MDs on Recording

Notes on Recording

Automatic conversion of digital sampling

rates during recording

A built-in sampling rate converter automatically converts the sampling frequency of various digital sources to the

44.1kHz sampling rate of the MD deck. This allows you to monitor and record sources such as 32- or 48-kHz DAT tapes or satellite broadcasts, as well as the CDs and MDs.

Automatic de-emphasizing of input

signals for digital recording

When recording digital input signals that have been emphasized in higher frequencies, the deck automatically de-emphasizes the signals with attenuation proportional to the degree of emphasis. The level of the deemphasized signal is indicated on the peak level meters.

Guide to the Serial Copy Management

System

Digital audio components, such as CDs, MDs, and DATs make it easy to produce high-quality copies of music by processing music as a digital signal.

To protect copyrighted music sources, this deck uses the Serial Copy Management System which allows you to make only a single copy of a digitally recorded source through digital-to-digital connections.

You can make only a first-generation copy* through a digital-to-digital connection.

Examples are given as follows:

•You can make a copy of a commercially available digital sound program (for example, a CD or MD), but you can’t make a second copy from the first-generation copy.

•You can make a copy of a digital signal from a digitally recorded analog sound program (for example, an analog record or a music cassette tape) or from a digital satellite broadcast program, but you can’t make a second copy from the first-generation copy.

*A first-generation copy means the first recording of a digital audio source through the deck’s digital input connector. For example, if you

record from a CD player connected to the DIGITAL IN connector, that copy is a first-generation copy.

Note

The restrictions of the Serial Copy Management System don’t apply when you make a recording through the analog-to-analog connections.

Recording on an MD

The operations for normal recording are explained below. If the MD has recorded material on it, the deck will automatically start recording from the end of the recorded portion.

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INPUT

MENU/NO AMS YES

1Turn on the amplifier and program source, and select the source on the amplifier.

2Press ~/1 to turn on the deck.

The switch indicator turns off.

3Insert a recordable MD.

4Set INPUT to the position that corresponds to the input jacks (connector) connected to the program source.

If the source is connected to the

Set INPUT to

DIGITAL IN connector

DIGITAL

 

 

LINE (ANALOG) IN jacks

ANALOG

 

 

5Press MENU/NO twice.

“Setup Menu” appears in the display.

6Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “Stereo Rec” or “Mono Rec” appears in the display, then press AMS or YES.

7Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select the recording mode, then press AMS or YES.

To record in

Select

Stereo

Stereo Rec (factory setting)

 

 

Monaural

Mono Rec

 

 

Monaural mode allows you to record about twice as much material as stereo.

8Press MENU/NO.

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