Finalizing Discs; Unfinalizing Discs; Erasing Discs (Cd-Rw) - Tascam DV-RA1000HD Owner's Manual

5 − CD playback & recording

Finalizing discs

When recording has taken place on a CD-R or CD-RW
disc, the TOC must be written to allow the disc to be
played on ordinary CD players.
Press the on-screen
FINALIZE
Panel (see "The virtual front panel (VFP)" on page 23)
to bring up a pop-up message.
Press to finalize the disc, or
ENTER
to the VFP.

Unfinalizing discs

This is the opposite of finalizing—removing the TOC
to allow more tracks to be added (subject to the space
available on the disc).
This is only possible with CD-RW discs, of course.
To unfinalize a disc, press the on-screen
in the Virtual Front Panel (see "The virtual front panel
(VFP)" on page 23) to bring up a pop-up message.

Erasing discs (CD-RW)

CD-RW discs can be erased and reused using the erase
function available from the VFP.
To erase a disc, press the on-screen
the Virtual Front Panel (see "The virtual front panel
(VFP)" on page 23) to select either a full erase of the
disc ( ) or a faster erase (
Full Erase
) process and bring up a pop-up message.
Erase

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switch in the Virtual Front
to return
CANCEL
UNFINAL switch
switch in
ERASE
Fast
The screen shows an appropriate message while final-
ization is taking place (about a minute). No cancellation
is possible until the finalization is complete.
NOTE
This function may also be accessed through the
dedicated key on the RC-RA1000.
FINALIZE
Press to unfinalize the disc, or
ENTER
return to the VFP.
The screen shows an appropriate message while the
disc is being unfinalized (about a minute).
NOTE
This function may also be accessed through the
dedicated key on the RC-RA1000.
UNFINALIZE
Press to erase the disc, or
ENTER
the VFP.
NOTE
The Fast Erase process removes only the TOC, but
not the entire data.
to
CANCEL
to return to
CANCEL