Finalizing Cd-R And Cd-Rw Discs; Unfinalizing And Erasing Cd-Rw Discs; Unfinalizing A Cd-Rw Disc; Erasing An Entire Cd-Rw Disc - Harman Kardon CDR 20 Owner's Manual

CD Recording
To stop the recording, press the Stop button
. The recording will automatically stop if
it takes more space than is available on the
CD-R/RW disc. A DISC FULL message will
appear to remind you that a new disc is needed.
At the end of a recording, a BUSY message
and an UPDATE message will appear briefly,
and the unit will return to normal operation.
Remember to Finalize the disc after recording so
that it may be used in other players.

Finalizing CD-R and CD-RW Discs

Finalizing is a simple process that completes the
recording of a disc so that it may be used in
other players. When a recording is finished, a
disc must be Finalized. Once that is done, a
CD-R disc may not be changed or added to. CD-
RW discs are "locked" once they are Finalized,
and they must be Unfinalized to permit addition-
al recording or erasure.
To Finalize a disc, place it in the Record
Drawer . Once the disc's Table of Contents
information has been read and the OPC process
has been completed, press the Finalize button
and note that the Finalize Indicator
will begin to flash. Within three seconds,
press the Select button and note that
the Finalize Indicator will stop flashing.
The Finalization process will take up to two
minutes, depending on the length of material
recorded on the disc. During the Finalization
process the Record Deck will not accept any
operating commands.
When the Finalization process is complete the
Finalize Indicator will go out, and the
R/RW Indicator will also go out as an indi-
cation that the disc is now playable on other
players. The CD Indicator will remain lit.

Unfinalizing and Erasing CD-RW Discs

CD-RW discs are unique in that they are both
recordable and rewritable. This means that you
may use them over again like a cassette tape.
However, the process of reusing a CD-RW disc is
slightly different from that used with tapes.

Unfinalizing a CD-RW Disc

To keep the material that is already recorded on
a finalized CD-RW disc but to add an additional
track and erase single tracks, you must first unfi-
nalize the disc. To do that, place the CD-RW disc
in the Record Deck and wait until the Table
of contents data has been read.
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Press the Erase button twice and check
to make sure that the Erase Indicator
flashes and the word TOC appears in the
Record Deck Information Display
Within three seconds, press the Select button
to start the process. The Erase
Indicator will remain lit and stop flashing,
and the Information Display
OPC and then back to TOC.
When the process is finished, the Erase
Indicator will go out, and the display will
return to normal. The disc is now ready to have
single tracks removed or additional tracks
added.

Erasing an Entire CD-RW Disc

Erasing the entire contents of a disc is simple,
and it does not matter if the disc has been final-
ized or not. To erase the disc, press the Erase
button twice if the disc has NOT been
finalized and once if it has been finalized, so
that the word DISC appears in the
Information Display and the Erase
Indicator flashes. To start the erasure, press
the Select button and note that the
Erase Indicator will stop flashing. The era-
sure process takes about a minute, and it is com-
plete when the Information Display resets to
00 00:00 and the Erase Indicator
out. The disc is now totally erased and may be
reused.

Erasing a Single Track

The individual tracks on a CD-RW disc may be
erased one at a time, starting with the last track
on the disk, or you may erase more than one
.
track. Note that before individual tracks may be
erased the disc must be unfinalized. If the disc is
finalized, follow the instructions above for unfi-
nalizing before proceeding with these steps.
will switch to
To erase only the last track, press the Erase
button . Note that the Information
Display will display 01 TRK and the
Erase Indicator
Play/Select button
onds and note that the Erase Indicator will stop
flashing. When the Erase Indicator
out the Information Display
total number of tracks that now remain on the
disc.
You may erase more than one track, counting
backwards from the last track. First, press the
Erase button
Display will display 01 TRK and the Erase
Indicator will flash. Press the Next button
or Previous button
number of tracks to be erased appears in the
Information Display
0 6 T R K appears in the display a total of six
tracks will be erased, counting back from the
goes
last track on the disc. Next, press the
Play/Select button
onds of making the track selection and note that
the Erase Indicator
When the Erase Indicator
Information Display
number of tracks that now remain on the disc.
Important Note: Tracks at the beginning or in
the middle of the disc may not be erased until all
of the discs after them have been erased.
Important Note on Erasure and
Finalization Times: Regardless of the speed at
which a disc was recorded, the CDR 20 will
erase and finalize discs at the x4 speed to mini-
mize the length of the process. However, in some
cases it may be necessary for the unit to repeat
the erasure or finalization due to the nature of
an individual disc. For that reason, it is normal
for the time required to complete these steps to
vary from one disc to another.
will flash. Press the
within three sec-
goes
will show the
. Note that the Information
until the
. For example, when
within three sec-
will stop flashing.
goes out the
will show the total