Sony MDS-S37 operating instructions Guide to the Serial Copy Management System

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Guide to the Serial Copy Management System

This MD deck uses the Serial Copy Management System, which allows only first-generation digital copies to be made of premastered software via the deck’s digital input jack. An outline of this system appears below:

1You can record from digital program sources (CDs, DATs or premastered MDs) onto a DAT tape or recordable MD via digital input jack on the DAT or MD deck.

You cannot, however, record from this recorded DAT tape or MD onto another DAT tape or recordable MD via the digital input jack on the DAT or MD deck.

CD player	DAT deck
Playing	MD deck
Optical cable or	Digital output jack
coaxial digital
connecting cable	Digital input jack
Recording	DAT deck or
	MD deck

vFirst-generation DAT tape or MD

DAT or MD		recorded via
		digital-to-digital
	v	connection
Playing	DAT deck or
	MD deck

2You can record the digital input signal of a digital satellite broadcast onto a DAT tape or recordable MD via the digital input jack on the DAT or MD deck which is capable of handling a sampling frequeny of 32 kHz or 48 kHz. You can then record the contents of this recorded DAT tape or MD (first-generation) onto another DAT tape or recordable MD via digital input jack on the DAT or MD deck to create a second-generation digital copy. Subsequent recording from the second-generation copy onto another recordable DAT tape or MD is possible only through the analog input jack on the DAT or MD deck. Note, however, that on some BS tuners, second-generation digital copying may not be possible.

Playing	BS tuner
Optical cable or		Digital output jack
coaxial digital
connecting cable		Digital input jack
Recording	DAT deck or
	MD deck
	v	First-generation
DAT or MD		DAT tape or MD
		recorded via
	v	digital-to-digital
		connection
Playback	DAT deck or
	MD deck
Optical cable or		Digital output jack
coaxial digital
connecting cable		Digital input jack

Digital output jack		Line (analog) output jacks
Optical cable or		Audio connecting
coaxial digital
		cord
connecting cable
Digital input jack		Line (analog) input jacks
Recording	DAT deck or
	MD deck

Recording

DAT or MD

DAT deck or

MD deck

vSecond- generation DAT tape or MD

recorded via digital-to-digital

vconnection

Playback	DAT deck or
	MD deck

Digital output jack		Line (agalog) output jacks
Optical cable or		Audio connecting
coaxial digital
		cord
connecting cable
Digital input jack		Line (analog) input jacks
Recording	DAT deck or
	MD deck

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