HHB comm CDR-882 User Manual

CDR-882 User Manual Version 1.0

Discs which have been recorded on a CDR-882 in DiscSpan 

mode may be replayed on a CDR-882 without any gap in 

programme. The first disc in the sequence may be loaded 

into either drive, with the second in the other. Note that audio 

routing is set automatically to be correct for seamless playback; 

it is not necessary to make any particular setting of Output Mix 

and/or Phones Mix.

DISCSPAN mode is automatically set when two DiscSpan-

recorded discs are inserted. The PLAY/PAUSE button may 

be pressed to start playback from the drive containing the first 

disc. At the end of the first disc, the IDs that were generated 

during recording will be recognised by the operating system and 

the second disc will commence playing at the predetermined 

time as it has been previously been cued up accurately to do so. 

Its output level will ramp up due to the fade-in that was active 

during recording, but it will not be heard at this point. During the 

subsequent overlap period, however, the monitoring cross-fades 

from the first drive to the second. The audio level from the first 

disc then fades down due to the recording fade-out, and the 

programme continues from the second drive.

At this point, the first disc may be ejected and removed and 

replaced with the third disc (if there is one). At the end of the 

second disc, the same process is followed, and monitoring 

passes back to the first drive, allowing seamless playback of the 

sequential programme.

The CDR-882 is equipped with a simple-to-operate DISC COPY 

function, which enables a copy to be made of a CD at high 

speed. One drive is used for the “source” disc, and a blank CD-

R or CD-RW is inserted in the other. Either drive may be used 

for the “source” disc, recording of the copy taking place in the 

other.

The DISC COPY function can only be used if appropriate discs 

of the correct type are loaded. One drive must contain a CD, 

CD-R or CD-RW with programme material; in the case of a CD-

R or CD-RW, the disc may be unfinalised. The other drive must 

contain a completely blank CD-R or CD-RW (partly-recorded, 

unfinalised discs will not work). If the CDR-882 detects that 

neither drive contains a blank disc, the following message will be 

displayed:

or if a non-blank CD-RW is detected, the following message:

When the discs to be used have been loaded, DISC COPY is 

activated by pressing the DISC COPY button (see page 14). 

The display will confirm the “direction” of copy and the total 

programme time on the source disc, thus:

or

depending on which drive contains the source disc. The Disc 

Copy function is also confirmed by a Disc Copy flag at the top of 

the display. DISC COPY can only be selected when both drives 

are in STOP.

Copying may be started by pressing the ENTER button (the AMS 

knob), or aborted by pressing STOP. While copying is under 

way, the Remain time display counts down to indicate progress. 

During copying, STOP may be pressed at any time to abort the 

process; a confirmation message will be displayed:

Pressing ENTER will abort the copy, STOP will cancel and 

copying will continue.

When the disc has been copied, the display confirms this:

The copy is always a completed, finalised disc, regardless of the 

Auto-Finalize setting in the menu. This applies even if the source 

disc was itself unfinalised. 

NOTE: DISC COPY is a high-speed copying function which 

transfers programme material directly from one drive to the 

other by using the internal IDE data bus. Thus it is limited to 

copying between the drives in a single CDR-882. DISC COPY 

cannot be used in any Multi-Machine modes, i.e. to make high-

speed copies between different CDR-882s.