Tascam CD-RW4U manual

CD-RW4U CD Rewritable Recorder Professional O WNER’S MANU AL CAUTI ON: TO REDUC E THE RI SK OF ELEC TRIC SH OCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR B ACK). NO US ER-SERVIC EABLE PA RTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICI NG TO QUALI FIED SERVICE PE RSONNEL. The ex clamatio n point within a n equi lateral tri angle is intended to alert t he user to th e pres- ence of impo[...]

2 TASCAM CD -RW4U Important Safety Pre cautions IMPOR T ANT (for U .K. Customers) DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plu g fitted is not suita ble for the power points in your home or the cable is too sho rt to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriat e safety a pproved extensio n lead o r consul t your d ealer. If none[...]

TASCAM C D-RW4U 3 CA UTION: … Read all of these Instructions. … Save these Instructions fo r later use. … Follow all W arnings and Instructions marked on the audio equipme nt. 1) Read Instruction s — All the safety a nd operatin g instructions shoul d be read be fore the pro duct is oper ated. 2) Retain Instructions — The safety and opera[...]

4 TASCAM CD -RW4U Optical pickup : Type: KRS-20 2A or KRS-220B Manufacturer : SONY Corpo ration Laser output : Less than 0. 1 mW (Play) and 32 mW Laser ou tput : (Record) on the objective len s Wavelength : 777 - 787 nm SAFETY INFORMAT ION This produc t has been designed and ma nufactured according to FDA re gulations “ title 2 1, CFR, chapter 1,[...]

Table of Con tents TASCAM CD-RW4U 5 1 – Introduction Special f eatures of the unit ....................... . 6 USB ... ........ ........ ....... ........ ....... ................ ....... ...... 6 20-bit convert ers ..... ................ ............... ....... ........ .. 6 Use o f any recorda ble media ............ ........ ....... ...... 6 Abo[...]

6 TASCAM CD-RW4U 1 – Introduct ion The CD-R W4U CD re writable recorder al lows you to make your o wn CDs fr om a v ariety of sour ces — other CDs, MD re cordings, a nalog cassette ta pes, and records. In addit ion, the USB co nnector allo ws the CD- R W4U to be c onnected to most mode rn persona l computers and used as a high- speed d ata CD-R[...]

1 – Introduct ion — About this man ual TASCAM CD-RW4U 7 About this m anual NO TE This part of the m anual does not co ver the use of the CD - R W4U with a personal com puter—i t co v ers t he aud io func- tions of t he unit only . In this m anual, we use the follow ing con ventions : • The names of ke ys and controls a r e gi ven in the fol[...]

1 – Introduct ion — Special notes 8 TASCAM CD-RW4U CDs eithe r for pl aying or reco rdin g, even with a “ sin- gle ” adapt or . En vironmental considerations The CD-R W4U may be used in most areas, b ut to maintain top performance, a nd prolong o perating life, ob serve the f ollowing e n vironmenta l conditions: The nominal temperat ure sh[...]

1 – Int roduction — Special notes TASCAM CD-RW4U 9 aging of CD- R discs wil l include one of the foll o w- ing lo gos: By contras t, a CD-R W disc can be us ed in much t he same way as a CD-R disc, but th e last track or tracks recorded can be erased bef ore th e disc has been “ fi nalized ” , and the space on th e disc can be re- used for [...]

1 – Introduct ion — Switching to au dio mode 10 TASCAM CD-RW4U and f ingerprint s, gre ase, e tc. can cause errors in the recordi ng proc ess. • CD-R discs are more se nsiti ve to the ef fects of he at and ultr a violet r ays than ordina ry CDs. It i s impor- tant th at the y are not store d in a location where direct sunli ght will f all on [...]

1 – Introducti on — Signal (trigger o r threshold) level TASCAM CD-RW4U 11 T o change a menu va lue, tur n the MUL TI DIAL (m ain unit) B or press the SKIP ke ys (re mote con trol) I . The v alue w ill ch ange im medi ately . T o re turn t o the previo us scr een (be fore th e me nu was entere d), press the MUL TI DI AL (main un it) B or press [...]

1 – Introduct ion — Power saving 12 TASCAM CD-RW4U P ow er savi ng The CD -R W4U provide s a funct ion tha t allows auto - matic switc hing into standby mode aft er f iv e m inut es of inact i vity (def ined as no fro nt panel or remote con- trol uni t con trol use d, no commands re ceiv ed through the USB conne ction, and no disc playback or r[...]

TASCAM CD-RW4U 13 2 – Introducti on to the CD-RW 4U Connections The foll o wing s hould be no ted when you co nnect the unit to o ther e quipment. See “ Switch ing to audio mode ” on page 10 for de tail s of co nnection to a com- puter usi ng USB. NO TE Do not con nect or disconn ect audio or other equip m ent t o or from th e CD-RW 4U while [...]

2 – Introduct ion to the C D-RW4U — Fron t panel 14 TASCAM CD-RW4U Fr ont panel 1 PO WER swi tch The po wer switch is used to switc h the un it bet ween st andby a nd on (full oper - ational mode). When the unit is t urned o n, the dis play sh o ws TASCAM , follo wed by CD-RW4U , and the unit then reads th e T able of Contents of an y ins erted[...]

2 – Introduct ion to the CD-RW 4U — Remote control u nit TASCAM CD-RW4U 15 I ANALOG IN (UNBALANCED) These RCA jacks acc ept ana log audio signals f rom sui t- ably-equi pped un its ( – 10 dB V , unba lanced ). J ANALOG OUT (UNBALANCED) These RCA jacks out put analog audio signals ( at – 10 dBV le vels, un balanced) to suitably-e quipped uni[...]

16 TASCAM C D-RW4 U 3 – Playback operations The CD-R W4U can be used to play back CDs (includ ing CD-R an d CD-R W discs that hav e been recorded and f inalize d on ot her type s of record er), as well as CD- R discs and CD-R W discs that hav e been recorded on the unit. Simple playbac k operations 1 Pres s the OPEN/CLOSE key ( A or 2 ) to open t[...]

3 – Playback operations — Programmed order pla yback TASCAM CD-RW4U 17 1 T o s tart playback at trac ks 1 thr ough 9, sim- ply pr ess the appr opriate key ( 1 thr ough 9 ). 2 T o play a track whose number is higher tha n 9, pre ss the +10 key an app ropriate number of times t o set the “tens” d igit of the trac k number , fol lowed by a sin[...]

3 – Playback operations — Programmed order playback 18 TASCAM CD-RW4U Use t he PLA Y/P A USE 6 or PA U S E key K to halt playback t emporari ly or the ST OP key ( 7 or J ) to stop pla yback of th e program. If the ST OP key i s used, when p layback is rest arted, it star ts fr om the f irst progra m step. NO TE The prog rammed p la y order is n[...]

TASCAM CD-RW4U 19 4 – Recording Before you start r ecording using t he CD-R W4U, make sur e that you understand the f ollo wing ke y points: • Once you ha ve reco rded on a CD-R d isc, the data cannot be erased fr om it. • Y ou can add t racks to an unf inalized rec ordable disc. Once f i nali zed, a CD-R disc is “ fix ed ” and beha ves i[...]

4 – Recording — Frequ ency convers ion 20 TASCAM CD-RW4U Frequency con version The samplin g frequenc y for CDs is 44.1 kHz . The CD-R W4U will alwa ys record (and pl ay back ) CDs at this frequency . Howe ve r , if record ing thr ough a d igital c onnect ion and the sour ce has been reco rded at a f r equenc y other than 44.1 kHz , or is being[...]

4 – Recording — Autom atic track division TASCAM CD-RW4U 21 A utomatic track div i sion The trigg er lev el, as set abo ve ( “ Sig nal (t rigger o r threshol d) lev el ” on page 11) can be used to di vide tracks i f the A-TRA CK (auto tr ack) f unction i s enable d. When t his fu nctio n is e nabled, the un it au to- maticall y inserts a tr[...]

4 – Recording — B asic recording 22 TASCAM CD-RW4U Basic recor ding NO TE According to the “ Red Book ” (t he speci ficati on f or audio CDs), a tr ack can not be less than f our seconds in length, and there can be a maxim um of 99 tr acks on an audio CD . Bear the se limitati ons in mind whe n recordin g. If yo u press either th e ST OP or[...]

4 – Recording — Adv anced recording TASCAM CD-RW4U 23 Manu al trac k division It is pos sibl e to di vide the rec ordin g into track s “ on the f ly ” while r ecording . There are three optio ns av ailabl e for track di vision: automatic di vision trigge red b y the sub code when making a dig i tal recordin g, track di visions triggered by [...]

4 – Recording — Advan ced recording 24 TASCAM CD-RW4U NO TE This func tion is only a v ailab le from the re mote con trol unit. It is not pos sib le to use th is func tion with the main uni t only . Fade-in and fade-out T o pro vide smooth be ginnings and endi ngs to recorded tracks, the uni t provid es fade faciliti es. F ade-in s are fro m ?[...]

4 – Recording — Adv anced recording TASCAM CD-RW4U 25 The conditi ons under which an input sig nal is used as the tr igge r to sta rt reco rding a re: • when recor ding digitall y , a digita l start signal i s detecte d, and au dio is subsequ ently det ected or • the s ound le vel r ises abo ve th e thre shold (se e belo w) after ha ving be[...]

4 – Recording — Advan ced recording 26 TASCAM CD-RW4U than the threshold, synchr onized re cording will not take place . Because sy nchronized recor ding ca n be turne d on and o f f wh ile rec ording is tak ing pla ce, it is there fore possible to re cord with a synchronized aut omatic start, a nd a manual e nd, or vi ce vers a . When the sour[...]

TASCAM CD-RW4U 27 5 – After recording This secti on de als wi th the ac tions taken a fter re cord - ing: f inalizing for CD-R and CD-R W discs, and erase operati ons for CD-R W discs . Once f inaliz ed, CD-R discs are trul y f inal — no more ca n be re corde d on t hem. B y con trast , CD -R W di scs can be “ unf inalized ” usin g the C D-[...]

5 – After recording — Erasing 28 TASCAM CD-RW4U Erasing Unfi nalizing (desc ribed abov e) is a sp ecial ca se of erasing a disc . It is al so poss ible to e r ase a track or tra cks, st arting with the last -reco rded t rack, a whol e disc, or t o “ re fresh ” a disc. NO TE Eras e procedur es are possi ble onl y on a CD-R W disc. Eve n if a[...]

5 – After recording — Erasing TASCAM CD-RW4U 29 NO TE This ope ration cannot be undone . If y ou are g oing t o era se a disc , ma ke sure tha t it co ntains only rec ording s that y ou really w ant to eras e! If the er ase oper ation has be en selected, the wor d ERASE flashes o n the disp lay , and the timer s t arts counting down a ti me val[...]

30 TASCAM C D-RW4 U 6 – Troub leshooting 7 – Reference and specifications Dimens ional drawing Sympto m P ossib le cause an d remedy No sou nd on playback (the disc is p la ying and the time displ a y is incre menting) The co nnecti ons fro m the CD -RW4U to the a mplifie r system hav e not be en made p roperl y , or th e input sour ce selec to[...]

7 – Reference and specifications — Specifications TASCAM CD-RW4U 31 Specificati ons Specif ications and appear ance subj ect to change without not ice. Reco rding m edia t ype CD- R, CD-RW , C D-R-D A , CD- R W-DA Rec ording re solutio n 16-b it linea r Rec ording sa mpling fre quency 44.1 kHz F r equency c onv er tor input 32 kHz — 48 kHz F [...]

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