Page 2 - IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS; TO THE USER
— 2 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference...
Page 3 - IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; Read these instructions.
TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Read these instructions. 2 Keep these instructions. 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all instructions. 5 Do not use this apparatus near water. 6 Clean only with dry cloth. 7 Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance w...
Page 4 - SAFETY INFORMATION
4 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual SAFETY INFORMATION DTA Optical pickup: Type : SF-W03PDX Manufacturer : SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. Laser output : Less than 40 mW on the objective lens Wavelength : 783 ±3 nm This product has been designed and manufactured according to FDA regulations “title 21, CFR, c...
Page 5 - Contents
Contents TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 5 1 – Introduction Supplied accessories ................................................ 6 Some notes and precautions .......................6 Rack-mounting the unit .......................................... 7Environmental considerations ......................
Page 6 - – Introduction; Supplied accessories; • An RC-222 remote control unit. Only use this; Some notes and precautions
6 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 1 – Introduction The CC-222MKII provides you with an advanced system for the recording and playback of digital compact discs and analog cassettes, providing easy duplication facilities in both directions, and combin-ing the most advanced technology in both fields. ...
Page 7 - – Introduction—Some notes and precautions; Rack-mounting the unit; Beware of condensation
1 – Introduction—Some notes and precautions TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 7 Rack-mounting the unit Use the rack-mounting kit to mount the unit in a stan-dard 19-inch equipment rack, as shown below. Remove the feet of the unit before mounting it. See “Environmental considerations” on page 7 below ...
Page 8 - – Introduction—Finalizing; About tapes; Do not store tapes in the following places:; Finalizing
1 – Introduction—Finalizing 8 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual About tapes Do not store tapes in the following places: • On top of heaters, exposed to direct sunlight, or in any other places with high temperatures. • Near speakers, on TV sets or amplifiers or where they would be exposed to strong ma...
Page 9 - “Recordable” discs
1 – Introduction—Finalizing TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 9 “Recordable” discs In this manual, we use the term “recordable” disc to describe a CD-R or CD-RW disc that has not been finalized, i.e. further recording is possible on the disc. Handling of compact discs Observe the following: • Always ...
Page 10 - Never use a stabilizer or printable discs; Recommended media
1 – Introduction—Finalizing 10 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual • Do not use 8cm (single) discs, “business card” discs or any discs which are not the standard 12cm disc for recording, as the CC-222MKII cannot record on them. • Use only CD-RW media rated at 1x to 4x recording speed. Audio CD-RW media...
Page 11 - – Introduction—About this manual; About this manual; , “Features and controls”
1 – Introduction—About this manual TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 11 About this manual In this manual, we use the following conventions: • The names of keys and controls are given in the following typeface: ERASE . • When the alphanumeric portion of the display shows a message, this is shown in th...
Page 12 - – Features and controls
12 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 2 – Features and controls This is not a comprehensive explanation of the mean-ing and functions of all of the controls. These are described more comprehensively in other parts of the manual, but this section provides a brief reminder of the functions provided by t...
Page 13 - – Features and controls—Rear panel features; Rear panel features
2 – Features and controls—Rear panel features TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 13 M OPEN/CLOSE key Opens and closes the disc tray. N DISPLAY key Changes the time display for the disc recording and playback. O FINALIZE key Used when finalizing record- able discs. P ERASE key Used when erasing data fr...
Page 14 - – Features and controls—Remote control features; Remote control features
2 – Features and controls—Remote control features 14 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual g DIGITAL COAXIAL (INPUT and OUTPUT) jacks These RCA jacks accept ( INPUT ) and transmit ( OUTPUT ) SPDIF digital audio data to and from the disc recorder. Digital audio data received can be at 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and...
Page 16 - – Cassette operations; Note the following when loading tapes:; Playback operations; Continuous tape/CD playback
16 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 3 – Cassette operations Note the following when loading tapes: 1 Use your finger or a pencil to turn the cas-sette's hub and take up any slack tape. NOTE Avoid touching the tape. Fingerprints attract dust and dirt. 2 Press the EJECT key to open the cassette compar...
Page 17 - – Cassette operations—Recording operations; Recording operations; Dubbing tapes from the CD deck; To record from the internal CD deck:; If the tape is in stop mode; If the tape is in; indicator lights steadily.; If the tape is in record pause mode; If the
3 – Cassette operations—Recording operations TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 17 Recording operations NOTE CAUTION Recording pre-recorded tapes, records, or other pub- lished or broadcast material may infringe copyright laws. Check before recording. 1 With the power on, set the REV MODE switch . If ...
Page 18 - – Cassette operations—Recording tapes from the PHONO deck; Dubbing to tape from the middle of a CD; Bypassing the INPUT level for dubbing; Recording tapes from the PHONO deck
3 – Cassette operations—Recording tapes from the PHONO deck 18 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual The dubbing stops when playback reaches the end of the CD, or when the tape reaches the end of its run (one side in the case of single-sided ( u ) reverse mode, both sides in the j reverse mode), which- e...
Page 19 - – Cassette operations—Other recording features; Other recording features; Recording silences between items; Other tape functions and features; Tape counter; Pitch control
3 – Cassette operations—Other recording features TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 19 4 Start playback of the record. 5 Start recording with either the PLAY or PAUSE key. Press STOP (cassette deck) to stop the recording. The STOP key is the only key which is enabled during phono recording. After the ...
Page 20 - – Cassette operations—Other tape functions and features; Fast forward and rewind; The; and; keys (and their remote control; Search keys
3 – Cassette operations—Other tape functions and features 20 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual Fast forward and rewind The REW and FFWD keys (and their remote control equivalents) act as ordinary fast forward and rewind keys when pressed when the unit is stopped or paused. Search keys When the unit i...
Page 21 - – CD player; Simple playback operations; Time display modes; Track search
TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 21 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 1 Pre...
Page 22 - – CD player—Playback modes; Playback modes; Programmed order playback
4 – CD player—Playback modes 22 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 2 To 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 Track 30 ...
Page 23 - – CD player—Repeat play; Repeat play; Setting the A and B repeat points; Intro check
4 – CD player—Repeat play TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 23 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 or...
Page 24 - – CD player—Auto spacing; Auto spacing; If you press the; back is automatically paused between tracks as a; key while playback is; Timer playback; Make sure that the
4 – CD player—Auto spacing 24 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 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” o...
Page 25 - – Recording CDs; Input selection; Signal volume
TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 25 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 fina...
Page 26 - – Recording CDs—Basic recording; Frequency conversion; Basic recording; The basic record procedure is as follows:
5 – Recording CDs—Basic recording 26 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 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 convert...
Page 27 - – Recording CDs—Dubbing from tape to disc; Playing back tracks; Time display while recording; Manual track division; Full disc; Dubbing from tape to disc
5 – Recording CDs—Dubbing from tape to disc TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 27 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 ...
Page 28 - – Recording CDs—From the RIAA PHONO inputs; Dubbing to CD from the middle of the tape; From the RIAA PHONO inputs
5 – Recording CDs—From the RIAA PHONO inputs 28 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 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 si...
Page 29 - – Recording CDs—Advanced recording; Advanced recording; Setting the trigger level; Synchronized recording
5 – Recording CDs—Advanced recording TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 29 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 als...
Page 30 - SYNC ALL; SYNC OFF; or
5 – Recording CDs—Advanced recording 30 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 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 det...
Page 31 - Automatic track division; Rec mute function
5 – Recording CDs—Advanced recording TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 31 Automatic track division The trigger level, as set above (“Synchronized recording” on page 29) can also be used to divide tracks if the A-TRACK (auto track) function is enabled. When this function is enabled, the unit automatic...
Page 32 - To set the fade times:
5 – Recording CDs—Advanced recording 32 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual NOTE This function is only available from the remote control unit. It is not possible to use this function with the main unit only. Fade-in and fade-out To provide smooth beginnings and endings to recorded tracks, the unit prov...
Page 33 - – After recording; indicator under the; Unfinalizing CD-RW discs; Erasing; Erasing tracks
TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 33 6 – After recording This section deals with the actions taken after record-ing: finalizing for CD-R and CD-RW discs, and erase operations for CD-RW discs. Once finalized, CD-R discs are truly final—no more can be recorded on them. By contrast, CD-RW discs can be “...
Page 34 - – After recording—Erasing; Erasing a whole disc; Refreshing a disc
6 – After recording—Erasing 34 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 1 With the disc loaded, and the unit in stop mode, press the ERASE key. 2 If the display does not show ERASE XX- XX? , where XX is the number of the last track recorded on the disc, turn the MULTI DIAL or use the SKIP keys until it is d...
Page 35 - At the end of the operation, the word; appears briefly on the display,
6 – After recording—Erasing TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 35 display, and the timer starts counting down ( XX:XX ). The process takes about 40 minutes. You should note that sometimes the timer shown on the display is not always an accurate indi-cator of the time remaining before the opera-tion is...
Page 36 - – Reference and specifications; Troubleshooting
36 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 7 – Reference and specifications Troubleshooting Symptom Possible cause and remedy No power when POWER is pressed The power cord is not inserted properly. Check and correct this. Hum on playback Audio connections not made properly. Check the connections No audio o...
Page 37 - – Reference and specifications—Menu items; Menu items; CD recorder section
7 – Reference and specifications—Menu items TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 37 Menu items The following are the menu items that can be set using the MENU key. The majority of them affect disc recording. Pressing the MENU key repeatedly cycles through the menu items. Not every menu item is available...
Page 38 - – Reference and specifications—Specifications; Cassette recorder section
7 – Reference and specifications—Specifications 38 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual Cassette recorder section Phono input and headphones Digital inputs Sampling rates 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz COAXIAL RCA pin, IEC60958 TYPE II OPTICAL TOSLINK, IEC60958 TYPE II Digital outputs COAXIAL RCA pin, IEC6095...
Page 39 - – Reference and specifications—Dimensional drawing; General specifications; Dimensional drawing; Cleaning the tape path; Apply head cleaning; Demagnetizing heads; Be sure that the power is
7 – Reference and specifications—Dimensional drawing TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 39 General specifications Dimensional drawing Tape maintenance The heads and tape path should be cleaned and demagnetized periodically. Cleaning the tape path Apply head cleaning fluid to a cotton bud or soft cloth...
Page 40 - TEAC CORPORATION
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