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Special features

Operating the recorder via your PC keyboard

0Connect your PC keyboard to the recorder via the PC KEYBOARD jack on the recorder front.

You can now enter CD Text using your PC keyboard. In addition you can operate a number of recorder functions via the keyboard.The following keys are available for operating the recorder:

Pause

interrupts play

Enter

starts play/confirms a selection

Space

stops play

Tab

selects next menu item or

 

track

Shift and Tab

selects previous menu item or

 

track

Shift

selects capital characters when

 

entering text

Down arrow

selects previous menu item or

 

track

Up arrow

selects next menu item or

 

track

Left arrow

searches backward

Right arrow

searches forward

ESC

cancels a selection

F1

selects CD1

F2

selects CD2

F3

selects CD3

F4

selects CDR

F5

selects analog input (AUX

 

ANALOG)

F6

selects digital coaxial input

 

AUX DIGITAL

F7

selects digital optical input

 

(AUX OPTICAL)

F8

selects display information/text

F9

makes CD text scroll over

 

display once

F10

opens Text Edit mode

Page up

selects previous track (5 tracks

 

maximum)

Page down

selects next track (5 tracks

 

maximum)

Home

goes to start of text string

End

goes to end of text string

Scroll Lock

opens A-B Edit mode

Ins

toggles the cursor behaviour

 

from Insert to Overwrite next

 

character (Text Edit only)

Del

deletes next character (text

 

edit only)

Backspace

deletes previous character

Notes:

The keyboard LEDs do not function when the keyboard is connected to the recorder.

Special characters (accents, ß, ø, ä, etc.) are not supported

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Philips CDR820/17 manual Operating the recorder via your PC keyboard, Edit only

CDR820/17 specifications

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