INDEX

Term

Function

Ref. Page

 

 

 

CD-R disc:

Compact Disc - Recordable.

p. 14, 42

 

 

 

CD-RW disc:

Compact Disc-Rewritable.

p. 14, 42

 

 

 

SCMS:

System for restricting personal recording (home-use recording) for copyright

p. 58

 

protection.

 

 

 

 

Skip:

Refer to “Skipping undesired tracks”.

p. 68, 72, 92

 

 

 

Skip ID:

Identification which sets or cancels skipping of undesired track before disc

p. 68, 72, 92

 

finalization.

 

 

 

 

Skip ON/OFF:

Switching on/off of the function to skip undesired tracks to which skip IDs have

p. 92

 

been set.

 

 

 

 

TOC:

Table Of Contents of a disc which allows it to be played on ordinary CD players.

p. 74

 

 

 

PMA:

Program Memory Area. The area used for temporary storage of TOC data until

p. 46, 50,

 

finalization of a CD-R or CD-RW.

52, 54, 62

 

 

 

Track number updating:

Function which, either automatically or manually, update the track number of the

p. 56, 66

 

track being recorded by one.

 

 

 

 

Digital synchro recording

Function which starts/stops recording automatically by detecting the play/stop

p. 44, 48, 50

(automatic digital

modes of a digital component.

 

recording):

 

 

 

 

 

Disc identification:

Operation of checking whether the loaded disc is a CD, CD-R or CD-RW.

p. 38

 

 

 

Disc damage:

Phenomenon with which recording and playback of disc become impossible due

p. 108

 

to physical shock or power failure during recording.

 

 

 

 

Demonstration:

Special display mode for use in point-of-sale demonstration.

p. 100, 109

 

 

 

Fader:

Function for recording or playing sound by smoothly varying the volume.

p. 64, 90

 

 

 

Finalization:

Operation for making a recorded CD-R disc playable on ordinary CD players.

p. 74

 

 

 

Write-once:

A CD-R disc can be recorded only once and the recording cannot be erased.

p. 42

 

Recording always starts from the end of previous recording.

 

 

 

 

Label side:

The disc side on which letters, etc., are printed.

p. 38

 

 

 

Professional disc (Pro

CD-R or CD-RW disc for other purpose than the consumer use (refer to

p. 14, 42

DISC):

“consumer disc”). The applications of this disc are not limited.

 

 

 

 

Consumer disc:

CD-R or CD-RW disc designed for recording music for personal entertainment

p. 14, 42

 

use.

 

 

 

 

Remaining recording time:

Time of the disc’s non-recorded section where recording is possible.

p. 36

 

 

 

Total recording time:

Time of the disc’s section which has already been recorded onto.

p. 36

 

 

 

RESUME:

Operation initiated in case of trouble in recording, consisting of recovery of the

p. 62, 76, 108

 

disc to enable next recording.

 

 

 

 

Recording permitted/

Statuses set with the SCMS, in which digital recording is enabled/disabled

p. 58

inhibited:

respectively.

 

 

 

 

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PDR-555RW specifications

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