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Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
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935.0. "Is the PD-M70 worth it?" by EPOCH::JOHNSON (Whoever dies with the most toys, wins.) Thu Oct 22 1987 09:56

    I am thinking of buying a Pioneer PD-M70.  It has a 6-pac magazine
    and 8 program areas.  Total selections is 80 with a max-per-program
    of 32.
    
    Given that I've been told that there are roughly 10 tracks on a
    CD for a magazine total of 60, is it reasonable to think that the
    programmability will be useful if I spread my max of 80 over 8 programs
    for an average of 10 out of 60 tracks?
    
    Do you people think that this is a bell and whistle that I won't
    use and should therefore look at the PD-M60?
    
    Pete
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935.1What's the Difference Between the 60 and 70?DELNI::TRUSLOWFri Oct 23 1987 10:288
    I have a PD-M60 that I like a lot, but I've never programmed it
    when I've used the "6-pack" in it. It would certainly be bells and
    whistles for me! Can you tell me what the difference is between
    the PD-M60 and the PD-M70? Is the PD-M70 front- or top-loaded, for
    example?
    
    Jack Truslow
935.2My understandingEPOCH::JOHNSONWhoever dies with the most toys, wins.Fri Oct 23 1987 14:4515
    My uderstanding is that the difference is that the PD-M70 has eight
    buttons on the front (at least) that the PD-M60 doesn't: program
    A through program H.  Max total tracks is 80 with max total tracks/disc
    of 32.  The way I read it, I may have a mag I label "classical -
    program A".  I have stored a program under "A" to play the selections
    of the disks that I keep in that mag that I want to hear.  I may
    also have an "oldies - program B" so that when I put that mag in
    and press "B" I play the disc/tracks that are appropriate to that
    mag.
    
    What I'd really like to see is some kind of program strip in the
    surface of the mag so that when I put a mag in I can say "read the
    program and do it".
    
    Pete
935.3More for more, or less for less...MENTOR::REGMy new suit is wetMon Oct 26 1987 13:5511
    
    	I've talked about it somewhere else..... I've had a PDM 6 since
    march of '86.  That experience has lead my preference toward either
    the Sony 10 pack player for more variety in a single loading, or
    the PDM 40 for super low price.  I think I've only programmed the
    PDM 6 once, just to see how it worked, and I rarely if ever use
    the remote, its never near enough to the chair I'm in, and I'm not
    too old to walk across the room once in a while.  
    
    Reg  (I still think Pioneer should do a 2x6.)
935.4A Satisfied CustomerEPOCH::JOHNSONWhoever dies with the most toys, wins.Mon Oct 26 1987 16:1212
    I'm now happy with not one but two retailers!
    
    LaMere quoted me 399 but couldn't get it for a week.  Lechmere had
    it in stock for 459, so I verified their price protection policy
    and bought it Friday.  Today I dropped by LaMere and asked them
    to quote me the 399 in writing, which they did, which I took back
    to Lechmere and traded for $63 which I promptly spent on 4 Beatles
    CDs and a spare 6-pack.
    
    Isn't America great?!
    
    Pete