Pioneer CT-W505R - Manual (Page 13)

ALCA TUNING
(See page 8 ALCA)
1. Load a tape for recording in DECK II.
• The ALCA does not work when the erasure prevention tabs of
the loaded cassette tape have been broken off.
2. Press the ALCA button.
The analysis takes about 50 seconds.
The AUTO and BLE indicators flash when ALCA tuning is com­
plete.
Error display
• If the old tape, the tape end or the leader (white portion) immedi--
ately prior to the tape end is reached during ALCA operation, tun­
ing becomes impossible. That means recording will stop immedi­
ately and the counter indicator will display the following (flashing)
message: "Err".
In this case, record without ALCA tuning or operate the ALCA in
the middle of the tape.
The following illustrates the operation:
(Operation completed within approximately 50 seconds)
Each operation is shown on the left and right channel level meters
during ALCA tuning.
NOTES:
• To cancel ALCA tuning before it has finished, press the STOP (■)
button,
• To reset a tuned condition, press the ALCA button again,
• During ALCA tuning, a test signal is recorded on the tape to de­
termine the proper adjustment. Therefore, any music (etc.) re­
corded on that portion of the tape will be erased.
• You can select any type of Dolby NR when using ALCA, You can
also change the type of Dolby NR after ALCA adjustment without
disturbing the ALCA effect.
• If you switch tapes after setting the ALCA, be sure to set the
ALCA again.
• When recording begins, the input level control on the front panel
switches off and the internal electronic level control sets the re­
cording level to match the tape and the input signal characteris­
tics.
(If you rotate the recording level control, ALCA blinks in the
counter to show that the recording level control is not operative.)
• BLE always turns on when recording with ALCA,
• Witn some sources that have extremely soft passages, like clas­
sical music, the recording level may not rise or may rise too
slowly. In this case, turn off ALCA and use BLE to adjust the re­
cording level manually.
USING ALCA EFFECTIVELY
Full automatic (Normal use)
( Completion of \
ALCA tuning /
Semi automatic 1 (When the music peak level is already
known)
Press
ALCA
Input PEAK area in music^
Press
Y
Press
REC PLAY or PAUSE
\/Record-pause\
/ \ mode /
Recording
Press Press Press
ALCA REC PLAY or PAUSE ^ Recording
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