About Recording; Basic Information; Direct Line Recording (Dlr); Auto Level Control (Alc) - Philips FW-R7 Manual

ABOUT RECORDING

Basic information

The CD recorder deck offers you 3 main functions:
– Recording from the internal CD changer and tuner or
from a selected external source
– Finalizing your CDR(W) discs and unfinalizing your
CDRW discs
– Erasing a CDRW disc
The recording procedure is the same for CDR and CDRW discs.
Make sure the CDR(W) is absolutely free of scratches
and dust particles.
For recordings, the minimum track length is 4 seconds. You can
record up to a maximum of 99 tracks on a disc. The minimum
of recording time left on the disc is 7 seconds. Otherwise
is displayed and you cannot enter the
record standby mode.
DO NOT FORGET TO FINALIZE!
Finalizing a CDR(W) disc is a simple procedure, necessary to:
– play a recorded CDR on a standard CD player or
– play a recorded CDRW on a CDRW compatible CD player
and CD recorder.
Copyright protection
The Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) prevents the
making of a digital copy from a digital copy. The system allows
making a digital recording from the original, however in some
countries this may require the authorization of copyright holders.
When you try to record copy protected material from an external
source, will be displayed. No further digital
recording is possible then.
When you try to record copy protected material from the
internal CD changer, no digital recording is possible, however
the CD recorder will automatically switch to analog recording.
Recording CD text
If the original CD has CD Text, this text will be recorded
automatically, provided that the CD text is not copy protected.
In that case, recording of CD text will not be possible and
will be displayed.
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Direct Line Recording (DLR)

The CD recorder is equipped with the high-performance Direct
Line Recording technique. It ensures a perfect recording of the
source material, meaning a true "bit for bit" recording. DLR will
always become active when you make normal recordings in
listen mode.

Auto Level Control (ALC)

Auto Level Control ensures that the tracks on the recorded disc
have a similar volume level. At all times the already recorded
tracks of the CDR(W) disc will be taken as reference for the
volume level of the following recordings. ALC is active when
is shown.
Auto level control becomes active when:
– COMPILE CD is being used,
– a disc, a track or a track edit is being high speed recorded
and the CDR(W) has recordings on it,
– a program (consisting from more than one disc) from the
CD changer is being high speed recorded, or
– CD™CD is being used and the CDR(W) has recordings
on it.
Auto level control will not become active when:
– CD™CD is being used and the CDR(W) has no recordings
on it,
– making recordings from the FM tuner,
– making recordings from an external source, or
– making normal recordings in listen mode.

REC LEVEL key

You can adjust the reference record level. This is also
possible when ALC is active. This feature can be used for
fading your recordings in or out.
1 Keep REC LEVEL on the unit pressed to enable the rotary
control to adjust the record level.
2 Turn the rotary control to the left to adjust the desired
record level.
The actual record level (in dB) will be displayed.
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• The record level is reset after the unit has been switched to
standby.
ALC