44 TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual
8 – Copying discs
Copying discs is a slightly different process from
recording discs.
Here are a few of the differences between putting a
disc in drive 1 and recording it on drive 2, and mak-
ing a copy of it using the CD-RW402.
•Copying a disc can take place at up to four times
real speed (that is, 20 minutes of audio can be cop-
ied in five minutes of real time) at either 1x, 2x or
4x speed.
•No volume or level processing is possible in copy
operations, as it is in recording.
•Automatic or manual track divisions, index mark-
ers, etc. cannot be added to the copy and pro-
grammed playback cannot take place in a copy.
•It is only possible to record audio discs. Copying
allows the transfer of data stored on CD-ROM
discs, etc. (all such copying, of course, is subject to
copyright provisions).

Types of copying

The CD-RW402 allows several types of copying to
be carried out, as explained here:

Some notes on copying

NOTE
DO NOT
turn off the CD-RW402 during a copy opera-
tion. If power is cut off in the middle of a copy opera-
tion, the destination disc will be spoiled.
•Disc at once (DAO) copying can be carried out for
DISC (disc) and PGM (program) copying. When
DAO copying is carried out, the TOC is the first
item read, so that there is no gap in the recording
process.
•DAO is the only method available to copy ISO
9660 discs.
•Pitch control (“Pitch control (drive 1 only)” on
page 25) is not available during copying.
•There may be problems with copying some discs at
the 4x speed. In these cases, it is recommended that
you use the 2x or 1x speed.
•During copying (except DAO), the STOP key is the
only key available for use to halt the copy
operation.
•Note that this stop operation above cannot be car-
ried out during DAO copying.
•Index markers (except for index 00 and 01). Index
markers above 01 are “collapsed” into marker 01
(DAO only).
•ISRC data can also be copied, or not copied (DAO
only), depending on the menu item setting (“ISRC
copy” on page 15).
•CD TEXT editing can be carried out at the same
time as the copy is taking place. However, if the
finalize option at the end of the copy has been
selected, any edit in progress will be destroyed
when the finalize process takes plac e.
•When making a program copy of a disc with a
complex TOC EDIT containing many tracks and a
complex programmed playback sequence, some
time may elapse before the start of t he copy
process.
•During copying, the digital volume is disabled.
DISC COPY Disc copying. A copy of the disc is made. This differs from a recording in the ways described above.
PGM COPY Program co pying. A copy of the current disc is made, with the tracks recorded in the order that they have been pro-
grammed for programmed playback (“Programmed order playback” on page 24).
A-B COPY A-B Copying. The A and B location po ints (“A and B points (drive 1 only)” on page 22) are used in a special way. They can
be set on an audio disc to mark the boundaries between which the copy will be done. If location point B is set exactly 10
minutes after location point A, then an “A-B copy” will produce a disc with exactly 10 minutes of material.
A-B EXCL COPYA-B Excluded copying. These A and B points can also be used to produce an “excluded copy”. In other words, all of the
source disc,
except
the part between the A and B location point s will be copied (on the final destination disc, the sound wil l
jump straight from A to B).
DISC AT ONCE DAO copying.This allows copying of an ISO 9660 disc (such as a CD EXTRA dis c)