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21 CD RECORDING

Making recordings on the CDR 30 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 30. 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 30’s many
features:

The CDR 30 accepts analog inputs and digital

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

ı.

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 30 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 may not be recorded using the CDR 30.

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 30 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 30.
Remember that CD-RW discs made in the

CDR 30 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

I will

light to remind you that the inability to record
is intentional, and not the result of a problem
with the CDR 30.

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,
including CDP, although it is possible to make
an analog copy of a digital copy.

The CDR 30 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 30’s sample-rate converter.

Discs containing MP3 data may only be

copied to the standard CD Audio format.

Recordings on the CDR 30 may be made in a
number of ways:

Discs may be dubbed using the playback

deck on the CDR 30 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 30.

Recordings may be made from a compatible

external digital source.

Recordings may be made from an external

analog source.

Disc Dubbing 
The easiest way to make a copy of an entire
disc is to use the CDR 30’s internal dub 
capability.

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

%. When the disc is inserted,

the CDR 30 will examine it to determine whether
it is a CD-R or CD-RW disc, and optimize itself 
for the best possible recording. This is indicated
by the OPC message in the Time/Message
Display

F.

Place the disc to be dubbed in the Play Drawer
3 and wait until the Table of Contents data is
read and the Time/Message Display

F shows

the track and running time data for the disc.

If you wish to copy the entire disc, proceed to
the next step. However, if you wish to copy only
one track from a disc, first select that track by
pressing the Next Button 

˝w until the

track number appears in the Time/Message
Display 

F and then immediately press the 

9.

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 30 you may also select
x2 dubbing or x4 dubbing. Press the Speed
Button 

! to select a speed as indicated by

the x2/x4 Indicators 

H. 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 Time/Message Display

F,

from the total time available on the disc. That
number should be greater than the total time
of the disc to be dubbed, which is shown in the
play side Time/Message Display

F.

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

). During this process the

appropriate Dubbing Indicator

J will light,

the Record Indicator

O will flash and a

BUSY message will flash in the Record Deck’s
Time/Message Display

F. When both

Information Display Indicators return to normal,

22 CD RECORDING

with indications of 01 00:00, press the
CDR Play/Select Button

( 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.

During a dub it is possible to view the level for
either the output of the CDP/Play deck or the
input to the CDR/Record deck. To select the 
display being viewed, press the desired 
Level Indicator Select 

t.

Important Note: When a high-speed (x2 or
x4) dub is being made, you will hear the play-
back from the CDP Outputs ¡¢ª 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 
dubbing operation, press the Stop Button
uÓ

for either deck.

As with all recorded CD-R/CD-RW discs, the
disc must be finalized before it can be played in
other machines. See page 23 for instructions on
disc finalization.

If you wish to make a dub with the tracks in

a different order from the original disc, omit
tracks on a disc, or make a dub that mixes
tracks from different discs, create a Programmed
Playback List before pressing the Dubbing 
Button

) to start the dub. Instructions for

creating a program list may be found on page 19.
Note: Dubs containing program lists may be
made at either the x1 or x2 speed. If you
attempt to make a Programmed Dub at the
x4 speed, the unit will automatically select
the x2 speed.

The Pause buttons do not operate while a

dub is in progress.

Tracks will be added automatically to mirror

the track structure of the original disc.

The Total Time indication of the recorded CD

may vary slightly from the original due to 

variations in the spin speed of each drive,
but this is normal. No information has been
lost in the recording process.

If the original disc being dubbed is a digital

copy or if it contains copy-prohibit signals, the
unit will automatically make an analog copy.

When a dub is made from an external digital

source that has a sample rate other than 
44.1kHz, such as some modes of MiniDisc or
DAT, the CDR 30’s built-in sample rate converter
will automatically convert the digital signal to
44.1kHz for proper recording of a standard
CD Audio disc. When the sample rate converter
is in use, the Sample Rate Converter
Indicator

R will light.

Remember that MP3 discs may only be copied

to the conventional CD Audio format.

When dubbing an MP3 disc, it is possible

that the total running time of the material on
the MP3 disc may exceed the capacity of the
record disc, since the compressed file structure
of the MP3 format allows over ten hours to
be recorded on a disc, while most CD-R discs
have a time limit of 74 minutes. In that case,
program the tracks to be recorded into a
playlist using the procedure shown on page 19;
otherwise, the record disc will stop once its
capacity has been reached.

Recording From an External Source
To record from an external source, first place a
CD-R or CD-RW audio disc in the Record
Deck

%. Next, select the input to be used by

pressing the Input Select Button

ı.

Pressing the button will cycle between the
input choices, which will be shown in the
Time/Message Display

F as COAX REAR,

COAX FRONT, OPTICAL REAR,
OPTICAL FRONT or ANALOG. In 
addition, an Input Indicator

Z will light to

show the selected input.

After the digital input is selected, the connection
may be made to either the front panel 

^&

or rear panel §¶ jacks. Note that when a
signal is present at both the front and rear
panel jacks, the signal at the front panel jacks
will be used as the input source. In that case,
the Front Input Indicator

Y will light to

alert you to the fact that the source connected
to the front panel is in use.

Press the Auto/Manual Track Increment Button
m to select how tracks will be numbered on
the recorded disc.

The default mode is Manual as indicated by

the Manual Track Increment Indicator 

K.

In that mode for either digital or analog

recordings, you must add track numbers man-
ually by pressing the Track Increment
Button

n when you wish to increase the

track number. This mode is recommended for
recordings made from analog sources.

The Auto mode will add track numbers auto-

matically, in one of two ways. When track
data is present from a digital recording, it will
be carried over to the new copy disc. Thus,
when the CD being played moves from one
track to the next track, the copy disc will also
increase the track number by one. Activate
the Auto mode by pressing the Auto/Manual
Button

m and noting that the Manual

K goes out.

In the Auto mode for recordings from an ana-

log source or a digital source with no track
data, the track number will be increased
when the CDR 30 receives silence for 3 sec-
onds. After 5 seconds of silence (for digital,
10 seconds for analog sources), the recording
will stop. To activate the Auto mode, press the
Auto/Manual Track Increment Button

m

once and note that the Manual Track
Increment Indicator

K goes out.

To prepare for a recording, press the Record
Button

t8. The Record Indicator O will

flash, and the word BUSY will briefly appear
in the Time/Message Display

F. When the

Display returns to the track and running-time
information, the unit is ready to record.

Once the source material is playing, start the
actual recording by pressing the Play/Select
Button

(. Note that the Record Indicator

O will stop flashing and the Time/Message
Display

F will begin to show the running

time of the recording and the track data.
Depending on which mode of track increment
has been selected as described above, track
numbers must be increased manually or they
will be added automatically. Regardless of
which mode has been selected, a track may be
added at any time by pressing the Track
Increment Button

n.

Note: During recording from an external
source, the unit will automatically go into
“Record/Pause“ when it senses 3 seconds of
silence. The recording will resume when a signal
is received. Also, when the Pause button is
pressed during a recording, the track number
will increase by one number and the recording
will stop and must be restarted by pressing the
Play/Select Button

(. When the recording

is finished, press the Stop Button

uÓ.

23 CD RECORDING

CD Sync Recording
CD Sync recording allows you to make an auto-
matic digital recording from an external CD or
MD player. During CD Sync Recording, the
record unit starts in sync with the source, and
tracks are added automatically.

To make a CD Sync recording: First, make cer-
tain your playback source is selected and cued
to the correct starting point. Next, select the
appropriate digital input by pressing the Input
Button 

ı until the desired input indication

appears in the Time/Message Display

F

and Input Indicator

Z. CD Sync recordings

may not be made from an analog input.

Next, make certain that there is a fresh disc in
the Record Drawer for the recording. Press the
CD Sync Record Button

8 as instructed

below and note that the Sync Indicator

M

will light and the Record Indicator

O will

flash. Select the type of recording to be made:

To record only the first track from the source

player, press the CD Sync Record Button
8 ONCE so that 1 TRK appears in the
Time/Message Display

F.

To record the entire disc or tape, press the 

CD Sync Record Button

8 TWICE so that

ALL appears in the Time/Message
Display

F.

When the desired mode has been selected,
start the playback from the source machine. The
CDR 30 will automatically recognize the incom-
ing digital data and begin recording. If the
source material is a CD, the track numbering
from the original disc will be carried over to 
the dub. If the playback source is NOT a CD,
you will have to increment the tracks manually.

The recording will continue until the CDR 30
senses that the playback is finished when there
in no incoming signal for more than three sec-
onds. At that point the recording will stop. You
may also stop the recording at any time by
pressing the Record Deck Stop Button

Ó.

When there are only four seconds remaining on
a blank disc, DISC FULL message will
appear in the Time/Message Display

F.

When you see this message, you will need to
stop the recording process and, when a CD-R is
being recorded, insert a new blank disc or,
when a CD-RW is in use, either use a new disc
or erase existing tracks following the instruc-
tions on page 24.

After the recording is complete, an UPDATE
message will appear briefly, and the unit will
then return to normal operation. Remember to
finalize the recorded disc so that it may be used
in other machines.

Record Levels
As with any recording, the setting of record 
levels is important to the creation of a copy disc
that is correctly recorded so that it is both free
from noise (caused by too low a record level) 
or distortion (caused by too high a record
level.) Since the CDR 30 accepts both digital
and analog sources, a different procedure is
required, depending on the type of input used.

To view the record level, press the CDR Level
Indicator Selector

t and verify that the

E is lit. In general

practice, and particularly for analog recordings,
a proper recording is made when the individual
left and right Level Indicators

G run in the

left two-thirds of the display scale, and the red
OVER indicators flash only briefly.

The default setting for level control is Manual
with the adjustment set at a 0db level. This 
setting is appropriate for most  recordings, and
under normal circumstances you will not need
to make any changes.

With analog recordings, it is desirable to have
the Level Indicators 

G flash at the right

two-thirds of the display, and only occasionally
lighting the red indicators. If the level is too
high or too low during an analog recording,
simply adjust the Analog Record Level
Control 

* until the level is set properly.

It is important to note that for digital recordings
the level indications will always run lower than
what you would expect for an analog recording.
This is due to the fact that, within limits, low level
for digital recordings is not a severe problem.
However, high digital levels will cause a complete
loss of information. In most cases it will not be
necessary to adjust the level for digital recordings.

When automatic level control of digital control
is desired, press and hold both Digital Level
Control Buttons 

 and release them when

the Digital Record Level Status Indicator 

X

lights as A DRLC. In this mode, the system
will automatically limit digital record levels to
prevent loss of information.

To manually adjust the level, press the appro-
priate 

⁄

or 

¤

, but make certain that the level

shown in the Level Indicators 

G does not

exceed the red levels. Digital levels may only be
adjusted from –3dB to +3dB, as shown in the
Time/Message Display 

F.

To stop the recording, press the Stop Button

Ó.

The recording will automatically stop if it takes
more space than is available on the CD-R/RW disc.

A DISC FULL message will appear to

remind you that a new disc is needed.

At the end of a recording, a BUSY message
and an UPDATE message will appear briefly,
and the unit will return to normal operation.
Remember to finalize the disc after recording so
that it may be used in other players.

Finalizing CD-R and CD-RW Discs
Finalizing is a simple process that completes
the recording of a disc so that it may be used in
other players. Once that is done, a CD-R disc
may not be changed or added to. CD-RW discs
are “locked” once they are finalized, but they
may be unfinalized to permit additional recording
or erasure.

To finalize a disc, place it in the Record Drawer
%, if it is not already in that drawer. Once the
disc’s Table of Contents (TOC) information has
been read and the OPC process has been com-
pleted, press the Finalize Button 

# and note

that the word FINAL will begin to flash in
the Time/Message Display

F. Within five

seconds, press the CDR Play/Select Button 

(

and note that the message will stop flashing.

The finalization process will take up to two
minutes, depending on the length of the material
recorded on the disc. During finalization you
will see the number of seconds remaining in
the process count down in the Time/Message
Display

F until the disc is finalized. During

finalization the CDR deck will not accept any
operating commands.

When the finalization process is complete, the
Time/Message display will return to its normal
messages, and the R/RW Indicator

Q will go

out, with the CD indication remaining to indi-
cate that the disc is finalized and ready for play
on standard CD players (for CD-R discs).

Unfinalizing and Erasing CD-RW Discs
CD-RW discs are unique in that they are both
recordable and rewritable. This means that you
may use them over again like a cassette tape.
However, the process of reusing a CD-RW disc
is slightly different from that used with tapes.

Unfinalizing a CD-RW Disc
To keep the material that is already recorded on
a CD-RW disc but to add an additional track
and erase single tracks, you must first unfinalize
the disc. To do that, place the CD-RW disc in
the Record Deck

% and wait until the Table

of Contents data has been read.

24 CD RECORDING

Press the Erase Button 

@ twice and check to

make certain that the word ERASE flashes in
the Time/Message Display

F. Within three

seconds, press the CDR Play/Select Button
(j to start the process. The ERASE
message will be replaced by OPC and then
TOC as the disc is readied for the erasure.
The word ERASE will be displayed again
during the process.

When the ERASE message goes out and is
replaced with a normal display, the disc has
been unfinalized and is ready to have single
tracks erased or new tracks added.

Erasing an Entire CD-RW Disc
Erasing the entire contents of a disc is simple,
and it does not matter if the disc has been
finalized or not. To erase the disc, press the
Erase Button

@ TWICE if the disc has NOT

been finalized and once if it has been finalized,
so that the word DISC appears in the
Time/Message Display

F and the word

ERASE flashes. To start the erasure, press the
Select Button

( and note that the word

ERASE will stop flashing. The erasure process
takes about a minute, and it is complete when
the Information Display resets to 00 00:00
and ERASE goes out. The disc is now totally
erased and may be reused.

Erasing a Single Track
The individual tracks on a CD-RW disc may be
erased one at a time, starting with the last
track on the disc, or you may erase more than
one track. Note that before individual tracks

may be erased the disc must be unfinalized. If
the disc is finalized, follow the instructions
above for unfinalizing before proceeding with
these steps.

To erase only the last track, press the Erase
Button

@. Note that the Time/Message

F will display 01 TRK and ERASE

will flash. Press the Play/Select Button

j(

within three seconds and note that the Erase
Indicator will stop flashing. When ERASE
goes out, the Time/Message Display

F will

show the total number of tracks that now
remain on the disc.

You may erase more than one track, counting
backwards from the last track. First, press the
Erase Button

@. Note that the Time/Message

F will display 01 TRK and ERASE

will flash. Press the Next Button

wÛ or

iÙ until the number of

tracks to be erased appears in the Time/Message
Display

F. For example, when 06 TRK

appears in the display a total of six tracks will
be erased, counting back from the last track on
the disc. Next, press the Play/Select Button
(j within three seconds of making the
track selection and note that ERASE will
stop flashing. When ERASE goes out, the
Time/Message Display

F will show 

the total number of tracks that now remain 
on the disc.

Important Note: Tracks at the beginning or in
the middle of the disc may not be erased until
all of the tracks after them have been erased.

Important Note on Erasure and
Finalization Times: Regardless of the speed
at which a disc was recorded, the CDR 30 will
erase and finalize discs at the x4 speed to mini-
mize the length of the process. However, in
some cases, it may be necessary for the unit to
repeat the erasure or finalization due to the
nature of an individual disc. For that reason, it
is normal for the time required to complete
these steps to vary from one disc to another.