Sony MDS-E11 Guide to the Serial Copy Management System

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Guide to the Serial Copy Management System

This MD recorder uses the Serial Copy Management System, which allows only first-generation digital copies to be made of premastered software via the recorder’s digital input jack. An outline of this system appears below:

1You can record from digital program sources (CDs, DATs or premastered MDs) onto a DAT tape or recordable MD via digital input jack on the DAT or MD recorder.

You cannot, however, record from this recorded DAT tape or MD onto another DAT tape or recordable MD via the digital input jack on the DAT or MD recorder.

CD player DAT recorder

2You can record the digital input signal of a digital satellite broadcast onto a DAT tape or recordable MD via the digital input jack on the DAT or MD recorder which is capable of handling a sampling frequeny of 32 kHz or 48 kHz. You can then record the contents of this recorded DAT tape or MD (first-generation) onto another DAT tape or recordable MD via digital input jack on the DAT or MD recorder to create a second-generation digital copy. Subsequent recording from the second-generation copy onto another recordable DAT tape or MD is possible only through the analog input jack on the DAT or MD recorder. Note, however, that on some BS tuners, second-generation digital copying may not be possible.

Playing BS tuner

Digital output jack

digital connecting cable

Digital input jack

MD recorder

Playing

Digital output jack

digital connecting cable

Digital input jack

Recording	DAT recorder or
	MD recorder
	v
DAT or MD

First-generation DAT tape or MD recorded via digital-to-digital

Recording	DAT recorder or
	MD recorder

v

connection

	v
DAT or MD
	v
Playing	DAT recorder or
	MD recorder

First-generation DAT tape or MD recorded via digital-to-digital connection

Playback	DAT recorder or
	MD recorder

Digital output jack

digital connecting cable

Digital input jack

Digital output jack		Line (analog) output jacks
digital		Audio connecting
connecting cable
		cord
Digital input jack		Line (analog) input jacks
Recording	DAT recorder or
	MD recorder

Recording	DAT recorder or
	MD recorder
	v	Second-
		generation DAT
DAT or MD		tape or MD
		recorded via
		digital-to-digital
	v	connection
Playback	DAT recorder or
	MD recorder

Digital output jack		Line (agalog) output jacks
digital		Audio connecting
connecting cable		cord
Digital input jack		Line (analog) input jacks
Recording	DAT recorder or
	MD recorder

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