Tascam CC-222MK owner manual Recording CDs, Input selection, Signal volume, Input monitoring

5- Recording CDs

Before you start recording using the CC-222MKIII, make sure that you understand the following key points:

•Once you have recorded on a CD-R disc, the data cannot be erased from it.

•You can add tracks to an unfinalized recordable disc. Once finalized, a CD-R disc is “fixed” and behaves in the same way as a pre-recorded disc. Finalized CD-RW discs, however, can be erased, refreshed and re-recorded.

Input selection

To select the input to be recorded, press the INPUT 1 SEL key on the main unit.

Repeated presses of the key cycles through the follow- ing options:

OPTICAL Optical digital in

COAXIAL Coaxial digital in

LINE 1 Analog in (LINE 1)

PHONO Phono inputs

TAPE CC-222MKIII cassette deck

In the case of either the coaxial or optical inputs being selected, the appropriate indicator: COAXIAL or OPTICAL, lights on the right of the display.

If an analog signal is selected, the LINE 1 or TAPE indicator lights on the right of the display.

Signal volume

•The analog signals received at the LINE 1 jacks, the RIAA PHONO jacks and from the tape (if the input volume is not being bypassed—see below) are con- trolled with the CD deck’s INPUT control. When this control is at the 12 o’clock position, the signal is nei- ther cut nor boosted.

•The level of the digital inputs may be controlled using the digital volume menu, as described below.

1 Press the RECORD key to place the unit in re- cord standby mode.

2Repeatedly press the MENU key until the display shows VOLUME>XXXdB where XXX is the current setting.

3Use the MULTI DIAL or SKIP keys to adjust the

input level. The maximum boost is +18 db, and the signal may be cut by up to 60 dB. There is also a ---dB setting which represents a complete signal cut.

NOTE

The digital volume menu can be used for analog inputs, however, using the CD deck’s INPUT control to adjust analog inputs with the digital volume set to zero is recommended.

The level set for digital inputs is not applied to analog inputs and vice versa. If analog inputs are selected after setting digital input level, the set value is ignored and the value previously set for analog inputs returns.

Input monitoring

When the unit is in record standby mode, or record mode, the input signal is output from the OUTPUT jacks (digital and analog), allowing you to hear the input sig- nal.

The meters also show the current signal level.

However, it is only possible to record, or to enter record standby mode, when a recordable disc is inserted. To allow monitoring of the input signal at other times, or when the unit is stopped, use the RECORD key on the

main unit or remote control to enter monitor mode from stop mode when there is no recordable disc in the unit (when there is a recordable disc in the unit, pressing the RECORD key enters record standby mode).

The word MONITOR appears on the display to show that the output signal is an echo of the input signal(s). The meters show the current input level.

Exit the monitor mode by using the STOP key.

Sampling Frequency conversion

The sampling frequency for CDs is 44.1 kHz. The CC-222MKIII will always record (and play back) CDs at this frequency.

However, if recording through a digital connection (either coaxial or optical) and the source has been

recorded at a frequency other than 44.1 kHz, or is being played back at a non-standard speed using a varispeed unit, the CC-222MKIII’s internal frequency converter: SRC (Sampling Rate Convertor), converts the incoming frequency to 44.1 kHz.

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