Tascam Cd Recorder/cassette Deck Cc-222mkii Owners Manual

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4 – CD player
The CC-222MKII can be used to play back CDs 
(including CD-R and CD-RW discs that have been 
recorded and finalized on other types of recorder), as well as CD-R discs and CD-RW discs that have been 
recorded on the unit.
Simple playback operations
1Press the OPEN/CLOSE key to open the disc 
tray.
2Discs should be inserted in the tray with the 
label uppermost.
3Press the 
OPEN/CLOSE key to close the tray 
again.
When a disc is loaded into the unit, the...

4 – CD player—Playback modes
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2To play a track whose number is higher than 
9, press the 
+10 key an appropriate number 
of times to set the “tens” digit of the track 
number, followed by a single key to set the 
“units” digit. For example:
Track 13 = 
+10, 3
Tr a c k  3 0  =  +10, +10, +10, 0
NOTE
On the remote control unit only, the search keys can be 
used to “fast-forward” and “fast-rewind” through the 
disc.
Playback modes
The unit can be set to play back a single...

4 – CD player—Repeat play
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Clear the program by pressing PLAY MODE until the 
display shows 
Continue. The program is also 
cleared when the disc tray is opened, and if the 
STOP 
key is pressed when playback is stopped in pro-
grammed order mode.The programmed play order is not memorized when 
power is turned off.
If an attempt is made to enter more than 25 program 
steps, the message 
PGM Full ! appears on the 
display.
Repeat play
The unit can repeat the whole of...

4 – CD player—Auto spacing
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Auto spacing
This function inserts a gap of about four seconds 
between tracks on playback. This can be useful when 
recording to tape, so that automatic searching can 
take place more easily on tapes recorded from disc 
(see “Search keys” on page 20).
NOTE
This function is only available from the remote control 
unit. It is not possible to use this function with the main 
unit only.
If you press the AU TO SPACE key while the play-
back is...

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5 – Recording CDs
Before you start recording using the CC-222MKII, 
make sure that you understand the following key 
points:
 Once you have recorded on a CD-R disc, the data 
cannot be erased from it. You can add tracks to an unfinalized recordable 
disc. Once finalized, a CD-R disc is “fixed” and 
behaves in the same way as a pre-recorded disc. 
Finalized CD-RW discs, however, can be erased, 
refreshed and re-recorded.
Input selection
To select the input to be...

5 – Recording CDs—Basic recording
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Frequency conversion
The sampling frequency for CDs is 44.1 kHz. The 
CC-222MKII will always record (and play back) 
CDs at this frequency. When recording digital signals, the sampling fre-
quency will always be automatically converted to this 
value, except when recording from a CD, in which 
case the sampling frequency converter is automati-
cally bypassed.
Basic recording
NOTE
According to the “Red Book” (the specification for...

5 – Recording CDs—Dubbing from tape to disc
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Playing back tracks
Although an unfinalized disc cannot be played back 
on an ordinary CD player, the CC-222MKII can play 
back tracks that have been recorded.Use the MULTI DIAL control or the  SKIP keys to 
select a track for playback.
Time display while recording
While a recordable disc is being played back, the 
four time display modes available in normal play-
back as described in , “Time display modes”: 
TOTAL, 
TOTAL...

5 – Recording CDs—From the RIAA PHONO inputs
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whichever is the earliest, the tape will stop, 
and recording will stop on the disc.
If you want to adjust the input volume, set 
the 
DUB>VOL menu to ON and use the 
right (CD-RW) 
INPUT control to adjust the 
level of signals fed to the disc from the tape 
deck. If you wish to adjust the volume before 
recording starts, put the CD-RW into record 
ready or monitor mode and use the 
INPUT 1 
SEL
 key to select TAPE.
You can...

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During dubbing with auto track enabled, the trigger 
level (“Setting the trigger level” on page 29) is fixed at 
–24 dB and cannot be changed.
This mode cannot be entered if a recordable disc is not 
loaded in the drive.
It is also possible to perform manual recording to 
disc from the 
RIAA PHONO source. This is the same as the standard manual recording procedure (“Basic 
recording” on page 26), except that the 
PHONO input...

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Sync recording (start)
The conditions under which an input signal is used as 
the trigger to start recording in the 
SYNC ALL and 
SYNC 1 modes are:
 when recording digitally from a DAT deck, a digi-
tal track start signal is detected (the signal level is 
ignored):
 when recording digitally from a CD or MD deck, a 
digital track start signal is received, and the signal 
level subsequently rises above the trigger level: when...