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Recording and finalizing discs
Unlike other recording media, recordable CDs have a number of
distinct states, and what you can do with a disc depends on the
current state of the disc. Figure 1. (right) shows the three states—
blank, partially recorded, and finalized—and summarizes what’s
possible (✔) and impossible (✘) in each.
The process of finalization fixes the contents of a CD-R in place for
good by creating a Table of Contents (TOC, for short) at the
beginning of the disc. This tells a CD player exactly what's on the
disc and where to find it. Once a CD-R is finalized, further
recording and other changes become impossible. The CD recorder
and other CD players treat a finalized disc as an ordinary playback-
only CD. (See page 31 for more information on finalizing CD-Rs.)
CD-rewritable discs can be finalized in the same way as CD-R discs,
but even after finalization, the disc can still be erased and used over
again. Remember that CD-RW discs can only be played on players
that are specifically designed to play CD-RW discs: most home CD
players will not play these discs, even after the disc has been
finalized. (See page 31 for more information on finalizing CD-RWs.)
✔ Recordable
✘ Erasable
✘ Skip ID set/clear
✘ Play in ordinary
CD player
✔ Recordable
✘ Erasable
✔ Skip ID set/clear
✘ Play in ordinary
CD player
✘ Recordable
✘ Erasable
✘ Skip ID set/clear
✔ Play in ordinary
CD player
✔ Recordable
✘ Erasable
✘ Skip ID set/clear
✘ Play in ordinary
CD player
✔ Recordable
✔ Erasable
✔ Skip ID set/clear
✘ Play in ordinary
CD player
✘ Recordable*
✔ Erasable
✘ Skip ID set/clear*
✘ Play in ordinary
CD player**
* Once the CD-RW has been erased, it becomes recordable
again and skip IDs can be set and cleared.
** In general, current CD players cannot play CD-RW discs.
However, this situation may change.
Playing partially recorded discs
Partially recorded discs (discs which contain recorded material but
have not yet been finalized) can be played in the 3-CD changer of
this unit with the following limitations:
• It will take longer than usual to read the disc when you load
it and start playback.
• When the partially recorded disc is stopped, the display will
not show any disc time information. During playback, only
track elapsed time is displayed; you cannot switch to any
other display mode.
• If you play a CD-RW from which tracks have been erased,
you may still hear the erased tracks and the disc may not
play correctly.
• It may not be possible to play an unfinalized disc if there is
very little blank space left.
fig 1. differences between recordable and rewritable discs.
Recording copyright material
The price of a consumer-use disc includes a copyright fee that has
been paid to the copyright owner (in countries where the copyright
fee collection system has been established based on their respective
copyright laws). This means that you can use these discs to record
music and other material for your personal use. If you want to use
a disc for anything other than personal use, you must get
permission from the copyright owner (note that copyright laws vary
from country to country; check the copyright-related laws in your
particular country for more information).
Broadcast programs, CDs, other recorded media (cassettes, vinyl
records, etc.) and musical performances are all protected by
copyright laws. You must get permission from the copyright owner
if you sell, transfer, distribute or lease a disc recorded from the
above mentioned sources, or if you use it as part of a business (such
as for background music in a store).
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