player is connected to the amplifier with an optical fiber cable connect the CD player to the amplifier or to this cassette deck w...

Page 9: ...the cassette door of DECK I1 NOTE The cassette door cannot be opened while the tape is running recording playback etc Press the stop button of DECK II before pressing this button 1_ Display window See page 11 REC LEVEL control knob See page 17 1 DECK II cassette door DECK II operation buttons Fast forward 1_ MS If this button is pressed during stop Forward play 1_ Stop m Reverse play _1 Fast rever...

Page 10: ...s pressed it will close automatically the cassette in the lowest numbered slot will be loaded and side B will be played back Fast reverse MS 1 10 RRB1134 En Load a cassette tape in the tape transport mechanism then press this button twice to select the ALL REWIND mode The ALL REWIND mode begins from the currently playing tape Press the button once more to return to nomal REWIND mode Recording o Wh...

Page 11: ...CD Synchro indicator CD SYNC Lights when synchro recording from a CD player is being carried out See pages 22 23 DECK II tape transport indicators 11 See page 13 Multifunction display See pages 14 and 20 DECK I remaining time indicators Indicate the approximate time remaining on the tape during recording and playback When the tape is close to the end each indicator will flash and then go off in se...

Page 12: ...lf and the remote control sensor window of the cassette deck If there is no response even when the remote control is used directly in front of the cassette deck the batteries may need to be replaced Performance of the remote control unit is adversely af fected by strong fluorescent light Keep such lights away from the sensor window in particular OPERATION OF DECK I WITH A REMOTE CONTROL UNIT NOT D...

Page 13: ...e in the same way but the positions of the play PLAY indicator and the arrows are reversed DECK I 3 DECK II _ _ Vs _ cop_ 2112 _ _ Flashing quickly Flashing slowly Stop Playback Recording Fast forward Rewind Recording pause Playback pause Forward Playback Mode L _1 _ Reverse Playback Mode 3 3 3 ____ Recording mute Forward Music Search Revecse Music Search I _ 3 ___ _Q 13 RRB 1134 En ...

Page 14: ...tion is carried out during recording or playback the time counter stops and the multifunction display switches to the tape counter display mode When recording or playback is resumed it returns to time counter display mode and the time counter begins again Do not turn off the power in mid operation If the POWER switch is turned off and then on again the tape counter is reset to 0000 The tape counte...

Page 15: ... on during all recording functions including CD DECK synchro recording and tape copying the 1 f indicator is nullified automatically After beginning playback all compensation data is me morized even if the playback is stopped As a result the same compensation data will be used when the playback is restarted The memorized compensation data will be canceled however if the FLEX button is pressed agai...

Page 16: ...ECK I This lets you perform relay recording or relay playback of tapes with different types of Dolby NR The Dolby NR setting of DECK II is selected with the same buttons To check the currently programmed Dolby NR settings Press the DOLBY NR MEMORY button The current settings appear on the display EXAMPLE The sample display below indicates the following preprog rammed Dolby NR selections tape 1 B t...

Page 17: ...standby mode I ERASING THE TAPE 1 Set the REC LEVEL control knob to the MIN position 2 Press the recording e button 3 Press the play 1_ or 1 button or pause 11 button I ADJUSTING THE RECORDING LEVEL The adjustment of the recording level is the most important factor in achieving good recording results A high level provides a good signal to noise ratio and dynamic range but an excessively high level...

Page 18: ...verse _1 1 button to fast forward the tape or the fast forward H_ button to fast reverse the tape NOTES The blank skip function operates during playback on DECK II Relay mode only see page 19 When the unit is in the relay mode playback will stop after each side has been played once even if the REVERSE MODE button is used to select _ PLAYBACK DECKI 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 5 1 mowE_ II I OPe_CLOBE 6 oo_Y ...

Page 19: ... one side of each tape has been played back When reverse mode c _ is selected The cassette deck will stop after both sides of each tape have been played back If a tape is rewound to the beginning of side B playback of that tape will end after only one side side B has been played back and the next tape will be selected NOTE The blank skip function operates during random playback see page 19 SCAN PL...

Page 20: ... B is playing press the 3rd selection before 1st selection before 4th selection before 2nd selection before Start End fast reverse Pq button the same number of times as the number of tracks to be skipped EXAMPLES To move to the track immediately following the current one press the fast forward or fast reverse _ or _ _ button once To move to the track located three tracks after the current one pres...

Page 21: ...o copy both sides of the tape select _ reverse mode 6 Press one of the COPY MODE buttons to select the desired copying mode To listen to the playback during copying press the NORMAL button To copy the tape at twice the normal playback speed press the HI SPEED button The copied tape is recorded with the same Dolby noise reduction characteristics as the playback tape regardless of the settings of th...

Page 22: ...buttons to load the cassette for recording 5 Select the desired tape transport mode with the REVERSE MODE button 22 RRB1134 En 6 Select the desired Dolby noise reduction systems with the DOLBY NR buttons see page 16 7 Press the recording e button to enter recording standby mode 8 Press the play button of the CD player 9 Adjust the recording level see page 17 10 Press the stop buttons of both the c...

Page 23: ...ssette deck and the CD player Unless both this cassette deck and the CD player are in stop mode synchrorecordingcannot be performed 13 Press the CD SYNCHRO button The cassette deck begins recording and the CD player starts playing about 10secondslater When the compact disc finishes playing The CD player enters stop mode and the cassette deck loads the next cassette then enters recording standby mo...

Page 24: ...lied with the audio timer PLAYBACKUSING AN AUDIO TIMER DECKI only TIMER PLAYBACK 4 1 2 3 i f i i i i i i 5 6 The cassette deck is automatically set to the relay mode and plays back all tapes starting with the tape in the lowest num bered slot 1 Place the cassettes on the tray 2 Press the OPEN CLOSE button to close the tray 3 Press one of the CASSETTE NUMBER buttons to load the cassette for playbac...

Page 25: ...ng cassette For details refer to the instructions supplied with the cleaning cassette tape Clean the heads regularly after about 10 hours or so of use Cleaning cassette tape Caution Do not use dry type cleaning cassette tapes After cleaning the head do not load a cassette tape until the cleaning fluid has dried completely about 2 or 3 minutes Head cleaning for DECK II Capstan_ ___ Pinch roller Com...

Page 26: ...r volume is too low There are connection problems wrong connection poor contact broken wire The level meter does not work There is no sound i Point the remote control unit at the remote sensor window Send the remote control infrared signal to the remote control receiving unit of the system RECORDING The recording REC indicator does not light The level meter does not work The erasure prevention tab...

Page 27: ... heads are dirty The blanks between selections are less than 4 secondslong The DECK I TIMER switch is not set to OFF The control cord is not connected Faulty operation The CD DECK SYNCHRO control cord and Input Output cords are not connected The cassette tape accidental erasure prevention tabs are removed The tape ran out during the CD DECK SYNCHRO mode After the deck entered recording standby mod...

Page 28: ...n models only 1 Dry cell batteries AAA IEC R03 UM 4 U S and Canadian models Only 2 Subfunctions DOLBY NR B C types DOLBY HX PRO DECK I only DOLBY NR memory High speed and normal speed tape copying DECKII _ DECK I Synchronized copy start Blank skip Music search over_ 15 selections CD DECK SYNCHRO recording capability DECK I only Tape counteri Rme counter Tape Remaining Rme indicators 6 seg DECK I o...