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Safety .........................................

Getting Started ..........................

Location and Function of Parts

Discs ..........................................

Recording ..................................

Operations on the Disc’s TOC

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Playback ....................................

Control Terminal Functions

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Setup Menu Operations ............

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2-347-284-11(1)

 2000 Sony Corporation

CDR-W33

Operating Instructions

Compact Disc Recorder

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Thank you very much for purchasing this Sony product.
Sony products are designed with safety in mind. If electrical
products are used incorrectly, however, there is a risk of death
or serious injury, so be sure to obey the following to avoid
accidents.

Recordable

Summary of Contents for CDR-W33

Page 1: ...2 5 6 9 10 18 23 27 28 29 2 347 284 11 1 2000 Sony Corporation CDR W33 Operating Instructions Compact Disc Recorder TABLE OF CONTENTS Thank you very much for purchasing this Sony product Sony products are designed with safety in mind If electrical products are used incorrectly however there is a risk of death or serious injury so be sure to obey the following to avoid accidents Recordable ...

Page 2: ...rference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Con...

Page 3: ...le keyboard with a PS 2 interface instead of using the supplied remote control Precautions On safety Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet unplug the recorder and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further Caution The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard On power sources Before operating the recorder check that the oper...

Page 4: ...cessing Settings 14 Synchro recording with a Sony CD Player CD Synchro recording 17 Digital Recording Without Sampling Rate Converter 17 Operations on the Disc s TOC Area Finalizing FINALIZE 18 Adding Track Name and Disc Name NAME 18 Setting Skip Unskip Tracks 20 Unfinalizing 21 Erasing Tracks TRACK ERASE 22 Erasing All Tracks DISC ERASE 22 Playback Playing a Disc 23 Switching Display During Playb...

Page 5: ...batteries are leaking wipe clean the battery holder and then replace with new batteries When using the remote control do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or a lighting apparatus Doing so may cause a malfunction Connections Connection Precautions Before making connections turn OFF the power supply to all devices Insert all plugs firmly as an improper connection may cause hum and nois...

Page 6: ...hen a CD RW is detected ERASE button Press to erase tracks whole discs or to unfinalize FINALIZE button and FINALIZE indicator Press to finalize When a finalized disc is inserted the indicator is lit Display window Shows the status of the CD recorder DISPLAY button Press to switch between disc information and track time information Z OPEN CLOSE button Press to open and close the disc tray M Fast f...

Page 7: ...nnect to the analog output terminal of a mixer or playback device 2 Analog output terminal Connect to the analog input terminal of a mixer amplifier or recorder 3 Digital optical input terminal Connect to the optical digital output terminal of a digital device Compatible with consumer digital audio interface format 4 Digital optical output terminal Connect to the optical digital input terminal of ...

Page 8: ...ts using the NUM and CHAR buttons CD SYNC STOP START STANDBY By connecting a Sony CD player you can make recording easily The remote operates both the CD player and the CD recorder so install the CD player and CD recorder close together 9 STOP button Press to stop CD Synchro recording 0 START button Press to start CD Synchro recording STANDBY button Press to enter standby for CD Synchro recording ...

Page 9: ...an add additional recordings but after a disc is finalized further recording is disabled Consequently perform finalizing after completing recordings to the disc CD R Discs Until a CD R disc is finalized it cannot be played on a CD player By finalizing a CD R disc can be played on a CD player as well as on this CD recorder Unfinalized CD R discs can be played on the CD recorder regardless CD RW Dis...

Page 10: ... terminal 4 Adjusting the recording level During recording and when in recording standby mode the input signal level is displayed in the level meter so you can adjust the recording level Refer to page 12 Adjusting the Recording Level Recording 5 Press the H or X button Recording will start and the recording time will be displayed N REC will be displayed 6 Start play on the input device To stop rec...

Page 11: ...ly 5 seconds after recording has finished Maximum Number of Tracks that can Be Recorded on a Disc Depending on the CD specifications you can record a maximum of 99 tracks on the CD R RW disc Even if there is still space to record more on the disc you cannot exceed 99 tracks When the 99th track is being recorded you cannot pause recording by pressing the X button Stop the recording by pressing the ...

Page 12: ...input signal a monitor output During input monitoring if an analog input is selected AD DA will be displayed If a digital input is selected DA will be displayed Marking Track Numbers while Recording Track Marking There are two methods of adding track numbers Manual track marking in which you can add track numbers to suit your own timing and auto track marking which adds track numbers automatically...

Page 13: ...ck numbers are added when the signal sinks below the threshold for approximately 3 seconds and then rises above the threshold level again Set the threshold level using L Sync Level in the Setup menu For Setup menu details refer to page 28 Setup Menu Operations Digital Inputs When recording a CD MD or DAT track numbers are added according to changes in the track number sound source If recording a d...

Page 14: ...ts by creating in the noise shaping filter frequency characteristics that take account of human auditory characteristics In this way although called 16 bit data you can record the detailed sound quality on the original 24 bit data without degradation In addition SBM function operates during recording so discs recorded using SBM processing reproduce the same sound quality when played on other CD pl...

Page 15: ...tions Parameters and Variable Ranges Bass frequency 50 Hz to 1 kHz Bass level 6 0 dB to 6 0 dB Mid frequency 100 Hz to 10 kHz Mid level 6 0 dB to 6 0 dB Mid width Narrow Mid Wide Treble frequency 1 kHz to 12 5 kHz Treble level 6 0 dB to 6 0 dB z Setting the band level parameter to high on the side may cause the signal level to rise to the clip level internally resulting in the sound warping If thi...

Page 16: ... When ratio 100 Using Digital Limiter Effectively 1 Convert the signal to high level When setting the analog input recording level basically set the REC LEVEL control so that hard clipping does not occur in the greatest part of the level during A D conversion Even so this may result conversely in the entire level being too low If this is the case when using the digital limiter raise the low record...

Page 17: ...position Note that with analog inputs the CD recorder will continue to record even if CD playback has stopped To pause synchro recording press the CD SYNC STANDBY button on the remote To restart recording press the CD SYNC START button The track number will change at the point where the recording was paused You can also use the CD player remote during CD synchro recording Press the STOP button to ...

Page 18: ...can be played on ordinary CD players when they have been finalized but you cannot change the disc status such as adding additional tracks CD RW discs can be played on CD RW compatible CD players when they have been finalized You can later add or delete tracks on CD RW discs by unfinalizing i e undoing the finalizing them Once finalizing has started it cannot be stopped Finalizing takes approximate...

Page 19: ...ote 1 Press the NAME button 2 Select whether you want to enter the disc name or track number Press the button and button to make the selection and then press the YES button 3 Enter the name You can make the selection using the button button m button and M button in the same way as the main CD recorder but you can also enter the alphabet directly using the remote using the following procedure Selec...

Page 20: ...tatus 5 Repeat steps 2 to 4 to enter the desired track and disc name 6 Finally press the MENU NO button to quit the name input setup menu screen Setting Skip Unskip Tracks CD R CD RW When playing a CD R RW disc that you have recorded you can skip tracks to which you do not want to listen The skip function is determined by the CD R RW specifications and can be written on the disc Discs that have be...

Page 21: ...nskip have been used you cannot make additional settings CD RW DISC There are no limits to the number of times you can write to the PMA but the maximum number of skip settings is 21 tracks Unfinalizing CD RW You can restore CD RW disc to the status they were immediately before the disc was finalized This operation is called unfinalizing You cannot add further recordings or delete tracks from a fin...

Page 22: ...ay stops flashing erasing is complete z The names of the erased tracks will also be erased at the same time If you have selected to erase all tracks the disc name will also be erased Erasing All Tracks DISC ERSE CD RW You can delete all the tracks currently written to a CD RW disc and reuse the disc This operation is possible regardless of whether or not the disc has been finalized You cannot stop...

Page 23: ...stop and the tray will open so you can remove the disc z You may become disable disc removal during play In the Setup menu select Z mode Refer to page 28 Setup Menu Operations for details Switching Display During Playback Pressing the DISPLAY button during recording changes the display window as follows It the track title is stored on the disc in CD text compatible format the title will be display...

Page 24: ...laying Turn ON and OFF the function by pressing the A PAUSE button When Auto Pause is ON play automatically pauses at the start of a track and Auto Pause is displayed When Auto Pause is OFF play does not pause at the start of a track and continues to play the next track normally Playing Tracks Repeatedly Repeat Play Cycle between the following by pressing the REPEAT button Normal play n Repeat all...

Page 25: ... time Lower line display Track numbers in program order 3 Press the AMS control to confirm The display returns to next program track selection 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to set the desired program 5 Press the YES button or wait 20 seconds for the display to automatically quit setting mode Press the CLEAR button in program mode to delete the last track from the program Press the CHECK button in program...

Page 26: ...ng Music Scan You can set the music scan time from 6 to 14 seconds using M ScanTime in the Setup menu screen For details refer to page 28 Setup Menu Operations Playing Tracks in Random Order Shuffle Play You can play all tracks on the disc in random order 1 Press the SHUFFLE button The CD recorder will enter shuffle play mode and SHUF will be displayed in the display window 2 Press the H button To...

Page 27: ...nal devices other than the supplied remote control to system controller which is equipped with a CTRL S terminal Controllable Functions You can control all the same functions as with the remote control When the remote is plugged into the control S terminal the infrared sensor is disabled Keyboard Terminal Installing a Keyboard You can use any keyboard that is IBM PC AT or compatible with a PS 2 in...

Page 28: ...fadeout time during recording Set bass equalizer frequency Set bass equalizer level Set middle equalizer frequency Set middle equalizer level Set middle equalizer bandwidth Set treble equalizer frequency Set treble equalizer level Set limiter ratio effective ratio Set recording not to use sampling rate encoder SRC during 44 1 kHz digital input recording Set whether to leave level meter peak maximu...

Page 29: ...emove the disc and leave the CD recorder to stand with the power supply turned ON for 1 hour and then turn OFF the power and ON again before using the CD recorder normally If normal operation is not restored even after several hours consult the Sony Service Center Disc Handling Precautions Handling Discs Do not touch the signal surface the side without characters or printing with your fingers and ...

Page 30: ...neous To rackmount The unit can be mounted on EIA 19 inch rack Move the four feet away and mount it on the rack To move them away pull out the plastic pins piercing them then feet will be removed 364 88 8 430 482 Unit mm 265 195 41 12 13 ...

Page 31: ...al type Pin jack 2 Pin jack 1 Square connector jack 1 Phone jack Output level Max 8 dBu 0 5 Vp p Rated output 18 dBm optical wavelength 660 nm 0 to 10 mW variable level Impedance more than 10kΩ 75Ω 32Ω Output Terminals 0 dBu 0 775 V Terminal name Control S IN KEYBOARD Terminal type Mini jack 1 Mini Din 6P 1 Control Terminals Power requirements Where purchased Power requirements U S A and Canada 12...

Page 32: ...cordingon a disc Is the recording level set too low Refer to page 12 Adjusting the Recording Level Are you trying to record on a recordable disc The recorded data does not stay on the disc If the power supply is turned OFF during recording or while PMA Writing is displayed writing to the PMA area will be incorrect and the recording disabled Refer to page 11 Rcording Precautions Cannot add track nu...

Page 33: ...corded CD is play only so recording is not possible or REC MUTE has been set at the start of the unrecorded tracks CD is play only or is a CD R tracks cannot be erased Playing an unrecorded disc or a disc on which all tracks have been set to skip Signal is not consumer digital audio format Power supply is turned OFF to the recording source or is not correctly connected Auto pause function is ON an...

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