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Recording Function

You can record from a CD, radio broadcast, or an

external source to a USB storage device.

1.
Connect an external USB storage device to the
USB 2 ( ) jack on your product.
2.
Play a disc, tune to a station, or connect an
external source to your product.
CD
• Press the MP3/CD button on the main unit to select
the CD function.
• Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to open the disc tray.
• Insert a CD and press the OPEN/CLOSE button to
close the disc tray.
• Use the CD selection buttons ( [ or ] ) to select
the desired song.
Tuner
• Select TUNER by pressing the TUNER/AUX button.
• Tune to a station you want to record.
External Source
• Connect an External Component/MP3 player to
your product.
• Press the TUNER/AUX button to select <AUX>
input.
• Play a song from the external device.
USB 1
• Connect a USB device to the USB 1 jack of your
product
• Press the USB 1 button to select USB 1.
• Play a song from USB 1.
3.
Press the USB REC button on the remote control
or the USB 2 REC button on the main unit to start
recording.
CD
• “TRACK RECORDING” is displayed and CD
recording starts.
•
Press and hold the USB REC button on the remote
control or press and hold the USB 2 REC button
on the main unit
to start recording all tracks on the
disc. "FULL CD RECORDING" is displayed.
MP3-CD, USB 1
• Press the USB REC button. The currently playing file
is copied onto the USB device.
• Press and hold the USB REC button. All the files in
the current folder are copied onto the USB device.
• If you connect a microphone and press the USB REC
button, the currently playing file and the sound from the
microphone is recorded onto the USB device.
MP3 RECORDING: "MP3 RECORDING""RECORD"
CD COPY: “CHECK”“START”“COPY XX”“COPY END”
is displayed. When the recording is done, “STOP”
will be displayed.
• If there is a duplicate file name, "FILE EXIST" is
displayed, and the function is canceled.
Tuner /External Source
• RECORD is displayed.
4.
To stop recording, press the STOP (@) button.
The unit automatically creates and saves recorded
files in .MP3 format (SAM-XXXX.MP3).

Recording Speed

You can select the recording speed before recording.

Each time you press the CD REC SPEED button on

the remote control or the REC SPEED button on

the main unit, the recording speed will change as

follows:

RECORD SPD X 1 ; RECORD SPD X 4
• When you record from the tuner or an external source,
you cannot change the recording speed.
• If you select RECORD SPD X 4, sound is not produced
during the recording.
• If you connected the microphone, you have one recording
speed mode available: RECORD SPD X 1.
• During recording, if you disconnect the microphone, the
recording will stop. If you reconnect the microphone, the
recording will not restart.
5.
To rem
ove the USB device safely, press the
STOP (@) button once again.
After recording, a
directory named “RECORDING(DISCxxxx)”(FULL
CD RECORDING), “RECORDING”(TRACK
RECORDING), “CD COPY”(MP3 CD/USB), “MP3
RECORDING”(MP3 CD), “TUNER RECORDING”
or “AUX RECORDING” is created on your USB
device.
• Do not disconnect the USB device or the AC Cord
during recording as this may cause damage to the file.
• WMA/MP2 files can be copied but not recorded.
• If you disconnect the USB device during a recording, the
unfinished recording file may get damaged and cannot
be deleted. If this occurs, please connect the USB device
to a PC and backup the data stored in the USB first, and
then format it.
• When the USB memory has insufficient free space, the
system will display “NOT ENOUGH MEMORY”.
• The USB device or HDD you are recording to must be
formatted in the FAT file system. The NTFS file system is
not supported.
• When you use the CD high speed search function, CD
recording is not available.
• The recording time may be longer with some USB
devices.
• In the program mode, you can't use the CD recording
function.
• The equalizer is set to "OFF" automatically and is not
available during a CD recording.
• The GIGA SOUND function is set to "OFF" automatically
and is not available during a CD recording.
• The REPEAT function is set to "OFF" automatically and is
not available during a CD recording.
• If you use the MIC function during a CD recording, the
sound from the microphone will be recorded.
• Note that setting the input level too loud when
recording music from an external device through the
AUX or USB channel may cause noise in the recording.
If this occurs, lower the external device’s volume level.
• The maximum TUNER/AUX recording time is 5 hours.