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OPERATION

Operation

NOTE:

The DMC 1000 does not detect the pres-

ence or absence of an audio signal at the

Auxiliary Inputs.

When you are ready to begin the recording,

select the Start Recording option and begin play-

back of the analog device. You may experiment

by making several recordings and deleting those

you don’t want.

While the recording is in progress, a screen simi-

lar to the one shown in Figure 25 will appear.

Figure 25 – Recording in Progress

Make a note of the file name automatically gen-

erated by the DMC 1000 to easily locate the

recording later. The DMC 1000 also displays the

elapsed time, and a graphic and numeric display

of the space available on the hard-disc drive.

Select the Pause Recording option to pause the

recording without starting a new file when

recording is resumed. This feature is useful if you

wish to record a series of audio tracks as one file

while skipping breaks in between, such as when

recording an entire side of a cassette tape into

one file.

Select the Stop Recording option to end record-

ing of the file. The screen shown in Figure 26 will

appear.

Figure 26 – Recording Complete

Select Done if you are finished, or Record Next to

record another track, which returns to the screen

shown in Figure 25, allowing you to cue up the

next track.

To locate the newly recorded tracks, view the

Media Library by Track and by Last Added. The

track will be displayed at the top of the list. You

may also sort the Track view by Name, looking

for tracks starting with “AUX.” You may wish to

view the Tracks by Artist, as all tracks with artist

“Unknown” will be listed first, and the record-

ings will appear here.

Select the Edit Info option to rename the tracks

and add other identifying information. Enter as

much information as possible about the track to

enable Gracenote MusicID to locate any cover art

and properly tag the track. This is particularly

useful when you have recorded commercial

albums from cassette, vinyl or other analog

media.

Media Library

You may transfer audio content from the Media

Library to any of the portable media – memory

cards installed in the card slots, a USB device

connected to one of the USB Ports, or a record-

able CD loaded in the Disc Player.

1. Create a playlist of the desired content. The

Play Queue may not be used for this purpose.

2. Press the Record Button, or select the Record

command from the Main Menu, and select the

Media Library as the source, with the other

media as the destination.

NOTES:

• When a blank recordable CD has been loaded,

you will be presented with the options of

recording it as an audio disc or as an MP3 disc.

Audio discs conform to the “red book” stan-

dard and may be played in any standard CD

player. Many CD players are not capable of

playing MP3 discs. Check with the manufactur-

er of the player for more information.

• Any standard CD-R disc may be used. Special

Music/Audio Recordable CDs are not required.

3. The DMC 1000 will display the playlists in the

Media Library.

Select one or more playlists for recording.

4. When all selections have been made, select

the “Record Selected” option to begin the

transfer.

Selections are transferred in the same format in

which they are stored in the Media Library. Thus,

if your CDs are automatically recorded to the

Media Library in the MP3 format, they will be

transferred to the portable media as MP3s.

Analog audio streams are recorded from the

Auxiliary Inputs as lossless WAV files, and are

transferred in that format to the portable media.

NOTE:

If recordings made from the Auxiliary

Analog Audio Inputs were tagged by Gracenote

MusicID, the DMC 1000 will generate new file

names in the format of [artist] – [three-digit track

number].wav. The tags will be transferred to the

portable media with the file. Thus, if you upload

the file from the media to your PC using software

that is capable of recognizing the tags, the track

will appear with its correct song title and other

information.

Solid-State Media

You may transfer content from any of the solid-

state media (memory cards or USB device) to the

Media Library in a similar fashion to recording

from the Media Library. However, it is not neces-

sary to create a playlist, since the data media are

already organized as file folders.

1. Press the Record Button, or select the Record

command from the Main Menu, and select the

solid-state media as the source, with the

Media Library (the only option) as the destina-

tion.

2. The DMC 1000 will display the folders and

files stored on the media. Select one or more

items for recording.

3. When all selections have been made, select

the “Record Selected” option to begin the

transfer.

NOTE: Content may only be transferred from one

of the solid-state media to the Media Library, not

from one of the solid-state media to the other. If

you wish to transfer content from one type of

media to another, first add the content to the

Media Library, and then record it to the other

type of media.

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