Stereo CD Receiver XC-L77 (DU-L77) Speaker System S-L9-LRW S-L9-A-LRW S-L8-LRW Stereo Cassette Deck CT-L77 Operating Instructions
Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. In some countries or regions, the shape of the power plug and power outlet may sometimes differ from that shown in the explanatory drawings. However, the method of connecting and operating the unit is the same.
1 Before You Start Contents Before you Start ................................................................................................. 5 2 Installing and Connecting up Finding a Suitable Location ............................................................................. 7 Connecting Up the System ................................................................................ 8 3 What’s What Front Panel .....................................................................................
1 Before You Start Elegant design Features The X–LP77 looks as good it sounds. With a front panel almost completely free from the usual array of buttons and flashing lights, the X–LP77 has been designed to blend in elegantly with its surroundings rather than draw attention to itself.
1 Before You Start Checking What’s in the Box Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.
1 Before You Start Handling discs When holding CDs of any type, take care not to leave fingerprints, dirt or scratches on the disc surface. Hold the disc by its edge or by the center hole and edge. Damaged or dirty discs can affect playback and/or recording performance. Take care also not to scratch the label side of the disc. Although not as fragile as the recording side, scratches can still result in a disc becoming unusable. This unit is designed for use with conventional, fully circular CDs only.
2 Installing and Connecting Up Finding a Suitable Location We want you to enjoy using your new stereo system for years to come, so please bear in mind the following points when choosing a suitable location for the system components and speakers: 25cm 10cm 10cm ) ^ PHONES STANDBY/ON ) ^ MINIDISC @# ) ! Be sure to leave enough space for proper ventilation above, either side and at the rear of the unit. Do... ✔ Use in a well-ventilated room.
2 Installing and Connecting Up Connecting Up the System Display unit Display cable CD receiver Tape deck Ribbon cable System connections Ribbon cables IMPORTANT: Never connect or disconnect the system ribbon cables while the power plug is connected to the wall outlet. Doing so may damage the unit. To insert, hold the connector and push firmly into the socket until you hear it click home.
2 Installing and Connecting Up Sub-woofer Right speaker Left speaker Sub-woofer cable CAUTION! The speaker system is not magnetically shielded. This means that if the speakers are placed very near a television set or monitor, you may see colour distortion in the picture. Move the speaker(s) further away from the television to solve the problem. Do not connect any other amplifier to this system. In rare cases this may result in smoke or fire. Do not block the port opening on the front of the subwoofer.
2 Installing and Connecting Up Screw holes for wall mounting Non-slip pads Stand attached for horizontal placement For S-L8 speakers: for correct balance, make sure that the speaker stands are fixed to the upper two screw holes when placing horizontally. Placing the satellite speakers The speakers come with stands that can be used if you plan to put the speakers on a shelf or table.
2 Installing and Connecting Up AM loop antenna FM wire antenna Power cable Connecting the antennas 1 2 3 Connecting the supplied antennas will allow you to listen to both AM and FM radio broadcasts. If you find that reception quality is poor, an outdoor antenna should give you better sound quality —see the Connecting external antennas box on the following page for more on how to do this.
2 Installing and Connecting Up 4 4 Plug the supplied FM antenna into the FM antenna terminal. For best results, extend the FM antenna fully and fix to a wall or door frame. Don’t drape loosely or leave it coiled up. The supplied FM antenna is a simple means of receiving FM stations; using a dedicated, outdoor FM antenna will usually give you better reception and sound quality. See below for connection details. Note: The signal earth (H) is designed to reduce noise that occurs when an antenna is connected.
3 What’s What Front Panel 1 3 5 ) ^ 6 8 10 2 7 PHONES STANDBY/ON ) @# ! 11 4 9 12 CD Receiver 1 CD tray 2 Power light – Lights when the unit is switched on. 3 ^ button – Press to play a disc, or pause a disc that’s already playing (press again to restart playback). 4 ) button – Press to open or close the CD tray. 5 Play light – Lights when a CD is playing 6 Standby/On button – Press to switch the unit between standby and on modes. Indicator lights in standby mode.
3 What’s What Remote Control 1 2 3 4 5 6 SOUND DISPLAY SET MD 7 8 9 TIMER/ & 10 11 12 18 REMOTE LOCATOR ON OFF 17 AUX/CD-R STANDBY/ ON 16 15 Remote Locator This remote control has a feature that will allow you to locate it if you’ve mislaid it in the room. When remote locator is switched on, clapping at least three times within the space of about a second will cause the remote control to beep. This should help you to locate it.
3 What’s What Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 * • Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. • “DOLBY”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
4 Switching On Switching On and Setting the Clock If you've followed the manual to here, you should now have your system installed with everything connected up and plugged in. This chapter takes you through using the basic features: playing CDs and tapes, listening to radio stations, and adjusting the volume, tone and balance to get the sound you want. First of all, we'll set the clock. This is mainly used for timer functions, such as the sleep timer, though you can also use the display as a clock.
4 Switching On Playing a Compact Disc Here, we’ll run through the basics you need to play discs in the CD player/receiver. Other features of the CD player, such as programming the track order, are covered later —see pages 23 to 26 for complete instructions on all the CD player’s features.
4 Switching On 6 To skip back or forward to another track, press (but don't hold) $ or › . Pressing › once skips to the start of the next track on the disc. Further presses take you to subsequent tracks. Pressing $ once takes you to the beginning of the current track. Further presses skip to the start of previous tracks. You can use the track skip buttons while the disc is paused, too. The track number changes while the disc remains paused. 7 To stop playback, press & .
4 Switching On Listening to the Radio The tuner can receive both FM and AM broadcasts, and lets you memorize your favourite stations so you don't have to manually tune in every time you want to listen. Here we run through the basic tuner controls, including switching between AM and FM, and tuning to a station. Full instructions for all the tuner's other features can be found on pages 27 to 32.
4 Switching On 1 Press MENU. You’re now in the tuner menu. 2 Press the $ or › button repeatedly to select FM AUTO/MONO, then press SET. 3 Press the $ or › button to select the FM MONO option. (Press again to switch back to FM AUTO mode.) 4 Press SET again to exit the menu. The mono indicator lights in the display. Note: The FM MONO mode remains set until you change it back to FM AUTO mode. The ‘mono’ indicator lights next to the ‘tuned’ symbol.
4 Switching On 3 Tape playing with tape counter shown in the display. Direction is ‘forward’ Use a tape that's already recorded on so you can hear something in the following steps! The side of the tape you'll hear is whichever is face-up in the tray when you load it. This is the 'forward' ( 3 ) direction, while the other side is 'reverse' ( 2 ). The forward indicator is shown in the display. Pressing ) on the front panel also closes the cassette tray, but does not start playback.
4 Switching On Using Dolby NR. For best sound quality, tapes that are recorded with Dolby NR should be played with Dolby NR switched on. This includes virtually all commercially produced tapes—look for the double –D symbol (2) on the inlay card, or on the cassette tape itself. To switch Dolby NR on and off: MENU SET AUX/CD-R SOUND DISPLAY STANDBY/ ON SET MD TAPE REC TIMER/ & CHARACTER CANCEL 4 1 $ ! — › + ⁄ VOL ¢ Press MENU.
5 Using the CD Player Using the Menu System Access to many of the less commonly used functions of the system is via a menu system. Each component (CD player, tuner, tape deck, auxiliary, and MD recorder) has it's own set of menu options, but access to all of them is from the MENU button. If you worked through the last section, you'll have already used the menu system when you switched between mono and auto FM reception, or switched Dolby NR on/off.
5 Using the CD Player Programming the Track Order This mode lets you program a sequence (a playlist) of up to 24 tracks to play. The order can be anything you choose. Tracks can appear more than once in the playlist, or can be left out entirely. The playlist applies only to the disc in the player at the time. Once you eject the disc (or switch the power into standby), the playlist is lost.
5 Using the CD Player Playing Things Again You can set the CD player to repeat either a single track over and over, or the whole disc. MENU CD SET AUX/CD-R SOUND DISPLAY STANDBY/ ON SET MD TAPE REC TIMER/ & CHARACTER CANCEL 4 1 $ ! — › + ⁄ VOL ¢ Press MENU and select CD REPEAT MODE. Remember: switch between menu options using the $ and › buttons; select the option by pressing SET. 2 Select a repeat mode.
5 Using the CD Player Playing Tracks at Random Tip You can use either of the repeat modes together with the random play mode. Setting the repeat mode to REPEAT ALL endlessly plays all the tracks on the disc at random. In REPEAT TRACK mode, just the current randomly selected track repeats. To have the CD player play the tracks on a disc in a different order each time you play the disc, use the random play function. Each track will play just once, but the order will be random.
6 Using the Tuner The Tuner Menu The tuner menu gives you access to the following functions: STATION MEMORY - Memorize station frequencies for quick recall (p.27) STATION NAME - Give station memories meaningful names (p.28) (You'll only see this option if you're in Station mode - see page 28.) FM AUTO/MONO - Specify the FM reception mode (p.19) (You'll only see this option if you're in FM reception mode.
6 Using the Tuner Listening to a Memorized Station When using the tuner button to switch between FM and AM, you've probably noticed a third option. This is the station memory mode, in which you can listen to the stations you’ve previously memorized.
6 Using the Tuner 3 The display shows the station memory number and a flashing cursor Names can be up to 9 characters long and can contain letters (upper and lower case), numbers, spaces and other symbols. To select a character: Use the CHARACTER button to switch between character lists: Alphabet (uppercase) - Alphabet (lowercase) numbers (0-9) & punctuation/symbols Use the $ and › buttons to select a character from the current list: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ . , ' / abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz .
6 Using the Tuner The XC–L77 can search for and display the following programme types: Pop M Rock M M.O.R.
6 Using the Tuner 2 Press DISPLAY. Press repeatedly and choose between: RT - Radio Text PS - Programme Service Name PTY - Programme Type Stop on the one you want, then press SET. The display will show the RDS information, if there is any. If the station you're listening to is not transmitting any RDS information, you'll see the message NO DATA in the display. If you selected PTY and the display shows NO TYPE, the display will revert automatically to the programme service name after about 5 seconds.
6 Using the Tuner Changing the display Frequency display RT display PS display PTY display PTY SEARCH display Clock display Calendar display 32 You can choose to display various kinds of information when listening to the tuner.
7 Using the Tape Deck Setting the Reverse Mode The tape deck can play both sides of a tape without you having to take the cassette out and turning it over by hand. This feature is called auto-reverse (because to play the other side of the tape, the tape travels in the opposite direction). You can switch sides any time while playing a tape by pressing the TAPE button (see page 20 for how to use all the basic playback controls).
7 Using the Tape Deck Unlike some tape decks, there's no need to set recording levels —the deck sets the right level automatically. Also, when recording, the volume, tone and balance controls have no effect on the recording. This means that you can record something with the volume turned right down, if you want.
7 Using the Tape Deck 5 6 With the CD stopped, the display shows the number of tracks and the playing time Press CD to switch to the CD player. Load the CD you want to record. See page 17 for detailed instructions on loading discs. If the disc has started playing, press & . 7 If you want to record just one track, select the track using the $ and › buttons. 8 Press TAPE REC.
7 Using the Tape Deck 2 3 Press MD to switch to the MD recorder. Load the MD you want to record. See page 11 of the MD manual for detailed instructions on loading discs. If the disc has started playing, press &. With the MD stopped, the display shows the number of tracks and the playing time 4 If you want to record just one track, select the track using the $ and › buttons. 5 Press TAPE REC.
7 Using the Tape Deck 2 Select the source you want to record. For example, if you want to record from the tuner, press TUNER, and tune into a station. If you are recording from another component, set it up ready for playback. The display shows the tuner tuned to station memory 12 3 The recording indicator flashes Press TAPE REC. The recorder goes into record-pause mode. 4 Press TAPE to begin recording.
8 Using the Timer The Timer Menu Using the timer features you can automatically record a programme from the tuner at a certain time, wake up to a CD playing, or fall asleep at night to the radio. Access to these functions is from the TIMER menu, which is accessed by pressing the TIMER button. The menu has four options: WAKE UP - Set the system to switch on and start playing at a certain time (for example, at the same time as your alarm clock goes in the morning).
8 Using the Timer 3 The ‘on’ time is whatever was last set for the wake-up timer Set the time to switch on. First, set the hour: Use the $ and › buttons to change the flashing hour display, then press SET. Next, set the minute: Use the $ and › buttons to change the flashing minute display, then press SET. Adjust it to what you want. Remember: the time is displayed as a 24-hour clock 4 Set the switch off time. Set the hour: Use the $ and › buttons to change the flashing hour display, then press SET.
8 Using the Timer Setting the Sleep Timer When setting the sleep timer, you only have to tell the system when to switch off. SET AUX/CD-R SOUND DISPLAY TIMER SET MD TAPE REC STANDBY/ ON & TIMER/ CHARACTER CANCEL $ ! — › + ⁄ 4 1 VOL ¢ Select SLEEP TIMER from the timer menu. Remember: switch between timer menu options using the $ and › buttons; select the option by pressing SET.
8 Using the Timer 1 Set up the tape deck/MD recorder. If you're recording to tape: Load a cassette tape, set the recording direction and reverse mode, and switch on/off Dolby NR as required. If you're recording to disc: Load an MD into the recorder. The tape deck is set up ready to record 2 Set up the tuner/auxiliary component. If you're recording from the tuner: Switch to the tuner, and tune into the station (see page 19 for more detailed instructions on this).
8 Using the Timer Cancelling the Record Timer Once the timer recording has finished, the timer is automatically cancelled. However, if you need to cancel it before the recording has started, (either because you made a mistake setting it, or simply because you no longer want to make the recording), here’s how you do it. SET AUX/CD-R SOUND DISPLAY TIMER SET MD TAPE REC STANDBY/ ON TIMER/ & CHARACTER CANCEL $ ! — 4 1 If the clock and record indicators are lit, then when you press SET...
9 Additional Information Setting the Display Brightness You can adjust the brightness of the display to suit the lighting conditions of the room. For example, in a brightly lit room you'd probably want the display brighter than in a room with low lighting. SET @# AUX/CD-R SOUND DISPLAY STANDBY/ ON SET MD TAPE ‡/* DISPLAY 1 TIMER/ & CHARACTER CANCEL 4 $ ! — › + ⁄ VOL ¢ Choose DIMMER SELECT from the display menu.
9 Additional Information Troubleshooting Incorrect operation can be mistaken for trouble or malfunction. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the other components and electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified even after exercising the checks below, ask your nearest Pioneer authorized service station to carry out repair work.
9 Additional Information Symptom Likely cause • The Dolby NR setting is not the same as that Playback sound is used during recording. muddy or distorted; high frequency sounds are excessively emphasized. Remedy • Set the Dolby NR system to the same setting as that used during recording (see p.22). • Reset the clock to the correct current time Timer doesn’t operate. • Clock isn’t set to the correct current time. (see p.16).
9 Additional Information Maintenance Cleaning external surfaces To clean the compact disc recorder, wipe with a soft, dry cloth. For stubborn dirt, wet a soft cloth with a mild detergent solution made by diluting one part detergent to 5 or 6 parts water, wring well, then wipe off the dirt. Use a dry cloth to wipe the surface dry. Do not use volatile liquids such as benzene and thinner which may damage the surfaces.
9 Additional Information Specifications Stereo CD Receiver: XC-L77 Amplifier Section Continuous Power Satellite (RMS) ....................... 30 W + 30 W (1 kHz, THD 10%, 8 Ω) Continuous Power Subwoofer (RMS) ................................ 50 W (100 Hz, THD 10%, 4 Ω) Continuous Power Satellite (DIN) ......................... 22 W + 22 W (1 kHz, THD 1%, 8 Ω) Continuous Power Subwoofer (DIN) .................................. 40 W (100 Hz, THD 1%, 4 Ω) Music Power Satellite (DIN) ..........................
Switching Off the Demo Mode The CD receiver has a demonstration display mode which operates when the system is plugged in. This mode is meant primarily for store displays, and you'll probably want to turn it off. If you unplug the unit, or there's a power cut, the demo mode will be set to on again once power is restored. MENU SET @# AUX SOUND DISPLAY STANDBY/ ON SET MD TAPE ‡/* TIMER/ & CHARACTER CANCEL 4 1 $ ! — › + ⁄ VOL ¢ In standby mode, press MENU and select DEMO MODE.
