5 – disc copy, Setting the writing speed, 5 – d – Tascam CD-D1X4 User Manual

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TASCAM CD-D1x4

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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, reproduc-
tion or distribution thereof, may result in severe civil
and criminal penalties under copyright laws and inter-
national copyright treaties.

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.

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

.

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 copy-
ing and testing modes. It has no effect on the com-
pare operations.

1

Press the

MODE

button until the display

shows:

2

Press

ENTER

, and then press

MODE

until the

screen shows:.

The bottom line of the screen may be differ-
ent, depending on the speed that it currently
set.

3

Press the

ENTER

key once more.

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 partic-
ular 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, how-
ever. See “Simulation” on page 15 for details.

Display

Speed with different media

CD-R

CD-RW

High-speed
CD-RW

a

a. Defined as 4-10x CD-RW

FAST 16

16x

4x

10x

MEDIUM 8

8x

4x

4x

b

b. Even though the display shows 8x, the drive is

only capable of writing at 4x to CD-RW media
in medium speed

SLOW 4

4x

4x

4x

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