Philips Official Recording Guide for CDR 560 and CDR 538 Models

RECORDING

Remarks about recording Digital recording - unsynchronized

English

You will soon discover how easy it is to make your own CDs. Nevertheless, we recommend that you use a CD-RW disc for your first try. The three ways to make recordings are described below:

-Digital unsynchronized

-Digital synchronized

-Analogue

•The recording procedure is the same for CD-Rs or CD-RWs.

SOURCE	DISPLAY
AUTO / MANUAL				TIME	CD SYNC	FINALIZE	CD	SYNCRO	STOP
										PLAY
					RECORD						PAUSE
	CDR	MINI CD	0	OVER		ERASE	RECORD
		RECORDER
					PAUSE				PREV	NEXT
POWER ON/OFF
								OPEN/CLOSE	RECORD LEVEL
									MIN	MAX

•If the disc is a CD-RW and is already finalized you must unfinalize it first (page 15).

•If the disc already contains recordings, the CD recorder will automatically search for the end of the last track, so that you can start recording from there.

•There must be at least 7 seconds of recording time left on the disc, or you will not be able to activate the record standby mode.

•If the display indicates COPY PROHIBIT, no digital recording can be made of the source material. Recording will not start or will stop after 4 seconds.

•The Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) only allows digital recording under specific conditions:

-It is not possible to make a digital copy from a digital copy.

-Analogue recording is always possible!

-The number of recordings from the original is unlimited.

•A maximum of 99 tracks can be recorded on a disc. The minimum allowable track length is 4 seconds.

•Digital recordings can be made from CDs (or other sources with an output Sample Frequency of 44.1 kHz +/- 100 ppm) via the digital input.

Important:

If you want to play the recorded CD-R disc on a regular CD player, it must be finalized first. See finalizing discs (p.15).

Finalized CD-RW discs play only on CD-RW compatible CD players.

Preparing for digital recording

1Make sure the disc is absolutely free of scratches and dust particles.

2Press Source repeatedly until (depending on the digital connection used):

➜DIG COAXIAL or DIG OPTICAL appears on the display.

DIG AUTO TRACK REPEAT 1 TOTAL REM	TRACK TIME CD SY
ANALOG		RECO
		FINAL
PROG
		ERA

3Press AUTO/MANUAL to switch between auto and manual track numbering.

➜If AUTO is selected, (preferred) AUTO TRACK will appear on the display.

DIG AUTO TRACK REPEAT 1 TOTAL REM	TRACK TIME CD S
ANALOG		REC
		FINA
PROG
		ER

•AUTO: The track increments are automatically copied from the digital source material.

•MANUAL: Track numbers can be incremented manually by pressing §. (minimum track length is 4 seconds).

(This can also be done in AUTO mode).

•Track numbers cannot be changed after recording.

Note: AUTO TRACK works only with Consumer Sources with a digital output signal according to the IEC 958 (consumer part) audio standard.

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