1 − Introduction..........................................

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Supplied accessories........................................

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Rack-mounting the unit..................................

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About this manual...........................................

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About CD-R and CD-RW discs.........................

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About finalizing...............................................

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“Recordable” discs.................................................

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Environmental considerations........................

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Handling of compact discs....................................

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Never use a stabilizer or printable discs..............

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Beware of condensation.......................................

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Connections.....................................................

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Control connections...............................................

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2 − Features of the CD-RW901..................

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Front panel.....................................................

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Rear panel......................................................

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Display............................................................

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RC-RW901 Remote control unit....................

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3 − Menu operation...................................

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Menu configuration.......................................

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Operation basics............................................

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4 − Playback operations............................

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Discs for playback..........................................

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Simple playback operations..........................

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Track selection...............................................

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Using the skip function.......................................

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Selecting by track number..................................

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Track search....................................................

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Normal search.......................................................

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Direct search.........................................................

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Basic operation.............................................................

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Operation variations....................................................

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Index search..........................................................

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Playback modes.............................................

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Continuous playback...........................................

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Single-track playback...........................................

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Random playback.................................................

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Program playback................................................

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Time display switching..................................

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EXT SYNC playback........................................

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Timer playback...............................................

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Repeat playback.............................................

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A to B repeat playback..................................

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Pitch control function....................................

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Key control function......................................

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Auto Cue function.........................................

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Auto Ready function.....................................

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Incremental playback....................................

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Call function...................................................

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End of disc/track message (EOM).................

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International Standard Recording Code (ISRC)..

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Recorder Identification Data (RID)...............

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Playing back MP3 files...................................

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Directory playback setting..................................

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About MP3 track data..........................................

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Contents

5 − Recording............................................

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Input selection...............................................

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Input monitoring..................................................

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Frequency conversion..........................................

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To enable the SRC.........................................................

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Basic recording...............................................

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Time display while recording..............................

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Full disc..................................................................

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Advanced recording......................................

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Fade-in and fade-out recording..........................

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Synchronized recording.......................................

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Sync recording......................................................

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Sync recording with trim function......................

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Automatic track division...............................

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Automatic track division with trim function.....

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Automatically Incrementing index numbers....

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Manually divide track..........................................

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Manually incrementing index numbers.............

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Rec mute function.........................................

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Restricting the number of tracks..................

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Copy-protection.............................................

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6 − After recording....................................

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Finalizing........................................................

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Unfinalizing CD-RW discs....................................

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Erasing............................................................

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Erasing tracks.......................................................

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Erasing a whole disc............................................

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Refreshing a disc............................................

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7 − Titling...................................................

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Title input operation.....................................

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Select the type of character for input........................

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Input procedure............................................................

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To move the cursor position........................................

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To delete characters.....................................................

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To insert characters......................................................

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To change a character..................................................

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Disc title input......................................................

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Track title input....................................................

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Using a keyboard with the CD-RW901........

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Keyboard type setting.........................................

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Title input by keyboard.......................................

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To enter the Title Edit menu........................................

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To select the type of characters for input.................

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To input characters.......................................................

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To move the cursor.......................................................

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To delete characters.....................................................

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To insert a character.....................................................

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To change a character..................................................

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Other keyboard operations.................................

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8 − Data settings........................................

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Data communication setting........................

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9 − Reference and specifications.............

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Error messages...............................................

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Messages during operations........................

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Troublshooting...............................................

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Specifications.................................................

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Dimensional drawing....................................

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TASCAM CD-RW901