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MP3 & HiFi

Compressed Audio Recording System

English Manual

Version 09.07.02

Summary of Contents for C.A.R. 4000

Page 1: ...MP3 HiFi Compressed Audio Recording System English Manual Version 09 07 02...

Page 2: ...B TerraCAM USB Pro TerraCAM iLook m3po Phono PreAmp MIDI Smart and MIDI Master Pro are trademarks registered by TerraTec Electronic GmbH Nettetal Germany In most cases the designations used in this ma...

Page 3: ...input 10 Digital in and out 11 The function 13 An introduction 13 Switch on 14 Getting started 15 Automatic recognition of an audio CD 16 The playback modes 17 The first recording 18 The browser your...

Page 4: ...yback Autoplay 46 The DJ Mode 46 The Timer 47 The Filters 49 The C A R 4000 Various Artists 52 The connection to the computer 53 Installing the software 53 The C A R 4000 Media Manager 54 System maint...

Page 5: ...from other HiFi devices to prevent overheating Do not stack HiFi devices without feet on top of the player and be especially careful not to place objects filled with liquids such as vases or bottles...

Page 6: ...ttery into an open fire or expose it to excessive heat It may leak or explode If you need to dispose of it use only approved disposal methods The power supply unit The used switching power adapter has...

Page 7: ...box in an attractive 19 case We have placed great emphasis on ease of operation even with the many different functions You should be familiar with many of the basic functions and controls with their s...

Page 8: ...ht side white or black indicates the left side If you want to connect the C A R 4000 to the digital input of an amplifier you will need an optical cable Use the output on the device labeled DIGITAL OU...

Page 9: ...tell you more about this later Your C A R 4000 can also be directly connected to active speakers with integrated preampli fier It could also be connected to the line in input of a computer sound card...

Page 10: ...fier generally has a selection for TAPE RECORD SELECT or similar See page 38 for information on recording from one of these inputs The input is designed for a voltage level of 2 VRMS The microphone in...

Page 11: ...to you don t worry it is THE standard protocol for digital transmission of au dio signals and almost all devices with digital interfaces support it At this point please note that you must switch on t...

Page 12: ...e digital output this input also uses the S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface proto col If this term does not mean anything to you don t worry it is THE standard protocol for digital transmission of...

Page 13: ...cs and other demanding types of music only sound good at 192 kbps or better Fact the higher the bit rate the higher the quality but also the higher the memory require ment As a beginner you really don...

Page 14: ...A R 4000 After all the devices have been initialized you will first be asked what language you want in the menus Press the button above the wheel up and down until the desired language has been highl...

Page 15: ...detail Icon Meaning The PLAY button starts playback Press to skip to the previous or next track These buttons are for rewind and fast forward PAUSE stops playback STOP interrupts recording and playba...

Page 16: ...mation such as the names of the artists the album and the tracks CDDB as you have certainly guessed stands for Compact Disc Database You will be pleased to learn that the internal hard disk of the C A...

Page 17: ...that you can select a range within an item and repeat this in a loop softkey Now we see the soft key for the first time This button is referred to as the soft key because it can have different functi...

Page 18: ...cording Wait while the CD is recorded it will also be played back Finish We invite you to repeat this process with other CDs in your collection During recording all buttons except STOP are disabled to...

Page 19: ...ack denotes the title of the current track This marker shows the current level Use the wheel or the up and down buttons to move through your data base Rotating the se lection wheel to the left and rig...

Page 20: ...sometimes take a moment in this case a small arrow is displayed for the medium instead of the abbreviation for the medium HDD CD ROM etc To start playback of the displayed title The Flipside in our e...

Page 21: ...nds A personal collection of titles Proceed as above and the titles in the selected compilation will be played back In our exam ple this is the complete album I am Not A Doctor But you can also compil...

Page 22: ...the PLAYBACK window if it is labeled LIST you are playing your selection list but if LIST only without the icon is shown you are playing a differ ent compilation Your selection of titles can of course...

Page 23: ...enu If you make settings at a higher level and then return to a lower level later the settings you made are retained If you want to reset all settings and lose your personal settings you can do this w...

Page 24: ...essing the wheel Note hold the wheel down while rotating it to select multiple titles If you press the up button twice now the following list is created This means that you can move the selected title...

Page 25: ...wn compilation After opening this menu item you are prompted to enter a name for your compilation If the titles all come from the same original compilation such as if you have only changed the playbac...

Page 26: ...you to the current List Info level 2 The following functions can only be selected at a higher user level See page 23 for infor mation on this and how to set a different level Info Mode In this menu y...

Page 27: ...electing the Track Info entry with the wheel If a track is currently being played back the Info always refers to this title Use the up and down buttons to move the bar up and down to select the entry...

Page 28: ...title Navigate to where you want to go with the up and down buttons press the wheel edit press the wheel again Finished This arrow represents your personal evaluation of the title the ranking You have...

Page 29: ...28 kbps and finally the file size 4 1 MB The next line down shows the Entry Date which is the date on which this title was saved on the hard disk In the bottom left corner the figure for the Beats Per...

Page 30: ...t way of correcting any mistakes in the spell ing of an interpreter ACDC AC DC AC DC etc Just select all the relevant entries in succes sion and change the ARTIST once apply to the entire list and tha...

Page 31: ...ol panel in the upper section corresponds to the functions of the standard control panel of the C A R 4000 PLAY STOP etc The button has the same function as the soft key on the C A R 4000 The number p...

Page 32: ...nd it s gone ZOOM To allow you to see what s going on from a distance or at least to see what you are doing the playback window and the browser in the view can be enlarged mean ing that the informatio...

Page 33: ...will confirm the complete entry and not just one character You can control the cursor flashing bar with up and down buttons and add new characters between others Please use the soft key to delete a c...

Page 34: ...ction wheel When you regulate the volume on the C A R 4000 this only attenuates the signal If a value of 100 is shown on the display the signal is no longer attenuated and 0 dB is sent at the output w...

Page 35: ...00 ana log digital or AD Unfortunately interference may occasionally become unpleasantly obvi ous during an analog recording and can even be heard think of the noise in a mobile phone near a speaker I...

Page 36: ...ies on your hard disk You can edit the entries with the Track Info for more information see page 27 Stop recording If you stop a recording midway through a title with the STOP button the sec tion reco...

Page 37: ...ing more memory The C A R 4000 allows you to make separate quality settings for recording from au dio CD and external sources You may always want to record CDs at high quality but only re cord the tun...

Page 38: ...t or 2 mono inputs see page 10 1 optical digital input see page 12 First you must first have the right cables to be able to record from the audio inputs line in 1 2 MIC digital in See the above mentio...

Page 39: ...the signal from this source from being corrupted The time indicator to the left of Gain shows the duration of the recording The display flashes to show that the recording is not running yet Clippings...

Page 40: ...ooks very similar to that of the Track Info and navigation is also similar Select the field with up and down buttons and start the input by pressing the wheel Note It has proven very practical to ente...

Page 41: ...creation of selection lists is identical to that of the hard disk However if you have imported titles from a CD into a playback list and then you open the CD drawer this entry will be removed from the...

Page 42: ...u can save the entire CD under this name Rescan CD ROM You must have noticed that a CD is scanned much faster the second time it is inserted than the first time This is because the C A R 4000 remember...

Page 43: ...ts file ending M3U or PLS if you have selected this type of sorting the sequence or combination will be imported from the play list Note the title information from WAV and WMA files is currently not s...

Page 44: ...The CD ROM menu above Import as sorted Exactly the same as with a CD ROM see The CD ROM menu above Import as Compilation Exactly the same as with a CD ROM see The CD ROM menu above Export List to MMC...

Page 45: ...udio CDs are read digitally during playback you can also influence their speed of playback In addition the change in speed is retained throughout the entire title For example if you want to be ac comp...

Page 46: ...he DJ Mode One of the most common uses for the C A R 4000 is to provide sound at a function such as a party or celebration One of the important questions during any sort of party is what to play next...

Page 47: ...mation on this and how to set a different level The Timer function allows you to start playback automatically at a specified time In contrast to many other devices the C A R 4000 is completely cut of...

Page 48: ...ing entries Timer settings User level Delete All level 2 Set Time Date level 2 back Delete all If you select this menu item you will delete all timers at once Set Time Date This item first shows the c...

Page 49: ...lter ing active in the factory setting You can control the following items in a filter Your personal evaluation ranking A style genre A mood The release year The date of recording or import entry date...

Page 50: ...Er OK thank you But that s not all To make this as flexible as possible you can also link the various filter criteria together The icon to the right in every filter setting shows what effect the curre...

Page 51: ...rs so the filter function is completely deactivated Load Filter Here you can load a previously saved filter set You can close the dialog for select ing the set with the BACK soft key and return to the...

Page 52: ...find the individual titles of the compilation not only there i e under Various Artists VA but also under the names of the artists This means that if you have a compilation that con tains the titles VA...

Page 53: ...C A R 4000 must be switched on USB Installing the software Insert the CD that came with the device into your drive and it will start automatically You can use this program to open the installation ro...

Page 54: ...A R 4000 database on the computer and for updating the C A R 4000 operating system After starting the program for the first time you will see this welcome window first In the fol lowing window it req...

Page 55: ...music nonstop After you have completed the selection process the application starts the dialog with the C A R 4000 The database on the C A R 4000 is first compressed and then transferred to the comput...

Page 56: ...ton activates the play list display on the corresponding page Here it can be seen on the right with the C A R 4000 The play list look like this in our example The database on the C A R 4000 or the com...

Page 57: ...ion by clicking the X This button switches the application to a full screen view This minimizes the C A R 4000 Media Manager to an icon in the taskbar This switches the minimized view back to normal T...

Page 58: ...reated Now select an entry with the mouse on the computer or C A R 4000 side artist compilation or track You can open a window with the right mouse button Track Info in which you can edit the informat...

Page 59: ...acenote com Updating the CDDB database As noted above the database on the internal hard disk of the C A R 4000 for automatic rec ognition of audio CDs can be updated to recognize newly released CDs Se...

Page 60: ...set Genre Mood Lists You can use this function of the system menu to detach the genre and mood list from the entries that were placed in the database by import i e by ID tag in formation or your own i...

Page 61: ...changed with Track Info This means that this possibly very large database gradually acquires more and more holes with the result that the total size of the database becomes excessive compared to the s...

Page 62: ...from your own recorded CD Burn C A R _4000 IMG into the root directory of a CD Please do not use a Multisession CD because the reduced boot loader the mini operat ing system for the update does not su...

Page 63: ...cess it can only run the upload Watch the display First the flash memory is deleted Then the new operating system is written into the memory Note It would be disastrous if this process was interrupted...

Page 64: ...64 C A R 4000 English Help The C A R 4000 shows a foreign language If you have accidentally set the C A R 4000 to a different language this is how to reset it to the desired language...

Page 65: ...est drivers All of that is also accessible via our mailbox system To call us 49 0 2157 8179 24 analog and 49 0 2157 8179 42 ISDN If these options do not provide the necessary help please contact our p...

Page 66: ...hout a description of the problem cannot be processed and will be re turned to you at your expense Be sure to include a copy of your purchase receipt not the original with the package If we do not rec...

Page 67: ...ng If possible please use the original packaging for return shipment Any warranty claim will be jeopardized by improper packaging The warranty will not apply to damage caused by improper packaging 6 T...

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