Contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ..................................... 2
1 – Introduction ....................................................................... 7
Included items .........................................................................................7
Conventions used in this manual ..................................................... 7
Trademarks ............................................................................................... 7
Precautions for placement and use .................................................7
Notes about power supply .................................................................7
Beware of condensation ...................................................................... 8
Cleaning the unit .................................................................................... 8
About compact discs ............................................................................8
Precautions for use ..........................................................................8
About CD-R and CD-RW discs ......................................................8
About nalizing ......................................................................................9
Recordable discs ............................................................................... 9
Slot loading of discs ..............................................................................9
Use of the remote control unit ..........................................................9
Batteries ............................................................................................... 9
About TASCAM customer support service ................................. 10
2 − Features of the CD-RW900SX ......................................... 11
Front panel ............................................................................................ 11
Force disc ejection ........................................................................ 12
Rear panel .............................................................................................. 12
Connections .......................................................................................... 12
Display ..................................................................................................... 13
RC-RW900 Remote control unit ..................................................... 14
3 − Menu operation ............................................................... 15
Menu conguration ........................................................................... 15
Operation basics .................................................................................. 16
4 − Playback operations ........................................................ 17
Discs for playback................................................................................ 17
Simple playback operations ............................................................ 17
Track selection ...................................................................................... 17
Using the skip function ............................................................... 17
Selecting by track number......................................................... 17
Track search ........................................................................................... 18
Normal search ................................................................................ 18
Direct search ................................................................................... 18
Operation variations .................................................................... 18
Playback modes ................................................................................... 19
Continuous playback ................................................................... 19
Single-track playback .................................................................. 19
Program playback ......................................................................... 19
Random playback ......................................................................... 19
Time display switching ...................................................................... 20
Timer playback ..................................................................................... 20
Repeat playback .................................................................................. 20
A to B repeat playback ....................................................................... 20
Auto Cue function ............................................................................... 21
Auto Ready function .......................................................................... 21
Pitch control function ........................................................................ 21
Key control function ........................................................................... 21
Playing back MP3 les ....................................................................... 22
About MP3 track data .................................................................. 22
Directory playback setting ......................................................... 22
MP3 action setting ........................................................................ 22
5 − Recording ......................................................................... 23
Input selection ..................................................................................... 23
Input monitoring ........................................................................... 23
Frequency conversion ................................................................. 23
Basic recording ..................................................................................... 24
Time display while recording .................................................... 24
Full disc ............................................................................................. 24
Advanced recording ........................................................................... 24
Fade-in and fade-out recording............................................... 24
Synchronized recording.............................................................. 24
Sync recording ............................................................................... 25
Automatic track division ................................................................... 26
Manually divide track .................................................................. 26
Rec mute function .............................................................................. 26
Restricting the number of tracks ................................................... 26
6 − After recording ................................................................ 27
Finalizing ................................................................................................ 27
Unnalizing CD-RW discs ........................................................... 27
Erasing ..................................................................................................... 28
Erasing tracks .................................................................................. 28
Erasing a whole disc ..................................................................... 28
Refreshing a disc .................................................................................. 28
7 − Titling ................................................................................29
Title input operation .......................................................................... 29
Disc title input ................................................................................ 29
Track title input .............................................................................. 29
8 − Operation using a computer keyboard .........................30
Using a keyboard with the CD-RW900SX ................................... 30
Keyboard type setting ................................................................. 30
Title input by keyboard ............................................................... 30
Other keyboard operations ....................................................... 30
9 − Reference and specications .......................................... 31
Error messages ..................................................................................... 31
Messages during operations ........................................................... 31
Troublshooting..................................................................................... 32
Specications ........................................................................................ 33
Dimensional drawing ........................................................................ 34
6 TASCAM CD-RW900SX