Tascam CD-D4000 MKII manual

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    » CD-D4000@# CD Duplicator ˛ O WNER’S MANU AL CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the pres- ence of important operating and maintenance[...]

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    2 TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII Important Safety Precautions IMPOR T ANT (f or U .K. Customers) DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer. If nonethel[...]

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    TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 3 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CA UTION: … Read all of these Instructions. … Save these Instructions f or later use. … Follow all Warnings and Instructions marked on the audio equipment. 1) Read Instructions — All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. 2) Retain Instructi[...]

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    4 TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 1 - Introduction The T ASCAM CD-D4000 MKII CD duplicator pro- vides you with a quick and simple method of copy- ing your original audio material in CD format at more than real-time speeds, using easily-obtainable, lo w-cost CD-R media, with no auxiliary equipment or computer system required. It is especially useful for duplic[...]

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    TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 5 2 - Parts of the CD-D4000 MKII The follo wing refer to front panel items only . The only rear panel feature is the po wer cord, which should be plugged into a po wer supply that matches the voltage sho wn on the rear panel label. 1 P ower s witch Press this switch once to po wer on the unit, and again to turn it of f. 2 Displ[...]

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    6 TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 3 - Care of CD-R media The Compact Disc medium is a robust medium, and the discs can survi ve a good deal of physical ab use. Ho we ver , there are precautions that you should take when handling CD-R discs which are dif ferent to those you should take when handling ordinary CDs. A void touching the recording (non-label) side [...]

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    TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 7 4 - Basic operations 4.1 P ower -up procedure When the unit is first po wered up using the po wer switch 1 , it performs a self-check operation, and the screen sho ws the follo wing: follo wed by : If the self-check is passed, the display will sho w the first menu screen, otherwise an error message will be displayed. 4.2 In[...]

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    8 TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 5 - Disc copy NO TE Y ou should o wn the cop yright, or hav e obtained the appropriate per mission from the copyright owner or the rightful licensor , your unauthorized recording, reproduction or distribution thereof , may result in se v ere civil and criminal penalties under cop yright laws and international copyright treati[...]

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    5 - Disc copy TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 9 While the slav e disc is being checked, the words Checking Media will appear on the screen. While the master disc is being checked, the words Checking Data will appear on the screen. If the CD-D4000 MKII does not detect any potential problems with the discs, copying will start. 5 The first part of the disc to b[...]

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    10 TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 7 - Compare CD-ROM This mode is used for comparing a CD-R OM which has just been duplicated using the copy mode. It can- not be used for audio CDs. 1 Press the MODE ke y until the display sho ws the follo wing: 2 Press ENTER : 3 Make sure that the original disc is in the MASTER dri v e disc tray , and the copy disc is in the[...]

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    7 - Compare CD-ROM TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 11 6 Press the ENTER ke y from this screen to exit the audio play mode and return to the main mode selection screen. NO TE If the copied CD contains audio errors, y ou will be able to hear them, b ut no message will appear on the displa y . If a copied CD contains audible errors , you ma y want to consider re[...]

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    13 TASCAM CD-D4000 MKII 9 - Specifications 9.1 Operational specifications 9.2 Ph ysical specifications 9.3 Dimensional drawing Unit Prof essional CD and CD-ROM duplicator T ypes of media that may be copied a CD-D A (audio CDs) and CD-ROM (ISO9660 standard, etc.) Maximum write speed 8 times Other speeds 6 times, 4 times, 2 times , real-time A udio[...]