Marantz CDR632 manual

Model CDR632 User Guide CD Recorder CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE KLASS 1 LASERAPPARAT[...]

2 ENGLISH Warnings and Cautions The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilater al tri- angle is intended to aler t the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous v oltage " within the product's enclosure. It ma y be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electr ic shoc k to per- sons. The e xclamation po[...]

— Important Safety Instructions 3 ENGLISH Important Safety Instructions READ BEFORE OPERA TING EQUIPMENT This product was designed and man ufactured to meet strict quality and safety standards . There are, how ev er , some installation and operation precautions which you should be particular ly a ware of . 1. Read these instructions. 2. K eep the[...]

— Important Safety Instructions 4 ENGLISH NO TE T O CA TV SYSTEM INST ALLER: This reminder is provided to call the CA TV (Cab le- TV) system installer's attention to Ar ticle 820-40 of the NEC , which provides guidelines f or proper grounding and, in par ticular , speci fi es that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system [...]

5 ENGLISH 1 – Introduction Thank you for purchasing the CDR632. Before using the CDR632, please read this manual care- fully , and use the product as directed to insure trouble- free enjoyment. After you ha ve read this manual, please keep it handy for future reference. Contents Introduction .......................................................[...]

ENGLISH 1 – Introduction — About discs 6 About discs Handle discs carefully so as not to dama ge or scratch the fr ont side. T o pr otect the disc, av oid placing it in the follo wing locations: • In direct sunlight or near a source of heat like a heater . • In a place which is damp or dirty . • In a place which could be exposed to rain, [...]

1 – Introduction — What is finalizing? 7 ENGLISH What is fi nalizing? Even after audio data is recorded on a CD-R or CD- R W disc, it cannot be played back on a con v entional CD player until the fi nal T OC (*) data has been recorded on the disc. The process of recording this TOC data is called “fi nalizing ” . No further recording can [...]

8 ENGLISH 2 – Front and rear panel Fr ont panel 1 PO WER s witch T urns the po wer on/of f. 2 Disc tray Insert a disc (CD, CD-R, CD-R W) here. 3 (Open/Close) button Opens or closes the disc tray . The display will indicate “ Open ” when the tray is opened, or “ Close ” when the tray is closed. 4 REPEA T button Switches the repeat playback[...]

2 – Front and rear panel — Rear panel 9 ENGLISH F ERASE/DEL button When using a CD-R W disc, this button lets you erase a track or the disc. When entering text, this button deletes the character at the cursor location. G (stop) button Stops recording or playback. H (play) b utton Starts recording or playback. I (pause) button Pauses recording o[...]

ENGLISH 2 – Front and rear panel — RC632CDR (remote control unit) 10 RC632CDR (remote control unit) 1 OPEN/CLOSE button Performs the same function as the front panel Open/Close button ( 3 ). 2 0 – 9 buttons Use these buttons to enter track numbers or to make program playback settings. 3 CLEAR button Cancels the number entered by the 0 – 9 b[...]

2 – Front and rear panel — Audio signal connections 11 ENGLISH D ERASE button Performs the same function as the front panel ERASE/DEL button ( F ). E RECORD button Performs the same function as the front panel (record)/TR.INCR. button ( J ). F SYNC REC button Performs the same function as the front panel SYNC REC/< button ( K ). G REC MUTE b[...]

12 ENGLISH 3 – Menu mode operations This section e xplains the basic procedures in Menu mode, where you can mak e various settings for the CDR632 and perform v arious editing operations. Menu structure Menu mode is or ganized as follo ws. F or details on each item, refer to the appropriate page . Basic operation in Menu mode This section e xplain[...]

3 – Menu mode operations — Basic operation in Menu mode 13 ENGLISH If using the remote contr ol unit 1 Press the MENU button to enter Men u mode. Y ou will switch from normal mode to Menu mode, and the display will sho w the menu items. 2 Use the SKIP b uttons to select a men u item. 3 Press the ENTER b utton. This will con fi rm your selectio[...]

14 ENGLISH 4 – Playback This section e xplains ho w to playback CD/CD-R/CD- R W media inserted in the disc tray , and how to playback MP3 format audio fi les from media such as CD-R OM. T ypes of disc that can be play ed The CDR632 can play the follo wing types of disc. • Commercial audio CDs recorded in CD-D A format • CD-R/CD-R W discs rec[...]

4 – Playback — Selecting a song 15 ENGLISH Selecting a song Here ’ s how to select a song when playing a CD that contains more than one track. Y ou can select a song either by moving to the pre vious or ne xt track (Skip) or by directly specifying a track number . Skipping Here ’ s how to skip to the pre vious or ne xt track num- ber . 1 Us[...]

ENGLISH 4 – Playback — Track search 16 T rac k searc h During playback (or while paused), you can search to fi nd the portion of the track you w ant to hear . Y ou can search either in the normal w ay by fast-forw arding/ re winding while listening to the audio, or by directly specifying a track or time and mo ving to that point (direct search[...]

4 – Playback — Playback modes 17 ENGLISH 2 If y ou want to specify onl y the trac k n umber , or the trac k number and the min utes, enter the desired digits and press the ENTER b ut- ton on the remote contr ol unit (or the PLA Y or P A USE b utton). If y ou specify only the trac k number If you specify the track number (up to three digits) and[...]

ENGLISH 4 – Playback — Playback modes 18 2 The pre vious displa y will reappear shortl y after y ou stop operating the PLA Y MODE button. W ith the e xception of Continue playback mode, the playback mode is sho wn as follows in the left part of the display . Using menu mode 1 While stopped, access the “ PLA Y MODE? ” menu item as described [...]

4 – Playback — Switching the time display 19 ENGLISH • Y ou can press the CLEAR b utton on the remote con- trol unit to delete the most recently prog rammed trac k from the progr am data. 4 Press the PLA Y button to begin pr ogram pla yback. Caution • In this pla yback mode , pla yback is not possib le unless at least one trac k has been pr[...]

ENGLISH 4 – Playback—Repeat playback 20 Repeat playbac k Here’ s how you can repeatedly play all tracks of the currently inserted disc, or repeatedly play a specifi ed region within a track (A-B Repeat Playback). Normal repeat pla yback All tracks on the disc will play repeatedly . 1 Press the REPEA T button on the front panel (or the remote[...]

4 – Playback — Pitch control playback 21 ENGLISH Pitch contr ol pla yback The CDR632 has a pitch control playback function that lets you adjust the pitch (and speed) of the play- back. Caution Pitch control does not work for MP3 fi les . 1 T o turn pitch contr ol pla yback on, press the PITCH button on the fr ont panel (or the remote control u[...]

ENGLISH 4 – Playback — Playing MP3 files 22 Caution MP3 fi les con verted at a sampling rate other than 44.1 kHz cannot be played correctly . The recommended format is a 44.1 kHz sampling rate and a bit rate of 128 kbps or higher . Note • F or a disc on which MP3 fi les are stored, each MP3 fi le is handled as a “ track ” . • Even if[...]

4 – Playback—Playing MP3 files 23 ENGLISH Directory playbac k settings Here’ s how to turn directory mode on/of f and perform operations in directory mode. Note In the e xplanation below , w e use menu mode to s witch director y mode on/off , but y ou can also do this by press- ing the DIR button on the remote control unit. 1 As described in [...]

24 ENGLISH 5 – Recording This section e xplains ho w to record on CD-R/CD-R W media inserted in the disc tray , and ho w to use v arious recording functions. Bef ore y ou record Understanding the follo wing points will help you a void unnecessary problems when recording. Before record- ing, please tak e a moment to read these. • The CD speci ?[...]

5 – Recording — Basic recording operations 25 ENGLISH 2 If the recor ding sour ce is analog ( [ANALOG] lit), use the INPUT contr ols to adjust the level received fr om the connected pla ybac k unit. Set the le vel as high as possible without allo wing the meters sho wn in the upper part of the display to reach the clipping point. The outer part[...]

ENGLISH 5 – Recording — Switching the time display 26 6 Press the (record) b utton to enter recor d-ready mode. The [REC] and [] will light, and the display will indicate “ Now OPC. ” . Note • “ OPC ” stands f or Optimum P ower Control. This is a function that optimizes the po wer of the laser used to record the disc. • If a digital[...]

5 – Recording — Fade-in/out 27 ENGLISH F ade-in/out When recording, you can f ade-in the input signal from silence to the speci fi ed le v el, or fade-out from the current le vel to silence. The f ade-in/out times can be speci fi ed independently . 1 As described in “ Basic operation in Menu mode ” ( → p.12), access the “ F ADE IN? ?[...]

ENGLISH 5 – Recording — Sync recording 28 3 Begin pla ybac k on input sour ce unit. After playback is begun on input source unit, the CDR632 will start recording automatically when it detects audio signal which is abov e the sync le vel adjusted in step 2. Ho we ver , after Sync1 or Sync ALL is selected, and if the signal below the adjusted syn[...]

5 – Recording — Auto track recording 29 ENGLISH A uto trac k recor ding Auto track recording is a function that automatically updates the track number when the speci fi ed condi- tion occurs. 1 Select the auto track mode as f ollo ws. 1 As described in “ Basic operation in Menu mode ” ( → p.12), access the “ AUTO_TRK? ” menu item and[...]

ENGLISH 5 – Recording — Manually updating the track number 30 Manuall y updating the track number If you want to update the track number manually , pro- ceed as follo ws. 1 T ake the f ollowing steps to enable man ual track n umber updating. 1 As described in “ Basic operation in Menu mode ” ( → p.12), access the “ M_TR INCR? ” menu i[...]

31 ENGLISH 6 – CD-R/CD-RW disc operations Caution Be careful that the power is not accidentally turned off while the fi nalize , un- fi nalize, refresh, or disc/trac k erase operations are being e xecuted. If this occurs, the data on the disc will be corrupted, and it is also possible that the disc itself will become unusable . This section e x[...]

ENGLISH 6 – CD-R/CD-RW disc operations — Refreshing 32 Refreshing In some cases, the CDR632 may be unable to recog- nize a disc, perhaps because fi nalization w as aborted by a po wer failure or other reason, or because the disc has been used by a computer . In such cases, refresh- ing the disc as described belo w may enable the CDR632 to dete[...]

6 – CD-R/CD-RW disc operations — Erasing a track 33 ENGLISH Erasing a track This operation erases the speci fi ed track and all sub- sequent tracks from a recorded CD-R W disc. Caution The contents of the erased track(s) will be lost f ore v er . Use this operation with great caution so that you don ’ t erase impor tant trac ks by mistak e. [...]

34 ENGLISH 7 – Entering names Caution If you turn off the power without fi nalizing after entering a name, the TOC will not be written, and the name you entered will be discarded. Y ou must ex ecute the fi naliz e operation to write the T OC . Y ou can use the “ TEXT EDIT? ” menu item to enter a name for a disc or track. Naming a disc Here [...]

7 – Entering names — Naming a track 35 ENGLISH Naming a track Here ’ s how to assign a name to a track recorded on a CD-R/CD-R W disc. 1 While stopped, access the “ TEXT EDIT? ” menu item and press the ENTER b utton. The display will indicate “ T ext> XXX ” (you can choose Disc or a track number 01 – 99). 2 Press the ENTER b utto[...]

36 ENGLISH 8 – Messages Err or messages If one of the follo wing messages should appear , press the (stop) b utton and then deal with the cause of the error . If you are still unable to resolve the prob- lem, please contact service center nearby . • Can ’ t Rec! Cannot record. Either erase the contents of the disc (for a CD-R W), or use a dif[...]

37 ENGLISH 9 – Troubleshooting • P o wer does not turn on Is the po wer cable fi rmly plugged in? • “ Disc Error! ” appears Could the disc be soiled? Clean or replace the disc. • Can ’ t playbac k Could condensation hav e occurred? If condensa- tion has occurred, remov e the disc and leav e the unit po wered-on for sev eral hours. ?[...]

38 ENGLISH 10 – Specifications Recordable discs CD-R, CD-R-D A, CD-R W , CD-R W -D A (High Speed CD-R W is supported) Quantization bit depth 16-bit linear Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz Frequency r esponse 20Hz–20KHz ±0.8 dB (playback) ±1.0 dB (recording) S/N 95 dB or better (playback) 90 dB or better (recording) Dynamic range 95 dB or better (p[...]

39 ENGLISH 11 – Limited Warranty Your Marantz Professional product is warranted against manufacturer defects in material and work- manship for a period of one year parts and labor. Marantz will pay for labor and material expenses for items covered by this limited warranty. Except as specified below, this warranty covers defects in material and wo[...]

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