Tascam CD-RW900 Owner's Manual

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26 TASCAM CD-RW900Unfinalizing CD-RW discsIf a CD-RW disc has been finalized, it is possible toerase the Table of Contents in the following way:1 With the finalized disc loaded and the unit in stopmode, press the ERASE/DEL key on the front panelor the ERASE key on the remote control.Rortate the MULTI JOG dial or press the SKIP keyson the remote control to select UNFINALIZE?. Pushthe MULTI JOG dial or press the ENTER key toconfirm.If you do not want to proceed with the unfinalizingprocess, press the ERASE/DEL key on the frontpanel or the SKIP keys on the remote control.2 The display shows Sure?If you do not want to proceed with the unfinalizingprocess, press the STOP key.3 To start the unfinalizing process, press the MULTIJOG dial or the ENTER key again.When unfinalization has been chosen, the displayshows the Erase flashing and the remaining time.The unit starts counting down from a time shown onthe display.4 When finalization has been finished successfully,Complete appears on the display, yet the TOC willgo off.6-After recordingFinalizingThis section deals with the actions taken after record-ing: finalizing for CD-R and CD-RW discs, and eraseoperations for CD-RW discs.Once finalized, CD-R discs are truly final—no more canbe recorded on them. By contrast, CD-RW discscan be “unfinalized” using the CD-RW900, i.e. theirTOC can be deleted, and if there is space, further ma-terial can be recorded on them. Even if the disc is full,tracks can be erased following the unfinalize process,and new material can be recorded.As has been explained earlier (“Finalizing” on page 7), inorder for a disc to become a standard CD, it must havea Table of Contents (TOC) written to it. This process isknown as finalizing.An unfinalized disc can always be distinguished on theCD-RW900 by the TOC indicator under the disc type onthe display being un-lit when the disc is inserted.To finalize a disc:1 Load the unfinalized disc, and the unit in stop mode,press the FINALIZE key.The display shows FINALIZE?If you do not want to proceed with the finalizingprocess, press the FINALIZE/INS key on the frontpanel or the FINALIZE key on the remote control.2 To start the finalizing process, push the MULTI JOGdial or press the ENTER key on the remote control.The display shows Sure?If you do not want to proceed with the finalizing pro-cess, press the STOP key.3 When finalization has been chosen, the displayshows the TOC flashing and the remaining time. Theunit starts counting down from a time shown on thedisplay.4 When finalization has been finished successfully,Complete appears and the TOC will be lit on thedisplay.NOTEDuring the process of finalizing, any key operation is notaccepted.