holds lots of disks, text display, digital out

I've been using this for a pretty good while now and haven't had any major problems. I have the unit connected via the digital optical to my receiver avoiding the internal DAC, if you have a digital capable receiver it's the way to go, especially if you are like me and have a much higher quality receiver. I bought this because I sick of screwing around with magazines in a six disc changer. The only problem I've ever expierenced is with a less than clean disc, can cause skipping and/or repeating, so make sure they're clean before you put them in there. Also the display is great for knowing what disc your playing. I have had no memory loss with my unit.

Holds 300 disks

Have to enter titles in with remote

I love this unit. Got it at Supreme AV for 230 + shipping.

From my point of view, here are the pluses and minuses:

+ Holds 300 disks for $230
+ Displays title of eash disk
+ Has a 'best' group that will play tracks you select-- a greatest hits, if you will
+ Random finally does what I want it to do-- random within a group of disks, with little (any?) replay of the same track

- Have to enter titles in via remote. Why not a keyboard?
- Reports of loosing memroy if power is removed
- If turned off via the power button on the unit, the remote cannot turn it on (this also may erases the memory)
- Reported problems hooking multiple unit together

All in all, I love this unit. I recommend it to everyone.

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After reading the posts here I decided that this unit was worth a try. I also decided that 300+ disc capacity and the inexpensive price made it worthwhile.I had checked this unit out at Circuit City along with the Sony units. The Sony's seem to have a better finish on them and overall just seem quieter and better built...but the price is higher and they only hold 200 discs.

I purchased from Smile Photo for $229 + shipping/handling ($30). Unit arrived ok but box was somewhat beat up. Anyway, I would not buy from Smile again. Check out Ubid.com on the net, they have been auctioning off new pdf1007 units for around $220-$240.

I replaced my Yamaha 5 disc carousel changer with this unit. I honestly can't tell any difference in the sound. The convenience of the PDF unit is great. Being able to store 300 discs, and random play within a music grouping is great.
Once you get the thing loaded and all the discs titled, use of the unit is a breeze.

As others have noted, loading and titling your discs takes forever. You can enter titles from the remote or from the unit, but both are tiresome!

Overall, this unit works great. I am sure that the other manufacturers will follow suit shortly and produce a 300 disc changer.

MEMORY LOSS AGAIN!

This is an update on my review from December.
I exchanged the "faulty" unit that had lost it's
memory.
Now after 7 weeks the new one has done the
same thing!
If C.D. titles are important to you STAY AWAY
FROM THIS THING!!!!
If you don't care about titles it's a great unit.

Pioneer, are you listening? If you now have the
technology to fix this memory problem do a re-call
on the things and fix them! It' could pay off with
future cusomers.

Be warned: These reviews include comments about the PD-F1009 and PD-F1039 units. The PD-F1007 does NOT have keyboard input, which is admittedly too bad. Would make for a near perfect combination.

I already submitted a review below when I first purchased the unit. I am submitting another because of a few reasons. I have never had any problems with memory loss. I have unplugged the unit (rommate did on accident), I have turned the power off on the unit (again, roommate) and neither have resulted in memory loss. Maybe I am lucky. Maybe they have improved the capacitor used. I have been very impressed with the 1007. I will put it on random and leave it go all day long. It is definately a performer. I have been so impressed I purchased another for when I fill this up. I have had no problems with the unit reading CDs I cut on my computer.

I give it a perfect 5 because I have had no trouble at all from day one. It did take 8 hours to type in all the discs, but that was done almost a year ago. You have my recommendation if looking to buy it, especially at clearance prices of $129.

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Great Value, more features that you can shake a remote control at, good sound, ample disc storage.....

Apart from being big and heavy, nothing

Overall, this is a great product from a good brand. The
sound quality is smooth, rich and detailed, especially for
a multiplayer. Match it with a good amp (Creek 4140, Sony
TA-FB940R) and it gels impressively!!! It may be big, but
it is good to look at and use. C.D. text with keyboard
input, disc scan, jog wheel, single loader, 301 disc
storage, remote control, digital output are just some of
the things it can do, as well as being hooked up to
another Pioneer PD-F1007 for 602 discs. Most important,
the sound, I think, is excellent for what it is. If you
want a multiplayer then I suggest you check this out!!!
Use good interconnects, like QED QUNEX TWO, and it sings!!!

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300 disk capacity

Three - loss of memory, loss of memory, loss of memory

After about a year, everything in memory was lost. The local authorized Pioneer dealer charged me $85 to replace
a capacitor, saying it would fix the problem. Two months
later, everything was lost again. It was not because the
power was turned off - I used the remote. However, about
every 2 or 3 months in this area, the power goes off due
to a lightning strike in a Thunderstorm. If Pioneer thinks
that telling customers to only use the remote to turn off
the power, will they prevent power outages, to make sure this works? Using the jog dial to enter 300 titles and
artists takes about 8 hours. Would you like to do this every 2 or 3 months, if you have power outages? As you can
tell, I'm pretty disgusted with the unit. Almost all the
attractive features are no good - due to memory loss!
One great feature - search for a disk by title - no good when the memory goes out. Related feature - search for a disk by artist, also no good when memory goes out. Organize disks into catagories, so you can play only from that category? Great feature -- but you can't use it when the memory goes out. Random play within a category? You got it - can't use it when the memory goes out. Best play tracks? Sounds great, play only your favorites, and put them into memory on the fly as they play. Guess what -- this feature disappears when the memory goes out. I emailed the Pioneer website for tech help and guess what? No answer. Guess their memory went out. If you want a 301 disk jukebox that makes jewel cases obsolete, this unit is great. If you want any of the features that would make it a great unit, plan on having them inoperative almost all the time, or plan on spending 8 hours over the jog wheel inputting data very frequently.

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This is my first mega-changer

I just picked up one of these units and am looking forward to using it. I read where so many people have lost memory. I have a suggestion that even Pioneer can agree with. Get a GOOD line conditioner. You may not THINK you have dirty power, but trust me, you do. And that can cause the memory loss problem. The resistor that bleeds off voltage on the memory capacitor is tiny and any surge or dirty power can kill it. Your other equipment will also benefit from it line conditioning. I am willing to bet that this will fix most of the memory loss problems. I am not going to tell you that a line conditioner will improve the sound because my ears cannot tell a nickle's worth of difference. But they can make your unit operate BETTER and make it last longer. That is a proven fact.
I have only seen one review dealing with how good it actually sounds. I certainly don't expect it to sound like a Mark Levinson piece, but if someone has used it with the digital outs to at least a decent D/A, I would like to hear from you. The Elite brother of this unit has excellent D/A's but this one's are much lower end and I would not use it's analog outputs. I would just like to know how it sounds as a transport only into a good D/A. Any replies are appreciated, even if you think I am crazy with the line conditioner suggestion.

I have been the happy owner of this piece of equipment for a few weeks now. I waited this long to post this review because I wanted to give it time to gestate and reveal any problems or good traits it has.
Let me start by reiterating what one of the other reviews listed here says. If you are the type that revels in the differences between a $1000 CD player and a $10000 CD player, this is not the changer for you. But if you are looking for a value-oriented product that really delivers in the convenience and features department, look no further.

Let me start with the good things about the player. Capacity--301. Can't beat that. Price--I got mine delivered to me for $289 from Smile Photo and Video. Expandability--You can "slave" one unit to another for a total of 602 discs at your fingertips. CD Text compatibility/Labeling. Headphone output with volume control--good enough to drive my Sennheiser HD 520 II's. Not many things can do that. Speed--this thing can change CDs much faster than I ever could. Size--smaller than some lesser-capacity changers, although still pretty huge.

Now for the bad. Both have to do with the otherwise great CD text/labeling system. First, they omitted a feature from previous Pioneer megachangers--the ability to enter titles with a computer keyboard. Of my 250+ CDs, only 3 had CD text information. I entered the rest by hand via the jog wheel. It works pretty well, but took forever. I estimate I spent 8 hours entering titles. Even worse, you can only enter 12 characters of information for the title, and 12 for the artist. This is pretty limiting. Personally, I would have paid an extra $50 not to have to come up with yet another confusing abbreviation.

Overall, I praise Pioneer for delivering a great product at such a low price. It really puts pressure on the other manufacturers. I almost went with Sony, but capacity and price changed my mind. I only knocked a star off for the lack of memory when entering titles. Feel free to email me if you want to ask a specific question.

This unit is easy to operate and program. The CD Text feature is nice. One short coming is if a disc does not have CD Text you can not program individual track names. You can program disc into groupings but not individual tracks. I paid $249.99 for mine at REX. Not a bad deal. That's less than a dollar a cd!