Manual Record, Selecting a track AMS, Fader

Basic Operation

Manual Record

The RECORD button is only enabled if certain conditions are met. These are that i) there is a blank recordable disc in the selected drive and ii) that if the currently-selected input is one of the three digital inputs, there is a valid signal (AES/EBU or S/PDIF) at the input connector (even though it may have zero audio content).

If the conditions are met, pressing the RECORD button initialises the blank disc. The LCD display flashes Record Setup for the drive being used, and the G symbol in the RECORD button and the drive activity LED both flash red.

Initialisation takes a few seconds, after which the drive enters RECORD PAUSE mode. This is confirmed by a steady RECORD button LED, a flashing G symbol in the display and a flashing green LED in the PLAY/PAUSE button.

Recording may be started by pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button, which puts the drive into RECORD mode. The symbol G in the display and the LED in the PLAY/PAUSE button stops flashing.

Selecting a track (AMS)

NEXT and PREVIOUS functions are performed with the rotary AMS control. Rotating it ‘one click’ clockwise will advance the cue point of the currently-selected drive to the start of the next track. Similarly, one anticlockwise click moves the cue point to the start of the current track, two anticlockwise clicks to the start of the previous track.

Any track on a disc may be selected for playback by rotating the AMS control more than one ‘click’.

While re-locating, the display temporarily shows the symbol E or F as appropriate.

Other factors concerning the operation of the AMS control are:

•From STOP, as a track is selected, the length of the track is displayed and the beginning of the track is cued and pre- loaded into memory for Instant Start. Playback is started by pressing either PLAY/PAUSE or ENTER. Press STOP to cancel this cue mode

•Rotating counter-clockwise from the first track will select the last track; rotating clockwise past the last track will select the first track

•If the drive is already in PLAY mode when the AMS control is rotated, playback of the new track will begin immediately

•From PAUSE, playback will be held in PAUSE at the start of the new track. Press PLAY/PAUSE to begin playback

The NEXT and PREVIOUS functions performed by the AMS control are also available from the RC-882 remote control with the E and F buttons.

Note that the AMS knob is a multi-function control and it has several other uses, including menu navigation and MARK writing.

Fader

The FADER button can be used instead of the PLAY/PAUSE button to start and stop playback from (and recording to) the currently-selected drive, but with a controlled fade-in and/or fade-out of the audio. Fade-in and fade-out times are user- definable.

In disc playback the FADER function operates as follows:

•When the drive is in STOP mode, pressing the FADER button cues it to Track 1 and enters PLAY mode. The playback audio level fades up from zero to maximum over the time period defined as the Fade-in Time

•Pressing FADER while a disc is already playing (i.e. the drive is in PLAY mode) reduces the audio level from maximum to zero over the time period defined as the Fade-Out Time, and then puts the drive into PAUSE mode

•From PAUSE mode, a further press of FADER puts the drive back into PLAY, with the audio level fading up again

In disc recording modes, the FADER function operates as follows:

•Pressing the FADER button from RECORD PAUSE mode (see RECORD above) puts the drive into RECORD mode in the normal manner; recording starts, but the audio level fades up from zero to maximum over the Fade-in Time

•Once in RECORD mode, a further press of FADER reduces the audio level back to zero over the Fade-Out Time, and then puts the drive into RECORD PAUSE mode

The Fade-In and Fade-Out Times can each be set from 1 to 10 seconds (in 1 second increments) via the Menu system. See page 29 for full details.

Activation of the FADER function is indicated on the display by the flashing text FADE-INor FADE-OUTwhile the fade is actually taking place.

CDR-882 User Manual Version 1.0