Sony CC-222 manual

CC-222 CD Recorder/Ca ssette De ck O WNER’S MANU AL CAUTI ON: TO REDUC E THE RI SK OF ELEC TRIC SHOCK, DO NO T REM OVE CO VER (OR BA CK). NO U SER-SERV ICEABLE PART S INSIDE. REF ER SERVICING TO QUA LIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The ex clamatio n point within a n equi lateral triangle is inte nded to alert t he user to th e pres- ence of impo rtant o[...]

2 TASCAM CC -222 Own er’s Manua l 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 su itable 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 approve d ex tension lead o r cons ult y o[...]

TASC AM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual 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 and ope rating instr uctions shoul d be read be fore th e product i s operat ed. 2) Retain Instructions —[...]

4 TASCAM CC -222 Owner ’ s Ma nual Optical pickup : Type : KRS -202A o r KRS-220B Manufacturer : SONY Corporation Laser output : Less than 0. 1 mW (Play) and 32 mW Laser output : (Reco rd) on the objective lens Wavelength : 777 - 7 87 nm SAFETY INFORMAT ION This product h as been designed and man ufactured accordi ng to FD A regulations "tit[...]

Table of Contents TASCAM CC- 222 Owner ’ s Man ual 5 1 – Introduction Supplie d accessories ........ ....... ........ ........ ....... ........ .. 6 Some notes and preca utions .................. .....6 Rack-mounting the unit .. ........... ............... ............ .. 7 Envir onmen tal conside ratio ns ........... ............... ...... 7 B[...]

6 TASCAM CC-222 Owner ’ s M anual 1 – Int ro duc tion The CC-222 provi des you with an adv anced syst em for the r ecording and playback of digital comp act discs and analog cassett es, providin g easy duplica- tion f acilit i es in bot h directions, a nd combin ing th e most adv anced technolog y in both f ields. Additiona l audi o units, bot [...]

1 – Introduction — So me notes and pr ecautions TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Manual 7 Rack-mounting the unit Use the ra ck-mounting ki t to mount t he unit in a stan - dard 19-i nch equipment rac k, as sho wn belo w . Remo ve the feet of the unit bef ore mounting it . See “ E n vi ronm enta l con sider atio ns ” on page 7 be lo w for deta ils[...]

1 – Introduction — Finalizin g 8 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual For the auto m atic t ape se lecti on functi on to work properly , metal and high posi tion (cob alt) tap es must hav e the appropr iate identif ication h oles. Note that T ype I (normal), T ype II (high- position/ chrome) and T ype IV ( metal) t apes can be played back. Recor [...]

1 – Introduction — Finalizin g TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Manual 9 Handling of compact discs Observ e the follo wing: • Alwa ys place compact di scs in t he tray wit h their label f acing upwar d (compac t discs c an only be played on one side). • T o remo v e a disc fr om its s torage c ase, press do wn on the center of the case, and lift [...]

1 – Introduction — About this manual 10 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual NO TE Never use a disc tha t has had a stabili zer mounted to it. The residual a dhesive may cau s e the disc to stick to th e mechanism of the CC-2 22. If it sticks to the me chanism, you w ill need a techn ician to get it out . Recommended media An up-to-da te list of [...]

TASCAM CC -222 Owner ’ s Manua l 11 2 – Features and con trols This is not a compre hensiv e explana t ion of t he mean - ing an d functio ns of all of the contr ols. These a re describ e d more compre hensi vely in oth er parts of the manual, b ut this sect ion provide s a bri ef remind er of the funct ions p rov ided b y these control s. 1 P [...]

2 – Features and controls — Rear p anel features 12 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual M OPEN/CLOSE ke y Opens and close s the disc tra y . N DISPLA Y key Changes the ti me display for the disc recording and playback. O FINALIZE key Used wh en fina lizing reco rd- able dis cs. P ERASE key Used when era sing data from CD-R W discs. Q SYNC REC ke[...]

2 – Features and con trols — Remote con trol features TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 13 g DIGIT AL CO AXIAL (INPUT and OUTPUT) jac ks These RCA jacks accept ( INPUT ) and transmit ( OUTPUT ) SPD IF di gita l audio dat a to an d from the d i sc recor der . Digital audio d ata recei ved can be at any sampling frequenc y between 32 kHz and 48 k[...]

2 – Features and controls — Remote control features 14 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual E FA D E R k e y U sed t o perf orm a utom ated fade- in and f ade-out when reco rding to d isc. The time is s et using menu it ems. F PLA Y MODE key All ows the se lection of either n ormal, sing le, pro grammed or ra ndom play- back. G INTR O CHECK Allo [...]

TASCAM CC -222 Owner ’ s Manua l 15 3 – Cassette operations Note the fo llowing w hen load ing t ape s: 1 Use y our fing er or a pencil to t ur n the ca s- sette' s hub and tak e up any slack ta pe. NO TE A void touching the tape. Fingerprints attract dust a nd dirt. 2 Pres s the EJ ECT key to o pen the cass ette compartment doo r . 3 Load[...]

3 – Cassette opera tions — Recordin g operations 16 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual Recording operations NO TE CAUTION Recording pre-recorded tapes, records, or other pub- lishe d or broadcast material may infring e copyri ght laws. Check be fore recor ding. 1 With the powe r on, set the REV MODE switch . If y ou want to make a bi -dir ectio[...]

3 – Cassette o perations — Recording tapes from the PHONO deck TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 17 The dubbin g stops when pla yback reaches t he end of the CD, or whe n the tape reache s the end o f its ru n (one side in the case of single -sided ( u ) reverse mode, bot h sides i n the j re verse mod e), w hich - e ver comes f irst. Note that[...]

3 – Cassette opera tions — Other recording features 18 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual Pres s STOP (cassett e deck) to stop t he reco rding. The STOP k ey is the only k ey which is ena bled during phono r ecordin g. After the phono re cording has fini shed, the original tape si gnal sour ce is r estored. NO TE It is not possible to p erform [...]

3 – Cassette operatio ns — Other tape fu nctions and fe ature s TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 19 Fast forwar d and r ewind The REW and FF WD keys (a nd the ir re mote con trol equi valen t s) act a s ordinary f ast forw ard and re wind ke ys when pressed when the unit is sto pped or paused . Sear ch keys When the uni t is playing bac k, the[...]

20 TASCAM CC-222 Owner ’ s Manu al 4 – CD player The CC-222 can be used t o play back CDs (i ncluding CD-R and CD-R W discs that ha ve been recor ded and fi nalized on ot her types of r ecorder), as well as CD-R discs and C D-R W discs that h ave bee n recorde d on the unit. Simple playback oper ations 1 Press the OPEN/CLOSE key to open the d i[...]

4 – CD player — P layback modes TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 21 2 T o play a trac k whose number i s higher than 9, p ress the +10 key an appr opriate number of tim es to set t he “ tens ” di git o f the t rac k number , fol lowed by a single key to set th e “ units ” di git. F or example: T rack 13 = +10 , 3 T rack 30 = +10 , +1 0[...]

4 – CD player — R epeat play 22 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual Clear the p r ogram b y pressing PLA Y MO DE until th e display s ho ws Co nti nue . The program is als o cleared whe n the disc tray is opene d, and if th e ST OP ke y is pressed when p l ayback is stopped in pro- grammed order mode. The programmed play order is not memor i zed[...]

4 – CD player — Auto s pacing TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 23 Au to spac ing This func tion inse rts a gap of abo ut four seconds between tr acks on playback . This can be usef ul when recordi ng to t ape, so tha t auto matic s earching can take p l ace more e asily on tapes r ecorded f rom disc (see “ Sear ch keys ” on page 19). NO TE[...]

24 TASCAM CC-222 Owner ’ s Manu al 5 – Rec ordi ng CDs Before you start re cording using t he CC-222, mak e sure that you und erstand t he fol lo wing ke y points: • Once you ha ve recor ded on a CD-R d i sc, the da ta cannot be erase d from it. • Y ou can add t racks to an unfinal ized rec ordable disc. Once f i nalize d, a CD-R disc is ?[...]

5 – Recording CDs — Basic recording TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 25 being pla yed back at a non- standa rd spee d using a va rispeed unit ( more tha n 1% aw ay from the stan- dard), the CC-222 ’ s internal fr equenc y con v erte r will automatic ally con vert the incoming fr equenc y to 44.1 kHz. NO TE If digital d irect is selected , as[...]

5 – Recording C Ds — Basic recordin g 26 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual Playing back tracks Although an unfinali zed disc c annot b e played ba ck on an ordinary CD playe r , the CC-222 can play back tracks t hat ha ve been recor ded. Use the MU L TI DI AL c ontrol or the SKIP keys to select a track for pl ayback . Time displa y while r eco[...]

5 – Recording CDs — Dubbing from tape to disc TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 27 If the d isc is a CD-R W , the f inal track c an be eras ed, if requi red ( see “ Erasi ng track s ” on pa ge 35) and t he disc the n f inaliz ed. If the disc is a CD-R, it must be finali zed pr ior to use (see “ Finali zing ” on pa ge 34). Dubbin g from [...]

5 – Recording C Ds — Advanced reco rding 28 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual remot e contr ol unit). Pr epar e to play the reco rd on the exter nal r ecord player . 3 Pres s the PH ONO key . The input cha nges to the RIAA PHONO input (the INPUT 1 PHONO indicator lights on the dis play) , and the di sc reco rder enters record r eady m ode. 4 S[...]

5 – Recording CDs — Advanced recording TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 29 Using the tr igger level The condi tions under whi ch an input signal is us ed as the tri gger to start recording ar e: • when recor ding digitall y , a digit al st art signa l is detecte d, and audio is subsequent ly detected or • the sound lev el ri ses abo ve the[...]

5 – Recording C Ds — Advanced reco rding 30 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual If the “ noise fl oor ” is hi gher than t he thres hold, s yn- chronize d recor ding will not tak e place (b ut re mem- ber that synch ronized r ecordi ng is not recommended with the PH ONO mode — see “ Recording t o disc from the RI AA PHONO inputs ” on pa[...]

5 – Recording CDs — Advanced recording TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 31 Automatic track di vision The trigg er lev el, as set abo ve ( “ Synchroni zed reco rding ” on page 3 0) can als o be use d to di vide tracks i f the A-TRA CK (auto tr ack) f unction i s enabled. Whe n thi s fu nctio n i s ena ble d, th e un it a utom atica lly inse[...]

5 – Recording C Ds — Advanced reco rding 32 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual Digital direct As mentioned earlier , the digi tal dire ct mode byp asses some of the input cir c uitry o f the CC-222 (the fre quency con vertor a nd the di gital le vel contro l) to wr ite di rect ly to t he d isc. T o enab le or dis able digital d irect re cording[...]

5 – Record ing C Ds — Copy-protection TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 33 The fad e-in and f ade-out times ca n be reset to ne w va lues while recor ding is in progr ess. Fades are also possib le in d igital direc t mode ( “ Digi- tal d irect ” on page 32) . Copy-protection The CC-222 al lows cop y-protection t o be ap plied to the disc s [...]

34 TASCAM CC-222 Owner ’ s Manu al 6 – After recording This sec tion d eal s wi th the acti ons ta ken a fter recor d- 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 truly f i nal — no more can be rec orded o n them. By cont rast, CD-R W discs can be “ unfinaliz ed ” u[...]

6 – After recording — Erasing TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 35 Erasing tracks It is po ssibl e to eras e the l ast reco rded t rack, the last two re cord ed tra cks, the la st th ree recor ded tr ack s, etc. It is not, ho w e v er , possible t o erase t r acks in the “ middle ” of the di sc. 1 Wi th the disc loaded, and the unit in stop[...]

6 – After recording — Erasing 36 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual If y ou do not want to pr oceed with the ref r esh operati on, press any o ther key (such as the ST OP key) . NO TE This opera tion cannot be und one. If you are go ing to refresh a disc, make sure that it contains only recordings that you really want to erase! If the r efresh [...]

TASCAM CC -222 Owner ’ s Manua l 37 7 – Reference and specificatio ns T r oublesho oting Symptom P ossible ca use and remed y No p o we r wh en PO WER is press ed The power cord is not in ser ted prop erly . Check and co rrect this. Hum on pl a yba ck A u dio c onnec tions no t mad e proper l y . Check the connec tions No aud io output The e xt[...]

7 – Reference and specification s — Menu items 38 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual Menu items The follo wing ar e the menu i tems th at can be set using the MEN U key . Th e maj ority of th em affect disc rec ording. Pressing t he MENU key repeatedl y cy cles th rough the men u item s. N ot every menu item is available in ev ery situat ion (f[...]

7 – Reference and specification s — Specificatio ns TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 39 Specificati o ns CD recor der section Cassette recorder section Reco rding m edia type CD-R , CD-RW , CD-R DA , CD-RWDA Recording r esolutio n 16-bit linear Reco rding sa mpl ing freq uency 44.1 k Hz F re quenc y respo nse 20 Hz — 20 kHz (playback ±0.5 d[...]

7 – Reference and specification s — Specificatio ns 40 TASCAM CC-22 2 Owner ’ s Man ual Phono input and headphones General spec ifications LINE INPUTS 2 Unba lanced RC A Nomi nal inpu t lev e l Nominal input l e vel 0.28V ( – 11 dBV) Inpu t impe dance 50 k Ω LINE OUTPUTS 2 Unba lanced RC A Nomi nal outp ut lev el 0.46 V ( – 6.7 dB V) Ou[...]

7 – Reference and spec ifications — Dim ensional drawing TASCAM C C-222 Owner ’ s Manual 41 Dimensional drawin g T ape maint enance The heads a nd tape path should be cleaned and demagnetiz ed periodica lly . Cleaning the tape path Apply head clea ning fluid t o a cot ton b ud or soft clot h, and li ghtly ru b the heads, capst an and all meta[...]

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