HHB comm CDR-882 user manual Edit Marker Submenu, DiscSpan Submenu, Direct Mark, Auto-CueThreshold

Menu System

Edit Marker Submenu

The Edit Marker submenu allows adjustment of two parameters.

Direct Mark

It is not always possible to capture a cue point with the necessary accuracy. Once a Marker point has been created (by pressing ENTER during PLAY mode), its position may be edited with frame accuracy.

The Direct Mark option in the Edit Marker submenu displays the stored location of the cue point, as in the example above. The first digit is the drive number (1 or 2) and the next three characters (nnt) the track number. The remainder of the data is the track time in minutes, seconds and frames.

Pressing ENTER to select the displayed location (the bottom row of the menu display) first highlights the drive number; subsequent presses highlight the track number, minutes, seconds and frames in turn. At each step, the AMS control may be rotated to alter the selected element of the cue point location.

Audio preview is available from within this menu option by pressing the front-panel CUE button; this enables the edited cue position to be auditioned without exiting the menu.

Auto-Cue Threshold

Cueing to a track start point with the AMS control is often insufficiently accurate, as a period of silence may be present on the disc before the programme material begins. The CDR-882’s Auto-Cue function can be used to cue more accurately; it effectively removes any period of silence that might be present at the start of the track.

With AUTO-CUEselected on the front panel, the cue point is advanced beyond the notional track start point to the point at which the audio level rises above a preset threshold, ensuring that programme plays immediately on pressing the PLAY/ PAUSE button.

The audio level which defines the Auto-Cue point can be set in the Auto-Cue Threshold menu option. It is adjustable from -72dBFS to -24dBFS in 6dB increments.

DiscSpan Submenu

The DiscSpan submenu has five parameters for adjustment.

Multi-Machine

This option simply allows activation of the CDR-882’s multi- machine mode, and has two options, On and Off. The factory default setting is Off. This option needs to be set to On if additional CDR-882’s are connected to the unit’s RS232 Link Output port to increase recording capacity.

Note that this submenu will not be available if no additional machines are connected.

Master/Slave

In a multi-machine set-up, only one machine can be designated the Master, and this controls any other machines connected to it - the Slaves - through the RS232 Link Output port.

Whether a particular unit is the Master or a Slave is set at the Master/Slave menu option. The two settings are simply Master or Slave. The factory default setting is Master.

Note that this submenu will not be available if no additional machines are connected.

Fade-in Time

In DiscSpan modes, the audio record level for each disc is faded up at the start of the disc, as recording is “handed over” from one drive to the other. The length of this fade-in is adjusted in this menu option, and can be from 1 to 10 seconds, adjustable in 1 second increments. The factory default value is 4 seconds.

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