Sony DTC59ES Operating Instructions Manual page 43

You can record a digital audio tape recorded via analog input/output to another via digital input/output. But, you cannot
make a second generation tape via digital input/output.
Turntable
DAT deck
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Tape recorded via a input/output |
= Analog input/output
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C—__=—}| First generation tape
recorded via digital input/output
DAT deck |
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Coaxial digital cable
——-
or
Optical digital cable Digital input/output
(Recording is possible when connected
via analog input/output.)
There are no restrictions for generation when DAT decks are connected via analog input/output each other.
These rules does not apply when you use a DAT deck which does not adopt the Serial Copy Management System.
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