HHB comm CDR-882 - Manual (Page 47)

Advanced Features & Operation
 CDR-882 User Manual Version 1.0 www.hhb.co.uk
Cueing
Manual Cueing
The CDR-882 has a simple single-memory locator function,
which allows the user to accurately cue a disc at a previously-
stored location.
Note that all the Cue functions are only operative in PLAY or
PAUSE modes.
Storage of a cue point is made with the “press” function of the
AMS knob, which in PLAY and PAUSE modes acts as a MARK
button. To store the present disc location, press MARK, either
while the disc is playing, or the drive is paused at the required
location. Confirmation that a cue point has been written is
given by the word MARK in the bottom right-hand corner of the
display. Any subsequent press of the MARK button will overwrite
with new data; the MARK memory always contains the location
at the last press of MARK.
The disc may be relocated to a stored cue point at any time by
pressing the ID WRITE | CUE button, which in PLAY and PAUSE
modes acts as a CUE button. Playback will recommence from
the cue point, unless AUTO-CUE or AUTO-PAUSE modes have
been selected (see below), or the disc was already in PAUSE.
In these cases, playback will locate to the cue point but be
held in PAUSE mode. If no cue point has been stored, the CUE
command will be ignored.
The MARK memory is CD-frame-accurate (i.e. to approx. 13ms),
and includes track and drive number, so it is possible to locate
to a cue point on the other drive from that currently selected.
The last-stored cue point will remain in the MARK memory until
the disc is ejected.
Editing Marker Points
The position of the cue point stored with the MARK function may
be modified to improve its accuracy, or simply to alter its value
without having to play the disc through that point to capture the
time. The position of the cue point may be altered with frame
accuracy.
Editing of the MARK point is done in the menu system, at Edit
Marker > Direct Mark. Drive number and track number are
modifiable as well as the time (in mm:ss:ff). See page 32 for a
full description of the Edit Marker process.
Auto-Cue
This function is particularly useful when the CDR-882 is being
used to play out spot SFXs, or similar applications. It locates a
disc to the point at the start of a track where the audio actually
begins, thereby eliminating the short (but variable) period of
silence which often precedes the audio.
Auto-Cue mode is enabled by pressing the ID AUTO/MAN/
AUTO-CUE button, which in PLAY and PAUSE modes acts as an
AUTO-CUE mode selector. The button cycles through AUTO-CUE
and AUTO-PAUSE modes before returning to OFF:
Selection of AUTO-CUE mode is confirmed by the text AUTO-CUE
in the bottom left-hand corner of the display.
With AUTO-CUE selected, the drive will automatically enter
PAUSE at the start of the audio at the beginning of a track,
whether it has been located to it with the AMS control, or
because the previous track was played. The drive will then
enter PAUSE mode at the point where the audio level rises
above the level which has been set in the menu system at
Edit Marker > Auto-Cue Threshold (see page 32). This
condition is indicated on the front panel by both the green
LED in the PLAY/PAUSE button and the AUTO-CUE on-
screen text flashing. Playback, with “instant” audio, will
begin when the PLAY/PAUSE button is pressed again.
The audio threshold level determining the point at which the
drive enters PAUSE mode is adjustable in the menu from
-78dBFS to -24dBFS
If the CUE button is used to locate to a previously-stored MARK
point, the disc will enter PAUSE mode at the cue point if AUTO-
CUE is enabled, instead of immediately resuming playback.
At the end of the track, the disc will enter PAUSE mode at the
audio threshold point of the next track.
Auto-Pause
This mode is useful for ensuring that no audio from the track
following the one required on a disc is played out inadvertently.
AUTO-PAUSE mode is selected by pressing the ID AUTO/MAN/
AUTO-CUE button until AUTO-PAUSE is displayed in the bottom
left-hand corner of the screen.
With AUTO-PAUSE selected, the drive will automatically enter
PAUSE mode at the start of a track, whether it has been located
to it with the AMS knob or because the previous track was
played. When in PAUSE at the track start, both the green LED in
the PLAY/PAUSE button and the AUTO-PAUSE on-screen text
will flash.