Yamaha MCX-2000 setup guide Recording Audio Sources, Recording Songs from a Music CD

Recording Audio Sources

You can expand your music archive by recording (or importing) songs and other audio programs from commercial music CDs, external audio signals, and FM radio programs from the built-in tuner. You can record these audio sources to the MCX-2000 internal hard drive with up to 200 hours in linear PCM format (16-bit/44.1kHz) or up to 2,000 hours in MP3 format (160kbps bit rate) by default. You can adjust recording options (page 96) balancing your preferred sound quality and total recoding time. In addition, you can confirm how long recording is possible now in a System Information screen (page 102). When selecting Top Menu > Recording, you will see the following screen.

Recording menu

Recording Songs from a Music CD

In general, music CDs are the easiest and simplest way to create your music archive. Once CD songs are imported, the MCX-2000 lets you manage them using playlists and other editing features (page 75).

1From the Recording menu screen, select Store from CD. A song list will appear if you’ve already set an audio CD in the MCX-2000. If not, the unit shows “No Audio CD present” along with “Insert Audio CD” in yellow.

CD recording screen

2Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the remote control and open the CD tray. Set an audio CD with its label side facing up. Press the same button again to close the tray.

Store from CD

Select this when importing songs from an audio CD (CD- DA). For most commercial music CDs, the MCX-2000 automatically retrieves song data such as artist name, album title and each song title from the CDDB database (page 53).

Store from Radio

Select this when you want to ‘air check’ an FM radio program. You can adjust the recording level and select recording modes such as Manual and Synchro (Full Auto or Auto Track Marking) for your preferences.

Store from Inputs

Select this when recording incoming audio signals via the MCX-2000 analog or digital input jacks. Using the same recording interface as FM radio recording, you can easily record songs or other audio programs from an old analog tape or other media.

Duplicate a CD

Select this when you want to duplicate an existing audio CD (CD-DA). For duplication, you need a CD-R/RW disc for audio recording.

Create an original CD

This is a special feature that lets you create your original CD from an album or a playlist in your music archive. To get the most out of this feature, you may want to read “Editing the Library” (page 75) after importing necessary songs (or source audio materials) in PCM format.

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nThe MCX-2000 only supports audio CDs (CD-DA) for importing songs. If you set any other CD or DVD, the unit will show “Insert Audio CD” again after attempting to read it.

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