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Chapter 8 Use with a CD-RW Drive

If “Blank Disc” Appears in the Display

You are attempting to used the CD player func- tion with a CD-R disc that has no performance data written to it. Insert a commercial software CD or a CD-R disc on which recording has been completed, and try the operation once more.

5.Only the following buttons, knobs, and faders effect the sound. Try listening to the contents of the disc.

[ZERO]: Goes to the start of the first song.

[REW]: Rapidly rewinds as long as the button is held down.

[FF]:	Rapidly advances as long as the but-
	ton is held down.
[STOP]:	Stops the CD.
[PLAY]:	Begins playing back from the present
	location.

[PREVIOUS]: Returns to the previous song.

[NEXT]: Advances to the next song.

MASTER Fader: Adjusts overall volume.

PHONES Knob: Adjusts headphone volume.

*Button, knob, and fader response may be slow, but this does not indicate any malfunction. For example, expect to wait about five seconds after pressing [PLAY] or [NEXT] before you hear sound.

*Transport control buttons are used in controlling the CD control. They are not controls for the VS-880EX’s songs. Furthermore, the content of the CD currently listened to cannot be recorded by the VS-880EX.

*When listening to discs that have not been finalized, the last approximately 0.5 seconds of the song cannot be played back. Finalizing makes this portion audible.

	Listening not possible
Listening possible	(approx. 0.5 sec.)

Before Finalizing

Listening possible

7.Press [CANCEL].

This returns you to the status at Step 2. Pressing [SONG] also returns you to Step 2.

Writing Additional Songs to the Disc

To the extent that any remaining free space allows, you can add songs to CD-R discs that have not yet been finalized. Repeat the procedure described in “Writing Songs to CD-R Discs” (p. 106).

Here you can insert approximately two seconds of blank space between the new song and the song before it. The track number is also recorded automatically.

Track Number

Previous Song Added Song

Silent Portion (approx. 2 sec.)

Arranging and Writing Multiple Songs

to Disc

By sequencing a number of songs on one track, you can arrange those songs and write them to a CD-R disc. In this case, by presetting markers at the song boundaries to function as track numbers, you can write track numbers like those used in ordinary audio CDs, using the CD-RW drive to write an audio CD. If desired, then carry out the following procedure.

00h00m00s00

Song 1

Before Marker Setting Time

00h00m00s00
Marker 1	Marker 2	Marker 3
Song 1	Song 2	Song 3
After Marker Setting		Time

1.While listening to the song, move the track num- ber to the location in the song you want. If called for, we recommend the use of the preview and scrub functions (p. 140).

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After Finalizing

6.When you are finished listening to the material, press [STOP].

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