Philips CDR-778 Instructions For Use Manual Download Page 2

Philips Authorised Service Centres

To contact your nearest Philips Authorised Service Centre call 

1300-36-13-92

from anywhere in Australia.

Sydney

Canberra

Adelaide

Newcastle

Melbourne

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Perth

Brisbane

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Service is provided through 350 accredited service dealers throughout
Australia. To find out about your nearest centre, call 

1300 36 13 92

.

Please record the following information for your records and keep in a safe
place.

Model No:....................................................

Serial No:....................................................

Please retain your purchase receipt which is required

to claim service under warranty.

Philips Consumer Electronics Australia Limited
ACN 008 445 743, 3 Figtree Drive
Homebush NSW 2140

Thank-you for purchasing this quality Philips product.
Philips New Zealand Ltd guarantees this product against defective compo-
nents and faulty workmanship for a period of 12 months. Any defect in mate-
rials or workmanship occurring within 12 months from the date of purchase
subject to the following conditions will be rectified free of charge by the
retailer from whom this product was purchased.

Conditions
1. 

The product must have been purchased in New Zealand. As proof of pur-
chase, retain the original sales docket indicating the date of purchase.

2. 

The guarantee applies only to faults caused by defective components, or
faulty workmanship on the part of the manufacturer.

3. 

The guarantee does not cover failures caused by misuse, neglect, normal
wear and tear, accidental breakage, use on the incorrect voltage, use con-
trary to operating instructions, or unauthorised modification to the product
or repair by an unauthorised technician.

4. 

Reasonable evidence (in the form of a sales docket) must be supplied to
indicate that the product was purchased no more than 12 months prior to
the date of your claim.

5. 

In the event of a failure, Philips shall be under no liability for any injury, or
any loss or damage caused to property or products other than the product
under guarantee.

This guarantee does not prejudice your rights under common law and statute,
and is in addition to the normal responsibilities of the retailer and Philips.

How to claim

Should your Philips product fail within the guarantee period, please return it
to the retailer from whom it was purchased. In most cases the retailer will be
able to satisfactorily repair or replace the product.

However, should the retailer not be able to conclude the matter satisfactorily,
or if you have other diffi-culties claiming under this guarantee, please contact

The Guarantee Controller
Philips New Zealand Ltd.

4

P.O. Box 41.021

Auckland

(09) 84 94 160

fax

(09) 84 97 858

NEW ZEALAND

Guarantee and Service for New Zealand

Philips Product Warranty 

(FOR AUSTRALIA ONLY)

Warranty conditions valid for Colour Television, Video
Cassette Recorders, CD Recordable, DVD Players,
Audio Systems, and Portable Audio.

The benefits given to the purchaser by this warranty are in addition to all
other rights and remedies which the purchaser has in respect of the product
under the Trade Practices Act or other Commonwealth or State Law.

Philips Consumer Electronics warrants its products to the purchaser as 
follows and subject to the stated conditions.

12 months free service

Conditions of warranty
1.

All claims for warranty service should be made to your nearest Philips
Authorised Service Center. Reasonable evidence of date of purchase
must be provided.

2.

This warranty extends only to defects occurring under normal use of the
product when operated in accordance with the instructions.

3.

Home service within the normal service area of one of our Authorised
Service Centres will be provided for television receivers with screen
size 48cm and above. All other products are to be brought or sent to
your nearest Authorised Service Centre.

4.

This warranty does not cover:

a)

Mileage or traveling time, pickup or delivery, cost of insurance.

b)

Service costs arising from failure to correctly adjust the controls of
the product or to observe the instructions, or inspections that
reveal that the product is in normal working order.

c)

Product failures caused by misuse, neglect, normal wear and tear,
accidental breakage, transit damage, inexpert repairs or modifica-
tion by unauthorised persons, lightning strikes, vermin infestation
or liquid spillage.

d)

Cleaning of video or audio heads.

e)

Inadequate receiving antennae.

f)

Replacement of worn or used batteries, styli or other consumables.

The conditions contained in this warranty replace and override the provision
of the World-Wide Guarantee for products sold in Australia. 

AUSTRALIA

Philips product warranty for Australia

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Summary of Contents for CDR-778

Page 1: ...ecorder CDR778 Instructions for use Mode d emploi Instrucciones de manejo Instructions for use Mode d emploi Instrucciones de manejo Bedienungsanleitung Instructions for use Mode d emploi Instrucciones de manejo ...

Page 2: ... the retailer from whom it was purchased In most cases the retailer will be able to satisfactorily repair or replace the product However should the retailer not be able to conclude the matter satisfactorily or if you have other diffi culties claiming under this guarantee please contact The Guarantee Controller Philips New Zealand Ltd 4 P O Box 41 021 Auckland 3 09 84 94 160 fax 3 09 84 97 858 NEW ...

Page 3: ...3 CONTENTS English 5 Français 31 Español 57 83 English Français Enspañol ...

Page 4: ...STMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE OR OTHER UNSAFE OPERATION Es necesario que lea cuidadosamente su in struc ti vo de manejo Descripción Grabadora de CD Modelo CDR778 Alimentación 110 127 220 240 V 50 60 Hz Consumo 20 W Importador Philips Mexicana S A de C V Domicilio Norte 45 669 Col Industrial Vallejo Localidad y Tele...

Page 5: ...póliza podrá hacer efectiva su garantía con la presentación de su factura de compra ESTA POLIZA NO SE HARÁ EFECTIVA EN LOS SIGUIENTES CASOS Cuando el aparato sea utilizado en condiciones anormales y los daños o desperfectos que manifieste sean causados por mal trato descuido o mal uso Cuando el aparato no haya sido operado de acuerdo a su instructivo de uso en donde se señalan las condiciones norm...

Page 6: ...ol 14 REMOTE CONTROL Remote control commands 15 Inserting discs 15 RECORDING Remarks about recording 16 Recording modes 16 High speed recording from internal CD player 17 Listen mode recording from internal CD player 18 Manual recording from external CD player 19 Autostart recording from external CD player CD SYNC 20 Finalising CDR CDRW discs 21 Unfinalising CDRW discs 21 Erasing CDRW discs 22 PLA...

Page 7: ...ion and audio recordings This appliance may not be used for such applications This manual gives instructions for operating this CD recorder where the figures 1 throughout the text indicate a sequence of actions necessary to perform a certain operation the arrows indicate the reaction from the recorder the dots indicate remarks advice or special options within a sequence of actions The dot marked i...

Page 8: ... recording it is very important to use dust and scratch free discs To clean a CD wipe it in a straight line from the center toward the edge using a soft lint free cloth A cleaning agent may damage the disc Write only on the printed side of a CDR or CDRW and only with a soft felt tipped pen Clean the CD recorder with a soft slightly dampened lint free cloth Do not use any cleaning agents as they ma...

Page 9: ...E MENU enters Menu mode stores Menu settings CANCEL DELETE deletes tracks from a program deletes text in Menu mode returns to a higher level in the menu IR sensor receives signals from the remote control n n socket for headphones DJ MODE separate play of CD recorder deck and CD player deck REPEAT repeats play All program or track SCROLL activates scrolling of text over the display once ª DISPLAY s...

Page 10: ...ram 7 Track bar indicates tracks on a disc or in a program track in play 8 20 disc or program contains more than 20 tracks 9 PROG ram flashes during programming lights in program mode 0 REPEAT TRACK ALL lights up when a track complete disc or program is repeated SCAN lights up when the first 10 seconds of each track are played SHUFFLE plays tracks in random order CD player deck selected CD inserte...

Page 11: ...ing a disc FINALIZE CD when finalising a disc FINALIZED when trying to finalise an already finalised disc CHECK INPUT when RECORD is pressed while no digital source is detected XX XX ERASE time countdown when erasing a track or a disc XX XX FINAL time countdown when finalizing a disc PRESS RECORD to start manual recording finalizing or erasing START SOURCE to start synchronised recording from a so...

Page 12: ...puts are present Digital coaxial output CD Analogue output CD We advise you to connect these to the CD input on your amplifier The connections you make will depend upon the possibilities your audio equipment offers Please refer to the user manuals for your other audio equipment first Digital recordings optical or coaxial give the best performance in audio and usability e g auto track The digital o...

Page 13: ...ble 2 between the ANALOG OUT sockets on the CD recorder and the input sockets of an amplifier e g TAPE IN CDR or AUX Note Never use the PHONO input This connection is only required if you want to playback on the CD player deck separately from the CD recorder deck This will be the case in DJ mode 1 For separate playback on the CD player deck connect a third cable 3 not supplied between the ANALOG O...

Page 14: ...ion is only required if you want to make recordings from an external CD player with a digital optical output When connecting the Digital Optical cable make sure it is fully inserted until there is a click 1 Remove the dust caps from the digital optical connection We recommend you save the cap 2 For external recording connect a fibre optic cable 5 between the digital optical input of the CD recorde...

Page 15: ...urface Do not place the CD recorder near a source of heat or in direct sunlight Do not use the CD recorder under extremely damp conditions If the CD recorder is placed in a cabinet make sure that a 2 5 cm space remains free on all sides of the CD recorder player for proper ventilation Important Do not put the CD recorder on top of other equipment that heats up the CD recorder e g receiver or ampli...

Page 16: ...d If you insert a blank or partly recorded CDR or unfinalised CDRW the CD recorder will calibrate the disc for optimum recording During this process the display will first show INITIALIZING and then the number of audio tracks Calibration can take up to 25 seconds If a CDR W is finalised it will show CD on the display If CD text is available the TITLE ARTIST will scroll by Note Only Audio CDs will ...

Page 17: ...lay the recorded CDR disc on any regular CD player it must first be finalised See finalising discs Finalised CDRW discs play only on CDRW compatible CD players For recording from CD changers always use REC EXT DISC Your recorder offers several recording modes For recording from internal CD deck RECORD FAST high speed digital recording fast recording of a disc or programmed tracks REC LISTEN normal...

Page 18: ... High speed recording starts RECORD lights continuously To check the track number and track time press DISPLAY This can be done during recording Recording will stop automatically Note Copy prohibited tracks will be copied analogue ANALOG REC is displayed 2 To stop recording manually press STOP UPDATE lights up RECORD goes out and recording stops Minimal track length must be 4 seconds otherwise sil...

Page 19: ...usly and the selected track or program is copied at normal speed The track number and the recording time left will appear To check the track time press DISPLAY This can be done during recording Recording will stop automatically Note Copy prohibited tracks will be copied analogue ANALOG REC is displayed 2 To stop recording press STOP UPDATE lights up RECORD goes out and recording stops Minimal trac...

Page 20: ...ges Display shows _XX DB Decibel e g 3DB 6 Stop the source Start manual recording 1 To start recording press RECORDING RECORD on the CD recorder and immediately start the source from Pause or Stop mode lights continuously The track number and recording time left appear on the display If CHECK INPUT message also flashes the digital connection is incorrect To record a 3 second silence at the start o...

Page 21: ...ds of silence in analogue recordings To check the remaining recording time on the CDR W press DISPLAY This can also be done during recording The EASY JOG ENTER key can be used to adjust the recording level The recorder stops automatically 2 To stop recording manually press STOP on the CD recorder UPDATE lights up and SYNC and go out If STOP 9 was pressed within 3 seconds after pressing PLAY no rec...

Page 22: ...he disc will now be unfinalised and can be recorded on again and the Recording or Erasure mode is entered 3 You can now start recording or erasing If no further recording or erasure is required press STOP 9 Note Unfinalising will take approximately 1 minute 30 seconds When unfinalising a CDRW disc with text on it available this text will be transferred to the CD recorder memory It may occur that t...

Page 23: ... the disc is finalised CD appears on the display after inserting a CDRW in the recorder The recorder will ask you to confirm unfinalising first Confirm by pressing the EASY JOG ENTER key or ENTER on the remote control 2 Press RECORDING RECORD The display shows the total countdown time and ERASE The complete disc will be erased Erasure of a complete disc may take up to 15 seconds REM TRACK REC TIME...

Page 24: ... and lights up 2 On the deck you want to play press PLAY PAUSE 2 to start CD play 2 lights up and the track number and track time of the track in play appear on the display You can also play the two decks at the same time By pressing the CDR key or the CD key you can choose the deck you want to listen to Press DISPLAY once twice or three times to see Remaining track time total remaining time perma...

Page 25: ...e then goes to 50 times normal speed with sound muted 2 Release the button at the desired passage Play starts at the desired passage Note During Shuffle Repeat Track or Programmed play search is restricted to within the track being played at the time Only in Changer mode 1 Select Changer mode if necessary using the DJ MODE key 2 Press SHUFFLE before or during CD play to start shuffle play The trac...

Page 26: ...mming for playback steps 3 to 5 Only tracks from the disc in the CD player can be stored 3 Press RECORDING RECORD to start recording Note To review the program press PROG ram followed by 5 or 6 with the CD player or CD recorder in stop mode To add more tracks to the program repeat steps 1 to 7 If you try to store more than 99 tracks PROG FULL appears on the display Clearing a program 1 Press STOP ...

Page 27: ...ITLE CD 2 TITLE CD 3 TITLE CD n ON OFF L 100 R 100 MAIN MENU LEVEL 2 LEVEL 1 A B C D E REM TRACK REC TIME DIGITAL OPTICAL ANALOG PROG SHUFFLE REPEAT SCAN I I CD RW CHANGER SYNC MANUAL RECORD REM TOTAL ALL TRACK TIME STEP TRACK CD RW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 REM TRACK REC TIME DIGITAL OPTICAL ANALOG PROG SHUFFLE REPEAT SCAN I I CD RW CHANGER SYNC MANUAL RECORD REM TOTAL ALL TRACK T...

Page 28: ...g a character first you can insert a space between characters When an artist s name has been stored for a certain track the name will automatically be copied for the next track The name can be confirmed by pressing STORE MENU or a new name can be entered as described above 1 Press STORE MENU TEXT EDIT appears on the display 2 Rotate the EASY JOG ENTER key to select the TEXT ERASE submenu TEXT ERAS...

Page 29: ...DATE appears on the display 7 Press STORE MENU to return to the submenu or STOP 9 to exit Note If there are no discs in the memory the message MEMORY EMPTY appears on the display When the text memory of your CD recorder is full the message MEMORY FULL will appear followed by FINALIZE CD If you want to add a CD to the list of discs for which text is stored you have to erase a disc from this list or...

Page 30: ... appears on the display 3 Press EASY JOG ENTER to confirm FE and L 100 R 100 appear on the display 4 Adjust recording balance by turning the EASY JOG ENTER key Turn left the figure left F counts down right counts up Turn right the figure right E counts down left counts up 5 Press EASY JOG ENTER to confirm 6 Press STORE MENU to store settings Note The balance setting will not be stored permanently ...

Page 31: ...other disc Remote control does not work point the remote control towards the CD recorder check the batteries and replace if necessary select the correct source first Will not record clean the disc check if CDR W is an unfinalised disc check that the disc is recordable and replace if necessary the disc is not an AUDIO disc WRONG DISC wrong input source chosen Input label flashing CHECK INPUT text m...

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