IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM CD-RW901SL TASCAM CD-RW901SL Unfinalizing CD-RW discsIf a CD-RW disc has been finalized, it is possible to erasethe 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.Rotate the MULTI JOG dial or press the MENU(+/-) keys on the remote control to selectUNFINALIZE?. Push the MULTI JOG dial orpress the ENTER key to confirm.If you do not want to proceed with the unfinaliz-ing process, press the ERASE/DEL key on the frontpanel or the ERASE 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 page7), in order for a disc to become a standard CD, it musthave a Table of Contents (TOC) written to it. This processis known as finalizing.An unfinalized disc can always be distinguished on theCD-RW901SL 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 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 onthe display.NOTEDuring the finalizing process, all key presses are ignored.This section deals with the actions taken after record-ing:finalizing for CD-R and CD-RW discs, and erase opera-tions for CD-RW discs.Once finalized, CD-R discs are truly final—no more canbe recorded on them. By contrast, CD-RW discs can be“unfinalized” using the CD-RW901SL, i.e. their TOC canbe deleted, and if there is space, further material can berecorded on them. Even if the disc is full, tracks can beerased following the unfinalize process, and new materialcan be recorded.6 − After recording