Philips FWR88 User manual - Page 16

English ABOUT RECORDING Basic information The CD recorder deck offers you 3 main functions: - Recording from the internal CD changer and tuner or from a selected external source - Finalizing your CDR(W) discs and unfinalizing your CDRW discs - Erasing a CDRW disc The recording procedure is the same for CDR and CDRW discs. Make sure the CDR(W) is absolutely free of scratches and dust particles. For recordings, the minimum track length is 4 seconds. You can record up to a maximum of 99 tracks on a disc. The minimum of recording time left on the disc is 7 seconds. Otherwise Disc Full is displayed and you cannot enter the record standby mode. DO NOT FORGET TO FINALIZE! Finalizing a CDR(W) disc is a simple procedure, necessary to: - play a recorded CDR on a standard CD player or - play a recorded CDRW on a CDRW compatible CD player and CD recorder. Copyright protection The Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) prevents the making of a digital copy from a digital copy. The system allows making a digital recording from the original, however in some countries this may require the authorization of copyright holders. When you try to record copy protected material from an external source, Copy Protect will be displayed. No further digital recording is possible then. When you try to record copy protected material from the internal CD changer, no digital recording is possible, however the CD recorder will automatically switch to analog recording. Recording CD text If the original CD has CD Text, this text will be recorded automatically, provided that the CD text is not copy protected. In that case, recording of CD text will not be possible and Text Protect will be displayed. Direct Line Recording (DLR) The CD recorder is equipped with the high-performance Direct Line Recording technique. It ensures a perfect recording of the source material, meaning a true "bit for bit" recording. DLR will always become active when you make normal recordings in listen mode. Auto Level Control (ALC) Auto Level Control ensures that the tracks on the recorded disc have a similar volume level. At all times the already recorded tracks of the CDR(W) disc will be taken as reference for the volume level of the following recordings. ALC is active when ALC is shown. Auto level control becomes active when: - COMPILE CD is being used, - a disc, a track or a track edit is being high speed recorded and the CDR(W) has recordings on it, or - a program (consisting from more than one disc) from the CD changer is being high speed recorded. Auto level control will not become active when: - using COPY CD, - making recordings from the FM tuner, - making recordings from an external source, or - making normal recordings in listen mode. Switching ALC permanently off 1 If necessary, press Ç STOP on the unit (Ç on the remote control) to stop playback. 2 Press CDR to select the CD recorder. 3 Press REC LEVEL to select: yALC off: ALC is permanently switched off. • To enable ALC, press REC LEVEL again to select: yALC on: ALC is enabled. REC LEVEL key You can adjust the reference record level. This is also possible when ALC is active. This feature can be used for fading your recordings in or out. 1 Keep REC LEVEL on the unit pressed to enable the rotary control to adjust the record level. 2 Turn the rotary control to the left to adjust the desired record level. yThe actual record level (in dB) will be displayed. • The record level is reset after the unit has been switched to standby. 16