5 – Recording—Basic recording
32 TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual

Playing back tracks

Although an unfinalized disc cannot be played back
on an ordinary CD player or on drive 1, drive 2 can
play back tracks that have been recorded.
Use the MULTI DIAL or the SKIP keys to select a
track for playback.

Time display while recording

While a recordable disc is being played back, the
four time display modes available in normal play-
back as described in “Time display modes” on
page 21: elapsed track time (nothing lit),
TOTAL
,
TOTAL
REMAIN
, and track
REMAIN
. CD information (title and
artist) will also be added to this list if CD TEXT is
present on the disc.
However, during recording there are fewer options
available (obviously, the unit cannot see into the
future and know how much time remains of the track
which is being currently recorded!) .
When in record or record ready mode, repeated
presses of the DISPLAY key cycle between display-
ing the remaining time left for recording on the disc
(
TOTAL REMA IN
) and the elapsed time of the track cur-
rently being recorded (no indicator lit).
When playback is stopped at the start of a recordable
disc, there are only two options available:
TOTAL
(the
total time recorded so far on the disc) and
TOTAL
REMAIN
(the total time available on the disc for further
recording).

Manual track division

It is possible to divide the recording into tracks “on
the fly” while recording.
There are three options available for track division:
automatic division triggered by the subcode when
making a digital recording, track divisions triggered
by a rise in sound level, and manual settings.
To make manual track divisions, while recording is
taking place, press the RECORD key. The current
track number is incremented by one.
For details of automatic track division while record-
ing, see “Automatic track division” on page 35.
NOTE
According to the “Red Book” (the specification for
audio CDs), a track cannot be less than four seconds
in length, and there can be a maximum of 99 tracks
on an audio CD. Bear these limitations in mind when
adding track divisions.

Restricting the number of tracks

When making a recording using the CD-RW402, it is
possible to restrict the number of tracks that may be
recorded at one time. This applies whether the tracks
are being divided manually, as described above
(“Manual track division” on page32) or being
divided automatically (“Automatic track division” on
page 35).
At any time within record or record ready mode, turn
the MULTI DIAL or use the SKIP keys.
This sets the number of remaining tracks, as shown
to the right of the time display. The maximum num-
ber here is limited by the standard limit of 99 tracks,
and the number of tracks currently recorded.
Every time a track division is made, the number
shown at the right of the display goes down by one.
When the number shown is 1, and a track division is
made, the display shows PMA Writing and the unit
enters stop mode.
The number of remaining tracks can be changed dur-
ing recording using the MULTI DIAL.

Full disc

If recording a long program, and the number of
tracks has not been restricted, when there is no space
remaining on the disc for recording, as shown by the
time display (see “Time display while recording” on
page 32), just before the end of the disc is reached,
the unit starts a fade-out over a few seconds (the dis-
play shows FADE OUT).