TASCAM CD-RW4U Owners Manual - Page 19

Before you start recording using the CD-RW4U, make sure that you understand the following key points: • Once you have recorded on a CD-R disc, the data cannot be erased from it. Copy-protection The CD-RW4U allows copy-protection to be applied to the discs produced. Naturally, the copy-protection applies only to digital-to-digital copies. There are three settings: • FREE (may be freely copied), where no copy- protection is applied to the recorded disc. • 1GEN (single-generation copying-SCMS), where one digital copy ("child") can be made from the recorded disc, but no digital copies ("grandchildren") can be made from the child. • PROH (copy prohibited) which prevents any digital copies being made from the recorded disc Input selection To select the input to be recorded, press the INPUT SELECT key on the main unit 3. Repeated presses of the key cycle through the following options: Input monitoring When the unit is in record ready, or record mode, the input signal is output from the OUT jacks (digital and analog), allowing you to hear the input signal. The meters also show the current signal level. However, it is only possible to record, or to enter record ready mode, when a recordable disc is inserted. To allow monitoring of the input signal at other times, or when the unit is stopped, use the MONITOR key on the remote control unit A. 4 - Recording • You can add tracks to an unfinalized recordable disc. Once finalized, a CD-R disc is "fixed" and behaves in the same way as a pre-recorded disc. Finalized CD-RW discs, however, can be erased, refreshed and re-recorded. 1 Press the MENU key (E or 7) repeatedly until the display shows COPY ID>XXXX, where XXXX is the current setting for copy-protection as shown above. 2 Turn the MULTI DIAL control B or use the SKIP keys I to change the copy-protection setting. NOTE Copy-protection applies on a ""per-track", not a per-disc basis. This means that you can apply different copy-protection levels to different tracks (but you can't apply different copy-protection levels to different parts of the same track). If copy-protection is important to your work, you may want to check this setting every time you make a recording, to ensure that you have the protection level that you want. Analog In Coaxial In LINE IN analog jacks Coaxial digital jack If the digital signal is selected, the boxed DIGITAL indicator lights on the display. If the analog signal is selected, the boxed ANALOG indicator lights on the display. The RECORD key 5 on the main unit will also enter monitor mode from stop mode when there is no recordable disc in the unit (when there is a recordable disc in the unit, pressing the RECORD key enters record ready mode). The word MONITOR appears on the display to show that the output signal is an echo of the input signal(s). The meters show the current input level. Exit the monitor mode by using the STOP key. TASCAM CD-RW4U 19