Advanced Operations, Scratch play | Pioneer compact disc player

Advanced Operations

LOOP IN/REALTIME	LOOP OUT
CUE (IN ADJUST)	(OUT ADJUST) RELOOP/EXIT	VINYL
		SPEED
HOT CUE A		ADJUST
HOT CUE A		TOUCH
HOT CUE B		/BRAKE
HOT CUE B
HOT CUE C		VINYL
HOT CUE		SPEED
HOT CUE		ADJUST
REC MODE		ADJUST
REC MODE		RELEASE
DIRECTION		/START
DIRECTION
FWD/REV		JOG
		MODE
		SELECT

1, ¡

CUE

PLAY/PAUSE

Jog dial

Scratch play

When jog mode is set to [VINYL], pressing the top surface of the jog dial and turning it causes playback to occur in proportion to the speed and direction of jog dial rotation.

1.Press the JOG MODE SELECT button so the [VINYL] indi- cator lights.

2.During playback, press the top surface of the jog dial.

¶Playback will slow and stop (the deceleration time until full stop [“response characteristics”] can be set separately). If the jog dial is rotated before playback decelerates to full stop, sound will stop, and playback will then be performed in response to the direction and speed of jog dial rotation in step 3.

3.Rotate the jog dial in the direction and at the speed you wish playback to be performed.

¶Playback will be heard in the direction and speed proportional to the jog dial rotation.

4.Remove hand from jog dial.

¶Playback will either acceleration or decelerate to return to its sta- tus before the jog dial was touched (the acceleration/deceleration time until playback returns to its previous condition [“response characteristics”] can be set separately).

7How to set the deceleration response characteristics (time required for playback to decelerate to full stop when jog dial surface is

pressed):

Rotate the VINYL SPEED ADJUST TOUCH/BRAKE dial.

¶This dial allows you to adjust the slowdown in speed (response char- acteristics) until playback stops.

¶This is the same setting as the deceleration speed adjustment used when the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) is pressed in VINYL mode to temporarily pause playback (☞ P. 14).

Spin play

During playback in VINYL mode, either press the surface of the jog dial or press the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) to pause playback, then rotate the jog dial quickly; playback will occur in the direction and at a speed proportional to the direction and speed of jog dial rotation, even if you then release your hand from the jog dial.

Braking

¶During playback in VINYL mode, if the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) is pressed to pause playback, the sound decelerates at the braking speed set with the VINYL SPEED ADJUST TOUCH/BRAKE dial.

¶When the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) is pressed once again to resume playback, the sound accelerates at the speed set with the VINYL SPEED ADJUST RELEASE/START dial.

Loop playback

7Defining a loop

1.Press the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) to begin playback.

2.During playback or pause, press the LOOP IN/REALTIME CUE button.

¶This operation is not required if a prerecorded cue point has al- ready been set as the loop start point.

3.When playback reaches the desired loop-out point, press the LOOP OUT button.

¶Playback will begin between the loop-in and loop-out points.

¶During MP3 play, the loop can be set only between points set within the same track.

¶When the loop has been set, the RELOOP/EXIT button lights.

7To cancel a loop

During loop playback, press the RELOOP/EXIT button.

¶When the playback reaches the loop-out point, it will continue nor- mally, without returning to the loop-in point.

7To change a loop-in point

1.During loop play, press the LOOP IN/REALTIME CUE (IN ADJUST) button.

¶The display will show the in-point time; the LOOP IN/REALTIME CUE button will change to quick flashing, while the LOOP OUT button light will go out.

2.Press the SEARCH button (1, ¡) or rotate the jog dial.

¶The loop-in point will change in one-frame increments. The per- missible range for adjusting an in point is ±30 frames, and it must be set before any out point.

¶In the case of MP3, adjustment of loop positions is possible only within the same track where cue points are set.

¶Loop-in point cannot be modified during reverse play and scratch play.

¶When the LOOP IN/REALTIME CUE button is pressed or 30 sec- onds elapses, the adjustment mode is canceled and loop play resumes.

7How to set reacceleration response characteristics (time required for playback to return to previous speed when hand is removed

from jog dial surface):

Rotate the VINYL SPEED ADJUST RELEASE/START dial.

¶This dial allows you to adjust the slowdown or increase in speed until playback returns to normal playback (response characteristics).

¶This is the same setting as the acceleration speed adjustment used when the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) is pressed in VINYL mode to resume playback (☞ P. 14).

7To change a loop-out point

1.During loop play, press the LOOP OUT (OUT ADJUST) button.

¶The display will show the out-point time; the LOOP OUT button will change to quick flashing, while the LOOP IN/REALTIME CUE button light will go out.

2.Press the SEARCH button (1, ¡) or rotate the jog dial.

¶The loop-out point will change in one-frame increments.

¶The loop-out point cannot be moved to a position before the loop- in point.

¶In the case of MP3, adjustment of loop positions is possible only within the same track where cue points are set.

¶Loop-out point cannot be modified during reverse play and scratch play.

¶When the LOOP OUT button is pressed or 30 seconds elapses, the adjustment mode is canceled and loop play resumes.

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Pioneer compact disc player Advanced Operations, Scratch play, Spin play, Braking, Loop playback

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