Tascam CD-RW402 Owner's Manual
Tascam CD-RW402 Owner's Manual

Tascam CD-RW402 Owner's Manual

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OWNER'S MANUAL
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  • Page 1 D00631501B CD-RW402 CD Recorder / Duplicator Professional OWNER’S MANUAL CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT Ü REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert ÿ...
  • Page 2: Important Safety Precautions

    Für Kunden in Europa Warnung Dies is eine Einrichtung, welche die Funk-Entstörung nach Klasse A besitzt. Diese Einrichtung kann im Wohnbereich Funkstörungen versursachen ; in diesem Fall kann vom Betrieber verlang werden, angemessene Maßnahmen durchzuführen und dafür aufzukommen. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    (including amplifiers) supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna discharge that produce heat. unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, con- nection to grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding elec- trode. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 4 Drive 2 (CD-RW) Optical pickup type : KRS-202A or KRS-220B Manufacturer : SONY Corporation Laser output : Less than 0.1 mW (Play) and 32 mW (Record) on the objective lens Wavelength : 777 - 787 nm TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    To set these points: ........22 Index increment ............ 39 Using the location points ......22 Setting the length of index 00 ......39 Erasing the location points ....... 22 Extended check (overburning) ....39 Searching inside tracks .........23 TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 6 8 – Copying discs Drive 2 ..............53 Types of copying ........44 Digital I/O ...............54 Some notes on copying ........44 Analog I/O ..............54 Disc copying and DAO .......... 45 Control ..............54 General specifications ...........55 Dimensional drawing ..........55 TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 7: Introduction

    If the voltages match, replace the cord with one appropriate for your area. Some notes and precautions Treat the CD-RW402 as you would any other piece Keep the unit away from strong magnetic fields (TV of precision equipment.
  • Page 8: Rack-Mounting The Unit

    For this reason, we strongly recom- space above it. mend that you save all the packing materials that came with the CD-RW402, in case you need to transport it in Do not install this equipment in a confined space the future.
  • Page 9: Handling Of Compact Discs

    CD player. It will, naturally, be play- recorded can be erased before the disc has been able on the CD-RW402. This is in no way a limita- “finalized”, and the space on the disc can be re- used...
  • Page 10: Additional Notes With Regard To Cd-R And Cd-Rw Discs

    A “readable disc is one which can be read by the unit. However, drive 1 cannot read unfinalized discs In the case of drive 2, this is all discs, finalized or (whether CD-R or CD-RW). It can also play back unfinalized. finalized CD-RW discs. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 11: About This Manual

    SHUFFLE (CD-RW only). See this section for details. • The CD-RW402 can be used with a PS/2 computer keyboard. In this case, the key names are in bold 7, “CD TEXT” CD TEXT allows the entry and dis-...
  • Page 12: Using The Menu System Menus And Items

    2 – Using the menu system The CD-RW402 menu system is easy to use, and the Turn the until the menu item you MULTI DIAL different operations that can be performed all use the want is displayed. same method of working. This general guide to the...
  • Page 13: Menu Key 1 Only

    CD TEXT TITLE EDIT Edits disc or track title data ARTIST EDIT Edits disc or track “artist” data TEXT STORE Stores text data to a buffer area TEXT RESTORE Restores text data from the buffer area TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 14: System Menu Features

    1. MENU Turn the until MULTI DIAL SYSTEM MENU? When power is applied to the CD-RW402 and a disc appears in the display. Push the MULTI DIAL is loaded in drive 1, playback can start automatically. Turn the until...
  • Page 15: Index Display

    MULTI DIAL in DAO mode, it is possible to enable or disable the ISRC Cp>ON ? ISRC Cp>OFF? copying of this embedded information. Push the MULTI DIAL Press key 2. MENU TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 16: Features And Controls Front Panel

    LOC B manual. this key will move the playback position to the set point. I SEARCH keys (1) Allow “fast forward” and “fast rewind”. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 17 X Drive 2 display Shows track and playback dard computer PS/2 keyboard here for use with information, etc. for drive 1, as well as the menu titling, etc. (see “CD TEXT” on page 42). parameters and settings. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 18: Rear Panel Features

    UNBALANCED INPUT (2) v CONTROL I/O These unbal- This connector allows for anced RCA connectors allow the input of –10 dBV remote control and fader stop/start control of the nominal level signals to drive 2 (red=right). TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 19: Remote Control Unit

    Power inlet (~ IN) drives. See the Specifications section for details of Use an AC power cord pinouts, etc. appropriate for your area to connect the CD-RW402 to the power supply. w REMOTE IN Use this to connect the RC- RW402 remote control unit.
  • Page 20: Drive 2 Controls

    (all, single or off). These functions can also be set using menu functions on the W READY key Equivalent to the READY main unit. L FADER key Equivalent to the key on FADER the main unit TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 21: Playback Operations Simple Playback Operations

    However, drive 1 cannot play back recordable discs this operation, for example “(drive 1 only)”. (unfinalized discs). The CD-RW402 can be used to play back CDs NOTE (including CD-R and CD-RW discs that have been In some rare circumstances, a disc may not be replay- recorded and finalized on other types of recorder), as able by drive 1.
  • Page 22: Track Skip

    The A and B points should not be too close together Repeat the process for the other location (that is, less than four seconds) when being used for point, if desired. copying as described in “Copying discs” on page 44. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 23: Searching Inside Tracks

    Press the appropriate key repeat- P.MODE a random (shuffled) order, or a programmed order. edly to cycle the display through the follow- This can be done either using the remote control or ing: the main unit. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 24: Using The Main Unit Menu System

    The repeat playback function allows repeated play- back of the whole disc ( ), a single track ( ) or Press the appropriate key repeat- REPEAT repeat off ( edly on the remote control unit to cycle TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 25: Using The Main Unit Menu System

    Use the transport keys and control on the active drive playable disc loaded, the playback stops when the to control playback. lack of a disc is discovered by the CD-RW402. Press the key to turn off the indicator to CONT PLAY cancel this function.
  • Page 26: Setting The Pitch Value (Ii)

    . Push the MULTI DIAL AUTO CUE ? exceeds a set trigger level. Turn the so that the display MULTI DIAL The trigger level is set as follows: shows A_CUE> xxxdB TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 27: Incremental Play

    All TOC editing operations except clearing the vir- A disc whose virtual TOC differs from its physical tual TOC must be performed in play ready (or play) TOC can be recognized by the indicator NO TOC mode. flashing in the display. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 28: Combining Tracks

    MULTI DIAL useful here (“Using the jog function” on The display now shows Pt SET OK ? page 23). Push the to set the start point of MULTI DIAL the current track at the playback position point. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 29: Redefining The End Point

    MULTI DIAL menu does not appear in step 1 with the drive stopped. . Push the MULTI DIAL ALL CANCEL ? It will appear in ready or play mode, allowing you to perform a TOC editing operation. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 30: Recording

    NOTE • Once you have recorded on a CD-R disc, the data As well as recording, the CD-RW402 also provides copy cannot be erased from it. facilities. You may want to look at “Copying discs” on page 44 before starting recording, as sometimes a copy •...
  • Page 31: Frequency Conversion

    Frequency conversion The sampling frequency for CDs is 44.1 kHz. The being played back at a non-standard speed using a CD-RW402 will always record (and play back) CDs varispeed unit (more than 0.02% away from the stan- at this frequency.
  • Page 32: Playing Back Tracks

    Restricting the number of tracks When making a recording using the CD-RW402, it is ber here is limited by the standard limit of 99 tracks, possible to restrict the number of tracks that may be and the number of tracks currently recorded.
  • Page 33: Synchronized Recording

    “threshold”, is set as described below. • when recording digitally, a digital start signal is The CD-RW402 provides two separate trigger levels: detected one for analog inputs and one for digital. Press the...
  • Page 34 (after synchronized recording has been enabled) are: recorded. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 35: Adding Extra Time At The End Of A Recording

    MULTI DIAL some time before the actual end of the piece), the SYNC END TM? CD-RW402 may enter record ready before the actual Press the end of a piece. You can allow for this by increasing MULTI DIAL the time between the detection of “silence”...
  • Page 36: Increasing The "Watch" Time

    The time can beset from 1 second to 6 seconds in sin- gle-second increments. Press the to make the setting and MULTI DIAL leave the menu. Press the key (2) and turn the MENU MULTI DIAL to display REC MENU 2 ? TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 37: Trimming" The Increment Time

    (in 1 second steps). 24 seconds. Press the to make the setting and MULTI DIAL To set the fade times: leave the menu. Press the MENU key (2) and turn the MULTI to display DIAL REC MENU 1 ? TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 38: To Perform A Fade-In

    It is not possible to change the fade-in and fade-out times to new values while recording is in progress. Copy-protection The CD-RW402 allows copy-protection to be applied Turn the until the display shows MULTI DIAL to the discs produced. Naturally, the copy-protection...
  • Page 39: Index Operations

    Note that although both drives of the CD-RW402 can sages, etc. The CD-RW402 also supports indexes, display index markers, there is no index locate facil- ity built into the CD-RW402.
  • Page 40: After Recording

    NOTE key. FINALIZE Although CD-R discs finalized on the CD-RW402 may be replayed on ordinary CD players, remember that final- The display shows FINALIZE OK? ized CD-RW discs may not play on CD players (but they To start the finalizing process, push the may be played on drive 1 of the CD-RW402).
  • Page 41: Erasing Tracks

    At the end of the countdown period, the dis- key. play returns to the track/time display (of course, there are no tracks, and the disc is at the start, with the total time of the disc avail- able for recording). TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 42: Cd Text

    When discs containing CD TEXT are played back on The maximum length of a title and artist together for the CD-RW402, you can view titles of discs and of one track (or for the disc) that can be entered with the artists (as explained in “Time display modes”...
  • Page 43: Entering Characters Using An External Keyboard

    FINALIZE NOTE key. Always connect and disconnect the keyboard with the • The arrow keys are equivalent to power to the CD-RW402 turned OFF. There is a risk of [Up] [Down] turning the for drive 2 ( = clock- damage to the CD-RW402 if this connection is made or...
  • Page 44: Copying Discs

    • Note that this stop operation above cannot be car- NOTE ried out during DAO copying. DO NOT turn off the CD-RW402 during a copy opera- • Index markers (except for index 00 and 01). Index tion. If power is cut off in the middle of a copy opera- tion, the destination disc will be spoiled.
  • Page 45: Disc Copying And Dao

    8 – Copying discs—Disc copying Disc copying and DAO The CD-RW402 allows both disc copying and disc- at-once (DAO) copying. The main differences between these two operations are explained here: Disc copying Disc at once Mainly used for audio. Mainly used for data.
  • Page 46: Program Copy

    CD-RW it will have to be refreshed). When all the data has been copied, the drive 2 dis- play shows as a flashing display (and a timed Lead Out countdown) while the lead-out data is being written. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 47: Disc Compare

    A point to the end of the track. If only the B point is set, the copy will be from Press the (2). MULTI DIAL the start of the track to the B point. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 48 If you do not want to rehearse, choose wrong type of disc has been loaded as source or desti- and press the MULTI DIAL nation. If the A and B points are too close together the display shows Not enough TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 49: External Control Pc Keyboard

    9 – External control PC keyboard A PS/2 keyboard can be attached to the CD-RW402 The keyboard controls for drive 1 are: for titling purposes, as explained above (“Entering Control characters using an external keyboard” on page 43). [F1] STOP...
  • Page 50: Keyboard Template

    9 – External control—PC keyboard Keyboard template You may find it useful to make a copy of this page, cut out the templates below and attach them to the keyboard you use to control the CD-RW402. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 51: Control I/O

    PLAY tally (drive 2) READY tally (drive 2) EOM tally (drive 2) – Not connected – Not connected – Not connected – Not connected – PLAY tally (drive 1) READY tally (drive 1) EOM tally (drive 1) – TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 52: 10 - Specifications, Etc

    Possible cause and remedy No sound on playback (the disc is playing and the time The connections from the CD-RW402 to the amplifier system have not been display is incrementing) made properly, or the amplifier’s input source selector is not at the correct posi- tion.
  • Page 53: Specifications

    Dynamic range > 95 dB (playback) > 90 dB (recording) Total harmonic distortion < 0.005% (playback) < 0.008% (recording) Channel separation 90 dB (playback: 1 kHz) 80 dB (recording: 1 kHz) Wow & flutter Unmeasurable (< 0.001%) TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 54: Digital I/O

    3.5 mm mini-jack (only for use with RC-RW402) Writable disc formats CD-DA (including CD-TEXT), CD-ROM (IS09660), CD Extra. When copying CD Extra discs, DISC copying allows copying of audio data, and DAO copying allows copying of data. TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 55: General Specifications

    Supplied accessories RC-RW402 remote control unit 2m (6 ft.) AC cord Rack mount screw kit Quick start guide Dimensional drawing 270 mm (10.6 in) 295 mm (11.6 in) 483 mm (19 in) 301 mm (11.9 in) TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual...
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