TASCAM CD-RW901SL 1 − Introduction ......................................... 6Supplied accessories ....................................... 6Rack-mounting the unit .................................. 6About this manual .......................................... 6About CD-R and CD-RW discs ........................ 7About finalizing .............................................. 7Recordable discs ....................................................7Environmental considerations ....................... 8Handling of compact discs ....................................8Never use a stabilizer or printable discs..............8Beware of condensation .......................................9Connections ..................................................... 9Control connections ..............................................92 − Features of the CD-RW901SL .............10Front panel .................................................... 10Rear panel ...................................................... 11Display ........................................................... 12RC-RW901SL Remote control unit ................ 133 − Menu operation ..................................15Menu configuration ...................................... 15Operation basics ........................................... 164 − Playback operations ............................17Discs for playback ......................................... 17Simple playback operations ......................... 17Track selection ............................................... 17Using the skip function .......................................17Selecting by track number ..................................18Track search ................................................... 18Normal search ......................................................18Direct search ........................................................18Basic operation ............................................................18Operation variations ...........................................18Specifying a track number only .................................18Specifying to the minute ............................................18Index search .........................................................19Time skip ..............................................................19Playback modes ............................................. 19Continuous playback ...........................................19Single-track playback ..........................................20Random playback ................................................20Program playback ................................................20Time display switching ................................. 20EXT SYNC playback ....................................... 21Timer playback .............................................. 21Repeat playback ............................................ 21A to B repeat playback ................................. 22Pitch control function ................................... 22Key control function ..................................... 22Auto Cue function ......................................... 23Auto Ready function ..................................... 23Incremental playback.................................... 23Call function .................................................. 23End of disc/track message (EOM) ................ 23International Standard Recording Code(ISRC) .............................................................. 23Recorder Identification Data (RID) ............... 24Playing back MP3 files .................................. 24About MP3 track data .........................................24Directory playback setting .................................25MP3 action setting ..............................................255 − Recording............................................ 26Input selection............................................... 26Input monitoring .................................................26Frequency conversion .........................................26Basic recording .............................................. 27Time display while recording .............................27Full disc .................................................................27Advanced recording ...................................... 28Fade-in and fade-out recording .........................28Synchronized recording ......................................28Sync recording .....................................................28Sync recording with trim function .....................29Automatic track division............................... 29To enable or disable automatic track division ..........29Automatic track division with trim function.....30Automatically Incrementing index numbers ....30Manually divide track..........................................30Manually incrementing index numbers ............30Rec mute function ......................................... 30Restricting the number of tracks ................. 31Copy-protection ............................................ 31Continuous recording (CONT REC)............... 326 − After recording....................................33Finalizing........................................................ 33Unfinalizing CD-RW discs ...................................33Erasing ........................................................... 34Erasing tracks .......................................................34Erasing a whole disc ............................................34Refreshing a disc ........................................... 347 − Titling ...................................................35Title input operation ..................................... 35Disc title input......................................................35Track title input....................................................35Using a keyboard with the CD-RW901SL .... 36Keyboard type setting ........................................36Title input by keyboard.......................................36Other keyboard operations ................................368 − Data settings .......................................37Data communication setting ........................ 379 − Reference and specifications ............. 38Error messages .............................................. 38Messages during operations ........................ 38Troublshooting .............................................. 39Specifications ................................................ 40Dimensional drawing.................................... 41Contents