Tascam CD-RW900mkII Owner's Manual

28 TASCAM CD-RW900MKIIUnfinalizing CD-RW discsIf a CD-RW disc has been finalized, it is possible to erase theTable 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.Rotate the MULTI JOG dial or press the SKIP keyon the remote control to select UNFINALIZE?.Push the MULTI JOG dial or press the ENTER keyto confirm.If you do not want to proceed with the unfinaliz-ing process, press the ERASE/DEL key on the frontpanel or the SKIP key 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 Erase flashing and the remaining time.The unit starts counting down from a time shownon the display.4. When finalization has been finished successfully,Complete appears on the display, and the TOC indi-cator will go off.FinalizingAs has been explained earlier (“About Finalizing” on page 8), inorder for a disc to become a standard CD, it must have a Table ofContents (TOC) written to it. This process is known as finaliz-ing.An unfinalized disc can always be distinguished on theCD-RW900MKII by the TOC indicator under the disc type on thedisplay being unlit when the disc is inserted.To finalize a disc:1. Load the unfinalized disc, and with the unit in stopmode, 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 finalizingprocess, 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 onthe display.4. When finalization has been finished successfully,Complete appears and the TOC will be lit on thedisplay.NOTEDuring the finalizing process, all key presses are ignored.This section deals with the actions taken after record-ing: final-izing for CD-R and CD-RW discs, and erase operations forCD-RW discs.Once finalized, CD-R discs are truly final—no more can berecorded on them. By contrast, CD-RW discs can be “unfinal-ized” using the CD-RW900MKII, i.e. their TOC can be deleted,and if there is space, further material can be recorded on them.Even if the disc is full, tracks can be erased following the unfi-nalize process, and new material can be recorded.6 − After recording