Cd Sync Recording; Recording From An External Source - Harman Kardon CDR 20 Owner's Manual

CD Recording
Notes on Dubbing:
•
If you wish to make a dub with the tracks in a
different order from the original disc, omit
tracks on a disc, or make a dub that mixes
tracks from different discs, create a Program-
Playback List before pressing the Play/Select
button to start the dub. Instructions for
creating a Program List may be found on page
18. NOTE: Dubs containing Program Lists may
only be made at the 1x speed. If you attempt
to make a Programmed Dub at the x2 or x4
speed, the unit will automatically select the
x2 speed.
•
The Pause buttons do not operate while a dub
is in progress.
•
Tracks will be added automatically to mirror
the track structure of the original disc.
•
The Total Time indication of the recorded CD
may vary slightly from the original due to vari-
ations in the spin speed of each drive, but this
is normal. No information has been lost in the
recording process.
•
If the original disc being dubbed is a digital
copy or if it contains copy-prohibit signals, the
unit will automatically make a copy using an
analog output from the disc.

CD Sync Recording

CD Sync recording allows you to make an auto-
matic digital recording from an external CD play-
er or MD. During CD Sync Recording, the record
unit starts in sync with the source, and tracks are
added automatically.
To make a CD Sync recording: First, make certain
your playback source is selected and cued to the
correct starting point. Next, select the appropri-
ate digital input by pressing the Input button
until the desired COAX or OPTI-
CAL indication appears in the Record Deck
Information Display . CD Sync recordings
may not be made from an analog input.
Next, make certain that there is a fresh disc in
the Record Drawer for the recording. Press the
CD Sync button and note that the Sync
Indicator will light and the Record
Indicator will flash. Select the type of
recording to be made:
•
To record only the first track from the source
player, press the CD Sync Button so that
1 TRK appears in the Record Deck
Information Display .
•
To record the entire disc, press the CD Sync
Button so that ALL appears in the Record
Deck Information Display
When the desired mode has been selected, start
the playback from the source machine. The CDR
20 will automatically recognize the incoming
digital data and begin recording, while the track
numbering from the original disc will be carried
over to the dub.
If the playback source is NOT a CD, you will have
to increment the tracks manually.
The recording will continue until the CDR 20
senses that the playback is finished when there
is no incoming signal for more than three sec-
onds. At that point the recording will stop.
You may also stop the recording at any time by
pressing the Record Deck Stop button
. When there are only four seconds
remaining on a blank disc, DISC FULL
message will appear in the Information
Display . When you see this message, you
will need to stop the recording process and,
when a CD-R is being recorded, insert a new
blank disc or, when a CD-RW is in use, either use
a new disc or erase existing tracks following the
instructions on page 22.
After the recording is complete, an UPDATE
message will appear briefly, and the unit will
then return to normal operation. Remember to
Finalize the recorded disc so that it may be used
in other machines.

Recording from an External Source

To record from any external source, first place a
CD-R or CD-RW audio disc in the Record Deck
. Next, select the input to be used by pressing
the Input button
will cycle between the input choices, which will
be shown in the Information Display
COAX, OPTICAL or ANALOG. In addi-
tion, the Digital Indicator
the coax inputs ise selected, and the Analog
Indicator will light when the analog inputs
are selected.
Note that when the digital input is selected, the
connection may be made to either the rear panel
Coax Input § or the Front-Panel Digital
Input . If a signal is present at both coax
inputs when a recording is made, the front-panel
input will be used as the source.
Press the Auto/Manual button
how tracks will be numbered on the recorded
disc.
• The default mode is Manual. In that mode for
either digital or analog recordings, you must
add track numbers manually by pressing the
Track Increment button
to increase the track number.
This mode is recommended for recordings
made from analog sources.
•
The Auto mode will add track numbers auto-
matically, in one of two ways: When track data
.
is present from a digital recording, it will be
carried over to the new copy disc. Thus, when
the CD being played moves from one track to
the next track, the copy disc will also increase
the track number by one. Activate the Auto
mode by pressing the Auto/Manual button
once and note that the Auto Indicator
will light.
• In the Auto mode for recordings from an ana-
log source or a digital source with no track
data, the track number will be increased when
the CDR 20 receives silence for 3 seconds.
After 5 seconds of silence, the recording will
stop. To activate the Auto mode, press the
Auto/Manual button
the Auto Indicator
To prepare for a recording, press the Record
button
flash, and the word BUSY will briefly appear in
the Information Display
Display returns to the track and running-time
information, the unit is ready to record.
Once the source material is playing, start the
actual recording by pressing the Play/Select
button
Indicator
Information Display
the running time of the recording and the track
data. Depending on which mode of track incre-
ment has been selected as described above,
track numbers must be increased manually or
they will be added automatically. Regardless of
which mode has been selected, a track may be
added at any time by pressing the Track
Increment button
. Pressing the button
Note: If there is a pause in the playback signal
as for more than 5 seconds for digital recordings or
10 seconds for analog recordings, the CDR 20
will light when will stop the recording. Also, when the Pause
button is pressed during a recording, the track
number will increase by one number and the
recording will stop and must be restarted by
pressing the Play/Select button
the recording is finished, press the Stop button
Unlike conventional analog tape recorders, the
CDR 20 does not require level setting when
recordings are made from a digital source.
Although the Level Indicator
to select
this is only informative and the level may not be
changed or adjusted. However, when you are
making a recording from an external analog
source such as a cassette recorder or the analog
output of a receiver or preamp, you should
adjust the input levels using the Record-Level
when you wish
Control
blue/white segments of the display are almost
all lit, and the red segments flash only occasion-
ally. If the red segments are constantly lit,
the recording will be distorted and produce un-
acceptable quality.
once and note that
will light.
. The Record Indicator
. When the
. Note that the Record
will stop flashing and the
will begin to show
.
. When
.
will operate,
. Adjust the levels so that the
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will