Sony PCM-R300, Operating Instructions Manual

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Getting Started
Getting Started
Hooking Up the System
This section describes how to hook up your deck to an
amplifier, CD player, MD deck, or other audio
components. Be sure to turn off the power to each
component before making the connections.
IN
ANALOG (LINE)
CH-1
CH-2
(L)
(R)
OUT
COAXIAL
DIGITAL ⁄
AC IN
IN OUT
OPTICAL
IN OUT
1 2 4 3
1
ANALOG (LINE) IN/OUT jacks
2
DIGITAL COAXIAL IN/OUT jacks
3
DIGITAL OPTICAL IN/OUT jacks
4
AC IN socket
Analog connections
Use phono-plug audio connecting cables (not
supplied).
Digital connections
For connections through the DIGITAL COAXIAL IN/
OUT jacks
Use coaxial digital connecting cables (not supplied).
For connections through the DIGITAL OPTICAL IN/
OUT jacks
Use optical digital connecting cables (not supplied).
Connecting the AC power cord
Connect the AC power cord (supplied) to the AC IN
socket on the rear panel and connect the plug on the
other end to a wall outlet.
Digital Interface
Digital input and output jacks
• The following table shows signal formats that
correspond to the input and output jacks on the
deck.
• The DIGITAL COAXIAL IN jack accepts not only the
consumer version of the IEC-958 international digital
audio interface standard, but also the broadcasting
studio version of the IEC-958 standard used by such
DAT decks as the PCM-2300, PCM-2700 or PCM-
2700A.
Type Input signal format Output signal format
DIGITAL
COAXIAL/
OPTICAL IEC-958 for consumer
use
IEC-958 for
consumer use
DIGITAL
COAXIAL IEC-958 for
broadcasting studio
use
Copy information during recording
• Copy information that is recorded on tape during
recording varies according to the input jack used and
the signal format, as shown in the table below.
• In the case of the IEC-958 for broadcasting studio
use, the digital signal carries no copy information.
• As for the IEC-958 for consumer use, three types of
copy information exists: copying possible, first-
generation copy permitted, and copying prohibited
(Serial Copy Management System).
Input jack Signal
format Copy
information
carried by
digital signal
Recording
capability
on this
deck
Copy
information
recorded on
tape
DIGITAL
COAXIAL IEC-958 for
broadcasting
studio use None Possible Determined
by menu
setting (page
19)
DIGITAL
COAXIAL/
OPTICAL
IEC-958 for
consumer
use
Permitted Possible Permitted (ID
6:00)
First-
generation
only Possible Prohibited
(ID 6:10)
Prohibited Possible Prohibited
(ID 6:10)
ANALOG
(LINE) — — Possible Determined
by menu
setting (page
19)