Microphone Recording; External Recording; Analog Or Digital Recording; Recording Modes - Philips CDR785/00 Service Manual

INTERNAL RECORDING

Microphone recording

CD TEXT EDITING
RECORD REC LEVEL BALANCE
TEXT
PROG TRACK EDIT
CD CD
CDR
JOG CONTROL
COMPILE CD
REC TYPE
NO
AUX
YES
ERASE FINALIZE
MIC
PHONES
1 Make sure that the CDR(W) is absolutely free of scratches
and dust particles.
2 Set MIC LEVEL to the minimum level to prevent acoustic
feedback (e.g. a loud howling sound) before you connect the
microphone.
3 Connect a microphone to MIC.
4 Press CD 1, CD 2 or CD 3 to select the disc you wish to mix
the microphone with.
5 Press REC TYPE on the set to enter into the recording menu.
6 Rotate ¡ JOG CONTROL ™ to select the manual record
mode for the microphone:
CD MIX MIC is displayed.
7 Press YES to confirm.
WAIT is displayed.
RECORD ? is displayed.
8 Press YES to start recording.
9 Rotate ¡ JOG CONTROL ™ to select the desired track.
The disc tray number, the current track number and
playing time of the track are displayed.
10 Press PLAY/PAUSE ; 2 to start playback.
The selected source is mixed to the microphone.
STEP TEXT TOTAL TRACK TIME TOTAL REM REC TRACK TIME
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 +
COMPILE CD TRACK PROG DIGITAL
CD RW CD RW
OPTICAL
SHUFFLE REPEAT ALL EDIT
ANALOG
RECORD IN PROGRESS FINALIZE ALC
11 Press STOP 9 to stop recording.
• To perform microphone recording only see "Manual
recording" of the chapter "External recording".
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Analog or digital recording

Automatic track increment

RECORD REC LEVEL BALANCE
TEXT
PROG TRACK EDIT
CD CD
CDR
JOG CONTROL
COMPILE CD
REC TYPE NO
AUX YES
ERASE FINALIZE
OP
When making recordings from an external source, we
recommend to do analog recording only if digital recording is
not possible. Digital recording will usually result in better In recording mode tracks will be incremented automatically
sound quality. such that the track numbers are positioned on the same
position as the original.
• Press as often as necessary TRACK INCREMENT on the

Recording modes

remote control during stop when CDR is selected to switch
the automatic track increment function on.
For external recording you can choose following recording
modes:
– AUX CD - to make an automatic recording of an external
source simply by starting the source.
– AUX TRACK - to make an automatic recording of a single
track from an external source simply by starting the source.
– AUX MANUAL - to start a manual recording from an
• Press as often as necessary TRACK INCREMENT on the
external source. remote control during stop when CDR is selected to switch
– AUX MIX MIC - to start a mixed recording of microphone the automatic track increment function off.
and external source input.
– MIC ONLY - manual start of microphone recording.
Notes:
– Track numbers cannot be changed after recording.
– The automatic track increment only works with consumer
sources with a digital output signal according to the IEC
958 (consumer part) audio standard. DAT, DVD and DCC do
not deliver this signal.

EXTERNAL RECORDING

BRIGHTNESS TRACK INCR. CD TEXT
ABC DEF GHI
1 2 3
JKL MN OPQ
4 5 6
AUTO TR ON is displayed and the function is
switched on. Track increments are now automatically
detected from digital source material. In analog source
material a silence of 2.7 seconds or more is detected as
a track increment.
AUTO TR OFF is displayed and the function is
switched off. Track numbers can now be incremented
manually by pressing TRACK INCREMENT on the remote
control during recording. The minimum track length is 4
seconds.
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