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17 PLAYBACK BASICS

Dual-Play Mode
Since the CDR 20 has more than one CD deck,
you may play a disc in either drawer. When only
one deck is playing, the unit is in the Single
mode. In the Single mode, the audio output will
be fed to all digital and analog jacks for both
decks. This means you may select the input on
your receiver, preamp or processor for either
deck. For example, if you have the Play Deck
connected to “CD” and the Record Deck con-
nected to “Tape,” when only one deck is play-
ing, either input may be selected.

It is also possible to play two discs at once,
using the Dual mode. To initiate dual-mode
playback, press the Dual button on the front
panel or remote 

ı`. When the Dual-Play

J is lit, you may play a different

disc in both decks at the same time. The output
of each deck will be sent to the appropriate
output jacks, and you will need to select the
deck you wish to listen to using the input selec-
tors on your receiver, preamp or processor. You
may also use the output of one deck to feed
your main-room system, while the second deck
is used to feed a remote room.

As long as the Dual-Play Indicator

J is lit,

each deck functions as a separate CD player,
and will respond  to its own set of controls on
the front panel for either the Play Deck
Ùˆ˜¯˘¸ or Record Deck
&*(ÓÔÒ. To control the transports
using the remote, remember to first press the
Selector button for either the Play/CDP Deck
d or the Record/CDR Deck

, and then

press the desired command function.

NOTE: When in the Dual mode, you may return
to Single play mode by pressing the Single
button on the remote 

g or the Dual button

ı on the front panel. However, pressing the
Single button while both decks are playing,
will automatically stop playback of the disc in
the Record Deck

% while the disc in the

3 continues to play. The output of

the play deck will be sent to both sets of out-
put jacks.

Dual-Deck Operation
Since the CDR 20 has two separate CD decks, it
may be used as a two-disc changer, so that you
can continually play two discs.

When the CDR 20 is in the Single-Play mode,
as shown by the Dual-Play Indicator

J

NOT being lit, when the disc in one deck has
played through to the end, the disc in the other
deck will automatically begin to play. Each disc
will play through, and when one deck is fin-
ished the other will start. To stop playback,
press the Stop button 

x&¸ for the deck

that is currently playing.

To have the CDR 20 function as two separate
CD players, where the deck in use stops at the
end of a disc, press the Dual button

`ı

until the Dual-Play Indicator

J lights. In the

Dual mode, each deck acts independently of the
other and when the disc in one deck finishes, it
stops unless one of the Repeat functions has
been activated.

Time Display
The CDR 20’s time display is capable of show-
ing a wide range of information about the con-
tents of a CD.

Once the disc’s Table of Contents or TOC data
has been read, the Information Display

K

for any deck that has a CD inside will show the
number of tracks on the disc in the two left
digits of the display, and the total running time
of the disc. When the disc is playing, the tracks
will count up as each new track is reached, and
time display will show the elapsed time for the
track being played.

To view the time remaining in the track being
played, press the Display button 

b

ÒÙ for the deck in use so that the
REMAINING TIME Indicators ML
illuminate. The Information Display

K will

count down the time remaining in the track,
and at the start of the next track the counter
will start to count down the running time of
that track.

To view the total time remaining on the disc,
press the Display Button

b

ÒÙ for

the deck in use so that the Total Time
Indicators

NL illuminate. The Information

K will show the total time remaining

for all tracks on the disc and count down until
the disc has finished playing. When the disc has
played all the way through, the total number of
tracks and the total running time of the disc
will be displayed.

Headphone Listening
You may listen to the output of the CDR 20
through headphones at any time by simply
plugging the headphones into the Front-Panel
Jack

4. The volume of the headphone output

may be adjusted with the Headphones Level
Control 

5. Note that changes to the head-

phone level will not alter the output settings to
the analog outputs. Those levels are fixed, and
the volume should be adjusted using your
receiver, preamp or processor.

Note that when only one deck is playing back a
disc in the Single-Play mode, the output of that
deck will be fed to the headphone jack. When
the unit is in the Dual-Playback mode, only the
output of the Play Deck

3 will be fed to the

headphone jack.

18 PROGRAM PLAY

The CDR 20’s advanced programming system
enables you to program the order in which
tracks are played, to repeat one track or all
tracks, or to repeat any segment of a disc 
without regard to track numbers.

Programming Play Lists
To program the order of playback for the tracks
on a disc, insert the disc, let the unit read the
Table of Contents information, and wait until
the disc has stopped and the number of tracks
and total running time is displayed. Next, select
the deck that will be programmed by pressing
the CDP Select button 

d on the remote for

the Play Deck

3 or the CDR Select button

on the remote for the Record Deck

%.

To begin the programming sequence, press 
the Program button 

e and note that the 

PROG Indicator B will illuminate and 
the Information Display

K will show 

00 00 : 00.

Next, enter the track numbers to be played by
pressing the Numeric Keys

p. For two-digit

track numbers, be certain to enter the second
digit within three seconds after the first number
is entered. As each track is entered, the display
will blink three times, alternating between two
displays. The first display will show the track
number just entered on the left side of the
Information Display

K under the Track

O, while the right side will flash

the number of steps that have been pro-
grammed. For example, after programming the
first step to be track number 3, the display will
flash 03 P-01.

Alternating with the track number and program
step will be a display of the track and the total
running time of all tracks that have been 
programmed so far. For example, a display of
06 11:25 will indicate that track number
six was the last track programmed, and that the
total time of all tracks so far is 11 minutes and
25 seconds. The Total Time Indicators 

NL

will flash with this display to remind you of the
display’s contents.

These displays will alternate three times, and
then show a steady display of the total time
and last track programmed.

Continue to add tracks in the order you wish to
have them played until the programming ses-

sion is complete. You may add up to 20 tracks,
repeating a track if desired, as long as the total
number does not exceed 20. If you exceed the
20 track limit, the display will read FULL.
Tracks may also be added using the Next
zÓˆ and Previous buttons iÔ˜ to
locate the track, and the Program button 

e

to enter that track to the programmed
sequence.

When the complete list of tracks has been
entered, press the Play button 

j*˘.

The tracks will then play in the order they have
been entered. Note that a programmed list of
tracks may also be recorded if the disc being
programmed is in the Play Deck

3. Follow

the instructions on page 20 for complete 
information on recording and dubbing.

Checking, Editing and Clearing
Programmed Play Lists
Once you have entered a program list it will
remain in the unit’s memory until the disc is
removed or the unit is turned off. Thus, if you
play through a program list, simply press the
Play button 

j*˘ again to replay the list.

If you find that you wish to check the list or
make changes, that is also possible by following
a few simple steps.

To scroll through a program list, press the
Program Check button 

h. Each press of the

button will move through the tracks that have
been programmed. The display will alternate
between the track number of the program step
number (e.g., 12 P-03 tells you that track
12 on the disc is the 3rd program step) and the
track number and the total running time so far
in the program (e.g., 12 16:04 tells you
that at this point you have programmed a total
of 16 minutes and 4 seconds of material).

At any point in the list you may insert a new
track by simply entering the track number using
the Numeric Keys 

p. Simply press the but-

tons that correspond to the number of the track
you wish to add. Any tracks that are in the pro-
gram will remain.

To remove a step in the program, first use the
Program Check button 

h to locate the

track you wish to delete. Next, press the Clear
button 

. The information in the display will

blink and the step will be removed from the
program list. Program steps need not be deleted

in any order; as long as you have located a step
in the program list, it may be erased.

To cancel an entire program list while the pro-
gram is playing, press the Program button
e and note that the Program Indicator B
will go out. To remove a total program list
when the disc is stopped, simply open and
close the disc drawer. Whenever a disc is
removed or the unit is turned off, the program
list is erased.

Repeat Programmed Play
The CDR 20’s programming system enables you
to repeat either a single track on a disc, the
entire disc, or a specially programmed passage
that you select.

Repeat One Track
To repeat the track you are currently listening
to, press the Repeat button

r and note that

the Repeat Indicator

D and the Repeat-

E will both light 1. If the

track is changed by using the Next/Previous
Skip button 

izÓÔˆ˜ while the

Repeat 1 mode is active, the new track will
now be repeated.

Once Repeat 1 playback has been started, it
will continue until the unit is stopped by press-
ing the Stop button

x&¸, or the disc

deck is opened by pressing the appropriate
Open/Close button 

7$c

. When

playback is stopped, the Repeat sequence is
erased and must be reentered if you wish to
repeat a track on another disc.

Repeat All Tracks
To repeat all the tracks on a disc in order, press
the Repeat button 

r twice while the disc is

playing and note that the Repeat Indicator
D and the ALL Repeat-Status Indicator
E will light. Once the Play button j*˘
is pressed, the disc will play through from
beginning to end continuously, until the Stop
button 

x&¸ is pressed. The Repeat All

function may be cancelled at any time by press-
ing the Repeat button 

r once until both the

D and ALL Repeat-

E go out. The Repeat All

Function is also canceled when the disc drawer
is opened.

19 PROGRAM PLAY

Repeat A-B
The CDR 20 may be programmed to repeat any
section within a track, or a complete passage
that includes material from a series of consecu-
tive tracks.

To program the unit for A-B Repeat play, first
play the disc and locate the point where you
wish to begin the repeated section. At the start
point, press the A-B Repeat button 

q and

note that the Repeat Indicator

D and the

E will show an A

and flash. Let the disc play until the point at
which the section to be repeated will end. At
that end point, press the A-B Repeat button
q again and note that the Repeat-Status
Indicator

E will stop flashing and will light

showing Repeat A-B.

The unit will immediately begin to play the 
section you have programmed, and continually
repeat it.

Note: The program material selected for
A/B Repeat must be at least 4 seconds long
for this feature to function.

To resume normal play, press the A-B Repeat
button 

q. The Repeat A-B Indicators

DE will go out, and the disc will continue
playing through to the end. Stopping the disc
or opening the disc drawer will automatically
cancel the Repeat A-B programming.

20 CD RECORDING

Making recordings on the CDR 20 is simple and
easy once you become accustomed to the
basics of CD Recording. Before making your
first recording, please take a moment to review
the CDR Basics on page 14. In particular, you
will need to become familiar with the types of
discs that may or may not be used in the 
CDR 20. In addition, some terms used in the
following pages may be new to you. The follow-
ing definitions and information will help you to
make CD recordings using the CDR 20’s many
features:

The CDR 20 accepts analog inputs and digital

coax or optical inputs. Before making a
recording, be certain that you have selected
the correct input.

After a disc is recorded, it must be finalized.

This process adds a table of contents data to
the disc and makes it playable on other
machines. Until a disc is properly finalized, it
may not be played on standard CD players.

The CDR 20 may record on either CD-R or 

CD-RW discs, but they must be of the type
specifically designed for use in consumer-
audio CD recorders. These discs may be rec-
ognized by looking for the words “Digital
Audio” in the compact disc logo on the blank
disc or its packaging. Discs with the logo
reading only “Compact Disc/Recordable” are
designed for computer data recording, and
they will NOT work in the CDR 20.

CD-R discs may not be erased or have 

material added to them once they have been
finalized.

At least four (4) seconds of blank recording

time must remain on an unfinalized disc for
recording to take place.

The maximum number of tracks that may be

recorded on a disc is 99.

• Note that some CD-R/CD-RW audio recording

discs may be used for single-speed recordings
only. If you use a disc with such a warning,
make certain not to make a dub at x2 or x4
speed. However, the CDR 20 has been tested
for compatibility with a wide range of blank
discs from manufacturers throughout the
world. In most cases, blank discs will produce
high-quality recordings at any dub speed.

• In some rare cases, a CD player may not be

compatible with CD-R discs. If you find that a
CD-R disc plays in some players but not in
others, the fault is most likely with the player,
not with the recorded disc or the CDR 20.
Remember that CD-RW discs made in the
CDR 20 will play only in CD players that are
specially designed to accommodate CD-RW
discs. Note that most DVD players are com-
patible with finalized CD-RW discs.

Some commercial CD discs may contain a

copy protection data bit that will prevent a
digital copy of the disc to be dubbed. In that
case, the Copy Prohibit Indicator

G will

light to remind you that the inability to record
is intentional, and not the result of a problem
with the CDR 20.

This product is equipped with the Serial Copy

Management System (SCMS) to protect the
rights of copyright owners. Although it is 
possible to make a copy of most CDs for 
your own personal use, it is not possible to
make a digital copy from another digital copy
but it is possible to make an analog copy of 
a digital copy.
RECORDINGS MAY BE MADE FOR 
PERSONAL USE ONLY, AND ANY 
UNAUTHORIZED COPYING IS SUBJECT
TO THE APPLICABLE LAW.

The CDR 20 will not copy DVD discs, computer-

data discs, CD-based computer or video-game
discs, or digital audio discs with a sample rate
that is not compatible with the range of the
CDR 20’s sample-rate converter.

Recordings on the CDR 20 may be made in a
number of ways:

Discs may be dubbed using the playback

deck on the CDR 20 as a source. These copies
may be made in real time, at twice normal
speed, or at four times normal playback
speed.

Recordings may be made from an external

CD player or other digital source that is 
synchronized with the dub being made in the
CDR 20.

Recordings may be made from any compati-

ble external digital source.

Recordings may be made from an external

analog source.

CD-RW discs may not be erased and reused

more than 99 times. This is a limitation of the
CD-RW format, not a fault of the CDR 20.

Disc Dubbing 
The easiest way to make a copy of an entire
disc is to use the CDR 20’s internal dub 
capability.

First, insert a blank or unformatted disc in the
Record Drawer

%. When the disc is inserted,

the CDR 20 will examine it to determine if it 
is a CD-R or CD-RW disc, and optimize itself 
for the best possible recording. This is indicated
by OPC message in the Information
Display

K.

Place the disc to be dubbed in the Play
Drawer

3 and wait until the Table of

Contents data is read and the Information
Display

K shows the track and running time

data for the disc.

Next, select a dub speed. The default speed is a
real-time dub, where the recording takes as
long as the actual running time of the disc.
However, with the CDR 20 you may also select
x2 dubbing or x4 dubbing. Press the Speed
button

s# to select a speed as indicated by

the x2/x4 Indicators 

F. When no Speed

Indicator lights, the unit is set to real-time
recording. Note that the slower the record-dub
speed, the more tolerant the unit is of errors on
the blank disc. However, with most high-quality
blank discs, the 2x and 4x speeds should not
present a problem.

Before beginning a dub, make certain that there
is sufficient blank space on the record disc. To
do this, first determine the time available on
the blank disc by subtracting the time of previ-
ously recorded material, if any, that is shown in
the record side Information Display

K, from

the total time available on the disc. That num-
ber should be greater than the total time of the
disc to be dubbed, which is shown in the play
side Information Display

K.

When you are ready to start the dub, press the
Dubbing Button

l). During this process

the Dubbing Indicator

H will light, the

T will flash and a BUSY

message will flash in the Record Deck’s
Information Display

K. When both

Information Display Indicators return to normal,
with indications of 01 00:00, press the
Play/Select Button

j*˘ to start the dub.

While the dub is in progress, you will see the
track numbers and running time increase as 
the disc is copied. The Level Indicators will also
flash but this is only for your reference, as
record levels may not be adjusted during digital
recordings. It is possible to listen to the source
disc while it is being dubbed by selecting the 
appropriate input on your receiver, preamp or
processor.

Important Note: When a high-speed (x2 or
x4) dub is being made, you will hear the play-
back from the CDP outputs ¡¢• at the
faster speed. Fast speed playback increases the
pitch of a sound, and when played back at high
volume levels this may damage your speakers.
DO NOT use high volume levels when listening
to high-speed dubs while they are in progress.

The dub will stop automatically when the
source disc has played through to the end. After
the dub is finished, the Information Display will
show an UPDATE message, and then return
to normal operation. To manually stop a dub-
bing operation, press the Stop button
x&¸ for either deck.