Radio Shack CD Player manual

© 2003 RadioShack Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Dual-T r ay CD Player/Record er Than k you fo r purcha sing the RCA Dual - Tray CD Pl ayer/R ecorde r. Yo ur CD recor der is easy to op erate and p rovid es many opt ions for its use as list ed bel ow. Featur es Dual Tray — l ets yo u re cord f rom CD to CD-R/RW to cr eate your own mu sic mixes[...]

2 Note , how ever , that in the Un ited S tates , it is not a viola tion of U.S. copyrig ht laws for a cons umer t o use an au dio rec ordi ng devic e to d uplicate mus ical r ecordin gs fo r noncom mercial (persona l) us e. The FCC W ants Y ou T o Know This sys tem compl ies wit h the limi ts for a Class B digit al device a s spec ified in Part 15[...]

3 Cart — Use on ly with the cart, stand, tr ipod, br acket, or table spe cified by the manu factur er, or so ld wi th the app aratu s. When a ca rt is used, use cauti on when mo ving the cart/ appar atus com binati on to avoid i njury from tip-o ver. Ventilation — Sl ots and openi ngs in the cabin et prov ide ventil atio n, ens ure re liable op[...]

4 • If li quid has bee n spil led or object s have falle n into the pr oduct. • If t he pr oduct has b een expo sed to rain or w ater . • If the pr oduct does not oper ate norm ally by f ollow ing th e opera ting inst ructio ns, adjus t on ly th ose c ontrol s that are covered by the op erating inst ructio ns, as a n improper a djus tment of [...]

5 Contents Befor e Use ...... ......... ..... ....... ......... ....... .......... ....... ......... ..... ....... ......... ....... ......... ....... ... . 7 Compac t Discs ........ ..... ....... ......... ....... .......... ....... ......... ....... ......... ..... ....... ......... .... 7 About CD-R and CD-R W Discs ....... ....... ......... ...[...]

6 Setti ng the Record ing Le vel ...... .......... .... ....... .......... ....... ......... ..... ....... ......... ..... .. 24 Finali zing ........ .... ....... .......... ....... ......... ..... ....... ......... ....... ......... ..... ....... ......... ..... 24 Erasi ng or Unfina lizin g a CD-R W ....... .... ....... .......... .... ....... ..[...]

7 Befor e Use • The nomin a l temper ature should b e betwe en 41°F and 95° F (5°C and 35°C). The CD-R W reco rder is more sens itive to ex tremes of temper ature than o rdinar y CD pl ayer s. • Rel ative hum idity sho uld be 30 t o 9 0% non- conde nsi ng. Compact Discs Dependin g on the quality of the disc an d/or the co ndition of the rec[...]

8 The pr ocess of writi ng this tabl e of content s is kn own as “f inali zing.” On ce th is ha s been done, no fu rther data can be written to the CD-R disc . A CD-RW disc that has been f inal ized ca n be “unfi nalized .” This al lows fu rther tr acks to be r ecorded to the disc, provid ed that ther e is space on the disc. Recor dable Dis[...]

9 • Do not st ick pape rs or p rotectiv e sh eets on th e discs and do not use any pr otective co ating sp ray . • Use a so ft oil-based felt-ti pped pen to write the informat ion on the label side. Never use a ball-poin t or har d-tip ped pen, a s this may cause d amage to th e rec ord ed sid e . • Nev er use a sta bilize r . Using commer ci[...]

10 Connections and Setup Not e: Turn off the pow er of all the eq uipment b efore makin g connections and read the instruc tions of ea ch co mponent you inte nd to use wit h the CD recor der. LINE IN/OUT Jacks Connect the LINE IN / OUT jack s to your analo g source (rece iver) using the suppl ied RCA stereo patch cabl e. An addi tional patch cable [...]

11 DIGIT AL IN/OUT T erminals Connect the compo nent which ha s a digita l input o r output ter m inal using a digi tal coaxi al cable or an opt ical cab le (nei ther supplie d and availa b le at y our loc al RadioSha ck stor e). Insert DIGIT AL IN to your component’s outp ut ja ck ( DIGIT AL OUT ). Connect DIGIT AL OUT to yo ur component ’s in[...]

12 A Quick Look At The Remote Control TIME — pres s to change t he time displ a y. SHUFFLE – press for shuffle playback. INTRO CHECK — press for intro ch eck functi on. The beg inning of ea ch track i s played for 10 secon ds. PROGRAM , CLEAR , PROGRAM CHECK — press to create a progr ammed se q uence. FJ — press to skip trac ks forw ard o[...]

13 Install i ng Batteries Your CD re corder's remote con trol req uires two AA bat teries (not su pplied ) for pow er. We reco mmend alkali ne batter ies, availab le at yo ur l ocal Radio Shac k sto re, f or th e best perf ormanc e and long est lif e. Cautions: • Alw ays us e fresh batte ries of the required si ze and reco mmen ded ty pe. ?[...]

14 A Quick Look At The Display A Quick Look at the CD Recorder’ s Contr ols POWER — press to turn the CD recorder on and off. (The equipme nt draws nomina l non-op erati ng power from t he AC outlet with it s PO WER sw itch in the of f posit ion) . DUBBING MODE — press to select the dubbing s peed DUBB 4X , DUBB 2X , or DUBB 1X . OPEN/CLOSE ([...]

15 AUTO / MANUAL — press ( button on t h e le ft of the CD recorder ) to select the track numbe r increm ent level , or to select the synchr onized r ecordi ng starting level. BC — (for PLAYBACK and RE CORD/ PLAYBA CK trays) — press to sk ip tracks. Hold dow n to search fo r a part of a track. SYNC REC — press for sync hronize d record ing.[...]

16 Oper ation Playing CDs You can us e the RECORD/PL AYBACK tray to play ba ck CD, CD-R, a nd CD-RW d i scs. You ca n use the PL AYBACK tray to play back CD and finalized CD-R/CD-RW discs. You canno t play CD-R/ CD-RW discs that haven’ t b een fin a liz ed on the PLAYBACK tray . 1. Press POWER on t he CD r ecorder . READING flash es for a wh ile.[...]

17 • During pr ogram playbac k, press B once to retur n to the beginnin g of the current track . T o ret urn to the be ginning of the previous track in the program, pres s B twice. T o playback the next track i n the pr ogram, pr ess C . Y ou cannot use the numeri c buttons on the rem ot e c o nt rol . • When us ing the r emote c ontrol, select[...]

18 When y ou set discs i n both the P LAYBACK tray and the RECORD/PLAYBACK t ray, th e CD r ecorde r repe ats a ll the trac ks of each disc altern ately for fi ve cycles a nd then stops. Repe ating a Designate d Section (A-B Repeat ) Not es: • Y ou ca nnot rep eat a des ignat ed sect ion on CD-R/ CD-R W disc s if they have not been fin alized. ?[...]

19 Pr ogramming a Sequence of T racks You can program up to 32 sel ections fro m 2 discs to play in an y order yo u choo se. Not e: Shuffl e playba ck does no t work duri ng prog ram playb ack. 1. Using yo ur remote c ontrol, press PROGRAM in the stop mode. STEP 01 appear s and PROGRAM and the trac k numbe r 1 flas hes. 2. Press CD or CD-R to selec[...]

20 Addin g to th e Progr amm ed Sequenc e You can add tr acks at the end of a programme d sequence, up to a maxi mum of 32 tracks. 1. Press PROGRAM in th e stop mode . 2. Enter the desir e d tr ack nu mber , then press PROGRAM . The C D re cor der adds th e selection t o the end of the programm ed sequ ence. 3. Press D afte r addi ng all the a ddit[...]

21 • The recordin g tim e of a tr ack may slightl y differ fro m the origi nal one. Serial Copy Ma nagement Syste m This CD recorde r is in compli ance with the Seri al Copy Mana geme nt Syst em (SCMS) standa rd. Thi s stand ard has been elabora ted to re strict digita l-to- digital copying to only the fir st genera tion. The ba sic rules gover n[...]

22 5. When th e playback of th e disc in t he PLA YBACK tray e nds, th e CD r ecor der stops recor ding, finaliz es the disc, and stops. PM A WRITE , COMPLETE , FINALIZE , COMPLETE app ears. It takes about 1 minute to finali ze the disc . Not es: • If the C D-R/R W disc set in the RECORD /PLA Y BACK tray d oes no t have enough space to dub the en[...]

23 • After dub bing, if a program is stored, both g of th e PLA YBACK tray an d g / ENTER of the RECORD/PLA YB ACK tray allow you to play the pr ogrammed tracks. Dubbin g a CD fr om a Se lected T rack to the Last T rack Instea d of dubbing the entire sour ce disc from t he beginning to the en d, you can dub trac ks from a se lected trac k to t he[...]

24 Not e: Every time re cor ding is paused or stopp ed, a n ew trac k number is always assigne d. 8. Press D to sto p re co rdi ng . Manual ly Assigni ng T rack Numb ers It is possible to assign track numbers while record ing. While re cordi ng, pre ss RECORD . The cur rent track n umber is incr emented by one. Settin g the Re cordi ng Level Play t[...]

25 1. Inser t a r ecor ded CD-R W in the RECORD/P LA YBACK tray . If the disc is final ized, o nly CD-RW appears a t the upper right on t he display . If th e disc is not fina lized CD-RW and NO TOC appear . 2. If the di sc is finali zed, pr ess ERASE onc e to sele ct UNFINALIZE or tw ice to se lect ERASE ALL in the stop mode. If th e disc i s not [...]

26 Settin g the T r ack Number Incr ement Leve l and the Synchronized Re cording Startin g Level By pressi ng AUTO/MANUAL, you can set the trac k numb er increm ent le vel so th e CD record er auto matica lly inc rement s track num bers wh en you make a re cordi ng or yo u can set the reco rd star tin g level when you make a syn chron ized re cordi[...]

27 Not e: Y ou canno t se lect SYNC-1 for analo g recording. 5. After READY appears, pr ess g / ENTER of the R E CORD/PLA YBACK tray . † disap pears, and REC lights steadily . 6. Start p laying the source. The CD rec ord er starts synch ron ized reco rding. During digital re cor ding , if t he inp ut signal stops for 5 seco nds, r e cor ding stop[...]

28 DUBB 4X — 4X speed dubbing fro m the PLAY BACK tra y to the RECORD / PLAYBACK tray. ERASE ** — Erase the last track of t he CD-RW d isc. ERASE ALL — Erase al l the tra ck of the CD-RW d isc. FINALIZE — Fin alize the di sc . INCLVL ** — Increment lev el MANUAL — Aut o track divis ion is off. NO DISC — No disc is se t on the tray. OP[...]

29 T r oubleshooting Incor rect o perati ons are oft en mist aken f or tro uble and mal f unct ions. If yo u think that there is someth ing wrong wi th this compon ent, chec k the poin ts below. Somet imes the trouble may lie in an other co mponen t. Inv estigat e the ot her comp onents and elec trical appli ances bei ng used. If t he trou b le can[...]

30 Specifications Media T ype ... CD-R W and CD-R f or dig i tal audio (rec ord and playback ), CD ( playba ck only ) Conver ter Input Sam pling Fr equency ... ............ ......... ....... ......... ....... .......... .. 32 kHz –48 kHz Recor ding Sampl ing Freq uency ....... ....... .......... ....... ......... ..... ....... ......... ....... .[...]

31 Optional Accessories Your local RadioS hack has a wide selection of headpho nes. Protect your CDs by storing them in a R adioShack CD Wa l let You can p urchase bla nk CD-R discs at RadioShac k. You will need two AA batteries for the remote control. RadioShack CD Cleaning Kits can help you c are for your CDs.[...]

42-701 1 Printed in China 03A03 Limited One-Y ear W arranty This pr oduct is warr anted by Radi oShack a gainst manu facturin g defects in materi al and workm an- ship und er normal use fo r one (1) year fr om the dat e of purchase fro m RadioS hack compan y-owned stores an d auth orized Radi oShack franch isees and d ealers. EXCEPT AS PROVIDE D HE[...]