Sony MDS-JA30ES 40EN, Guide to the Serial Copy Management System

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Guide to the Serial Copy Management System

This MD deck uses the Serial Copy Management System, which allows only first-generation digital copies to be made of premastered software via the deck’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 deck.

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 deck.

	CD player
MD deck	DAT deck
Playing
Optical cable or	Digital output jack
coaxial digital
connecting cable	Digital input jack
Recording	DAT deck or
	MD deck

First-generation DAT tape or MD

DAT or MDrecorded via digital-to-digital

connection

Playing	DAT deck or
	MD deck
Digital output jack		Line (analog) output jacks
Optical cable or		Audio connecting
coaxial digital		cord
connecting cable
Digital input jack		Line (analog) input jacks
Recording	DAT deck or
	MD deck

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 deck which is capable of handling a sampling frequency 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 deck 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 deck. Note, however, that on some BS/CS tuners, second- generation digital copying may not be possible.

Playing	BS /CS tuner
Optical cable or		Digital output jack
coaxial digital
connecting cable		Digital input jack
Recording	DAT deck or
	MD deck
		First-generation
DAT or MD		DAT tape or MD
		recorded via
		digital-to-digital
		connection
Playback	DAT deck or
	MD deck
Optical cable or		Digital output jack
coaxial digital
connecting cable		Digital input jack
Recording	DAT deck or
	MD deck
		Second-
		generation DAT
DAT or MD		tape or MD
		recorded via
		digital-to-digital
		connection
Playback	DAT deck or
	MD deck
Digital output jack		Line (analog) output jacks
Optical cable or		Audio connecting
coaxial digital
		cord
connecting cable
Digital input jack		Line (analog) input jacks
Recording	DAT deck or
	MD deck

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