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CDR-882 User Manual Version 1.0 www.hhb.co.uk
CD Text
The CDR-882 is CD Text-compatible. Any CD Text data on CDs
being played will be displayed on the front panel LCD by default.
CDs being recorded on the CDR-882 can have CD Text data
added using a standard QWERTY keyboard plugged into either of
the PS/2 ports (on the front and rear panels, see page 15 and
page 11).
CD Text is formatted into 3 fields, named Title, Artist and Track.
Title and Artist are per-disc fields and Track is per-track. The
text strings may contain any characters found on a standard
keyboard.
Displaying CD Text
When a CD containing CD Text data is played, the time display
for the drive containing the disc changes, the mm:ss digits, the
CD type (CD, CD-R, etc.) and the time display option (TOTAL,
TOTREM, etc.) are replaced by the contents of the CD Text Title
field. The track number and transport mode symbol are still
displayed. When first displayed, the text will scroll automatically
from right to left to reveal all the characters of a long title.
Successive presses of the TEXT button (see page 13) will alter
the CD Text display to show the Artist and Track fields (if a track
is currently selected) in a similar manner. A final press will
return the display to the Title field; this sequence is illustrated
below:
The legends TITLE, ARTIST or TRACK is displayed in the top
right-hand corner of the display screen to confirm which field is
being displayed.
Pressing the DISPLAY button will revert the display to show the
“normal” time information; pressing TEXT again returns to CD
Text mode.
Entering CD Text
CD Text can only be added to unfinalised discs. Text entry may
be made either while the drive is in RECORD mode, or after
recording has finished - but before the disc has been finalised.
For this reason, Auto-finalization should be set to ‘Off’ when CD
Text is to be entered.
To enter CD Text data, connect a QWERTY keyboard to
whichever of the CDR-882’s two PS/2 sockets is more
convenient. Press the TEXT button once, twice or three times
to select the field for which data is to be entered, Title, Artist
or Track. The display will initially show No CD Title, No Artist or
No Track Name as appropriate. Entering text via the keyboard
will overwrite this, and the text will be visible on the display as
it is keyed in. Note that the initial keystroke is ignored. The
BACKSPACE key will delete from the last character entered in
the normal way. Conclude each text entry with the RETURN key
to store the text in memory.
In the case of Track Name, the entered text will be applied to
the track currently selected with the AMS knob. If track names
are to be entered while each track is being recorded, this will
obviously be the correct track, but if track names are being
entered after recording (pre-finalisation), care must be taken to
advance the track selection with the AMS knob to the correct
track, in turn.