Boss Audio Systems BR-900CD owner manual What is SCMS?, Rotate TIME/VALUE dial to select the on

3.Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to “DPRT,” and press [ENTER].

The Digital Copy Protect screen appears.

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4.Rotate TIME/VALUE dial to select the “ON.”

ON: Digital copying will be prohibited.

OFF: Digital copying is enabled.

5.Press [UTILITY] (or press [EXIT] repeatedly) to return to the Play screen.

*During updating, “Keep power on!” appears in the upper line of the display, while the lower line shows what is being processed.

*Some DAT recorders do not support SCMS, or do not allow digital connections to a CD player. If you are using this type of DAT recorder, it will not be possible to record the digital output of the BR-900CD on a DAT recorder if “Copy Prtct” is turned “ON.” In this case, you will need to turn off the “Copy Prtct” setting.

What is SCMS?

SCMS stands for Serial Copy Management System.

This is a function of consumer digital audio devices such as DAT recorders CD recorders that protects the copyright of the producer by prohibiting second- generation and subsequent copies from being made digitally.

If digital connections are made to a digital recorder that has this function, SCMS flags will be recorded along with the digital audio signals.

Digital audio data that contains this data cannot be recorded again via a digital connection.

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