Table of Contents

TASCAM CC-222 Owners Manual 5

1 – Introduction

Supplied accessories ................................................6
Some notes and precautions .......................6
Rack-mounting the unit ..........................................7
Environmental considerations ................................7
Beware of condensation .........................................7
About tapes .............................................................7
About CD-R and CD-RW discs .................................8
Finalizing .......................................................8
“Recordable” discs ...................................................8
Handling of compact discs ......................................9
Additional notes with regard to CD-R and
CD-RW discs ..........................................................9
Never use a stabilizer or printable discs ................9
Recommended media ............................................10
Use of the remote control unit .............................10
About this manual ......................................10
1, “Introduction” ........................................ 10
2, “Features and controls” ........................ 10
3, “Cassette operations” ........................... 10
4, “CD player” ............................................ 10
5, “Recording CDs” .................................... 10
6, “After recording” ................................... 10
7, “Reference and specifications” ............. 10

2 – Features and controls

Rear panel features ....................................12
Remote control features ............................13

3 – Cassette operations

Playback operations ...................................15
Continuous tape/CD playback ..............................15
Recording operations .................................16
Dubbing tapes from the CD deck ..............16
If the tape is in stop mode ........................ 16
If the tape is in record pause mode ......... 16
Dubbing to tape from the middle of a CD ..........17
Bypassing the INPUT level for dubbing ...............17
Recording tapes from the PHONO deck ...17
Other recording features ...........................18
Recording silences between items .......................18
Erasing tapes .........................................................18
Other tape functions and features ...........18
Tape counter ..........................................................18
Pitch control ...........................................................18
Fast forward and rewind ......................................19
Search keys ............................................................19

4 – CD player

Simple playback operations ......................20
Time display modes ...............................................20
Track search ...........................................................20
Playback modes .......................................... 21
Programmed order playback ............................... 21
Repeat play ................................................. 22
Setting the A and B repeat points ....................... 22
Intro check .................................................. 22
Auto spacing .............................................. 23

5 – Recording CDs

Input selection ............................................ 24
Signal volume ....................................................... 24
Input monitoring .................................................. 24
Frequency conversion .......................................... 24
Basic recording ........................................... 25
Playing back tracks ............................................... 26
Time display while recording .............................. 26
Manual track division ........................................... 26
Restricting the number of tracks ......................... 26
Full disc .................................................................. 26
Dubbing from tape to disc ........................ 27
Dubbing to CD from the middle of the tape ...... 27
Recording to disc from the RIAA
PHONO inputs .......................................... 27
Advanced recording ................................... 28
Setting the trigger level ....................................... 28
Using the trigger level ......................................... 29
Synchronized recording ....................................... 30
Automatic track division ...................................... 31
Digital direct ......................................................... 32
Rec mute function ................................................ 32
Fade-in and fade-out ............................................ 32
To perform a fade-in: ................................ 32
To perform a fade-out: .............................. 32
Copy-protection .........................................33

6 – After recording

Finalizing .................................................... 34
Unfinalizing CD-RW discs ..................................... 34
Erasing ........................................................34
Erasing tracks ........................................................ 35
Erasing a whole disc ............................................. 35
Refreshing a disc ................................................... 35

7 – Reference and specifications

Troubleshooting .........................................37
Menu items ................................................. 38
Resetting default menu values ............................ 38
Specifications .............................................39
CD recorder section .............................................. 39
Cassette recorder section
.................... 39
Phono input and headphones ............................. 40
Dimensional drawing ................................ 41
Tape maintenance ...................................... 41
Cleaning the tape path ............................. 41
Demagnetizing heads ................................41