Operating the CD Player/Recorder
Recording an audio CD
Figure 16
Example of the application
window when recording a
CD
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In addition to playing CDs from your computer's CD-ROM drive, you can record and save
them as music files on your computer's hard drive. When you insert a CD into your com-
puter's CD-ROM drive, the Wave/PC
It indicates this by placing a check mark next to each track title in the music finder window
(see the Record column in Figure 16).
Points to track
currently being
recorded
Points to track
currently
playing
Checks/unchecks all checkboxes
Before you start recording
Make sure the tracks you want to record have a check mark next to the track. If there are
some tracks you do not want to record, click the checkbox beside the track to clear the
check mark.
Starting the recording process
Note: A CD is recorded as a background operation. If you wish, you can listen to another
source while recording your CD.
To start recording, click the Record CD button. During the recording process, this button
becomes Stop Recording. You can stop recording at any time by clicking this button. To
resume recording, click the Record CD button again.
While recording, the status of each track is reported in the Recording Status column:
Recording Status
XX% Recorded
Waiting to record
Recorded
Error (not recorded)
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software prepares itself to record all tracks on the CD.
Start/stops recording
Meaning
The percentage of the track recorded.
The track is unrecorded. It has been selected and is waiting to be
recorded.
This track was successfully recorded during this recording session.
This track could not be successfully recorded. Bad or dirty CD.
This track is not selected for recording and it has not been
recorded in a previous recording session.
CD play status
Recording
status
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