Tascam CD D4000MK2_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...

 
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 
CAUTION:  
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Read all of these Instructions.  
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Save these Instructions for later use.  
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Follow all Warnings and Instructions marked on the audio
equipment.
1) Read Instructions  
 Ñ All the safety and operating instructions
should be read before the product is operated.  
2) Retain Instructions   
Ñ The safety and operating instructions
should be retained for future reference.  
3) Heed Warnings  
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1 - Introduction 
The TASCAM 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, 
low-cost CD-R media, with no auxiliary equipment 
or computer system required.
It is especially useful for duplicating material pro-
duced using TASCAM CD-RW recorders on CD-
RW media, which may be unplayable on certain 
types of CD player. The CD-D4000 MKII can...

 
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2 - Parts of the CD-D4000 MKII 
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. 
2  
Display 
The 2 x 16 LCD display displays the menus and sub-
menus available, and also provides information on 
the status of the current operation, as...

 
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3 - Care of CD-R 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 
Þngerprints, grease, etc. can cause...

 
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4 - Basic operations 
4.1 Power-up procedure 
When the unit is Þrst powered up using the power 
switch   
1  
, it performs a self-check operation, and the 
screen shows the following:
followed by 
: 
If the self-check is passed, the display will show the 
Þrst menu screen, otherwise an error message will be 
displayed. 
4.2 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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5 - Disc copy 
NOTE 
You should own the copyright, or have obtained 
the appropriate permission from the copyright 
owner or the rightful licensor, your unauthorized 
recording, reproduction or distribution thereof, may 
result in severe civil and criminal penalties under  
copyright laws and international copyright treaties. 
This procedure copies the material from the disc 
(either an audio CD or a CD-ROM) in the   
MASTER
 
 
drive to the CD-R in the   
SLAVE
 
 drive....

 
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While the slave 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. 
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The Þrst part of the disc to be copied is the TOC 
(Table of Contents). While this is being written, 
the display shows: 
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When this has been written, the data is...

 
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7 - 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...