Music Search - Pioneer CT-W208R Operating Instructions Manual

MUSIC SEARCH

(Skipping forward or backward to playback a
desired selection)
The music search function detects blanks (longer
than 4 seconds) between selections, advances the
tape in the forward or reverse direction to find the
beginning of the desired selection and auto matically
starts playback.
It can find a selection located up to 15 selections be-
fore or after the present position.
During forward playback
When you wish to locate a future song, press the
MS+ button as many times as the number of songs
to be skipped. When you wish to listen to the song
currently being played from the beginning, press the
MS– button once. To return to a previously played
song, press the MS– button as many times as the
number of songs to be skipped, plus one.
During reverse playback
When you wish to locate a future song, press the
MS+ button as many times as the number of songs
to be skipped. When you wish to listen to the song
currently being played from the beginning, press the
MS– button once. To return to a previously played
song, press the MS– button as many times as the
number of songs to be skipped plus one.
From the stop mode
Press the MS+ or – button to perform music search
as mentioned above.
Display the number of songs skipped.
The level meter will blink to display the number of
songs skipped.
LEFT
LEVEL
-0 0
RIGHT
Example:
Skipped 1 song
Skipped 2 songs
Skipped 10 songs
Skipped 15 songs
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
Selecting songs during skip operations
To change songs to be skipped, press the MS + and
MS – buttons during skip operations.
Example:When selecting the 5th song by pressing
the MS + button in the forward direction:
When MS + is pressed : The 6th song is
When MS – is pressed : The 4th song is
÷ If the button is pressed more times than the number
of selections recorded on the tape, forward search
will continue on the opposite side, but reverse search
will stop at the tape end.
NOTES:
In the following circumstances, the music search func-
tion may be unable to properly detect blanks between
selections; this is not, however, a sign of a malfunction
with the unit.
÷ When using a tape with blanks between selections
less than 4 seconds long.
÷ When listening to tapes with long low-level intervals,
like classical music, or with sound breaks several
seconds long within selections.
÷ When listening to recorded conferences or talk
shows, where sound is intermittent.
÷ When using tapes with noise in the blanks between
selection.
How Selections are counted
When starting the music search operation from the
middle of a selection and specifying "1st previous
selection," playback will return to the beginning of
the present selection. To return to selections further
back, count one extra selection.
Search (–)
3rd selection
dB
(2selections
before)
2nd selection
( l a s t s e l e c -
tion)
∞
∞
Playback (3)
PLAYBACK
selected.
selected.
Search (+)
2 3
1st
selection
2nd selection
(present
selection)
1st selection
(next
selection)
∞ ∞ ∞
Present position
3rd selection
∞
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