Philips CDR-776 manual

Audio CD Recor der Audio Audio CDR- 775 CDR- 776 CDR- 777 xp CDR 775/00.1 english 10-07-2001 13:19 Pagina 1[...]

2 Important notes for users in the U.K. Mains plug This apparatus is fitted with an approved moulded 13 Amp plug. T o change a fuse in this type of plug proceed as follows: 1 Remov e fuse cov er and fuse. 2 Fix new fuse which should be a BS1362 5 Amp, A.S.T .A. or BSI approv ed type. 3 Refit the fuse cov er . If the fitted plug is not suitable f[...]

3 Index English Français Español ________________________________________________________________________ 58 Deutsch ________________________________________________________________________ 85 English __________________________________________________________________________ 4 Français ____________________________________________________________[...]

General information W elcome......................................................................................................5 Environmental information ................................................................5 About this manual...................................................................................5 T echnical data ........[...]

W elcome ! Thank you f or buying this Philips Compact Disc Recorder . In the 1980s Philips inv ented a new audio system - the CD . The CD (compact disc) revealed the new dimensions of digital sound and added to the pleasure of audio. Compact-disc technology permits a high contr ast in both loud and soft passages, with perfect channel separation. Ph[...]

Discs for r ecording For recording, make sure to use special audio discs only . These discs are mar ked with “Digital Audio” and the logos shown belo w . There are two diff erent types of audio discs for the use on this CD recorder : – CD-Audio Recordable (CDR) discs These discs can be recorded on once and play in all standard CD play er s an[...]

Contr ols CD recor der 1 ON/OFF turns the CD recorder ON or OFF (if the recorder is in Standb y mode , any key press will activate the CD recorder) 2 Standby indicator 3 CD Recorder disc tr ay 4 OPEN/CLOSE / opens/closes disc tr ay 5 PLA Y/P AUSE 2; star ts play/interr upts play or recording 6 ST OP 9 stops/clear s a progr am 7 REC (ord) TYPE selec[...]

DISPLA Y indications 1 REM/REC TIME remaining time/remaining recording time/recording time 2 TRA CK track number 3 FE balance (lights dur ing balance adjustment) 4 T O T AL REM TRACK TIME total or remaining time of disc or track 5 } remote control active 6 STEP indicates the number of tracks in a progr am 7 T rack bar indicates: - tr acks on a disc[...]

DISPLA Y messag es Messages, as listed and explained here, may appear on the display for your guidance. General READING reading disc information OPEN during tr ay opening CLOSE during tr ay closing NO DISC no disc inser ted, disc unreadable or disc inser ted upside down PROG FULL program full INSERT DISC inser t disc or inser t disc correctly WRONG[...]

Play CHANGER MODE CD changer -mode selected DJ-MODE DJ- mode selected when recording keys are pressed in DJ- mode PROGRAM program mode selected ALBUM TITLE will be follow ed by album title TRACK TITLE will be follow ed by tr ack title ALBUM ARTIST will be follow ed by ar tist name TRACK ARTIST will be follow ed by tr ack ar tist name Others NO AUDI[...]

Which connections do y ou need? F or pla yback on the CD recorder (and/or CD play er deck) the follo wing outputs are present: - Digital coaxial output (CD & CDR - DIGIT AL OUT) 7 ; - Analog output (CD & CDR - ANALOG OUT) 5 . W e advise you to connect these to the T APE or CDR input on your amplifier . F or recor ding fr om internal pla ye[...]

Tip: If the integrated CD play er deck will be the only source from which you ar e going to recor d, just connect the analog output for playback of the CD recor der to your ampli fi er/receiver (cable 1). Analog connections These connections are required for playback on the CD recorder deck as well as the CD player deck (cable 1). Cable 2 is requi[...]

Digital optical connection Instead of the digital coaxial connection you can make use of the optical input.. Optical connections are less sensitive to external disturbances . This connection is required for direct recording from an external digital optical source (e .g. a CD player , D VD , D A T). 1 Remov e the dust caps from the digital optical c[...]

Inser ting batteries in the r emote contr ol 1 Open the batter y compar tment cover . 2 Inser t 2 batteries (AA, LR6 or UM-3; as supplied) as shown. 3 Replace the cov er . Note: We recommend you use 2 batteries of the same type and condition. Batteries contain chemical substances , so they should be disposed of properly . Remote contr ol commands N[...]

Inser ting discs Impor tant! 1) This CD recorder is designed for regular CD(R W)s . Therefore, do not use any accessories such as disc stabilizer rings or CD tr eatment sheets , etc . as offered on the market, because they may cause jamming of the changer mechanism. 2) Do not load more than one disc into one tr ay . 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the d[...]

Intr oduction Y ou will soon discover how easy it is to mak e y our own CDs. Y our recorder offer s several recording modes: F or recor ding fr om internal CD-deck: RECORD F AST (high speed digital recording) - fast recording of a disc or progr ammed tracks. REC LISTEN (nor mal speed digital recording) - listening to a recording while making it. MA[...]

Recording an entir e CD The MAKE CD recording mode is a fast and easy way to copy an entire CD . During high speed recording the sound is not audible . Impor tant: After this recording the disc is fi naliz ed and cannot be recor ded on an ymore. Preparing 1 Place an unfinalized CDR(W), absolutely free of scr atches and dust par ticles in the CDR [...]

Recording a single track These recording modes are ideal for recording tracks from several CD’ s. If you are making a compilation CD you can do it either at high speed ( RECORD FAST ) or while listening to the tracks ( RECORD LISTEN ). Finalization is not executed automaticall y . Preparing 1 Place an unfinalized CDR(W), absolutely free of scr a[...]

Recording fr om internal deck Set the recording level, if necessar y , to make compilations from different discs with equaliz ed volume lev els. Pre- recorded CD’ s often have diff erent volume lev els. When playing back y our compilation y ou could hear these differences in v olume between tracks. Amplifying a of digital audio information stream[...]

Recording fr om LP’ s or cassettes Make sure that the turntable or cassette deck is connected with its analog out connector s to the amplifier/receiver which is connected to the analog in connector s of your CD-recorder : connection is ANALOG. Note: It is not possible to connect a turntable directly to the CD recorder . T rack increments 0 For r[...]

Autostar t r ecording This feature enab les you to mak e fast and easy recordings of an external source . The recorder will detect the star t of the source and track increments are automatically detected from digital source mater ial. T rack increments can be added manually . Preparing 1 Place an unfinalized CDR(W), absolutely free of scr atches a[...]

Finalizing CDR & CDR W discs During finalizing, an index is wr itten to the disc. Finalizing is a simple procedure that is necessar y in order to: - be able to pla y recordings on a CD PLA YER - a void fur ther unwanted recordings on a disc , - a void erasure of tr acks on a CDRW , - wr ite CD text on a CDR(W). Note: When a CDR has been final[...]

Erasing CDR W discs content For un fi naliz ed CDR W discs only! Y ou can er ase: - T r acks can only be er ased from the end. With the EASY JOG you can select more then one track to be er ased simultaneousl y . Note: It is not possible to er ase tracks within the sequence. - It is also possible to erase the entire disc at once . T o erase one or [...]

Pla ying CD’ s (Changer mode) Y our CD recorder is able to play the two decks sequentiall y (CHANGER mode). This is the default setting. 1 Select Changer mode using the DJ MODE key . ➜ CHANGER appear s on the display and i CHANGER h lights up. 2 On the deck you want to pla y , press PLA Y/P AUSE 2; to star t CD play . ➜ 2 lights up, the tr ac[...]

Sear ch 1 Hold down 5 or 6 (in Pla y mode). ➜ The play er fir st searches backwards or forwards at 10 times nor mal speed with sound at low v olume, then goes to 50 times normal speed with sound muted. 2 Release the button at the desired passage. ➜ Play will star t at the desired passage . Note: During Shuffle , Repeat T rack or Progr ammed p[...]

Remarks about Menu mode 0 In Menu mode y ou will ha ve access to a n umber of features which are not availab le via the regular keys (on the deck’ s front and the remote control). 0 The TEXT submenus (A & B) allow you to giv e names to discs and tr acks. The disc and tr ack names will be display ed during playback. 0 In the RECORDING submenus[...]

A. T ext input Y our recorder can display CD text information such as ar tist name , album title etc. that is present on a disc . Only CD play er s with CD text capability can read and display CD text. CD text can be added and/or changed to a recording. This can be done in Stop mode or during recording. With this feature y ou can store the name of [...]

C . Re viewing CD te xt in memor y CD text is stored in the recorder’ s memor y . When a CDR(W) is finalized, the CD T ext will be written on the disc and remov ed from the recorder’ s memor y . With the MEMOR Y VIEW function you can view/delete the CD text in the recorder’ s memor y for each unfinalized disc. The amount of memor y used is [...]

E. Balance This feature is only active in Recor d/Standby mode 1 Press ST ORE/MENU. ➜ TEXT EDIT will appear on the display . 2 Rotate the EASY JOG/ENTER key to select the SET BALANCE submenu. ➜ SET BALANCE will appear on the display . 3 Press EASY JOG/ENTER to confir m. ➜ FE and L 100 R 100 will appear on the display . 4 Adjust recording bal[...]

30 TIP: Check ‘ Display messages ’ : the nature of a pr oblem will in most cases be indicated with a display message . W ARNING Under no circumstances should you tr y to repair the CD recor der yourself as this will invalidate the guar antee . Do not open the CD recor der as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs , fi r st check [...]

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