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23 CD RECORDING
CD Recording
CD Sync Recording
CD Sync recording allows you to make an auto-
matic digital recording from an external CD or
MD player. During CD Sync Recording, the
record unit starts in sync with the source, and
tracks are added automatically.
To make a CD Sync recording: First, make cer-
tain your playback source is selected and cued
to the correct starting point. Next, select the
appropriate digital input by pressing the Input
Button ı until the desired input indication
appears in the Time/Message Display F
and Input Indicator Z. CD Sync recordings
may not be made from an analog input.
Next, make certain that there is a fresh disc in
the Record Drawer for the recording. Press the
CD Sync Record Button 8 as instructed
below and note that the Sync Indicator M
will light and the Record Indicator O will
flash. Select the type of recording to be made:
• To record only the first track from the source
player, press the CD Sync Record Button
8 ONCE so that 1 TRK appears in the
Time/Message Display F.
• To record the entire disc or tape, press the
CD Sync Record Button 8TWICE so that
ALL appears in the Time/Message
Display F.
When the desired mode has been selected,
start the playback from the source machine.The
CDR 30 will automatically recognize the incom-
ing digital data and begin recording. If the
source material is a CD, the track numbering
from the original disc will be carried over to
the dub. If the playback source is NOT a CD,
you will have to increment the tracks manually.
The recording will continue until the CDR 30
senses that the playback is finished when there
in no incoming signal for more than three sec-
onds.At that point the recording will stop.You
may also stop the recording at any time by
pressing the Record Deck Stop Button Ó.
When there are only four seconds remaining on
a blank disc, DISC FULL message will
appear in the Time/Message Display F.
When you see this message, you will need to
stop the recording process and, when a CD-R is
being recorded, insert a new blank disc or,
when a CD-RW is in use, either use a new disc
or erase existing tracks following the instruc-
tions on page 24.
After the recording is complete, an UPDATE
message will appear briefly, and the unit will
then return to normal operation. Remember to
finalize the recorded disc so that it may be used
in other machines.
Record Levels
As with any recording, the setting of record
levels is important to the creation of a copy disc
that is correctly recorded so that it is both free
from noise (caused by too low a record level)
or distortion (caused by too high a record
level.) Since the CDR 30 accepts both digital
and analog sources, a different procedure is
required, depending on the type of input used.
To view the record level, press the CDR Level
Indicator Selector t and verify that the
CDR Deck Level Indicator E is lit. In general
practice, and particularly for analog recordings,
a proper recording is made when the individual
left and right Level Indicators G run in the
left two-thirds of the display scale, and the red
OVER indicators flash only briefly.
The default setting for level control is Manual
with the adjustment set at a 0db level.This
setting is appropriate for most recordings, and
under normal circumstances you will not need
to make any changes.
With analog recordings, it is desirable to have
the Level Indicators G flash at the right
two-thirds of the display, and only occasionally
lighting the red indicators. If the level is too
high or too low during an analog recording,
simply adjust the Analog Record Level
Control * until the level is set properly.
It is important to note that for digital recordings
the level indications will always run lower than
what you would expect for an analog recording.
This is due to the fact that, within limits, low level
for digital recordings is not a severe problem.
However, high digital levels will cause a complete
loss of information. In most cases it will not be
necessary to adjust the level for digital recordings.
When automatic level control of digital control
is desired, press and hold both Digital Level
Control Buttons and release them when
the Digital Record Level Status Indicator X
lights as A DRLC. In this mode, the system
will automatically limit digital record levels to
prevent loss of information.
To manually adjust the level, press the appro-
priate
⁄
or ¤ Digital Level Control
Button , but make certain that the level
shown in the Level Indicators G does not
exceed the red levels. Digital levels may only be
adjusted from –3dB to +3dB, as shown in the
Time/Message Display F.
To stop the recording, press the Stop Button Ó.
The recording will automatically stop if it takes
more space than is available on the CD-R/RW disc.
A DISC FULL message will appear to
remind you that a new disc is needed.
At the end of a recording, a BUSY message
and an UPDATE message will appear briefly,
and the unit will return to normal operation.
Remember to finalize the disc after recording so
that it may be used in other players.
Finalizing CD-R and CD-RW Discs
Finalizing is a simple process that completes
the recording of a disc so that it may be used in
other players. Once that is done, a CD-R disc
may not be changed or added to. CD-RW discs
are “locked” once they are finalized, but they
may be unfinalized to permit additional recording
or erasure.
To finalize a disc, place it in the Record Drawer
%, if it is not already in that drawer. Once the
disc’s Table of Contents (TOC) information has
been read and the OPC process has been com-
pleted, press the Finalize Button # and note
that the word FINAL will begin to flash in
the Time/Message Display F.Within five
seconds, press the CDR Play/Select Button (
and note that the message will stop flashing.
The finalization process will take up to two
minutes, depending on the length of the material
recorded on the disc. During finalization you
will see the number of seconds remaining in
the process count down in the Time/Message
Display F until the disc is finalized. During
finalization the CDR deck will not accept any
operating commands.
When the finalization process is complete, the
Time/Message display will return to its normal
messages, and the R/RW Indicator Q will go
out, with the CD indication remaining to indi-
cate that the disc is finalized and ready for play
on standard CD players (for CD-R discs).
Unfinalizing and Erasing CD-RW Discs
CD-RW discs are unique in that they are both
recordable and rewritable.This means that you
may use them over again like a cassette tape.
However, the process of reusing a CD-RW disc
is slightly different from that used with tapes.
Unfinalizing a CD-RW Disc
To keep the material that is already recorded on
a CD-RW disc but to add an additional track
and erase single tracks, you must first unfinalize
the disc.To do that, place the CD-RW disc in
the Record Deck % and wait until the Table
of Contents data has been read.