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Before recording
IMPORTANT
DVD content cannot be recorded to this unit’s HDD (except for MP3 files in recordable DVD).
Tracks are initially recorded to the HDD and saved as LPCM. When the recording mode is set to AAC, AAC conversion takes
place while the unit is in standby mode. In addition to AAC conversion, track analysis for the “Music Shuffle” function (➜ page 49)
also takes place during standby mode.
§With LPCM recording mode, AAC data created (XP mode only) is not displayed in the Track List.
∫ About AAC conversion of recorded tracks and Music Shuffle analysis
≥Conversion/analysis is performed when the unit is in standby mode. 2 minutes after the unit is set to standby mode, conversion/
analysis starts and the unit’s display starts to show “_ _ _ _”. Leave the power cord plugged in.
You can also perform conversion/analysis immediately (➜ page 42).
≥This unit usually takes about one-third of the recording time to complete analysis and conversion.
For example, a 60-minute recording will take about 20 minutes to complete conversion and analysis. (For tracks imported from
a PC, time will be shorter as the tracks only need to be analyzed.)
≥Tracks can be played even if conversion and analysis is incomplete. However, the same track may sound slightly different before
and after AAC conversion.
≥You can also compress LPCM tracks to AAC to increase the amount of the available space on the HDD (➜ page 43).
You can make these kinds of recordings.
VOLUME
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Recording tracks from a music CD
(CD-DA)
(Commercial CD, Recordable CD)
Recording WMA/MP3 tracks from
recordable discs
(Recordable CD or DVD)
Recording from the radio (FM/AM)
Recording from an external device
This unit’s HDD
Digital
recording
Analog
recording
Analog
recording
Analog
recording
How recordings work
Recording in
LPCM
recording
mode
Recording in
AAC
recording
mode
Record
Audio signal is recorded
(uncompressed)
This unit’s
HDD
Converted to AAC
and compressed
While the unit is in standby modeInitially recorded as LPCM Track data in the HDD
Analysis
for Music
Shuffle
LPCM data
is deleted
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