Pioneer PDR-509 manual About CD, CD-Rand CD-RWDiscs, Playback-onlyCDs, CD-Recordablediscs

Before You Start

About CD, CD–R and CD–RW Discs

The PDR–509 is compatible with three different types of compact disc:

Playback-only CDs

This unit will playback any ordinary audio CDs carrying the Compact Disc Digital Audio mark shown right.

CD-Recordable discs

Recordable CDs, or CD-R, carry the mark shown right, and are 'write once'. This means that having recorded something on the disc it is permanent—it can't be re-recorded or erased.

CD-Rewritable discs

Rewritable CDs, or CD-RW, carry the mark shown right. As the name indicates, you can erase and re-record material on these discs so that they can be used over and over again.

Consumer-use discs

The PDR–509 is only compatible with special consumer- use CD–Rand CD–RWdiscs. These are clearly marked For Music Use Only, For Consumer, or For Consumer Use. Other types of CD–Ror CD–RWdiscs, such as those available for computer-based CD recorders, will not work with this recorder.

Pioneer has checked the following branded discs for compatibility with this recorder (as of May 1999):

•Eastman Kodak Company

•FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.

•Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.

•MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.

•TDK CORPORATION

•VERBATIM CORPORATION

•PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION

Sample discs from the following makers have also been checked for compatibility (as of May 1999):

•Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation*

•RICOH COMPANY, LTD.*

•TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.*

*At the time of writing, discs branded under these names are not available.

Note: Discs from all of the above makers may also be sold under different brand names.

Recording copyright material

The price of a consumer-use disc includes a copyright fee that has been paid to the copyright owner (in countries where the copyright fee collection system has been established based on their respective copyright laws). This means that you can use these discs to record music and other material for your personal use. If you want to use a disc for anything other than personal use, you must get permission from the copyright owner (note that copyright laws vary from country to country; check the copyright- related laws in your particular country for more information). Broadcast programs, CDs, other recorded media (cas- settes, vinyl records, etc.) and musical performances are all protected by copyright laws. You must get permission from the copyright owner if you sell, transfer, distribute or lease a disc recorded from the above mentioned sources, or if you use it as part of a business (such as for back- ground music in a store).

Recording and finalizing discs

Unlike other recording media, recordable CDs have a number of distinct states, and what you can do with a disc depends on the current state of the disc. The figure below shows the three states—blank, partially recorded, and finalized—and summarizes what’s possible (✔) and impossible (✘) in each.

CD-R		CD-RW
✔ Recordable		✔ Recordable
✘ Erasable		✘ Erasable
✘ Skip ID set/clear		✘ Skip ID set/clear
✘ Playable in ordinary		✘ Playable in ordinary
CD player		CD player
CD-R	Recording	CD-RW
✔ Recordable		✔ Recordable
✘ Erasable		✔ Erasable
✔ Skip ID set/clear		✔ Skip ID set/clear
✘ Playable in ordinary		✘ Playable in ordinary
CD player	Finalization	CD player
CD		CD-RW
✘ Recordable		FINALIZE
		✘ Recordable*
✘ Erasable		✔ Erasable
✘ Skip ID set/clear		✘ Skip ID set/clear*
✔ Playable in ordinary		✘ Playable in ordinary
CD player		CD player**

*Once the CD–RWhas been erased, it becomes recordable again and skip IDs can be set and cleared.

**In general, current CD players cannot play CD–RWdiscs. However, this situation may change.

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