Tascam CD-RW901 Owner's Manual

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TASCAM CD-RW901 1FinalizingAs has been explained earlier (“About Finalizing” onpage 7), in order for a disc to become a standard CD, itmust have a Table of Contents (TOC) written to it. Thisprocess is known as finalizing.An unfinalized disc can always be distinguished on theCD-RW901 by the TOC indicator under the disc typeon the display being un-lit when the disc is inserted.To finalize a disc:1. Load the unfinalized disc, and with the unit instop 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 MULTIJOG dial or press the ENTER key on the remotecontrol.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.The unit starts counting down from a timeshown on the 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 areignored.Unfinalizing 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 instop mode, press the ERASE/DEL key on thefront panel or the ERASE key on the remote con-trol.Rotate the MULTI JOG dial or press the MENU(+/-) keys on the remote control to select UNFI-NALIZE?. Push the MULTI JOG dial or press theENTER key to confirm.If you do not want to proceed with the unfinal-izing process, press the ERASE/DEL key on thefront panel or the ERASE key on the remotecontrol.2. The display shows Sure?If you do not want to proceed with the unfinaliz-ing process, press the STOP key.3. To start the unfinalizing process, press theMULTI JOG dial or the ENTER key again.When unfinalization has been chosen, the dis-play shows Erase flashing and the remainingtime. The unit starts counting down from a timeshown on the display.4. When finalization has been finished successfully,Complete appears on the display, and the TOCindicator will go off.This 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 morecan be recorded on them. By contrast, CD-RW discscan be “unfinalized” using the CD-RW901, i.e. theirTOC can be deleted, and if there is space, further mate-rial 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.6 − After recording