Tascam CD-RW402 manual

CD-RW402 CD Recorder / Duplicator Professional O WNER’S MANU AL CAUTI ON: TO REDUC E THE RI SK OF ELEC TRIC SH OCK, DO NOT 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 tri angle is intended to alert t he user to th e pres- ence of [...]

2 TASCAM CD -RW40 2 Owner ’s Manual 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 approve d ex tension lead o r cons ult y[...]

TASCAM CD-RW 402 Owne r ’ s Manual 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 CD -RW402 Owne r ’ s Manual Drive 1 (CD-ROM) Optical pickup: KSS-575B Manufacturer: SONY Corporation Laser Output: : Less Than 0.4mW on the objective l ens Wavelength: 760 - 780n m Drive 2 (CD-RW) Optical pickup type : KRS-202A o r KRS-220B Manufacturer : SONY Corporation Laser output : Less than 0.1 mW (Play) and 32 mW (Record) on the o[...]

Table of Contents TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner ’ s Manual 5 1 – Introduction Supplie d accessories ........ ....... ........ ........ ....... ........ .. 7 Some notes and preca utions .................. .....7 Rack-mounting the unit .. ........... ............... ............ .. 8 Envir onmen tal conside ratio ns ........... ............... ...... 8 B[...]

Table of Contents 6 TASCAM CD-RW4 02 Own er ’ s Manual 6 – After recording Finalizing ......... ............. ............. ................. 40 Unfinali zing C D-RW discs ......... ........ ....... ........ ..... 40 Erasing ............. ............. ................... ........... 4 0 Erasin g tracks . ................ ............... ......[...]

TASCAM CD-RW4 02 Owner ’ s Manua l 7 1 – Introduction The CD-R W402 is a sophisticated twin-deck CD recordi ng and duplicatio n system. It fe ature s state- of- the-art rewrit able compac t disc technolo gy to allo w recordi ng and pla yback of a udio materi al on compac t disc media . Operatin g is b y means of the front panel , featu ring an [...]

1 – Introduction — Some no tes and precau tions 8 TASCAM CD-RW4 02 Own er ’ s Manua l Rack-mounting the unit Use the rac k-mounting kit to mount th e unit in a stan- dard 19-i nch equi pment rack , as show n belo w . Remov e the feet of the unit b efore mo unting it. See “ En vironment al co nsiderat ions ” on page 8 below for detai ls of[...]

1 – Introduction — So me notes and pr ecautions TASCAM CD-RW40 2 Owner ’ s Manual 9 disc, addition al mate rial can be recorded. The pa ck- aging of CD- R discs wil l includ e one of the foll o w- ing logos : By contras t, a CD-R W disc can be u sed in much t he same w ay as a CD-R disc, b ut the last track or tra cks recorded can be erased b[...]

1 – Introduction — Finalizin g 10 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual Additional notes with r egard to CD-R and CD-RW discs There are addi tional precauti ons that you sho uld tak e when handling CD-R and CD-R W discs, that are dif- ferent t o thos e that you should tak e when handli ng ordinary CDs. • A void touching t he recording (n on-la[...]

1 – Introd uction — About this manual TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 11 About this manual In th is manual , we use the foll owing c on venti ons: • The names of ke ys and controls a re gi ven in t he follo wing typef ace: ERASE . • When the al phanumeric porti on of the di splay sho ws a message, t his is sho wn in the follo wing typ[...]

12 TASCAM CD-RW40 2 Owner ’ s Manual 2 – Using the men u system The CD-R W402 menu system is e asy to us e, and the dif ferent opera tions that can b e performed all use the same method of working. This g e neral gui de to the way in whic h the menu system w orks on the un it will help you se t up and use your CD- R W 402 to maxi- mum adv antag[...]

2 – Using the menu system — M enus and ite ms TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 13 MENU ke y 1 only MENU ke y 2 only a. Dri ve 2 o nly b . Individual settings for each dri ve c. Dri ve 1 o nly Men u Menu item Descrip tion P arameter Default TOC ED IT DIVIDE Split s a trac k into two COMBI NE Combin es two tr ack s into o ne START Pt SET Set[...]

2 – Using the men u system — SYSTEM m enu features 14 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual SYSTEM menu features These feat ures determine the settings f or either the whole syst em, or fo r the indi vidual d ri ve on whic h the se ttings a re made. Dimmer settings Indi vidual se ttings f or eac h dri ve. The illumi natio n le vel of the display[...]

2 – Using the men u system — SYSTEM m enu features TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 15 Index display Only a vailabl e from dri ve 1 and o nly applies to dri ve 1. The inde x marks in the CD subco de can be hid den or displaye d. When inde x marks are not di splayed, the ti me dis- play will look somet hing like: 1 Tr 0:47 When inde x marks[...]

16 TASCAM CD-RW40 2 Owner ’ s Manual 3 – Features and controls Front panel 1 POWER swi t ch Use this to tur n the unit on and of f. 2 Drive 1 displa y Sho ws track and playback inform ation, et c. for dri v e 1, as we ll as the menu para mete rs an d set tings . 3 Disc tray (1) Holds th e disc for drive 1. 4 MENU key (1) Press this in or der to[...]

3 – Features and controls — Front pa nel TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 17 J ST OP k ey (1) Stops playba ck on dri ve 1. K PLA Y key (1) Starts play back on dri ve 1. L READ Y key (1) P auses pla yback on dri ve 1. M CONT PLA Y key and indicator When lit, all ows contin uous playback betwee n driv es 1 and 2 (when 1 f inishes, 2 sta rts,[...]

3 – Features and controls — Rear p anel features 18 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual Rear panel featur es Digital connections These conn ections all ha n- dle digi tal au dio I/O. k CO AXIAL INPUT and OUTPUT (DRIVE 2) These RCA connector s accept and transmit digital audio data to an d from dri ve 2 respecti vel y in SPDIF fo rmat. The IN c[...]

3 – Features and con trols — Rear panel features TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 19 dri ves. See th e Specifi cations secti on for d etails of pinouts, etc . w REMO TE IN Use this t o connect the RC- R W40 2 rem ote c ont rol un it. NO TE Never attempt to attach a ny other remote c ontrol device other tha n the RC-R W402, as d amage may b[...]

3 – Features and controls — Rear p anel features 20 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual C LOC B key Equivalent to t he LOC B key on the m ain u nit is 8 D CALL key Equi va lent to the CALL (1) key on the m ain u nit 9 . E T rack s kip ke ys These k eys are u sed for track ski p and f or changi ng jog position, e tc. F ST OP ke y Equiv a lent t[...]

TASCAM CD-RW4 02 Owner ’ s Manual 21 4 – Playback operations The follo wing opera tions expla in ho w to play bac k discs. I f an operat ion ca n be perfo rmed on only one of the dr ive s , this wil l be show n in the heading for this ope ration, for e xample “ (dri ve 1 only) ” . The CD-R W402 can b e used to pl ay back CDs (includ ing CD-[...]

4 – Playback operations — Sim ple playback op erations 22 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual T rack skip Use the MUL TI DIA L (or the tr ack ski p ke ys on the rem ote c ont rol uni t) to jump forwa rd or ba ckwa rd by one track at a time, as sho wn on the dis play . Note that going forward f rom the last track of the disc will “ wrap roun [...]

4 – Playback operation s — Using the jog function TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 23 Searching inside tracks Using the m ain unit Whil e in play or play re ady mode, pre ssing and holdin g the se arch k eys on the main unit will mo ve the playba ck position for ward s or backw ards by a smal l amount . Pressing and releasing t he k ey s w[...]

4 – Playback operations — R epeat playback 24 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual • SHUFFLE ( random tra ck order) . In this m ode, each track i s playe d once befo re the disc rep eats. Using the tr ack ski p func tio ns wi ll move bac kwa rds or forw ards th rough the ra ndom order , e.g. if tr ack 7 is follo wed by trac k 10, it is possib[...]

4 – Playback opera tions — Continuou s playback TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 25 thr ough the three r epeat modes: ALL , 1 or REPEAT . The appr opriate indicat or ( REPEA T ALL or REPEA T 1 ) light s in the di splay when a rep eat mod e is ac tive. Using the m ain unit menu system 1 Pres s the appropri ate MENU key and tur n the MUL TI [...]

4 – Playback operations — ISR C view (drive 2 only) 26 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual Setting the pitch va lue (ii) T o set t he pit ch value fro m the remo te con trol u nit : 1 Pres s either of th e PITCH + or – keys on the remot e contr ol unit when dri ve 1 is not in menu mode. NO TE The pitch changes m ade in this way (or on t he m[...]

4 – Playback operation s — Incremental play TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 27 The options here ar e OFF , – 72 dB , – 66dB , – 60dB , – 54dB , – 48dB , – 42dB , – 36dB , – 30dB and – 24dB . 4 Push the MU L TI DIA L . Whe n the funct ion is on, the A-CUE display i ndicator is lit . Incr emental play Increment al play bac[...]

4 – Playback operations — TOC Ed iting (drive 1 on ly) 28 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual Combining tracks This allo ws the combinat ion of a track with t he tra ck immediatel y before i t . It cannot th erefore be used when the pl ayback position i s any where in the f irst track, as t here is no pre vious track (t he disp lay sho ws POIN[...]

4 – Playback operations — TOC E diting (driv e 1 only) TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 29 Redefining the end point It may be us eful to end the playbac k of a tr ack at a dif fer ent point from the one mark ed b y the track boundary ( a v oiding a messy end ing, or sound recorded after the end o f the tak e, etc.). 1 Set th e po int at wh[...]

30 TASCAM CD-RW40 2 Owner ’ s Manual 5 – Recording Before you start recordi ng using t he CD-R W40 2, make sur e that you understand the f ollo 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 ordabl e disc. Once finalize d, a CD-R disc is “ f[...]

5 – Recording — Basic recordin g TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 31 Frequency conversion The samplin g frequenc y for CDs is 44.1 kHz . The CD-R W402 wil l alw ays record (and play back) CDs at this frequency . Howe ve r , if record ing thr ough a d igital c onnect ion (either coaxial or opt ical) and the s ource has been recorded at a fr[...]

5 – Recording — Basic rec ording 32 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual Playing back tracks Although an unfinali zed disc c annot b e played ba ck on an ordi nary CD playe r or on dri ve 1, driv e 2 can play back t racks th at hav e been recorded. Use the MU L TI DIA L or the SKIP keys to select a track for playback. Time displa y while r ecor[...]

5 – Recording — Synchr onize d record ing TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 33 When the fade-o ut has f inished, the display sho ws Disc F ull!! for a f ew sec onds, and th e unit then goes into st op mode (the displa y shows PM A Writ ing ). If the di sc is a CD-R W , the fi nal tra ck can be er ased, if requi red (see “ Erasi ng tracks [...]

5 – Recording — S ynchroniz ed re cording 34 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual The condit ions under which sy nchronized recor ding stops ar e: • the s ound lev el drops be lo w the threshol d le vel for the ti me set by t he Sy nc En d Time fu nctio n ( “ Add- ing e xtra time at the en d of a reco rding ” on page 35 ): If you set the [...]

5 – Reco rding — Automatic track division TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 35 Adding extra time at the end of a recording If the materi al being recorded from an analog source ends v ery quietl y (it drops below th e trigger lev el fo r some ti me before t he act ual end of the pi ece), the CD-R W402 may ent er record ready bef ore th e ac[...]

5 – Recording — Automatic track division 36 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual 5 Tu r n t h e MUL TI DIAL to change t he A_TRAC K value be tween ON and OFF. 6 Pres s the MUL TI DIA L to make the set ting a nd leave the m enu . Th e A-TRA CK indi cato r show s in th e di spla y whe n th e fun ction is a ctive. Automatic t r ack di vision can b[...]

5 – Rec ordi ng — Rec mute func tio n TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 37 “ T rimming ” the increme nt time It is al so pos sible to m ov e the track incr ement time backwar d s and for wards by up t o 125 frames either before or after t he recei ved track d i vision signals (in the same w ay as for sync r ecording as desc ribed i n ?[...]

5 – Recording — Copy-pr otectio n 38 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual T o perform a fa de-in: 1 With a recorda ble d isc l oade d, p ress the RECORD key so t hat the uni t enters re cord rea d y m o d e . 2 Star t th e so urce ma teria l, a nd p ress the FA D E R key . As th e fad e prog resses, the m onit ored s igna l gradually bec om es [...]

5 – Recording — Index o perations TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 39 Index operations Many C Ds c ont ain i ndex i nform at ion as sub -tra ck di visions, often i n classi cal musi c to mark sc ene di vi- sions in opera or the be ginning of instrumental pa s- sages, et c. The CD-R W402 also s upport s inde xes, and allo ws you to carry ou[...]

40 TASCAM CD-RW40 2 Owner ’ s Manual 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 e rase operati ons for CD-R W discs. NO TE This section refe rs to drive 2 only . Finalizing an d erase operations ar e only possible on drive 2 of the C D- RW402. Once f i nali[...]

6 – After recording — Erasing TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 41 Erasing tracks It is po ssibl e to eras e the las t recorded trac k, the las t two re cord ed tra cks, the la st th ree recor ded tr ack s, etc. It is not, ho we ver , p ossible t o erase t racks in the “ middle ” of the di sc. 1 Wi th the disc loaded, and the unit in st[...]

42 TASCAM CD-RW40 2 Owner ’ s Manual 7 – CD TEXT When disc s contain ing CD TEXT ar e played ba ck on the CD-R W402, you can vie w titles of discs and of artist s (as exp lained i n “ T ime displa y modes ” on page 21). In addit ion, dri ve 2 allows you to record your o wn disc and t rack tit les a nd artis ts onto r ecordable discs . Each [...]

7 – CD TEXT — Entering titles TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 43 Entering chara cters using an e xternal keyboar d NO TE Always co nnect and discon nect the keyboa rd with the power to the C D -RW40 2 turned OFF . There is a risk of damag e to the CD -RW402 if this connect ion is ma de or broken with th e power turned on. Set th e keyboa [...]

44 TASCAM CD-RW40 2 Owner ’ s Manual 8 – Copying d iscs Copying d iscs is a slig htly dif ferent p rocess fr om recordin g discs. Here are a fe w of the dif ferences bet ween putting a disc in dr i ve 1 and reco rding it on dri ve 2, and mak- ing a cop y of it using the CD- R W402. • Copying a disc can tak e place at up to four times real spe[...]

8 – Copying d iscs — Disc co pying TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 45 Disc copying and DAO The CD-R W402 allows both disc copy ing and dis c- at-once (D A O) cop ying. Th e main dif ferences betwee n these tw o operations a re explaine d here: Disc cop ying This oper ation allo ws the co pying of audio discs (ISO 966 0 discs are c opied a[...]

8 – Copying d iscs — Progra m co py 46 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual If a recordabl e disc with n ot enough space to hold the contents of the source disc is used, the displ ay shows Not enough . If drive 1 is in sh uffle mode, the displ ay shows PLA Y MODE!. If dri ve 1 is in prog rammed p layback mode , the program copy is a v ailable, [...]

8 – Copying discs — A-B copyin g TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 47 Disc compare As w ell as the a utom ati c com pare o per ation fol low- ing a cop y as exp lained abo ve, it i s also po ssible t o compare tw o final ized CD-R OMs at an y time. 1 Wi th the f inalized disc in drive 2 and the original in dri ve 1, p ress DISC COPY . Displ[...]

8 – Copying d iscs — A-B Excluded c opy 48 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual The driv e 2 di splay sho ws E xclRHS L> . This allows a previ ew of the materi al immedi ately bef ore point A, i mmediatel y f ollowed by the material f ollo wing point B (in othe r word s, a pre view of the “ jo in ” ). 6 T o re hearse the copy , turn the [...]

TASCAM CD-RW4 02 Owner ’ s Manual 49 9 – External control PC keyboar d A PS/2 ke yboard can be a ttached t o the CD-R W402 for tit ling pur poses, as expl ained abo ve ( “ Enteri ng charact ers using an external ke yboard ” on page 43) . The same ke yboard can al so be used as a remo te con - trol de vice for s i mple cont rol of the two dr[...]

9 – External control — PC keybo ard 50 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual Keyboar d template Y ou may f ind it u seful to m ake a copy of this page , cut o ut th e tem plate s be low and att ach th em to the ke yboard you use to c ontrol th e CD-R W402.[...]

9 – Exte rn al co ntro l — CONTROL I/O TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 51 CONTROL I/ O This co nnec tor allows f or r emot e c ont rol by suit ably- equipped u nits, and pro vides tally in formation to such un its. The total curr ent of pin 6 (+5 V) and pin 8 mus t be less tha n 100 mA. Input si gnals a re acti ve when grounde d for a t l[...]

52 TASCAM CD-RW40 2 Owner ’ s Manual 10 – Specifications, etc. This sect ion gi ves t he spe cif ications of th e unit, as well as i nformatio n on error messages , etc. Error messages and tr oubleshooting The messages below do not indicate an error, but are status messages which show the current operations being performed on the appr opriate d[...]

10 – Specifications, etc. — Sp ecifications TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 53 Specificati o ns Drive 1 Drive 2 CopyReadErr ! There is an error in readi ng the sour ce dis c in a copy operation . TEXT F ULL! The te xt b uff er f or CD TEXT is f ull. No more can b e ente red. POINT E RROR! An error has been m ade when attemp ting to us e t[...]

10 – Specifications, etc. — S pecifications 54 TASCAM CD- RW402 Owner ’ s Ma nual Digital I/O Analog I/O Control Digi tal in puts ( dri ve 2 on ly) CO AXIAL RCA pin , IEC -60958 TYPE I, TYPE II — auto-detec t OPTICAL T OSLINK, IE C-60958 TY PE I, TYPE II — aut o-detec t Digi tal o utputs ( dr ives 1 and 2 ) CO AXIAL RCA pin , IEC -60958 T[...]

10 – Specifications, etc. — Sp ecifications TAS CAM CD -RW402 Own er ’ s Manual 55 General specifications Dimensional drawing V o ltage re quir ements US A/Can ada 120 V AC , 60 Hz U .K./Eu rop e 230 V A C, 5 0 Hz Australia 240 V AC , 50 Hz P ower cons umptio n 100 V — 120 V: 34 W , 220 V — 240 V : 39 W Applic able electro magn etic envir[...]

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