Tascam CD D4000_owners Manual

 
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CD-D4000 
CD Duplicator  
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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...

 
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 
CAUTION: 
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Read all of these Instructions. 
É 
Save these Instructions for later use. 
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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...

 
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1 - Introduction 
The TASCAM CD-D4000 CD duplicator provides 
you with a quick and simple method of copying your 
original audio material in CD format at more than 
real-time speeds, using easily-obtainable, low-cost 
CD-R media, with no auxiliary equipment or com-
puter system required.
It is especially useful for duplicating material pro-
duced using the TASCAM CD-RW5000 on CD-RW 
media, which may be unplayable on certain types of 
CD player. The CD-D4000 can read CD-RW discs...

 
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1.2 Parts of the CD-D4000 
The following refer to front panel items only. The 
only rear panel feature is the power cord, which 
should be plugged into a power supply that matches 
the voltage shown on the rear panel label. 
1 
POWER switch 
Press this switch once to power on the unit, and again 
to turn it off.
PLAUGGABLE EQUIPMENT, that the socket-
outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall 
be easily accessible. 
2 
Display 
The 2 x 16 LCD display...

 
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1.3 Basic operations 
1.3.1 Power-up procedure 
When the unit is first powered up using the  
POWER 
 
switch  
1 
, it performs a self-check operation, and the 
screen shows the following:
If the self-check is passed, the display will show the 
first menu screen, otherwise an error message will be 
displayed. 
1.3.2 Inserting discs 
Press the eject button of the  
MASTER 
 or the  
SLAVE 
 drive to open the disc tray.
Place discs label side uppermost in the disc...

 
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2 - Modes 
The different modes available are:
• Copy
• Test write
• Compare CD-ROM
• Play audio
• Write speed selection
These are accessed by pressing the  
MODE 
 key. 
Details of these modes are given below.
When the required mode is shown on the top line of 
the display, press the  
ENTER 
 key to enter the mode.
When the word  
Exit
 
 appears on the display, the  
ENTER 
 key will halt the current operation. 
2.1 Disc copy 
NOTE 
You should own the copyright, or have...

 
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2.2 Test write mode 
The test operation is functionally similar to the write 
operation, except that the writing of data to the slave 
disc is simulated. This is useful to make sure that 
data can be transferred at the selected rate between 
the master and slave discs. 
1 
Press the  
MODE 
 key until the display shows: 
2 
Press  
ENTER 
: 
3 
Insert the discs into the disc tray (original in the  
MASTER 
, and the blank CD-R in the  
SLAVE 
), 
and press the  
ENTER...

 
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2.4 Compare CD-ROM 
This mode is used for comparing a CD-ROM which 
has just been duplicated using the copy mode. It can-
not be used for audio CDs. 
1 
Press the  
MODE 
 key until the display shows the 
following: 
2 
Press  
ENTER 
: 
3 
Make sure that the original disc is in the  
MASTER 
 drive disc tray, and the copy disc is in 
the  
SLAVE 
 drive disc tray. 
4 
Press  
ENTER 
:
As the comparison process proceeds, the per-
centage of the process which has been...

 
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If the  
MODE 
 key is pressed from the screen 
above, the display changes:
Pressing the  
ENTER 
 key will start playing the 
track before the current track. If the first track is 
currently being played, and the  
ENTER 
 key is 
pressed, the last track will start playing. 
5 
Pressing the  
MODE 
 key from the display shown 
above will change the display again: 
6 
Press the  
ENTER 
 key from this screen to exit the 
audio play mode and return to the main mode...