Tascam CD-RW700 5 • After recording—Erasing, 5.2.2Erasing a whole disc, 5.2.3Refreshing a disc

3Turn the MULTI JOG control or use the SKIP keys to change the number of the first track to be erased. The highest value that this number can take is the last track recorded (e.g. if 17 tracks have been recorded on the disc, 17- 17 means that the last track only, 17, will be erased). The lowest value that this number can take is 2 (if this number was 1, the whole disc would be erased, as described below).

4If you do not want to proceed with the erase operation, press any other key (such as the STOP key).

NOTE

If only one track has been recorded on the disc, only the “erase disc” option (5.2.2, “Erasing a whole disc”) is available.

5When the range of tracks to be erased has been selected, press the MULTI JOG control or press the ENTER key 8.

NOTE

This operation cannot be undone. If you are going to erase a track or tracks, make sure that they are recordings that you really want to erase!

6If the erase operation has been selected, the word ERASE flashes on the display, and the timer starts counting down from 0:20 (20 seconds).

7At the end of the countdown period, the word Complete appears briefly on the display, and the display returns to the track/time display.

5.2.2Erasing a whole disc

When you want to erase a whole disc (all the tracks on a disc), follow the procedure below:

1With the disc loaded, and the unit in stop mode, press the ERASE key (G or D).

2Turn the MULTI JOG control B or use the SKIP keys I until the display shows ERASE DISC?.

3If you do not want to proceed with the erase operation, press any other key (such as the STOP key).

4To erase the contents of the disc, press the MULTI JOG control or press the ENTER key 8.

5 • After recording—Erasing

NOTE

This operation cannot be undone. If you are going to erase a disc, make sure that it contains only record- ings that you really want to erase!

5If the erase operation has been selected, the word ERASE flashes on the display, and the timer starts counting down a time value shown on the display.

6At the end of the countdown period, the word Complete appears briefly on the display, and the display returns to the track/time display.

5.2.3Refreshing a disc

If a CD-RW disc has been corrupted at any point (e.g. power has been cut off in the middle of a final- ize operation, etc.), or has been used in a computer or another piece of equipment that makes it unreadable, it is possible to “refresh” the disc to make it usable again. This is equivalent to formatting a disk on a computer to prepare it for use. This operation destroys all data on the disc.

1With the disc loaded, and the unit in stop mode, press the ERASE key (G or D).

2Turn the MULTI JOG control B or use the SKIP keys I until the display shows DISC REFRESH.

3If you do not want to proceed with the refresh operation, press any other key (such as the STOP key).

4To refresh the disc, press the MULTI JOG con- trol or press the ENTER key 8.

NOTE

This operation cannot be undone. If you are going to refresh a disc, make sure that it contains only record- ings that you really want to erase!

5If the erase operation has been selected, the word ERASE flashes on the display, and the timer starts counting down. The refresh opera- tion typically takes around 20 minutes or so.

6At the end of the countdown period, the word Complete appears briefly on the display, and the display returns to the track/time display (of course, there are no tracks, and the disc is as the start, with the total time of the disc available for recording).

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