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Before pla ying or recording on a disc, read this section thoroughly .

USABLE DISCS

This unit has two CD player systems.
One is a CD player located on top of the unit, on which a
conventional music CD, a finalized* CD-R or a finalized CD-RW
can be played.
The other is a CD-R/RW player/recor der located on the lower part
of the unit, on which a conventional music CD, a CD-R or a CD-
RW can be played and a CD-R or a CD-R W can be recorded on.
* See "Finalization" in the right column.

TYPE OF DISCS

• CD-R and CD-RW discs
F or recording and playbac k, y ou can use the CD-R and CD-RW
discs with the following logos.
Be sure that the logos have "DIGITAL AUDIO" which indicates
the CD-R or CD-RW is for audio use. It is not assured that
operations such as playing and recording can be performed on
this unit correctly if you use a CD-R or CD-RW without this mark.
Material recorded on a CD-R disc cannot be erased, while material
recorded on a CD-RW can be erased, thus a CD-RW can be
recorded repeatedly.
A finalized CD-R disc can be played on conventional CD players
as well. A CD-RW disc can be played only on CD-RW players.

BEFORE

USING DISCS

Disc
CD-R
CD-RW
Recording
Can be recorded, but
not erased.
Can be erased and
recorded repeatedly.
Playback
When finalized, can be
played on conventional
CD players.
Can be played only on
CD-RW players.
• Conventional music CDs
Discs with the following logo can be played on this unit, but no
recordings can be made on them.
When you load a CD-R, CD-RW or any other disc that is not
compatible with this unit, "Chec k Disc" or "No A udio" ma y appear
on the display to w arn you that the disc cannot be used in this unit
for recording.
CAUTION
Do not open and close the CD-R/RW player/recorder tray
unnecessarily with a non-finalized CD-R disc inside. For the reason
why, see "OPC" in the right column.
WARNING
Digital recording capabilities this unit provides you with are
only for personal use.
Dubbing copyrighted material without permission of the
copyright owner is a violation of the copyright laws.

TERMS AND FEATURES

• Finalization
Finalization is the process of embedding a Table Of Contents
(TOC) on a CD-R or CD-RW on which recording is completed.
This process enables a CD-R and CD-RW to be played on the
CD player of this unit or any other conventional CD players. (CD-
RW discs, however, can be played only on CD-RW players.)
See "FINALIZATION" on page 23 for details.
• OPC (Optimum Power Control)
When a non-finalized CD-R or CD-RW is loaded on the CD-R/
RW player/recorder, OPC determines the intensity of the
recording laser beam that is best for the currently loaded disc.
OPC can run only a limited number of times (500 times) on a
non-finalized CD-R. Therefore, do not open and close the CD-
R/RW player/recorder tra y unnecessarily when a CD-R is loaded.
When a CD-R approaches its OPC limit, "OPC Full" is displayed.
In such a case, see "FINALIZATION" on page 23 and finalize
the disc.
OPC does not run on a finalized disc.
• SCMS (Serial Copy Management System)
When digital recording is attempted from recorded material with
copyrights, digital dubbing cannot be performed to a CD-R or
CD-RW from another disc recorded in digital because of the
built-in record restriction function which complies with the SCMS
standard.
SCMS is the standard to restrict single digital dubbing between
digital audio systems thus protecting copyrights.
Mini Disc
(prerecorded sound source) CD-R or CD-RW
Digital dubbing
CD Recording through
analog inputs