Marantz CDR300 manual

Model CDR300 User Guide CD Recorder CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT KLASSE 1 LASER PRODUKT I.H.T. IEC 825 R[...]

- 2 - RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION CA UTION: T O REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER-SER VICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE REFER SER VICING T O QU ALIFIED SER VICE PERSONNEL The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated [...]

- 3 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ BEFORE OPERA TING EQUIPMENT This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and safety standards. There are, howe ver some installation and operation precautions which you should be particularly aware of. 1. Read Instructions – All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the app[...]

Specifications General System ............... Compact Disc Digital A udio (CD-D A) Number of channel s ...................................... 2 (stereo) Applicable discs .............................. CD , CD-R, CD-R W P ow er requirements ......AC100V -240V , 50/60 Hz, 21W DC .............................................................. 13.2V , 1[...]

T able of Contents - 5 - T opic page W ar nings .............................................................. 2 Safety Instr uctions ................................................ 3 Specifications ....................................................... 4 T able of Contents ................................................. 5 Introductio n .......[...]

- 6 - T able of Contents continued Introduction The CDR300 CD recording system is a CD recorder with pla yback capability . For CD recording you can: • record on CD-R or CD-R W discs • record from digital or analog sources For CD playing you can: • add (mix in) your own microphone or instrument input • connect to an amplifier/speaker system[...]

BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 PROFESSIONAL - 7 - Package contents BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER[...]

Controls, Display (top) 1 Speaker grill The built in full range speaker allows listening to a CD without having to connect to other equipment for amplification. - 8 - BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 PROFESSIONAL 1 2 3 4 2[...]

- 9 - Controls, Display (top) continued BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 PROFESSIONAL 4 a TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE 5 6 7 5 MENU/ST ORE button Push and release to enter Menu[...]

- 10 - Controls, Display (top) continued BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 PROFESSIONAL 6 TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE 8 9 1 0 8 SINGLE button Push and release to toggle Single [...]

- 11 - Controls, Display (top) continued POWER 5 Standby POWER switch Slide the Standby POWER switch to the right to tur n power on or off . POWER button on rear of unit must be ON (the red ST ANDBY STANDBY 6 ST ANDBY light ST ANDBY light (red) is lit when power is s witched off by the Standb y POWER switch on the unit or remote. light must be lit)[...]

- 12 - Controls, Display (top) continued 7 Display continued R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 OVER 1 A B TOTAL TRACK REPEAT AUTO SYNC PROGRANDOM DIGITAL STANDBY CD-RW CD TEXT TOC SYNC 14 SYNC indicator Lit when a SYNC RECORD mode is on. AU TO 13 A UT O indicator Lit when tracks are automatically being determined (by digital subcode or audio sensin[...]

- 13 - Controls, Connections (front) PHONE/SPEAKER LEVEL PHONES LINE OUT ReWritable Recordable CD PLAY / RECORD OPEN/CLOSE DIGITAL ANALOG INPUT ON OFF SPEAKER PHONE SELECTOR MIC/LINE MIX OUT LINE OUT AUX L R L + R L/R MIC/LINE PUSH MIC/LINE RIGHT PUSH LEFT INT LINE MIC LIMITER ALC REC LEVEL MANUAL ON OFF MIC/LINE ATT 1 2 3 PHONE/SPEAKER LEVEL 1 PHO[...]

- 14 - Controls, Connections (front) con- tinued PHONE/SPEAKER LEVEL PHONES LINE OUT ReWritable Recordable CD PLAY / RECORD OPEN/CLOSE DIGITAL ANALOG INPUT ON OFF SPEAKER PHONE SELECTOR MIC/LINE MIX OUT LINE OUT AUX L R L + R L/R MIC/LINE PUSH MIC/LINE RIGHT PUSH LEFT INT LINE MIC LIMITER ALC REC LEVEL MANUAL ON OFF MIC/LINE ATT 4 5 6 7 8 DIGITAL A[...]

POWER ON OFF MIX LINE AUX DIGITAL REMOTE RC-5 EXT. INT. FOOT PEDAL IN OUT IN OUT R L R L IN OUT OUT DC IN - 15 - Controls, Connections (rear) 1 MIX OUT jacks Plug Right and Left RCA audio cables in here to connect to the input of an amplifier or other external unit. Use for recording onto an e xter nal recorder . Input from MIC/LINE (or INT MIC) an[...]

POWER ON OFF MIX LINE AUX DIGITAL REMOTE RC-5 EXT. INT. FOOT PEDAL IN OUT IN OUT R L R L IN OUT OUT DC IN 9 10 Controls, Connections (rear) contin- ued POWER ON OFF 10 Power switch Push and release to turn power ON (in position). Push and release to turn power OFF (out position). Normally , to retain memor y , leav e this switch at ON and turn powe[...]

- 17 - How to Play How to Play a CD (basics) How to play BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 PROFESSIONAL 1 Connect and turn on the CDR300, see Connections (basic) on page 7. 2 Push and release the OPEN/CLOSE switch to open t[...]

- 18 - How to play continued How to select tracks Y ou can select tracks during Stop , Pla y or Pause . T ur n the SELECT control ( 5 ) to choose the track. During play wait about a second or push and release the SELECT control to switch to the beginning of that track. During Stop or Pause push Play/Pause to begin playing the selected track. SELECT[...]

- 19 - How to play continued Push and release Play/Pause. CD TEXT TRACK R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 a b c Example display: a Play symbol flashing indicates track is playing. b Example track #3 is playing c Flashing "TRA CK" indicates single track play . When the track is completed the CDR300 remains in Single track, paused at the be[...]

- 20 - How to play continued a b 3 Push Play/ Pause ( a ) to play the pro- gram. TRACK CD R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 CD PROG Example display shown. a Push Play/Pause to pause, push again to resume play from that point in the program. b Push Stop to stop. Push Play/Pause to resume play from the beginning of the program. After programming tr a[...]

- 21 - How to record your voice or instrument (basics) How to Record 10 T ur n the SELECT control so RECORD is dis- played. Then push and release the SELECT control to accept the RECORD recording mode. The display changes to: CD-RW R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 TRACK CD-RW dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 OVER R L TRACK The REC button (11) is lit [...]

How to Record a The red REC indicator and the pause indicator in the display are lit. b The red REC button is lit and flashing. BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 PROFESSIONAL SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) The SCMS co[...]

- 23 - How to Record continued Select record mode The record mode (REC mode) sets the CDR300 to expect and accept certain inputs, outputs, and other conditions such as the settings of A UT O TRACK and A UT O ST OP , and the easy av ailability of some adjust- ments such as REC LEVEL. The following descriptions will help you select the REC mode that [...]

- 24 - How to Record continued A UT O TRACK When recording with A UTO TRACK ON the CDR300 will automatically increment tracks. If A UT O TRACK is ON and the source of recording is a digital source that has tracks, such as a CD player connected to the A UX IN jacks or a source input via the DIGIT AL IN jack (CD/MD), those trac ks will be included in[...]

- 25 - How to Record continued How to adjust the MIC EQUALIZER With the CDR300 in Stop, Play/Pause, REC or REC Pause mode. BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 PROFESSIONAL 1 2 1 Push and release MENU/ST ORE. 2 T ur n the SELE[...]

- 26 - The FIL TER SELECT menu item lets you turn high pass or band pass filters on the right or left MIC/LINE inputs on or off. How to select filter s (FIL TER SELECT) F IL TER S PECIFICA TIONS Frequency FIL TER B AND P ASS HIGH P ASS OFF ON ON 20Hz 0dB -48dB -48dB 50Hz 0dB -24dB -24dB 100Hz 0dB -6dB -12dB 250Hz 0dB 0dB 0dB 500Hz 0dB 0dB 0dB 1kHz [...]

- 27 - Y ou can only erase CD-R W discs. Y ou can erase one or more trac ks from the end of the CR-RW disc , or you can er ase the entire disc. If finalized, erasing a track or the disc automatically unfinalizes the disc. Push and release ERASE • Once to select erasing the last track of the disc, • Tw i c e in succession to erase the entire dis[...]

- 28 - How to Finalize Finalizing is writing the TOC (tab le of contents) on a disc so a CD player can recognize the number of tracks, the total time for each track, and their location on the disc. A recorded disc must be finalized to pla yback on a standard CD play er . Once finalized a CD-R disc can be played on CD players that support CD-R pla y[...]

About the Remote - 29 - POWER ON OFF MIX LINE AUX DIGITAL REMOTE RC-5 EXT. INT. FOOT PEDAL IN OUT IN OUT R L R L IN OUT OUT DC IN REMOTE EXT. INT. The REMO TE EXT . INT . switch on the bac k of the CDR300 must be at INT . for the infrared remote to work. Most of the controls on the remote work identically to the control on the unit. The page number[...]

- 30 - About the Remote continued 1 ABC 2 DEF 3 GHI PROG 4 JKL 5 MNO 6 PQR TEXT 7 STU 8 VW 9 XYZ SINGLE DISPLAY 0 SPACE REPEAT CAN/DEL ENTER MEN/STO A B TR INC REC REMOTE CONTROLLER RC300CDR AMS 20 21 22 15 16 17 18 19 AMS (Automatic Search) button. Remote only . Push and release to play the first 10 seconds of each trac k. AMS 15 AMS is displayed [...]

- 31 - About CD discs The CDR300 can play CD , CD-R, or CD-R W discs and can record on CD-R or CD-RW discs . CD-R (record once) CD-R discs are only able to be recorded onto a single time but will playback in most CD players. CD-R discs can be recognized by the following logos: Recordable Recordable CD-R W (multiple recording) CD-R W discs are able [...]

tape or rental CD label with paste protruding from the edge or when a disc has a trace of such a sticky object, do not attempt to pla y the disc. The disc may be impossible to take out, or another malfunction may result. • Write only on the printed side of a CD-R or CD- - 32 - R W disc, and only with a soft felt-tipped pen. • Do not attempt to [...]

- 33 - TEXT EDIT continued The SELECT control presents the following characters in order: The _ after the 9 is recorded as a space. Consider using the infrared remote control to enter CD text. All the numbers, the space , and all upper and lower case characters are available from the remote alphanumeric keypad. TOTAL TRACK CD-R R L dB-50 -30 -22 -1[...]

- 34 - How to erase CD text The TEXT ERASE menu item lets you delete CD text that has been entered. With your unfinalized disk in the CDR drive and stopped 1 Push and release MENU/ST ORE. 2 T urn the SELECT control so TEXT ERASE is displayed. TOTAL TRACK CD-R R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 CD-RW 3 Push and release the SELECT control to confirm t[...]

- 35 - T roubleshooting W arning! Under no circumstances should you try to repair the unit yourself. That will cause a safety hazar d and void the warranty . No Power • Check that the Power switch on the back of the CDR300 is in the in ON position. • If the ST ANDBY light is lit, slide the POWER switch to the right. • Chec k that the power co[...]

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