3 Press H (or YES).

Finalizing starts. During finalizing, “Finalize” appears in the display and the remaining time for finalizing (may not be accurate) appears. When the finalizing process is finished, the total track number and total playing time appears in the display and the TOC (red) indicator goes off.

Notes

•Once the finalizing process starts, you cannot stop in the middle of the process.

•Do not turn off the unit or disconnect the unit from the power source in the middle of the finalizing process. Recording will not been complete successfully, and you will not be able to play back the recorded tracks.

•An unfinalized disc can be played back only in

DECK B.

•You cannot finalize the disc while playing a disc on

DECK A.

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Unfinalizing a CD-RW

A finalized CD-RW is neither recordable nor rewritable. If you want to add new tracks or erase tracks, you must first unfinalize the disc.

When using the remote, set DECK A/DECK B to DECK B.

FINALIZE

H

DECK A/DECK B

FINALIZE

H

1 Place a finalized CD-RW in DECK B.

Make sure that “TOC” does not appear in the display. If an unfinalized CD is loaded, “TOC” appears.

2 Press FINALIZE while the unit is stopped.

Unfinalizing enters standby mode.

3 Press H (or YES).

Unfinalizing starts. During unfinalizing, “Unfinalize” appears in the display and the remaining time for unfinalizing (may not be accurate) appears. When the unfinalizing process is finished, the total track number and the total playing time appears in the display and the TOC (red) indicator lights up.

Notes

•Once the unfinalizing process was started, you cannot stop in the middle of the process.

•Do not turn off the unit or disconnect the unit from the power source in the middle of the unfinalizing process.

•If the disc contains CD-TEXT information stored on the disc before unfinalizing, it will be erased when the disc tray is opened or when the power is turned off.

•You cannot unfinalize the disc while playing a disc on DECK A.