RECORDING

Finalizing CDR & CDRW discs

 

Unfinalizing CDRW discs

English

During finalizing the Table of Contents (TOC) is written to the disc.

Finalizing is a simple procedure, necessary to:

-be able to play recordings on a CD PLAYER,

-avoid further unwanted recordings on a disc,

-avoid erasure of tracks on a CDRW,

-write CD text on a CDR(W).

Auto finalizing

Auto finalizing is possible when using the MAKE CD recording function.

Manual finalizing

1 Make sure the disc (in the CD recorder deck) is absolutely free of scratches and dust particles.

2 With the recorder stopped press FINALIZE.

The display shows FINALIZE CD and PRESS RECORD.

REM REC

TIME TRACK

TOTAL REM

TRACK TIME

STEP

SYNC MANUAL

 

RECORD

 

PROG

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ANALOG

 

SCAN TRACK

 

 

 

REM

REC

TIME TRACK

TOTAL REM

TRACK

TIME

 

 

STEP

SYNC MANUAL

 

RECORD

 

 

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3 Press RECORD.

XX XX FINAL and the approximate finalization time appears on the display.

The display counts down through the finalization.

On completion, the total number of tracks and the total time recorded appears on the display.

For CDR(W), rchanges to don display.

Finalizing will take at least 2 - 4 minutes.

Note:

-During finalization, the CD recorder accepts no operating commands.

-When a CDR is finalized no more recordings can be added.

For CDRW discs only.

If you want to make more recordings (or erasures of tracks) on a finalized disc you must unfinalize it first. The Table of Contents (TOC) will be removed. (This is not possible for CDR discs.)

To unfinalize:

1 With the CD recorder stopped, press REC TYPE or ERASE.

UNFINALIZE and PRESS ENTER will appear on the display.

REM

REC

TIME TRACK

TOTAL REM

TRACK

TIME

 

 

STEP

SYNC MANUAL

 

RECORD

 

 

PROG

 

ALL

DIGITAL I

 

CD

CHANGER

 

CD

SHUFFLE

OPTICAL I

 

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REPEAT

TRACK

ANALOG

 

 

 

SCAN

 

 

 

 

 

REM

REC

TIME TRACK

TOTAL REM

TRACK

TIME

 

 

STEP

SYNC MANUAL

 

RECORD

 

 

PROG

 

ALL

DIGITAL I

 

CD

CHANGER

 

CD

SHUFFLE

OPTICAL I

 

RW

 

 

RW

REPEAT

TRACK

ANALOG

 

 

 

SCAN

 

 

 

 

 

2 Press JOG (ENTER).

The disc will now be unfinalized and can be recorded on again and the Recording or Erasure mode is entered.

 

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REC

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CHANGER

 

 

 

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ANALOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3 You can now start recording or erasing. If no further recording or erasure is required press STOP 9.

Note:

-Unfinalizing will take approximately 1 minute 30 seconds.

-When unfinalizing a CDRW disc with text on it available, this text will be transferred to the CD recorder memory. It may occur that the text memory is full. The message MEMORY FULL/FINALIZE CD will be displayed.

To empty the recorders text memory you have to erase text from it. This can be done in two ways:

1)Finalize one or more unfinalized discs for wich CD text is available.

2)Delete text of unfinalized discs with the ‘memory view’ option in the Menu mode.

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Philips CDR775/777 manual Finalizing CDR & Cdrw discs Unfinalizing Cdrw discs English, Auto finalizing, Manual finalizing

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