Step Four: To prepare for a recording, press the Record Button 7r. The Record Indicator P will flash, and the word BUSY will briefly appear in the Information Display Y. When the display returns to the track and running-time information, the unit is ready to record.
Step Five: Once the source material is playing, start the actual recording by pressing the Play/Select Button Ój. The Record Indicator P will stop flashing and the Information Display Y will begin to show the running time of the recording and the track data. Depending on which mode of track increment has been selected as described above, track numbers must be increased manually or they will be added automatically. Regardless of which mode has been selected, a track may be added at any time by press- ing the Track Increment Button !n.
NOTE: If there is a pause in the playback signal for more than five seconds for digital recordings or 10 sec- onds for analog recordings, the CDR 26 will stop the recording. Also, when the Pause button is pressed during a recording, the track number will increase by one num- ber and the recording will stop and must be restarted by pressing the Play/Select Button Ój. When the recording is finished, press the Stop Button (v.
Unlike conventional analog tape recorders, the
CDR 26 does not require level setting when record- ings are made from a digital source. Although the Level Indicator J will operate, this is only informa- tive and the level may not be changed or adjusted. However, when you are making a recording from an external analog source such as a cassette recorder or the analog output of a receiver or preamp, you should adjust the input levels using the Record Level Control *. Adjust the levels so that the blue/white segments of the display are almost all lit, and the red segments flash only occasionally. If the OVER Indicator J is constantly lit, the recording will be distorted and produce unacceptable quality.
To stop the recording, press the Stop Button ( v. The recording will automatically stop if it takes more space than is available on the CD-R/RW disc. A DISC FULL message will appear to remind you that a new disc is needed.
Step Six: At the end of a recording, a BUSY message will appear briefly. The unit will then return to normal operation. Remember to finalize the disc after recording so that it may be used in other players.
Finalizing CD-R and CD-RW Discs
Finalizing is a simple process that completes the recording of a disc so that it may be used in other players. When a recording is finished, a disc must be finalized. Once that is done, a CD-R disc may not be added to. CD-RW discs are “locked” once they are finalized, but they may be unfinalized to permit additional recording or erasure.
Once all recording is completed on a disc, make cer- tain that it is placed in the Record Deck % to be finalized. If the disc has just been inserted into the deck, the CDR 26 will first read the Table of Contents data before displaying the number of tracks and the total time of the disc in the record-side Information Display Y.
To finalize the disc, first press the Finalize Button # o. FINALIZE will flash in the Information Display Y and the Record Indicator P will light. Within eight seconds, press the Play/Select Button Ój and the FINALIZE message will stop flashing and immediately be replaced by a TOC WRITE message, followed by a three-digit time indication, such as 1:11. The 1:11 part of the message is the start of a countdown clock that will tell you how much time is remaining in the finalization process. When the display counts down to 0:00 and the Record Indicator P goes out, the Infor- mation Display Y will return to its normal indica- tions and the finalization process is complete. The disc is now ready to be played in any compatible CD or DVD player. The CD Indicator R will remain lit to remind you that the disc is now a standard CD.
Unfinalizing and Erasing CD-RW Discs
CD-RW discs are unique in that they are both record- able and rewritable. This means that you may use them over again like a cassette tape. However, the process of reusing a CD-RW disc is slightly different from that used with tapes.
Unfinalizing a CD-RW Disc
To keep the material that is already recorded on a CD- RW disc but to add an additional track and erase sin- gle tracks, you must first unfinalize the disc. To do that, place the CD-RW disc in the Record Deck % and wait until the Table of Contents data has been read.
To unfinalize a disc, first press the Erase Button @s. UNFINALIZE will flash in the Infor- mation Display Y and the Record Indicator P will light. Within eight seconds, press the Play/Select
Button Ój and a TOC Erase message will appear in the Information Display Y followed by a three-digit time indication (e.g., 1:11). The time indication part of the message is the start of a countdown clock that will tell you how much time is remaining in the unfinalization process. When the display counts down to 0:00 and the Record Indicator P goes out, the Information Display Y will return to its normal indications and the finalization process is complete. The CD-RW Indicator RQ will light to remind you that the disc is now ready to have tracks removed or added.
Erasing an Entire CD-RW Disc
To erase the entire contents of a CD-RW disc, it does not matter whether the disc has been finalized or not. To erase the disc, first press the Erase Button @
sso that DISC ERASE flashes in the Infor- mation Display Y and the Record Indicator P lights. Depending on whether or not the disc has been finalized, you may have to press the Erase Button @s a second time to display the DISC ERASE message. Within eight seconds, press the Play/Select Button Ój and a DISC ERASE message will appear in the Information Display Y followed by a three-digit time indication (e.g., 1:11). The time indication part of the mes- sage is the start of a countdown clock that will tell you how much time is remaining in the erasure process. When the display counts down to 0:00 and the Record Indicator P goes out, the Information Display Y will return to its normal indications and the erasure process is complete. The disc is now totally erased and may be reused.
Erasing a Single Track
The individual tracks on a CD-RW disc may be erased one at a time, in reverse order, starting with the last track on the disc. Before individual tracks may be erased, the disc must be unfinalized. If the disc is finalized, follow the instructions above for unfinalizing before proceeding with these steps.
To erase the last track on a disc (remembering that it must first be unfinalized), first press the Erase Button @s so that 01 TR ERASE flashes in the Information Display Y and the Record Indicator
Plights. Within eight seconds, press the Play/Select Button Ój and the 01 TR ERASE mes- sage will stop flashing and will be followed by a three- digit time indication (e.g., 0:03). The time indication part of the message is the start of a countdown clock that will tell you how much time is remaining in the
