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5 – Recording
Before you start recording using the CD-RW402,
make sure that you understand the following key
points:
• Once you have recorded on a CD-R disc, the data
cannot be erased from it.
• You can add tracks to an unfinalized recordable
disc. Once finalized, a CD-R disc is "fixed" and
behaves in the same way as a pre-recorded disc.
Input selection
To select the input to be recorded, press the
key on the main unit.
SELECT
Repeated presses of the key cycle through the follow-
ing options:
ANALOG
Analog inputs
OPTICAL
Optical digital
COAXIAL
Coaxial digital
INTERNAL
Drive 1
In the case of the coaxial or optical inputs being
selected, the boxed
DIGITAL
Signal volume
• The analog signals received at the
jacks are controlled with the
controls.
• Digital signal levels (from whatever the source) as
well as the level of analog signals once they have
passed through the
INPUT
are adjusted in the following way:
1
Press the
RECORD
record ready mode (or monitor mode, if a
recordable disc is not loaded—see below).
2
Press the
key (2) and turn the
MENU
to display
DIAL
REC MENU 1 ?
3
Press the
MULTI DIAL
Input monitoring
When the unit is in record ready, or record mode, the
input signal is output from the
analog), allowing you to hear the input signal.
The meters also show the current signal level.
However, it is only possible to record, or to enter
record ready mode, when a recordable disc is
inserted. To allow monitoring of the input signal at
other times, or when the unit is stopped, use the
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INPUT
indicator shows on the
ANALOG IN
and
INPUT
BALANCE
and
controls
BALANCE
key to place the unit in
MULTI
.
.
jacks (digital and
OUT
Finalized CD-RW discs, however, can be erased,
refreshed and re-recorded.
NOTE
As well as recording, the CD-RW402 also provides copy
facilities. You may want to look at "Copying discs" on
page 44 before starting recording, as sometimes a copy
operation may be more appropriate than a record oper-
ation (for instance, if you want to record a whole disc
and make no changes to the contents, a copy operation
is almost always preferable).
display, and the appropriate indicator:
, lights on the display.
OPTICAL
If the analog signal is selected the boxed
indicator lights on the display.
NOTE
There is no way of changing the selection between the
balanced and unbalanced analog inputs. If signals are
present at both inputs, they will be mixed.
No indicator lights if
INTERNAL
4
Turn the
MULTI DIAL
tal volume) is shown.
5
Press the
MULTI DIAL
6
Turn the
MULTI DIAL
between
and
–60dB
+18dB
ting (below the lowest level) which represents
a total signal cut.
While you are adjusting the level, it is proba-
bly a good idea to play the signal source, and
watch the meters, making sure that the
segments do not light.
7
Press the
MULTI DIAL
key to enter monitor mode from stop mode
RECORD
when there is no recordable disc in the unit (when
there is a recordable disc in the unit, pressing the
RECORD
key enters record ready mode).
The word
appears on the display to show
MONITOR
that the output signal is an echo of the input signal(s).
The meters show the current input level.
Exit the monitor mode by using the
or
COAXIAL
ANALOG
is selected.
until
(digi-
DIG VOLUME ?
.
to adjust the volume
. There is also a
set-
--
OVER
to leave the menu.
STOP
key.
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