Copying The Digital Audio Signals Only; Copying Via The Sdif-2 (Balance) Connectors - Sony PCM-3348HR Operation Manual

8-2 Copying the Digital Audio Signals Only

Using only the PCM-3348HR units, you can make a
backup copy.

8-2-1 Copying via the SDIF-2 (BALANCE) Connectors

Connections
Turn off the power to all units before making the connections.
PCM-3348HR
(recorder)
Procedure
Use the following procedure to copy the digital audio
signals.
1
Mount the original tape on the player unit and set
the MASTER SAFE switch on the PCM-3348HR
system control block to the ON position.
2
Mount a blank tape on the recorder unit and set the
switches and buttons as follows:
• MASTER SAFE switch: OFF
• REC MODE switch: ADVANCE
• TIMER MODE button: CTL ABSOLUTE
• Fs switch: Sampling frequency of the original tape
• WORD LENGTH switch: Word length of the
original tape
• INPUT SELECT switch: DIGITAL
• SDIF-2/MADI switch: SDIF-2
• SYNC CLOCK switch: EXT
• TIME CODE selection switch: EXT or REGEN
(EXT)
8-2
Chapter 8 Backup Copy
A1
Analog audio signal
INPUT
A2
Analog audio signal
INPUT
TIME CODE
Time code signal
INPUT
SDIF-2(BALANCE)
Digital audio signal
INPUT CH1-CH24
SDIF-2(BALANCE)
Digital audio signal
INPUT CH25-CH48
WORD SYNC
Word sync signal
INPUT
Connections for copying the digital audio signals only
A1
OUTPUT
A2
OUTPUT
TIME CODE
OUTPUT
SDIF-2(BALANCE)
OUTPUT CH1-CH24
SDIF-2(BALANCE)
OUTPUT CH25-CH48
WORD SYNC
OUTPUT
• ALL CHANNEL REC READY button: ON
• A1 A2 REC READY button: ON
• TIME CODE REC READY button: ON
Check that the 2 CH DIO SET UP button on the
RM-3348HR is off when the RM-3348HR is
connected to the recorder.
3
On the recorder, set CTL to the starting point
address on the original tape.
4
Begin playback on the player.
5
On the recorder, holding down the REC button,
press the PLAY button.
This begins the copying process.
PCM-3348HR
(player)