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PCM-501ES
MAKING DIGITAL TAPE COPIES
Digital tape copies can be made with your PCM digital processor
using a pair of VTRs and the COPY OUT jack on the back of the
PCM unit.
The high-quality recording characteristics of PCM digital process-
ing, aided by extremely efficient error detection and correction cir-
cuits,
ensures
absolutely
no
deterioration
in sound
quality
for
digital-to-digital copying.
COPY
OUT
REC RESOLUTION
selector (on front) :
normally set to "16 bit".
When making a digital tape
copy which is to be played back
on another PCM digital audio
processor which conforms to
the 14-bit quantization format of
the EIAJ (such as the Sony
PCM-10, PCM-100, etc,) set to
"14 bit".
(supplied)
COPYING PROCEDURE
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Turn on the power for all units.
2 Insert the recorded tape into the VTR you are using for playback
(VTR-1), and a blank tape into the VTR you are using to make the
copy (VTR-2).
3 Depress
the PCM-501ES
COPY
button (the COPY
indicator will
light).
4 Start playback for VTR-1, and set VTR-2 to record. Copying will
begin.
@ Noise
interference
may
result if you depress
the COPY
button
while the volume
is turned up. Keep the amplifier volume turned
down when you press the COPY button.
@When
the COPY
PROHIBITING
indicator
is lit on the display
panel of the PCM
unit, copies cannot be made, even though the
COPY button is released.
@ Always press and release the COPY button when tape copy has
been completed.
Make
the connections
as diagrammed
below.
Be sure
that the
COPY OUT jack of the PCM unit is connected to the video input of
the VTR being used to make the copy (VTR-2). Familiarize yourself
with the operating features of both VTRs beforehand to ensure pro-
per copying.
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Video connecting cords
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Direction of signal flow
Do not worry about the presence of distortion when monitor-
ing digital tape copies :
When digital tape copies are monitored the COPY button is
depressed, and sound reproduction through the headphones
or speakers may be somewhat distorted. However, the tapes
will be copied with no deterioration in signal quality and the
distortion will be corrected during normal playback with the
COPY button released.
You do not need to adjust the recording level for digital tape
copying:
Digital-to-digital
tape copies
are made
at the signal
level
reaching the COPY OUT jack of the PCM unit during copying.
Recording level adjustment isn't necessary.
Digital tapes with a "COPY PROHIBITING" code camnot be
copied:
When
tapes with a "copy prohibiting" code are played, the
COPY
PROHIBITING
indicator
lights on the display
of the
PCM unit and copies cannot be made.
Digital tape copies cannot be made with the COPY
button
released :
Always depress the COPY button when making digit al tape
copies
and
press and
release
the button
after the copies
have been made. Do not change the setting of the button dur-
ing tape copying or during normal
recording and playback.
Digital-to-digital tape copies cannot be made with the COPY
button released.
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