Digital Synchro Recording - Pioneer PDR-W37 Elite Operating Instructions Manual

Digital synchro recording

If you have a CD, MD, DAT or DCC player connected to either of the
digital inputs of this recorder, you can make digital recordings
from it very simply using this mode.
Note that double speed recording is not possible in this mode.
1 Make sure that any discs loaded in
the CD changer are stopped.
2 Load a CD–R or CD–RW disc.
If it's a blank disc, the display shows
If the disc isn't blank, use the
there's enough space on it for what you want to record.
3 Press INPUT to choose optical or
coaxial input.
Pressing repeatedly switches the active input:
INPUT
–
ANALOG OPTICAL
The recorder's display indicates the current input.
4 If you want to adjust the recording
level:
Start playing a sample of the source material, then turn the
knob to adjust the recording level (clockwise to
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increase or anticlockwise to reduce). Use the level meter to
guage the the best recording level (the loudest sounds in the
source should just reach 0dB on the meter; the red segments
in the level meter should not light at all).
• Push the knob for 3 seconds to reset the recording
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level. This means that the recording level will be the same as
the source.
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COMPACT DISC RECORDER / MULTI-CD CHANGER
3
- COMPACT DISC MULTI CHANGER
INPUT
7
.
NEW DISC
button to check that
DISPLAY
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1 2
OPTICAL COAXIAL
8 Recording Other Sources
COMPACT DISC DIGITAL RECORDER
SYNCHRO
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5 Make sure that the source is not
playing, then press SYNCHRO.
Digital synchro recording will not work if the source is
already playing!
Pressing repeatedly switches the synchro mode:
SYNCHRO
• 1-track synchro – recorder stops recording when it
encounters a new track number/start ID on the source or 2
seconds of silence.
• all-track synchro – recorder stops recording when it
detects more than 5 seconds of silence in the source
material.
• all-track with finalize – as all-track synchro, but the
recorder automatically finalizes the disc after recording.
The indicator and
SYNCRO
when the recorder is ready.
To cancel recording here, press 7.
6 Play the source.
The recorder starts recording automatically.
Press to switch displays during recording.
DISPLAY
7 The recorder goes into record-pause
after recording.
Be careful: In all-track synchro mode, if the recorder
detects another signal, recording starts again.
• If you're using all-track synchro with finalize, the recorder
will start finalizing the disc after a minute of silence.
• Press 7 to finish the recording before ejecting the disc.
If you find that digital synchro recording does not seem
to work, see Digital synchro recording troubleshooting on
page 47 for possible remedies.
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DISPLAY
CHARACTER
7
PUSH ENTER
Hi-bit Legato Link Conversion
(-1) will start to blink
SYNC
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