TASCAM CD-D1x4
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4 – Basic operations
Power-up procedure
When the unit is first powered up using the power
switch
1
, it performs a self-check operation, and the
screen shows the following:
followed by
:
If the self-check is passed, the display shows the first
menu screen, otherwise an error message is
displayed.
NOTE
Wait until this message is displayed after power-on
before attempting any operations with the CD-D1x4.
Inserting discs
Press the eject button of the
MASTER
or any of the
slave drives to open the appropriate disc tray if the
drive is not opened automatically by the unit.
Place discs, recording side down, in the disc tray.
To insert the discs into the
MASTER
drive, you may
find it useful to place the front of the disc into the
disc tray first, and then seat the back of the disc into
the tray.
You can close the disc trays by pressing the eject but-
ton on the drive.
NOTE
When inserting a disc into either the
MASTER
or slave
drives, always wait until the drive indicator has gone
out (the drive has recognized the disc) before attempt-
ing the next operation.
Also, take note that it may take some time between key
presses, etc. before the unit is ready to perform the next
stage in the operation. To avoid any possible error in
operation, take your time when pushing keys, and
always wait until the CD-D1x4 is ready before proceed-
ing to the next stage of an operation.
Power down
Before powering down the unit, eject discs from all
drives (the eject mechanism requires power to work,
and so you will not be able to eject the discs once
power is turned off).
NOTE
Do not turn off the CD-D1x4 while writing to, or erasing
any target disc (e.g. part of the way through a disc copy
operation). If you do, the disc will be corrupt, and unus-
able.
Modes
The different modes available are:
• Copying discs (
COPY START
) with different
verification modes available (see below)
• Test writing (
SIMULATION
)
• Extracting individual audio tracks from a source
disc (
Tr EXTRACTION
)
• Confirming whether blank discs are inserted
(
DISC ANALYZE
)
• Erasing (
DISC ERASE
)—CD-RW discs only
• Play audio discs (
PLAY AUDIO
)
• System setup, including write speed selection
(
SETUP
)
These are accessed in the order shown by repeated
presses of the
MODE
key. Use the
ESCAPE
key to go
backwards through the list.
Details of these modes are given later in this manual.
When the required mode is shown on the display,
press the
ENTER
key to enter the mode.
When copying, there are additional copy modes
available, providing verification and readability
checking, as described below.
Finalized discs
Although audio data may be writ-
ten on a CD-R or CD-RW disc, a standard CD player
will not be able to read the data (i.e. play back the
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