Handling Discs; Storing Discs; Discs To Avoid; Using Cassette Tapes - Pioneer XR-A9700DV Operating Instruction

1 Before You Start

Handling discs

When holding discs of any type, take care not to leave
fingerprints, dirt or scratches on the disc surface. Hold the disc
by its edge or by the center hole and edge. Damaged or dirty
discs can affect playback performance. Take care also not to
scratch the label side of the disc. Although not as fragile as the
recorded side, scratches can still result in a disc becoming
unusable.
Should a disc become marked with fingerprints, dust, etc., clean
using a soft, dry cloth, wiping the disc lightly from the center to
the outside edge as shown in the diagram below. If necessary,
use a cloth soaked in alcohol, or a commercially available CD
cleaning kit to clean a disc more thoroughly. Never use benzine,
thinner or other cleaning agents, including products designed
for cleaning vinyl records.
Wipe lightly from the
center of the disc using
straight strokes

Storing discs

Although CDs, Video CDs and DVDs are more durable than vinyl
records, you should still take care to handle and store discs
correctly. When you're not using a disc, return it to its case and
store upright. Avoid leaving discs in excessively cold, humid, or
hot environments (including under direct sunlight).

Discs to avoid

Discs spin at high speed inside the player during playback. If
you can see that a disc is cracked, chipped, warped, or otherwise
damaged, don't risk using it—you could end up damaging the
unit.
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Don't wipe the disc
surface using circular
strokes
This unit is designed for use with conventional, fully circular
DVD, Video CD and audio CDs only. Use of shaped discs is not
recommended for this product. Pioneer disclaims all liability
arising in connection with the use of shaped discs.

Using cassette tapes

The tape of a cassette is quite easily damaged and loose tape can
jam in the tape deck mechanism. If the tape has become
unwound, use a pen or pencil
to wind it back on to the spool.
When not using cassettes,
always store in the case. Store
cassettes away from magnetic
fields, excessive heat, humidity,
dust or oil.
Before recording on a tape,
wind the tape on past the leader tape (about the first 3 or 4
seconds of each side).
Avoid using tapes longer than 90 minutes:
Since tapes longer than 90 minutes are so thin,
they are more susceptible to jamming in the tape
deck mechanism and other trouble such as
irregular winding.

Erase protection

You can protect an important recording against accidental
erasure by breaking the erase-protect tab(s) with a small
screwdriver.
For side B
If you want to re-record on an erase-protected cassette, cover the
space left by the broken tab with self-adhesive tape.
Note: If you're using Type II (High/C r O
you don't also cover the tape-type detection holes.
Tape-type detection hole
For side A
) tapes, make sure
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