TASCAM CD-D1X4 x4 Owners Manual - Page 13

5 - Disc copy NOTE You should own the copyright, or have obtained the appropriate permission from the copyright owner or the rightful licensor. Unauthorized recording, reproduction or distribution thereof, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties under copyright laws and international copyright treaties. Setting the writing speed The CD-D1x4 slave drives are capable of writing information to CD-R or CD-RW discs at one of three speeds: FAST 16, MEDIUM 8, or SLOW 4. Speed with different media Display CD-R CD-RW High-speed CD-RWa FAST 16 16x 4x 10x MEDIUM 8 8x 4x 4xb SLOW 4 4x 4x 4x a. Defined as 4-10x CD-RW b. Even though the display shows 8x, the drive is only capable of writing at 4x to CD-RW media in medium speed The displayed nominal speed may differ sometimes from the actual speed of the writing operation, depending on circumstances. These circumstances (source material, target media, etc.) may also affect the maximum write speed. The writing speed is used in copying, simulation and in track extraction operations and is set as described below. Once the speed is selected, it is used in the CD copying and testing modes. It has no effect on the compare operations. 1 Press the MODE button until the display shows: SETUP? (MODE CHANGE) This procedure copies the material from the disc (either an audio CD or a CD-ROM) in the MASTER drive to the CD-R or CD-RW disc in one of the slave drives. Note, however, that when copying an audio disc, index markers greater than 1 will have their number set to 1 on the copied disc. 2 Press ENTER, and then press MODE until the screen shows:. >WRITE SPEED? (FAST) The bottom line of the screen may be different, depending on the speed that it currently set. 3 Press the ENTER key once more. >>FAST ? (x16) 4 Press the MODE key to cycle between FAST, MEDIUM, and SLOW mode. There is also an EXIT? option that allows you to exit without changing anything, and pressing the ESCAPE key also takes you back a level without changing anything. 5 Press ENTER to confirm the speed selection. NOTE If you are in doubt what speed will work best, pick a slow speed first and experiment with the faster settings later. Usually, however, you should be able to copy most discs at the highest speed recommended for the particular brand of CD-R media you are using, as specified by the media manufacturer. You may find it useful to test the copy procedure before committing yourself to an actual copy, however. See "Simulation" on page 15 for details. TASCAM CD-D1x4 13