Erasing A Cd-Rw Disc - Pioneer PDR-509 Operating Instructions Manual

Additional Recording Features
Erasing a CD–RW Disc
Although more expensive than
Various erase options are available depending on whether the disc has been finalized. If you want to perform an erase
operation on a finalized disc that is only available for non-finalized discs, you first have to do a
finalized disc to a non-finalized state.
A third, special option, erases (re-initializes) 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.
CAUTION!
Never switch off the power during
do accidently disconnect the power, the recorder will try and re-initialize the disc once power is restored. Unfortu-
nately, it may not be possible to complete the process successfully, and the disc may be damaged as a result.
If the message
the erase command again.
Be sure to remove the disc from the recorder before switching off the power, otherwise the erase operation will not
be completed.
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INPUT
SELECTOR
3
REPEAT
Function indicator lights
when erasing
COMPACT DISC DIGITAL RECORDER
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– discs, the great advantage of
CD R
–
CD RW
appears any time during any erase process, hit eject, take out the disc, clean it, then try
CHECK DISC
1
When a non-finalized disc is loaded:
1
MONITOR TIME
2
2
DIGITAL ANALOG
REC LEVEL REC LEVEL
3
– is that the discs can be erased and reused.
CD RW
erasing - your disc may become unusable. If there's a power failure or you
Press ERASE.
The display shows then
ERASE
blinks to indicate erase standby mode.
Press 7 (stop) to cancel last track erase here.
Use the jog dial or press 4 and ¢ on the re-
mote control to change the erase option.
Switch between:
– erase just the last track
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LAST
– erase all tracks
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ALL
02–[ ] – erase track 2 and all subsequent tracks
LAST
03–[ ] – erase track 3 and all subsequent tracks
LAST
Keep turning the jog dial or press 4 and ¢ on the remote control to
change the number of tracks to erase.
Press 8 (pause) to start erasing.
The process takes just a few seconds. During this time, the function
indicator lights.
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FADER FINALIZE REC
DIGITAL AUTO/ TRACK NO.
ERASE
SYNCHRO MANUAL WRITE
1
7 8 3
TIME
3
1 ¡ 4 ¢
2
SKIP ID
INPUT SKIP
SELECTOR PLAY SET CLEAR
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
erase. This returns a
TOC
and the recorder function indicator
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LAST