Pioneer CT-W208R Operating Instructions - Page 13

MUSIC SEARCH (Skipping forward or backward to playback a desired selection) The music search function detects blanks (longer than 4 seconds) between selections, advances the tape in the forward or reverse direction to find the beginning of the desired selection and auto matically starts playback. It can find a selection located up to 15 selections before or after the present position. During forward playback When you wish to locate a future song, press the MS+ button as many times as the number of songs to be skipped. When you wish to listen to the song currently being played from the beginning, press the MS- button once. To return to a previously played song, press the MS- button as many times as the number of songs to be skipped, plus one. During reverse playback When you wish to locate a future song, press the MS+ button as many times as the number of songs to be skipped. When you wish to listen to the song currently being played from the beginning, press the MS- button once. To return to a previously played song, press the MS- button as many times as the number of songs to be skipped plus one. From the stop mode Press the MS+ or - button to perform music search as mentioned above. Display the number of songs skipped. The level meter will blink to display the number of songs skipped. 1 2 3 4 5 LEFT LEVEL -0 0 dB RIGHT Example: Skipped 1 song 6 7 8 9 10 Skipped 2 songs Skipped 10 songs Skipped 15 songs PLAYBACK Selecting songs during skip operations To change songs to be skipped, press the MS + and MS - buttons during skip operations. Example:When selecting the 5th song by pressing the MS + button in the forward direction: When MS + is pressed : The 6th song is selected. When MS - is pressed : The 4th song is selected. ÷ If the button is pressed more times than the number of selections recorded on the tape, forward search will continue on the opposite side, but reverse search will stop at the tape end. NOTES: In the following circumstances, the music search function may be unable to properly detect blanks between selections; this is not, however, a sign of a malfunction with the unit. ÷ When using a tape with blanks between selections less than 4 seconds long. ÷ When listening to tapes with long low-level intervals, like classical music, or with sound breaks several seconds long within selections. ÷ When listening to recorded conferences or talk shows, where sound is intermittent. ÷ When using tapes with noise in the blanks between selection. How Selections are counted When starting the music search operation from the middle of a selection and specifying "1st previous selection," playback will return to the beginning of the present selection. To return to selections further back, count one extra selection. Search (-) 2 3 Search (+) 3rd selection (2selections before) 1st selection (present 2nd selection selection) 1st selection 2nd selection (next 3rd selection (last selec- selection) tion) ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ Playback (3) Present position 13