Yamaha AW16G Owner's Manual - Page 97

Chapter 10 Creating an audio CD This chapter explains how you can use the CD-RW drive to create an audio CD, and how to play back an audio CD. Creating an audio CD On the AW16G, you can select one or more songs on the hard disk, and write the audio data from the stereo track of each song to a CD-R/RW disc in CD-DA format. The CD-R/RW media to which you write this data can be played by the CD-RW drive or a conventional CD player in the same way as any audio CD. Note Some CD players that do not support CD-R/RW media may not be able to play back a CD you create. In order to create a CD, you must first register one or more songs in a "track list," and then write the virtual track currently selected for the stereo track of each song (the "current track") to the CD in the order specified by the track list. A maximum of 99 tracks (areas on CD media to which audio data can be written individually) can be written to one volume of CD-R/RW media, and each track must be at least four seconds long. The maximum length of time that can be written is approximately 74 minutes for 650 MB media, or approximately 80 minutes for 700 MB media. Types of media that you can use with the CD-RW drive The CD-RW drive of the AW16G can use two types of media: "CD-R" which lets you record and add data, and "CD-RW" which lets you erase previously-recorded data and rewrite it. Each type of media has the following characteristics. ● CD-R You can write data to this media, and add additional data later. You cannot erase and rewrite data that has already been written. Once you perform a process known as "finalizing the disc," the audio data written to the CD-R can be played by the CD-RW drive or by most CD players. ● CD-RW In addition to writing and adding data, this media lets you erase all recorded data and rewrite it. Audio data written to a CD-RW can be played back by the CDRW or by CD players that support CD-RW media. 97