User manual PHILIPS CDR779

[. . . ] TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents GENERAL INFORMATION AND DISCS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Discs for recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Discs for playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS Controls on the front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Connections at the back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 DISPLAY DISPLAY indications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 DISPLAY messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MENU messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 INSTALLATION Connections general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Analogue connections CD recorder & CD player . . . . . . 12 Analogue connections CD player deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Digital coaxial connections CD recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Digital optical connections CD recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Setup recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Inserting batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 REMOTE CONTROL Remote control commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Inserting discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 RECORDING Remarks about recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Recording modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 High speed recording from internal CD player. . . . . . . . . . 17 Listen mode recording from internal CD player . . . . . . . . 18 Manual recording from external CD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Autostart recording from external CD player - CD SYNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Finalising CDR & CDRW discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Unfinalising CDRW discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Erasing CDRW discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 PLAYING Play a 2-disc changer (Changer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Playing CDs on Deck 1 and/or Deck 2 (DJ mode) . . . . . 23 Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Shuffle (random order) play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Repeat CD, track or program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PROGRAMMING Remarks about programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 MENU MODE Remarks about Menu mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 General operation of Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 A. Text input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 B. Erasing text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 C. Auto track increment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 E. [. . . ] Preparing for manual recording 1 Make sure the disc is absolutely free of scratches and dust particles. 2 Press EXT(ernal) SOURCE repeatedly until (depending on the connection used): DIGITAL I, OPTICAL I or ANALOG lights up and DIGITAL 1, OPTICAL or ANALOG appears on the display. REM REC TIME TRACK TOTAL REM TRACK TIME STEP 5 Rotate the EASY JOG/ENTER key until, on the Record/Play Level bar, all the blue segments are alight, but the red segments do not light continuously during the loudest passages. Start manual recording 1 To start recording, press RECORDING-RECORD on the CD recorder and immediately start the source (from Pause or Stop-mode). · If CHECK INPUT message also flashes, the digital connection is incorrect. · To record a 3-second silence at the start of a track, press PAUSE on the CD recorder before starting the source. · To check the total remaining recording time, press DISPLAY on the CD recorder. (This can also be done during the recording. ) 2 To stop recording, press STOP on the CD recorder. · If STOP was pressed within 3 seconds after RECORDINGRECORD, no recording will take place. ( A new track will always be made. ) After recording the display will show UPDATE for several seconds. Note: With AUTO TRACK ON, the recorder will stop and go to REC STANDBY for 1 minute and then goes to Stop mode automatically. Recordings from DAT, DCC or recordings made analogously will stop after 20 seconds silence. With AUTO TRACK OFF, the auto stop mode is disabled. SYNC MANUAL DIGITAL I OPTICAL I ANALOG CD RECORD CHANGER CD RW RW PROG SHUFFLE ALL REPEAT SCAN TRACK · When Auto Track is On (default setting), track numbers will automatically be increased during recording. · To switch off the Auto Track function you have to enter Menu mode. If you wish to increase track numbers manually, press TRACK INCR(ement) on the remote control. ON (AUTO): The track increments are automatically taken over from the digital source material or after 2. 7 seconds silence during analogue recording. OFF (MANUAL): While recording track numbers can be incremented manually by pressing TRACK INCR(ement) on the remote control. (Minimum track length is 4 sec. ) (This can also be done in Auto track ON mode. ) · Track numbers cannot be changed after recording. Note: Auto track works only with Consumer Sources with a digital output signal according to the IEC 958 (consumer part) audio standard. 3 With the recorder stopped, press RECORDING-TYPE five times to enter the Manual Record standby mode. Important: If you want to play the recorded CDR disc on any regular CD player, it must first be finalised. Finalised CDRW discs play only on CDRW compatible CD players. 19 RECORDING For recording from CD changers always use REC EXT Autostart recording from external CD player DISC. · If, however, you start the source during a track, CD-SYNC recording starts at the beginning of the next track or after 2. 7 seconds of silence in analogue recordings. · To check the remaining recording time on the CDR(W), press DISPLAY. [. . . ] ERASE MEMORY appears on the display. REM REC TIME TRACK TOTAL REM TRACK TIME STEP 1 234 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 SYNC MANUAL DIGITAL I OPTICAL I ANALOG CD RECORD CHANGER CD RW RW PROG SHUFFLE ALL REPEAT SCAN TRACK 6 Press the EASY JOG/ENTER key to confirm the erasure of the text for that particular disc. 7 Press STORE/MENU to return to the submenu or STOP 9 to exit. 28 MENU MODE English D. Balance (only active in Record/Standby mode) SET BALANCE L 100 R 100 1 Press STORE/MENU. · When ON is selected, track numbers will be automatically incremented during recording. [. . . ]