5 – Recording—Synchronized recording
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When the fade-out has finished, the display shows
Disc Full!! for a few seconds, and the unit then goes
into stop mode (the display shows PMA Writing).
If the disc is a CD-RW, the final track can be erased,
if required (see “Erasing tracks” on page41) and the
disc then finalized. If the disc is a CD-R, it must be
finalized prior to use (see “Finalizing” on page 40).
These following sections cover more advanced
recording techniques, such as synchronized record-
ing to allow automatic starting and stopping of
recording, automated track divisions, fading record-
ings in and out, copy protection, etc.

Synchronized recording

Synchronized recording means that recording will
begin automatically when a signal is received, and
will stop when the signal ends.
To enable or disable synchronized recording:
1A recordable disc must be loaded.
2With the unit in record ready or record
mode, press the SYNC REC key.
The display shows SYNC ON briefly, and then
changes to the track and time display. When
synchronized recording is enabled, the
SYNC
indicator lights in the display.
The SYNC REC key is also used to turn off
synchronized recording (the display b riefly
shows SYNC OFF and then returns to the track
and time display).

Setting the trigger levels

The signal level which may be used with synchro-
nized recording operations, here called the “trigger
level” or “threshold”, is set as described below.
The CD-RW402 provides two separate trigger levels:
one for analog inputs and one for digital.
1Press the MENU key (2) and turn the MULTI
DIAL to display RECMENU 1 ?.
2Press the MULTI DIAL.
3Turn the MULTI DIAL until the display shows
either S_LEVEL(A) ? (analog) or S_LEVEL(D) ?
(digital), as required.
4Press the MULTI DIAL.
5Turn the MULTI DIAL to change the SLVL A or
SLVL Dvalue between -24, -30, -36, -42, -48, -54,
-60, -66, and -72 dB.
On the digital menu item only, there is an
additional setting: SLVL D>MIN_L, which means
that any signal at all (even the quietest possi-
ble signal that can be recorded) acts as a
trigger.
6Press the MULTI DIAL to leave the menu.
Low numerical values of this setting (towards –24)
mean that it takes a louder signal to trigger the start
of the synchronized recording. A high numerical
value (towards –72) means that a relatively quiet sig-
nal will trigger the start of recording.
The conditions under which an input signal is used as
the trigger to start recording are:
•when recording digitally, a digital start signal is
detected
or
•the sound level rises above the threshold (see
below) after having been below the threshold f or
one second or more. Note that the diagram below
represents a special case (the source is stopped or
paused) of the more general condition, as explained
later:
To start synchronized recording when the source is
stopped or in pause mode:
1The unit must be in record ready mode, and
the
SYNC
indicator in the display must be lit,
as explained above.
2Start playing the source. The pause indicator
disappears from the display, and the unit
starts recording.
Start of recording
noise
level
level
S_LVL
time