Page 2 - CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,; WARNING; CAUTION; Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.; Changes or modifications may cause this unit
- 2 - RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The lightning flash with arrowheadsymbol, within an equilateral triangle, isintended to alert ...
Page 3 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT; AC polarized plug
- 3 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and safetystandards. There are, however some installation and operation precautionswhich you should be particularly aware of. 1. Read Instructions – All the safety and operatin...
Page 4 - Specifications; General; MIC/LINE analog input; LINE level; AUX analog input; Do not expose the equipment to rain or moisture.; WARNINGS
Specifications General System ............... Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA)Number of channels ...................................... 2 (stereo)Applicable discs .............................. CD, CD-R, CD-RWPower requirements ......AC100V-240V, 50/60 Hz, 21W DC .....................................
Page 5 - Table of Contents; Topic
Table of Contents - 5 - Topic page Warnings .............................................................. 2Safety Instructions ................................................ 3Specifications ....................................................... 4Table of Contents ...................................
Page 6 - For CD recording you can:
- 6 - Table of Contents continued Introduction The CDR300 CD recording system is a CD recorderwith playback capability. For CD recording you can: • record on CD-R or CD-RW discs• record from digital or analog sources For CD playing you can: • add (mix in) your own microphone or instrument input • co...
Page 7 - Package contents; Power cord; Remote batteries; Install two AA batteries.; AC power; Connect your amplifier and speaker system; POWER Push the POWER OFF/ON
BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 P R O F E S S I O N A L - 7 - Package contents BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE E...
Page 8 - TREBLE; REPEAT is lit and steady in the display.
Controls, Display (top) 1 Speaker grillThe built in full range speaker allows listeningto a CD without having to connect to otherequipment for amplification. - 8 - BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER ST...
Page 9 - a; Menu Item; Only TRACK is lit and steady.; TOTAL TRACK is lit and steady.; Recording modes
- 9 - Controls, Display (top) continued BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 P R O F E S S I O N A L 4 a TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC M...
Page 10 - a b c; Control buttons continued
- 10 - Controls, Display (top) continued BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 P R O F E S S I O N A L 6 TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MO...
Page 11 - PROG; Lit during a repeat operation.; TEXT is displayed when the CD being; TEXT; A- is lit after pushing the A-B button once; TOC; TOC
- 11 - Controls, Display (top) continued POWER 5 Standby POWER switch Slide the Standby POWER switchto the right to turn power on or off.POWER button on rear of unitmust be ON (the red STANDBY STANDBY 6 STANDBY light STANDBY light (red) is lit when poweris switched off by the StandbyPOWER switch on ...
Page 12 - SYNC; Lit when a SYNC RECORD mode is on.; AUTO; Lit when tracks are automatically being; In Play mode turn to select the track.; paused symbol
- 12 - Controls, Display (top) continued 7 Display continued R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0OVER 1 A B TOTAL TRACK REPEAT AUTO SYNC PROGRANDOM DIGITAL STANDBY CD-RW CD TEXT TOC SYNC 14 SYNC indicator Lit when a SYNC RECORD mode is on. AUTO 13 AUTO indicator Lit when tracks are automatically being ...
Page 13 - Turn to adjust the level of the left input.
- 13 - Controls, Connections (front) PHONE/SPEAKER LEVEL PHONES LINE OUT ReWritable Recordable CD PLAY / RECORD OPEN/CLOSE DIGITAL ANALOG INPUT ON OFF SPEAKER PHONE SELECTOR MIC/LINE MIX OUT LINE OUT AUX L R L + R L/R MIC/LINE PUSH MIC/LINE RIGHT PUSH LEFT INT LINE MIC LIMITER ALC REC LEVEL MANUAL O...
Page 14 - CDR drive open; approximately 20 dB to prevent distortion.
- 14 - Controls, Connections (front) con-tinued PHONE/SPEAKER LEVEL PHONES LINE OUT ReWritable Recordable CD PLAY / RECORD OPEN/CLOSE DIGITAL ANALOG INPUT ON OFF SPEAKER PHONE SELECTOR MIC/LINE MIX OUT LINE OUT AUX L R L + R L/R MIC/LINE PUSH MIC/LINE RIGHT PUSH LEFT INT LINE MIC LIMITER ALC REC LEV...
Page 15 - • For more information on the RC-5 system and
POWER ON OFF MIX LINE AUX DIGITAL REMOTE RC-5 EXT. INT. FOOT PEDAL IN OUT IN OUT R L R L IN OUT OUT DC IN - 15 - Controls, Connections (rear) 1 MIX OUT jacks Plug Right and Left RCA audiocables in here to connect to theinput of an amplifier or otherexternal unit. Use for recordingonto an external re...
Page 16 - Power switch; DC IN; DC IN pin out; DC IN; not used; BATTERY SELECT; Push and release the SELECT control.; When correct push and release MENU/STORE.; How to use a DC power supply; Battery Backup
POWER ON OFF MIX LINE AUX DIGITAL REMOTE RC-5 EXT. INT. FOOT PEDAL IN OUT IN OUT R L R L IN OUT OUT DC IN 9 10 Controls, Connections (rear) contin-ued POWER ON OFF 10 Power switch Push and release to turn power ON (inposition). Push and release to turnpower OFF (out position). Normally, to retain me...
Page 17 - How to play; a b c; d e; How to Pause; and your
- 17 - How to PlayHow to Play a CD (basics) How to play BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 P R O F E S S I O N A L 1 Connect and turn on the CDR300, see Connections (basic) o...
Page 18 - How to play continued; You can select tracks during Stop, Play or Pause.; B Remaining track time; There are three modes of time display:
- 18 - How to play continued How to select tracks You can select tracks during Stop, Play or Pause. Turn the SELECT control (5) tochoose the track. During play waitabout a second or push andrelease the SELECT control toswitch to the beginning of thattrack. During Stop or Pause pushPlay/Pause to begi...
Page 19 - PROG is lit and flashing.; Total time given as dashes.
- 19 - How to play continued Push and release Play/Pause. CD TEXT TRACK R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 a b c Example display: a Play symbol flashing indicates track is playing.b Example track #3 is playingc Flashing "TRACK" indicates single track play. When the track is completed the CDR3...
Page 20 - a b; In Stop mode push and release PROG to enter; How to erase a programmed track; Push Stop
- 20 - How to play continued a b 3 Push Play/Pause (a) toplay the pro-gram. TRACK CD R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 CD PROG Exampledisplayshown. a Push Play/Pause to pause, push again to resumeplay from that point in the program. b Push Stop to stop. Push Play/Pause to resumeplay from the beginni...
Page 21 - How to Record; Stop button lit
- 21 - How to record your voice or instrument(basics) How to Record 1 0 Turn the SELECT control so RECORD is dis-played. Then push and release the SELECT control toaccept the RECORD recording mode. The display changes to: CD-RW R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 TRACK CD-RW dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -...
Page 22 - SCMS; Insert the CD to be copied into a CD player con-
How to Record a The red REC indicator and the pause indicator inthe display are lit. b The red REC button is lit and flashing. BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 P R O F E S ...
Page 23 - How to Record continued; Select record mode
- 23 - How to Record continued Select record mode The record mode (REC mode) sets the CDR300 toexpect and accept certain inputs, outputs, and otherconditions such as the settings of AUTO TRACK andAUTO STOP, and the easy availability of some adjust-ments such as REC LEVEL. The following descriptions ...
Page 24 - AUTO TRACK; AUTO STOP; REC LEVEL adjustment
- 24 - How to Record continued AUTO TRACK When recording with AUTO TRACK ON the CDR300will automatically increment tracks. If AUTO TRACK is ON and the source of recording is adigital source that has tracks, such as a CD playerconnected to the AUX IN jacks or a source input viathe DIGITAL IN jack (CD...
Page 25 - How to adjust the MIC EQUALIZER; Record adjustments continued
- 25 - How to Record continued How to adjust the MIC EQUALIZER With the CDR300 in Stop, Play/Pause, REC orREC Pause mode. BASS MID TREBLE TEXT PHANTOM PROG REPEAT MENU/STORE DISP SINGLE A-B CANCEL/DELETE REC MODE ERASE FINALIZE REC SELECT PUSH ENTER POWER STANDBY CD RECORDER CDR300 P R O F E S S I O...
Page 27 - How to Erase the last track; How to Erase; How to Erase the entire disc
- 27 - You can only erase CD-RW discs. You can erase one or more tracks from the end of theCR-RW disc, or you can erase the entire disc. Iffinalized, erasing a track or the disc automaticallyunfinalizes the disc. Push and release ERASE• Once to select erasing the last track of the disc,• Twice in su...
Page 28 - How to Finalize; How to Unfinalize a CD-RW disc
- 28 - How to Finalize Finalizing is writing the TOC (table of contents) on adisc so a CD player can recognize the number oftracks, the total time for each track, and their locationon the disc. A recorded disc must be finalized toplayback on a standard CD player. Once finalized aCD-R disc can be pla...
Page 29 - About the Remote; Alphanumeric keypad
About the Remote - 29 - POWER ON OFF MIX LINE AUX DIGITAL REMOTE RC-5 EXT. INT. FOOT PEDAL IN OUT IN OUT R L R L IN OUT OUT DC IN REMOTE EXT. INT. The REMOTE EXT. INT. switch on the back of theCDR300 must be at INT. for the infrared remote towork. Most of the controls on the remote work identically ...
Page 30 - About the Remote continued; Selects settings in MENU mode.
- 30 - About the Remote continued 1 ABC 2 DEF 3 GHI PROG 4 JKL 5 MNO 6 PQR TEXT 7 STU 8 VW 9 XYZ SINGLE DISPLAY 0 SPACE REPEAT CAN/DEL ENTER MEN/STO A B TR INC REC REMOTE CONTROLLER RC300CDR AMS 20 21 22 1516 17 1819 AMS (Automatic Search) button.Remote only. Push and release to playthe first 10 sec...
Page 31 - About CD discs; Compact disc care
- 31 - About CD discs The CDR300 can play CD, CD-R, or CD-RW discs andcan record on CD-R or CD-RW discs. CD-R (record once) CD-R discs are only able to be recorded onto asingle time but will playback in most CD players. CD-R discs can be recognized by the followinglogos: Recordable Recordable CD-RW ...
Page 32 - CD text; CD text during playback; CD Title; TEXT EDIT
tape or rental CD label with paste protruding fromthe edge or when a disc has a trace of such asticky object, do not attempt to play the disc. Thedisc may be impossible to take out, or anothermalfunction may result. • Write only on the printed side of a CD-R or CD- - 32 - RW disc, and only with a so...
Page 33 - TEXT EDIT continued; CDR; How to view CD text; CDR drive
- 33 - TEXT EDIT continued The SELECT control presents the followingcharacters in order: The _ after the 9 is recorded as a space. Consider using the infrared remote control to enterCD text. All the numbers, the space, and all upperand lower case characters are available from theremote alphanumeric ...
Page 34 - How to erase CD text; Push and release the SELECT control to confirm; RC-5 remote control codes; Function
- 34 - How to erase CD text The TEXT ERASE menu item lets you delete CD textthat has been entered. With your unfinalized disk in the CDR drive andstopped 1 Push and release MENU/STORE.2 Turn the SELECT control so TEXT ERASE is displayed. TOTAL TRACK CD-R R L dB-50 -30 -22 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 CD-RW 3 Pus...