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Pioneer A-757 Operating Instructions Manual

OPERATIONS

BEFORE BEGINNING OPERATIONS

Set the controls and switches as follows: See page 6.

1. Set the VOLUME CONTROL to minimum. @

Set the POWER switch to ON. ©

3. Set the SPEAKERS switch to A,

BorA+B.@

Set

the

BALANCE

control

the

center

position. ©

5. Set the DIRECT switch to OFF. @

6. Set the ADPT 1/TAPE 3 switch to OFF. ©

PLAYBACK

PROCEDURES

1. Set the INPUT SELECTOR

or ADPT

1/TAPE 3

switch. @, ©

How to select playback source;

¢ When listening to programs from equipment connected to the

LINE terminals: Set to [LINE].

« When listening to an AM/FM broadcast: Set to [TUNER].

¢ When listening to a record: Set to [PHONO].

PHONO

EQ switch to ON. (A-757 only)

Set PHONO SELECTOR switch to MM (MM SUBSONIC) or MC

(MC SUBSONIC) according to the type of cartridge being used.

* When listening to a compact disc: Set to [CD].

« When listening to a tape: Set to [DAT/TAPE 1], [TAPE 2] or

[ADPT 1/TAPE 3].

2. Operate the playback equipment.

3. Adjust playback

volume

with the VOLUME

CONTROL on this unit. @

RECORDING TAPES

1. Select

the

recording

source

with

REC

SELECTOR switch.

« When set to the SOURCE position, the signals from the device

selected by INPUT SELECTOR switch are recorded. (To record

signals from the device connected to the PHONO

or LINE

terminals, set the REC SELECTOR switch to SOURCE and set

the INPUT SELECTOR switch to PHONO or LINE.)

When recording the signal from PHONO terminal, set PHONO

EQ switch to ON position. (A-757 only)

¢ Recording is impossible with the switch set to OFF.

NOTE:

When

this switch

is set at other than

SOURCE

position,

the

equipment selected by REC SELECTOR

switch can be recorded,

regardless

of the setting of INPUT SELECTOR

and DIRECT

switches,

2. When

using the tape deck connected

to the

ADPT 1/TAPE 3 terminals for recording. ©

The source selected with the INPUT SELECTOR will be recorded,

regardless of the REC SELECTOR position.

However, recording will not be possible when the DIRECT switch is

ON.

3. Begin

recording

by operating

the

source

equipment and tape deck.

Refer to the operating instructions for your tape deck for proper

operating procedures.

MONITORING WHILE RECORDING

When recording of the tuner or CD only.

On a 3-head tape deck, sound can be concurrently heard while

recording.

This operation

of checking

the sound

quality and

recording level is called "monitoring." At the time of monitoring, set

the INPUT SELECTOR

switch of this equipment

in the following

way, to match the tape deck on which recording is being done.

When recording on the tape deck of DAT/TAPE 1 terminals:

Set to DAT/TAPE 1.

« When recording on the tape deck of TAPE 2 terminals:

Set to TAPE 2.

* When recording on the tape deck of ADPT 1/TAPE 3 terminals:

ADPT 1/TAPE 3 switch to ON.

COPYING TAPES:

When two decks (or a double cassette deck) are used, you can

record the sounds from one deck onto the other.

Application examples:

* To make a tape copy with contents identical to the original tape.

* To edit a recording of a radio broadcast in order to cut out

unwanted commercials,

reocrding only desired material onto

another tape.

When using two tape decks

1. Load tapes for playback (pre-recorded tape)

and recording into the respective tape decks.

2. Select the tape deck to be copied with REC

SELECTOR switch.

« When copying from the tape deck of DAT/TAPE 1 terminals, to

the tape deck of TAPE 2 terminals: Set to 1 B> 2.

e When copying from the tape deck of TAPE 2 terminals, to the

tape deck of DAT/TAPE 1 terminals: Set to 2 > 1.

NOTE:

The tape selected with REC SELECTOR

switch can be copied,

regardless of the settings of INPUT SELECTOR

and DIRECT

switches.

3. Operate the tape decks to begin copying.

Set the tape deck with the original (playback) tape to the playback

mode, and set the tape deck with the blank tape to the recording

mode.

Playback using graphic equalizer

As to A-757,

it can

deal with

playback

of all sources

when

connecting a graphic equalizer to the ADPT 2 terminals. However,

playback is not possible when the DIRECT switch is ON.

NOTE:

Remove the shorting bars before using these terminals. Always

keep the bars inserted while the terminals are not in use, and take

care not to lose them (A-757 only).