3 Controls and Displays

Remote control

1DISPLAY/CHARA – Press to switch between display

modes (p.17), and between upper- and lower-case characters while using CD text (p.24).

2SCROLL Ð Press to scroll through long names in CD

text. (p.17, 24)

3MENU/DELETE – Press to access the preference

menu options (p.16). Press to delete characters while editing CD text (p.24–25).

4FADER – Press to fade in or fade out during playback or

recording. (p.27,38)

5PLAY MODE – Set the play mode to play one disc, all

discs in the 3-CD changer, or all discs in both the changer and CD-R. (p.16)

610/0 MARKÐUse in selecting tracks over ten, as well

as for choosing symbols when using CD text (p.24).

7Playback control buttons

4 ¢– Skip back/forward tracks. (p.15)

3 – Start or resume playback, or start recording from record-pause mode.

1 Á– Press and hold for fast-reverse and fast- forward playback, and to move cursor position when using CD text. (p.24)

ENTER –Confirm menu settings (p.16); confirm

characters in CD text (p.25).

7– Stop playback or recording.

8REC THIS – Press to record the track that’s currently playing in the changer. (p.14)

9Disc select buttons

DISC 1/2/3 – Press to select and play disc 1, 2 or 3

from the changer. (p.15)

CD-R– Switch to the CD recorder and play the currently loaded CD/CD-R/CD-RW(p.15)

10Playback / skip buttons

PROGRAM – Program the playback track order. (p.36,37)

CHECK – Check the tracks of a programmed playlist (p.36), and monitor the CD changer (p.29).

CLEAR – Clear the last programmed track in program play mode. (p.36)

RANDOM – Start random track/disc playback. (p.38) REPEAT – Set the repeat mode. (p.37)

SKIP PLAY – Press to switch skip play on or off (p.32) SKIP ID SET/CLEAR – Set or clear a track skip ID for the current track. (p.34)

1

 

DISPLAY

 

 

11

TIME

/CHARA

NAMECLIP

 

 

 

 

2

SCROLL

 

A B C

D E F

 

 

1

2

3

12

MENU/

G H I

J K L

M N O

3

DELETE

 

 

4

5

6

 

4

FADER

P Q R S

T U V

W X Y Z

 

PLAY

7

8

9

13

 

MARK

 

NAME

5

MODE

 

 

10/0

>10

 

 

6

4

CURSOR

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14

3

7

1

ENTER

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REC

 

 

 

8

THIS

7

8

15

 

9

DISC 1

DISC 2

DISC 3

CD-R

 

 

 

 

 

PROGRAM

CHECK

CLEAR

RANDOM

10

SKIP PLAY

SKIP ID

REPEAT

 

 

 

 

SET

CLEAR

 

 

COMPACT DISC RECORDER/

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MULTI-CD CHANGER

 

 

REMOTE CONTROL UNIT

 

11NAME CLIP Ð Press to copy the current CD text to the recorder’s memory.

12Number / Letter buttons – Use to jump directly to track numbers for playback, selecting track numbers for editing / programming, and selecting letters when using CD text.

13NAME – Use to cycle through the CD text naming options. (p.24)

14>10– Use to select track numbers over 10.

158 – Pause playback or recording.

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Pioneer PDR-W839 manual Controls and Displays, Remote control, Recording. p.27,38

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