Basic Playback and Recording
Recording One Track from a Digital Source
If you want to record just a single track, or a few selected tracks, from a CD, MD, DCC or DAT, this mode is ideal. The recorder starts and stops automatically, and there's no need to worry about recording levels— you'll get a perfect digital copy of the original (if you want to change the digital recording level, see page 24). Before you start, make sure that your digital source is properly connected to one of the recorder’s digital
If you're recording all the tracks on the source, see Recording All Tracks from a Digital Source on the next page. If you're recording from some other digital source, turn to Manually Recording a Digital Source on page 23. If you’re recording from any source through the analog inputs, see Recording an Analog Source on page 25.
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DIGITAL | ANALOG |
REC LEVEL | REC LEVEL |
Check the display to make sure that there's enough space on the disc for what you want to record.
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2 Press INPUT SELECTOR to choose one of the digital inputs.
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Pressing INPUT SELECTOR repeatedly switches the active input:
ANA (Analog) - OPT (Optical) - COA (Coaxial)
The recorder's display indicates the current input.
INPUT | MONITOR | TIME |
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3 Make sure that the source is not playing, then press DIGITAL SYNCHRO.
Digital synchro recording will not work if the source is already playing!
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The SYNC indicator will start to blink when the recorder is ready.
The display shows the
OPTmode, with the sync indicator blinking to show that recording can start.
Play the source.
The recorder starts recording automatically.
The recorder enters
Press DIGITAL SYNCHRO repeatedly to change the recording mode:
OPT
OPT
❖If you're recording a CD or MD, recording stops automatically when the track changes or there is more than five seconds of silence on the source.
❖If you're recording from DCC or DAT tape, recording stops when the recorder encounters a new start ID or there is more than five seconds of silence on the source. (See also Notes on Digital recording from DAT on page 19.)
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6 If you're done, press 7 (stop).
To record further tracks, simply repeat steps 3 to 5.
❖After pressing 7 (stop), the display shows PMA REC while it records the track information to the disc.
| Note: If you find that synchro recording does not seem to work, see the trouble- |
20 | shooting section on page 37 for possible remedies. |