Fostex CR500 Format type, Disc type, Reformatting of a recorded disc, Additional recordings

CD-R/RW MASTER RECORDER CR500 (Preparation before using the CR500)

The following table shows available Fs/Bit combinations for recording, as well as capa- bilities of additional recordings, reformatting, file name editing, file deletion, export to PC and playback by normal CD players.

Format type

BWF CD-DA

Disc type

CD-R	CD-RW	CD-R	CD-RW
	Available Fs/Bit for recording
Selectable when	Selectable when
formatting	formatting
44.1kHz/16Bit or 24Bit	44.1kHz/16Bit or 24Bit	Fixed to 44.1kHz/16Bit	Fixed to 44.1kHz/16Bit
48kHz/16Bit or 24Bit	48kHz/16Bit or 24Bit
88.2kHz/24Bit	88.2kHz/24Bit
96kHz/24Bit	96kHz/24Bit
	Additional recordings
Possible until a disc	Possible until a disc	Possible until a disc	Possible until a disc
is finalized.	is finalized.	is finalized.	is finalized.
	Reformatting of a recorded disc
Impossible	Possible	Impossible	Possible
	File name editing/file deletion/file restore
Possible until finalized	Possible until finalized
After editing, the file	After editing, the file
system must be stored.	system must be stored.
<Note>: Impossible when	<Note>: Impossible when	Impossible.	Impossible.
there is no remaining re-	there is no remaining re-
cordable space on the	cordable space on the
disc.	disc.
	File export to a PC
Possible with a closed or	Possible with a closed or	Possible with a	Possible with a
finalized disc.	finalized disc.	finalized disc.	finalized disc.
* Only can be exported to a Windows machine.		* Can be exported to a Windows or Mac OS machine.
	Playback by a normal CD player
Impossible.	Impossible.	Possible with a	Impossible.
		finalized disc.

<Note for reformatting>

Do not use the CR500 for reformatting a CD-RW disc on which you have make record- ing using another machine such as a PC. If you reformat such a disc using the CR500, data may not be completely erased. When you reformat a CD-RW disc using the "For- mat" menu item of the "DISK UTILITY" menu in the MENU mode, make sure that the disc has been recorded by the CR500.

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