Tascam CD D1x4_owners Manual

CD Duplicator
Professional
OWNER’S MANUAL
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Important Safety Precautions
IMPORTANT (for 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 nonetheless the mains plug is cut off, remove the fuse
 and dispose
of the plug
 immediately, to avoid a possible shock hazard by
inadvertent connection to the mains supply....

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CAUTION:
…Read all of these Instructions.
…Save these Instructions for 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 Instructions — The safety and operating instructions should
be retained for future reference.
3) Heed Warnings — All warnings on the product and in the operating
instructions should be adhered to.
4) Follow...

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Table of Contents
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1 – Introduction
About CD-R and CD-RW discs.........................7
Recordable media ...........................................7
Installing the CD-D1x4 ............................... 7
Temperature considerations  ......................7
2 – Parts of the CD-D1x4
Front panel.................................................. 8
Rear panel ................................................... 9
3 – Care of recordable media
Discs recommended for use with the 
CD-D1x4...

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1 – Introduction
The TASCAM CD-D1x4 CD duplicator provides 
you with a quick and simple method of copying your 
original audio material in CD format on up to four 
drives at once at considerably more than real-time 
speeds (up to 16 times), using easily-obtainable, low-
cost CD-R or CD-RW media, with no auxiliary 
equipment or computer system required. 
Another CD-D1x4 may be slaved to the first in order 
to provide an eight-drive unit (see “Cascading” on 
page 19).
It is especially...

1 – Introduction
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About CD-R and CD-RW discs
The CD-D1x4 uses CD-R and CD-RW media, and 
can also use CD-R and CD-RW Digital Audio media. 
In this manual, when we refer to “CD-R” and CD-
RW” discs, we always include “CD-R Digital Audio” 
and “CD-RW Digital Audio”, even when this is not 
explicitly stated.
CD-R discs can be recorded once only. Once they 
have been used for recording, they cannot be erased 
or re-recorded. However, if space is available on the 
disc, additional material...

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2 – Parts of the CD-D1x4
Front panel
1STANDBY/ON switch Press this switch 
once to power on the unit, and again to turn it to 
standby mode. There is also a power switch on the 
rear panel which must be switched on first. 
NOTE
If the unit does not turn on when you turn the front 
panel switch on, make sure the switch at the rear of the 
unit is also turned on.
2Display The 2 x 16 LCD display displays the 
menus and sub-menus available, and also provides 
information on the status of...

2 – Parts of the CD-D1x4
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Rear panel
8CASCADE connector Only use the cable 
supplied with the CD-D1x4 to connect two units. 
Make all connections with both power switches on 
both units turned off.
See “Cascading” on page 19 for details of how to 
operate units in a cascade.
9MASTER/SLAVE switch Use this switch 
to determine which is the master and which is the 
slave unit when two units are connected using the 
CASCADE connectors.
APOWER switch Like many personal com-
puters, the...

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3 – Care of recordable media
The Compact Disc medium is a robust medium, and 
the discs can survive a good deal of physical abuse. 
However, there are precautions that you should take 
when handling CD-R discs which are different to 
those you should take when handling ordinary CDs.
Avoid touching the recording (non-label) side of a 
disc on which you will be recording. Recording on a 
disc requires a cleaner surface than playing back, and 
fingerprints, grease, etc. can cause errors...