Panasonic SCPTX7 Before recording, Music Jukebox, About the Gracenote® database, A brief introduction about recording and importing from a PC

Before recordingA brief introduction about recording and importing from a PC

Recording

This unit can record audio to the internal HDD from a variety of sources including commercial CDs, radio, music files (WMA/ MP3), and audio from externally connected devices (portable digital audio players, etc.). This unit can also access the Gracenote database to obtain title information for music CDs, radio broadcasts, or other analog recordings made with externally connected devices. (For recording details, see page 32.)

Importing from a PC

You can import WMA/MP3 files from your PC to this unit. This differs from recording because the files are saved in the HDD in the same format as they are saved on your PC. (LPCM and AAC conversion is not performed.)

Getting Started

	[CD] Automatically connects to the
	Gracenote database and track title
Various audio sources	information, etc. is obtained (➜ below).
Various audio sources

MP3

WMA

RECORD

All tracks recorded are saved as LPCM. (See page 33.)

WMA/MP3 file on PC

MP3

WMAIMPORT

Music Jukebox

You can record up to 39,000§ songs in the Music Jukebox.

§The number of songs depends upon various conditions.

VOLUME

This unit

to HDD Basic Operations

	Imported WMA/MP3	After tracks recorded from sources other than
		a CD or WMA/MP3 files imported from a PC
	files are saved “as-is”
		are saved in this unit’s HDD, you can manually
	(without conversion) in
		access the Gracenote database to obtain track
	this unit’s HDD.
		title information, etc. (➜ below)

About the Gracenote® database

Read Me First/Recording

The Gracenote® database is a database used to search and retrieve CD title information.

By connecting to the Internet, the unit can access the Gracenote server and obtain the most recent CD title information. When a CD is inserted or recording from a CD begins, the unit will automatically search for and obtain information about the inserted CD (➜ page 34).

If this unit is not connected to the Internet:

A portion of the Gracenote database comes pre-installed on this unit, so titles and artist information can be obtained. Please note however that the newest CD titles, etc. may not be registered yet to the internal database. This unit has an internal database containing information for approximately 350,000 album titles.

Searching for titles other than on CD:

Using the Gracenote database, information can also be obtained for other types of tracks recorded to the HDD (➜ page 73, Searching for track names, artist names and album names within the Gracenote database and entering them automatically).

≥If it takes a long time to access the Gracenote database, check if the unit’s network connection (➜ page 20) and the network settings (➜ page 95) are correct.

≥Some CDs may have title information that is similar to other CDs. In this case, try obtaining the CD title information again (➜ page 73), or after recording to the HDD has completed enter the CD title information manually (➜ page 72).

≥For some CDs, multiple title suggestions will be found, therefore select the appropriate title (➜ page 73). When you want to change the title, manually make changes after recording to the HDD is complete (➜ page 72).

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