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To stop the demonstration, press any of the operating buttons on the unit. Thank you for buying this PIONEER product. LINE VOLTAGE SELECTOR SWITCH Please read through these operating instructions so you will know...
DAMAGE REQUIRING SERVICE appliance supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire instructions should be followed. should be serviced by a Pioneer authorized service to an antenna discharge unit, size of grounding WATER MOISTURE appliance should center or qualified service...
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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Check the power cord regularly. When you find it damaged, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your Open the battery compartment cover on the back of the dealer fora replacement.
INSTALLATION LOCATION I BEFORE USING THE CASSETTE DECK When installing the cassette deck, avoid locations with The cassette tray protector protects the cassette deck from high temperatures or humidity, and make sure that the shocks and damage during transportation. Remove it before location is well ventilated.
HANDLING CASSETTE TAPES INSTALLATION NOTE: TIPS ON CASSETTE TAPES Please keep the diagram below m mind while operating cassette deck. This will help you to avoid misoperations. • Leader tape (which cannot be recorded on) is provided the beginning of a cassette tape. Let the tape run for about 5 seconds before starting to record, to allow the leader tape to clear the recording...
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HANDLING CASSE'R'E TAPES Cover with i-%. Turn pencil to ve ,1_,_ remove • tape slack For erasure remove... prevention _J-- Tab for SideA hesive tape Tab for Side B Sensor holes --DJ Sensor holes n__--_rbsure preventi°n _.,,,,,_,_" TYPE IV (Metal) tape AUTOMATIC TAPE SELECTOR FUNCTION cHEcK CASSETTE...
Red plug CONTROL IN jack CD-DECK SYNCHRO jack Use the enclosed mini-plug cord to connect this jack to the If this cassette deck is used together with a PIONEER CD player CONTROL OUT jack of another component equipped with equipped with...
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I FRONT PANEL FACILITIES ® _21_(U.S. and Canadian models only) POWER ( • OFF -- ON) switch 1@ DECK II cassette door When the POWER switch is pressed to turn the cassette @ DECK II operation buttons deck on, the 6 cassette indicators on the cassette door flash Fast forward (1_ MS): If this button is pressed during...
FRONT PANEL FACILITIES COPY MODE I <_ II buttons Recording (o): When this button is pressed, the cas- NORMAL: Press this button to copy a tape from DECK II to sette deck enters recording standby DECK I. (See page 21.) mode.
IINDICATORS I TAPE TRANSPORT INDICATORS The illustrations below show what the DECK I tape transport indicators look like during each of the various modes. DECK II indicators operate in the same way, but the positions of the play (PLAY) indicator and the arrows reversed.
INDICATORS Normal hub indicators N.HUI_ L-HUB N-HUB _n_i_o CI p21:p21 L indicators D"_l D"_'-I Large hub HI__I N-HUB LH;g" "" V Normal Large Before starting playback or recording, press the COUNTER DECK I Tape remaining time indicators RESET button to reset the tape counter to 0000 and the time These indicators...
INDICATORS • When the FLEX system is engaged, each music selection I FLEx iiif) SYSTEM _ automatically adjusted during playback. System operation status is indicated by whether (=_J} indicators • FLEX System: F_requency Leve_ Expander System flashing or steadily lit. •...
IREcoRDING (DECK I) 3. Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to close the tray. One way mode recording (Z) 4. Press one of the CASSETTE NUMBER buttons Press the forward play (1_) button to record on side A. Press the reverse play (_1) button to record on side B. load the cassette for recording.
ADDITIONAL RECORDING OPERATIONS ..To resume recording, press the pause (n) button. If the RELAY RECORDING (DECK I only) recording mute (O) button is pressed and held, the cassette deck will continue to record a blank section until the button released.
PLAYBACK (DECK II) To fast-forward or fast-reverse the tape: 5. Select the desired Dolby noise reduction with the The fast-forward or fast-reverse (<141 or I_t_) buttons operate DOLBY NR buttons (see page 16). only when the cassette deck is in stop mode. If the tape is Use the same type of Dolby NR that was used for rec- running, press the stop (11)button to stop the tape.
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PLAYBACK ( DECKI) Reverse mode playback (CJ) RANDOM PLAYBACK (DECK I only) Press the forward play (1_) button to begin playback from side A, or press the reverse play (',I) button to begin playback from side B. Playback of both sides will continue until the tape has been played back 8 times (16 sides).
MUSIC SEARCH fast-reverse (<Pq) button the same number of times as the By searching for and detecting the blank spaces between recorded tracks, the music search function can skip forward number of tracks to be skipped. backward automatically to the beginning of a designated track and begin playing...
I TAPECOPYING I COPYING A TAPE (DECK II TO DECK I) opE_Losr COPY <11 MODE 1. Load the cassette for playback in DECK II. To stop in the middle of tape copying: • Tape copying must begin from side A. Therefore, make Press the stop (11) button of either...
10. Press the stop buttons of both the cassette deck this unit is connected to a PIONEER CD player equipped and the CD player. with a CD-DECK SYNCHRO jack (see page 8). • Unless both this cassette deck and the CD player are in NORMAL SYNCHRO RECORDING stop mode, synchro recording cannot be performed.
CD-DECK SYNCHRO RECORDING (DECK I only) If the tape ends while the CD is still playing: 5. Press one of the CASSETTE NUMBER buttons to The CD player returns to the beginning of the current selection load the cassette for recording. and enters pause mode.
RECORDING USINGAN AUDIOTIMER(DECK I only) 4. Set the DECK I TIMER switch to the REC position. 8. Press recording button to enter recording standby mode, adjust recording level (see 5. Select desired type of Dolby noise reduction page 17). each cassette with the DOLBY NR buttons (see page...
I MAINTENANCE When the heads of the cassette deck get dirty, they are not able Head cleaning for DECK II to record or play back cassette tapes clearly. The sound will be distorted or the high frequency sounds will not be reproduced. Therefore, the heads should be cleaned whenever...
If the trouble cannot be rectified even after exercising the checks listed below, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work. Symptom Cause Remedy POWER The power does not go •...
TROUBLESHOOTING Cause Symptom Remedy POOR SOUND QUALITY The sound is unstable or The heads, pinch rollers and capstans are dirty. • Clean the heads, etc. (see page 25). interrupted. The tape is not uniformly wound. • Fast forward or rewind the tape completely.
Remote control unit (U,S. and Canadian models only) ....1 Dry cell batteries "AAA" (IEC R03/UM-4) (U.S. and Canadian models Only) ..........Published by Pioneer Electronic Colporahon. Copyright @ 1993 Pioneer Electronic Corporat0on All rights reserved. PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 4 1, Meguro...