Tascam CD-RW901, Owner'S Manual, Page: 5 / 40

1 − Introduction
TASCAM CD-RW901
Contents
1 − Introduction ......................................... 6
Supplied accessories ....................................... 6
Rack-mounting the unit .................................. 6
About this manual .......................................... 6
About CD-R and CD-RW discs ........................ 7
About finalizing .............................................. 7
“Recordable” discs .................................................7
Environmental considerations ....................... 8
Handling of compact discs ....................................8
Never use a stabilizer or printable discs ..............9
Beware of condensation .......................................9
Connections ..................................................... 9
Control connections ..............................................9
2 − Features of the CD-RW901 .................10
Front panel .................................................... 10
Rear panel ...................................................... 11
Display ........................................................... 12
RC-RW901 Remote control unit ................... 13
3 − Menu operation ..................................15
Menu configuration ...................................... 15
Operation basics ........................................... 16
4 − Playback operations ............................17
Discs for playback ......................................... 17
Simple playback operations ......................... 17
Track selection ............................................... 17
Using the skip function .......................................17
Selecting by track number ..................................18
Track search ................................................... 18
Normal search ......................................................18
Direct search ........................................................18
Basic operation ............................................................18
Operation variations ...................................................19
Index search .........................................................19
Playback modes ............................................. 19
Continuous playback ...........................................19
Single-track playback ..........................................20
Random playback ................................................20
Program playback ................................................20
Time display switching ................................. 20
EXT SYNC playback ....................................... 21
Timer playback .............................................. 21
Repeat playback ............................................ 21
A to B repeat playback ................................. 22
Pitch control function ................................... 22
Key control function ..................................... 22
Auto Cue function ......................................... 23
Auto Ready function ..................................... 23
Incremental playback .................................... 23
Call function .................................................. 23
End of disc/track message (EOM) ................ 23
International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) . 23
Recorder Identification Data (RID) ............... 23
Playing back MP3 files .................................. 24
Directory playback setting .................................24
About MP3 track data .........................................24
5 − Recording............................................ 25
Input selection ............................................... 25
Input monitoring .................................................25
Frequency conversion .........................................25
To enable the SRC ........................................................25
Basic recording .............................................. 26
Time display while recording .............................26
Full disc .................................................................26
Advanced recording ...................................... 27
Fade-in and fade-out recording .........................27
Synchronized recording ......................................27
Sync recording .....................................................27
Sync recording with trim function .....................28
Automatic track division ............................... 28
Automatic track division with trim function.....29
Automatically Incrementing index numbers ...29
Manually divide track ..........................................29
Manually incrementing index numbers ............29
Rec mute function ......................................... 30
Restricting the number of tracks ................. 30
Copy-protection ............................................ 30
6 − After recording....................................31
Finalizing ........................................................ 31
Unfinalizing CD-RW discs ...................................31
Erasing ........................................................... 32
Erasing tracks .......................................................32
Erasing a whole disc ............................................32
Refreshing a disc ........................................... 32
7 − Titling ...................................................33
Title input operation ..................................... 33
Select the type of character for input .......................33
Input procedure ...........................................................33
To move the cursor position .......................................33
To delete characters ....................................................33
To insert characters .....................................................33
To change a character .................................................33
Disc title input ......................................................33
Track title input ....................................................33
Using a keyboard with the CD-RW901 ........ 34
Keyboard type setting ........................................34
Title input by keyboard .......................................34
To enter the Title Edit menu .......................................34
To select the type of characters for input .................34
To input characters ......................................................34
To move the cursor ......................................................34
To delete characters ....................................................34
To insert a character ....................................................34
To change a character .................................................34
Other keyboard operations ................................34
8 − Data settings .......................................35
Data communication setting ........................ 35
9 − Reference and specifications ............. 36
Error messages .............................................. 36
Messages during operations ........................ 36
Troublshooting .............................................. 37
Specifications ................................................ 38
Dimensional drawing .................................... 39