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	Advanced Features & Operation
CD Text	Entering CD Text
The CDR-882 is CD Text-compatible. Any CD Text data on CDs	CD Text can only be added to unfinalised discs. Text entry may
	be made either while the drive is in RECORD mode, or after
being played will be displayed on the front panel LCD by default.	recording has finished - but before the disc has been finalised.
CDs being recorded on the CDR-882 can have CD Text data	For this reason, Auto-finalization should be set to ‘Off’ when CD
added using a standard QWERTY keyboard plugged into either of	Text is to be entered.
the PS/2 ports (on the front and rear panels, see page 15 and
page 11).	To enter CD Text data, connect a QWERTY keyboard to
CD Text is formatted into 3 fields, named Title, Artist and Track.	whichever of the CDR-882’s two PS/2 sockets is more
	convenient. Press the TEXT button once, twice or three times
Title and Artist are per-disc fields and Track is per-track. The	to select the field for which data is to be entered, Title, Artist
text strings may contain any characters found on a standard	or Track. The display will initially show No CD Title, No Artist or
keyboard.	No Track Name as appropriate. Entering text via the keyboard
	will overwrite this, and the text will be visible on the display as
Displaying CD Text	it is keyed in. Note that the initial keystroke is ignored. The
	BACKSPACE key will delete from the last character entered in
When a CD containing CD Text data is played, the time display
	the normal way. Conclude each text entry with the RETURN key
for the drive containing the disc changes, the mm:ss digits, the
	to store the text in memory.
CD type (CD, CD-R, etc.) and the time display option (TOTAL,
TOTREM, etc.) are replaced by the contents of the CD Text Title	In the case of Track Name, the entered text will be applied to
field. The track number and transport mode symbol are still	the track currently selected with the AMS knob. If track names
displayed. When first displayed, the text will scroll automatically	are to be entered while each track is being recorded, this will
from right to left to reveal all the characters of a long title.	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.

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.

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