HHB comm CDR-882 Finalising, Automatic and Manual track IDs, Time Interval track ID generation

		Basic Operation
Finalisation in Synchronised Recording	Finalising
1. IF Auto Finalise is set to On, then at the end of a
	After recording, a CD-R or CD-RW must be finalised for it
Synchronised Recording, the disc will be finalised
automatically, after which no further recording will be	to be playable on a normal CD player. (However, note that
possible.	not all CD players will play CD-RWs). The finalisation process
	writes the TOC (Table of Contents) to the disc, and after this
2. This process will start one minute after the recording has	point, no further tracks can be added to a CD-R, nor can any
entered RECORD PAUSE if there is no further detection of	further editing of CD Text be made. However, a CD-RW can
an external trigger.	be “unfinalised” subsequently to permit deletion and/or further
	tracks to be added.
3. If the trigger to end the recording was a CD End PQ code,	It is possible to remove the disc and record further tracks on it
the finalisation process will not wait for one minute, but will
start immediately (see Step 8 above).	at a later time, finalisation being carried out when all tracks have
	been recorded. It is also possible to replay an unfinalised CD-R
4. If the recording ended because the disc was full, then Auto-	or CD-RW disc in the CDR-882, even though such discs will not
Finalisation will begin immediately	play in a standard CD player.
5. Auto-Finalise does not function at the end of recordings	Note that if the disc is ejected before finalisation, any CD Text
where automatic Track ID insertion did not take place (i.e.,	entered will be lost.
the example “Record one track” above), except where the	The CDR-882 finalises discs either manually or automatically.
disc was full.
	Selection of manual or automatic finalisation is made via the
Time Interval track ID generation	menu system; see page 34.
	If manual finalisation is selected (the default), the FINALIZE
If Time Interval is selected as the Auto Track ID Trigger source,
Synchronised Recording will continue as if Record Sync was set	button should be pressed at the end of recording to initiate
to Rec Start/Stop only. New tracks are created at regular time	the finalisation process. The display will show Finalize? in the
intervals, as set at Record > Track Length.	line for the drive being used; to start finalisation, press the
	ENTER button (the AMS rotary control). The display changes to
Automatic and Manual track IDs	Finalizing.
	If automatic finalisation is selected, the disc will be finalised after
During recording, Track IDs may be set either manually or	recording stops, with no further user intervention required. Note
automatically; AUTO or MANUAL operation is selected with	that it is not necessary to select automatic finalisation when
the ID AUTO/MAN AUTO-CUEbutton [21]. The selection is	DiscSpan modes are in use; a disc is automatically ejected in a
confirmed on the bottom line of the display by ID:MANUAL or	ready-to-play state during sequential recording.
ID:AUTO. Note that the ID AUTO/MAN AUTO-CUE button only	Note that the time taken for finalisation is variable, and
performs this function in RECORD mode; in all other drive modes
	dependent upon the speed of the media.
it acts as the AUTO-CUEbutton.
In MANUAL mode, Track IDs are inserted manually during	Once a CD-R has been finalised, the disc type indication in the
	display will change from CD-Rto CD, confirming that no further
recording by pressing the ID WRITE CUE button (22). As
	recordings can be made on the disc. This is not the case with
the Track ID is written, the ID:MANUAL flag in the display
	CD-RWs, as they can always be rewritten.
flashes. Note that the minimum permissible length of a track is
4 seconds; it is not possible to have Track IDs closer together	WARNING: Never switch off the CDR-882 while finalisation is
than this. Note that the ID WRITE CUE button only operates
	in progress, as the disc may become unusable.
in RECORD mode; in all other drive modes it acts as the CUE
button.
In AUTO mode, Track IDs are inserted automatically under the
conditions outlined in the previous manual section.
NOTE: that Red Book limitations limit the number of tracks that
a CD may have to 99. This number is reduced slightly when
DiscSpan mode is in use.

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