Finalizing Cdr & Cdrw Discs; Unfinalizing Cdrw Discs - Philips CDR770BK Instructions For Use Manual

RECORDING
Finalizing CDR & CDRW discs
During finalizing the table of contents (TOC) is written to the
disc.
Finalizing is a simple procedure, necessary to:
- be able to play recordings on a CD PLAYER,
- avoid further unwanted recordings on a disc,
- avoid erasure of tracks on a CDRW,
- write CD text on a CDR(W).
Auto finalizing
Auto finalizing is possible when using the MAKE CD recording
function.
Manual finalizing
1 Make sure the disc (in the CD recorder) is absolutely free of
scratches and dust particles.
2 With the recorder stopped press FINALIZE.
The display shows FINALIZE CD and PRESS
RECORD.
REM TIME TRACK TOTAL
SYNC MANUAL
RECORD
DIGITAL I CD
OPTICAL I
RW
ANALOG
REM TIME TRACK TOTAL
SYNC MANUAL
RECORD
DIGITAL I CD
OPTICAL I
RW
ANALOG
3 Press RECORD.
XX XX FINAL and the approximate finalization time
appears on the display.
The display counts down through the finalization.
On completion, the total number of tracks and the total
time recorded appears on the display.
For CDR(W), ( ) changes to
CDR W
Finalizing will take at least 2 - 4 minutes.
Note:
- During finalization, the CD recorder accepts no operating
commands.
- When a CDR is finalized no more recordings can be added.
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REM TRACK TIME STEP
PROG
SHUFFLE ALL
REPEAT
SCAN TRACK
REM TRACK TIME STEP
PROG
SHUFFLE ALL
REPEAT
SCAN TRACK
on display.
CD

Unfinalizing CDRW discs

For CDRW discs only.
If you want to make more recordings (or erasures of tracks) on
a finalized disc you must unfinalize it first. The Table of
Contents (TOC) will be removed.
To unfinalize:
1 With the CD recorder stopped, press REC TYPE or ERASE.
UNFINALIZE and PRESS ENTER will appear on
the display.
REM TIME TRACK TOTAL
SYNC MANUAL
RECORD
DIGITAL I CD
OPTICAL I
RW
ANALOG
REM TIME TRACK TOTAL
SYNC MANUAL
RECORD
DIGITAL I CD
OPTICAL I
RW
ANALOG
2 Press JOG (ENTER).
The disc will now be unfinalized and can be recorded on
again.
REM TIME TRACK TOTAL
SYNC MANUAL
RECORD
DIGITAL I
CD
OPTICAL I
RW
ANALOG
• If no further recording or erasure is required press Stop 9.
Note:
- Unfinalizing will take approximately 1.5 minutes.
- When unfinalizing a CDRW disc with text on it available,
this text will be transferred to the CD recorder memory. It
may occur that the text memory is full. The message
MEMORY FULL/FINALIZE CD will be displayed. You
will now have to erase text, stored for other discs, or
finalize another disc in order to obtain memory space.
REM TRACK TIME STEP
PROG
SHUFFLE ALL
REPEAT
SCAN TRACK
REM TRACK TIME STEP
PROG
SHUFFLE ALL
REPEAT
SCAN TRACK
REM TRACK TIME STEP
PROG
SHUFFLE ALL
REPEAT
SCAN TRACK