Contents

 

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Before You Start

 

 

Feature of the

 

 

CDR-830 BurnIT CD recorder ...................

6

 

Checking what’s in the box ........................

6

 

Using this manual ...................................

6

 

Hints on installation .................................

6

 

Putting the batteries in the remote control ...

7

 

Avoiding condensation problems ...........

7

 

Care and maintenance .............................

7

 

Cleaning external surfaces ..................

7

 

Moving the unit ..................................

7

 

Storing optical cable ...........................

7

 

Handling discs ...................................

7

 

Storing discs .....................................

8

 

Discs to avoid ....................................

8

 

CD lens cleaner .................................

8

 

About CD, CD-R and CD-RW discs .............

8

 

Playback-only CDs ..............................

8

 

CD-Recordable discs ..........................

8

 

CD-Rewritable discs............................

8

 

CD TEXT discs ...................................

8

 

Recording and finalizing discs ...............

9

 

Recording copyright material ...............

9

2

Connecting Up

 

 

Connecting up for

 

 

digital playback & recording ....................

10

 

About optical and coaxial jacks ...........

10

 

Using the digital inputs......................

10

 

Using the digital outputs ...................

10

 

Connecting up for

 

 

analog playback & recording ...................

11

 

POWER-CORD CAUTION.........................

11

3

Controls and Displays

 

 

Front panel ..........................................

12

 

Remote control ....................................

13

 

Display ................................................

14

4

Getting Started

 

 

Switching on for the first time .................

15

 

Selecting tracks directly .........................

16

 

Using the menu features ........................

16

 

Showing CD text information ...................

16

 

Showing disc information........................

17

 

Introduction to CD recording ...................

17

 

Digital recording restrictions ..............

17

 

Recording modes .............................

18

 

Miscellaneous information .................

18

 

Digital recording from DAT ................

18

 

Digital signal interruptions .................

18

 

Power interruptions ..........................

18

 

Recording one track from a source .........

19

 

Recording all tracks from a source ..........

20

 

Automatically recording

 

 

and finalizing a disc ...............................

21

 

Manual recording ..................................

22

 

Setting the digital recording level .............

23

 

Setting the analog recording level ............

24

 

Setting the balance ...............................

25

 

Finalizing a disc .....................................

26

 

Resetting the recorder ..........................

26

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More Playback Features

 

 

Programming the track order .................

27

 

Clearing the playlist ..........................

27

 

Clearing a track from the playlist ........

27

 

Checking what's in the playlist ............

27

 

Replacing a track in the playlist ..........

27

 

Playing tracks at random .......................

28

 

Repeating tracks...................................

28

 

Fading in and fading out .........................

28

 

Playing a disc with skip IDs .....................

28

 

Skipping unwanted tracks .......................

29

 

Setting skip IDs ................................

29

 

Clearing skip IDs ..............................

29

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More Recording Features

 

 

Using CD text .......................................

30

 

Editing CD text .................................

31

 

Copying track names to other tracks .......

32

 

Automatically numbering tracks...............

33

 

Manually numbering tracks .....................

33

 

Starting tracks in time increments...........

34

 

Recording fade ins and fade outs ............

34

 

Setting the fade length ......................

34

 

Recording a fade in ..........................

34

 

Recording a fade out ........................

34

 

Recording blank sections........................

35

 

Checking what's at the end of a disc ........

35

 

Monitoring a source ..............................

36

 

To establish the copy-bit (SCMS) setting ...

36

 

Erasing a CD-RW disc ...........................

37

 

When a non-finalized disc is loaded .....

37

 

When a finalized disc is loaded ...........

38

 

Reinitializing a disc ...........................

38

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Additional Information

 

 

Understanding display messages .............

39

 

Troubleshooting ....................................

40

 

Display messages relating to playback ....

40

 

Display messages relating to recording ...

41

 

Specifications .......................................

43

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