Marantz 4D Audio Dub Stations User Manual

4D Audio Dub Stations

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Introduction

There are three Audio Dub Stations available to students. Use these stations to

transfer and burnto Cds audio recorded on cassettes and/or mini-disc.
CD tracks burned at the dub stations can be played in a standard

or imported into iMovie or GarageBand using your Mac’s internal CD player.

The FYP Audio Dub Stations are compatible with two types of CD’s:

• CD-R • Compact Disc Recordable. A blank, single-use, recordable CD. Recordable CDs are neither data, nor
audio CDs. CD-Rs are simply media. The format in which you record the disc will determine where it can be
played and what types of files it can hold.

• CD-RW • Compact Disc ReWritable. Same as a CD-R except CD-RWs can be erased and used more than once.
Some CD-RW manufacturers suggest that you do not reuse the same disc more than five times.

CD-R’s and CD-RW’s are available in the Media Center Vending Machines located on the eighth
floor of Michigan and third floor of the Sharp.

Cd player

Table of Contents

Recording a Single Mini-Disc Track to CD

Reccording an Entire Mini-Disc to CD

Recording a Cassette Tape to CD

Finalizing a CD

Unfinalizing a CD-RW

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Erasing Individual Tracks from a CD-RW

Erasing All Tracks from a CD-RW

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Recording a Single Mini-Disc Track to CD

Marantz CD Recorder

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4 Input

5 Record Mode

Stop button

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6 Rec Level/Select knob

On the Mini-disc Player:

1 • Plug your head phones into the mini-disc player on the dub station.

2 • Play your mini-disc and cue up the track you wish to record to CD.

3 • Rotate the lower right hand knob on the Mini-Disc player until you see your chosen track

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(for example, “3Tr”) appear in the window • Insert your CD in the Marantz CD-R recorder

On the Marantz CD Recorder:

4 • Press the INPUT button until “Digital 1” appears on the LCD screen.

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5 • Press the RECORD MODE button until “Record Track” appears in the window (you will see

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SYNC flashing in the window) • Note: The recorded sound might be distorted when you adjust the
recording level above 0db for digital recording. The default record level for digital audio is 0db. You
should verify this by following the steps below:

6 • Rotate the REC LEVEL/SELECT knob on the Marantz CD Recorder until you see 0db in the

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window.. Now you are ready to record.

7 • Plug your headphones into the Marantz CD recorder.

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On the Mini-disc Player:

8 • Press the PLAY button on the

mini-disc player, recording will automatically start on the CD

recorder • This process will record one track only. You can repeat this process one track at a time until you have

what you need.

9 • When finished, Eject your discs and turn the power off on all of the decks • If you

want to STOP the recording at any time Press STOP on the Marantz CD Recorder.

NOTE

You will need to FINALIZE the recorded CD when you are finished so the computer will recog-

nize it

see page 6 of this guide)

• Once a CD-R is FINALIZED nothing else can be recorded to it. (For information on finalizing

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Recording An Entire Mini-Disc to CD

5 Record Mode

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On the Marantz CD Recorder:

On the Mini-disc Player:

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1 • Plug your head phones into the Marantz CD Recorder.

2 • Press the INPUT button until “Digital 1” appears on the LCD screen.

3 • Press the RECORD MODE button until “Record Disk” appears in the LCD screen.

4 • Rotate the REC LEVEL/SELECT knob on the Marantz CD Recorder until you see 0db in the

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4 Input

8 STOP button

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6 Rec Level/Select knob

window. Now you are ready to record.

On the Mini-disc Player:

8 • Press the PLAY button on the mini-disc player, recording will automatically start on the CD

recorder •

This process will record all tracks all audio on your mini-disc.

10 • When finished, eject your discs and turn the power off on all of the decks • If you

want to STOP the recording at any time Press STOP on the Marantz CD Recorder.

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NOTE

• You will need to FINALIZE the recorded CD when you are finished so the computer will recog-

nize it

• Once a CD-R is FINALIZED nothing else can be recorded to it. (For information on finalizing see page

6 of this guide)

• If you choose “Make Disc” instead of “Record Disc” when selecting the RECORD MODE, the

entire mini disc will be recorded to CD and the CD will Finalize automatically.

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Recording A Cassette Tape to CD

5 Record Mode

7 headphones

Eject

4 Input

8 STOP button

9 Record button

6 Rec Level/Select knob

On the Audio Cassette Player

1 • Plug your head phones into the tape player on the dub station.

2 • Cue your tape to the beginning of the selection you want to record to CD.

3 • Zero-out the counter so it will be easy for you to find this spot again •

Insert your tape and CD

On the Marantz CD-R Recorder

8 • Plug your head phones into the Marantz CD Recorder.

4 • Press the INPUT button until “ANALOG” appears in the LCD screen.

5 • Press the RECORD MODE button until “REC MANUAL” appears in window.

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6 • Play your tape and rotate the REC LEVEL/SELECT knob on the Marantz CD Recorder to

adjust levels •

Levels should never go into the red (above 0 db) this will sound like a horrid beep.

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When you are sure your levels are correct

7 • Stop your tape and re-cue it to the beginning of the selection you want to record to CD • rewind

back to 0 on your counter

9 • Press the RECORD button on Marantz CD Recorder.

10 • Press PLAY on the tape player.

When you have recorded enough for the first track:

11 • Press STOP on the Marantz CD Recorder.

12 • Press STOP on the tape player •

repeat this process if you want to create multiple tracks).

14 • Eject your discs and turn the power off on all of the decks when you are finished.

NOTE

You will need to FINALIZE the recorded CD when you are finished so the computer will recog-

nize it

see page 6 of this guide)

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Once you press stop, a track will be created on your CD (you can

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Finalizing a CD or CD-RW

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1 • On the Marantz CD Recorder press FINAL • The display shows “FINALIZE CD and PRESS

RECORD”.

2 • Press the RECORD button • The word “FINAL” and the approximate finalization time appear on the

display. Finalizing will take at least 2-4 minutes. The display counts down through the finalization.

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6 Rec Level/Select knob

3 • Eject your discs and turn the power off on all of the decks.

NOTE

• During finalization, the CD-Recorder does not accept operating commands.

• A finalized CD-R disc cannot be recorded onto again.

Unfinalizing a CD-RW

For CD-RW discs only:

If you want to make more recordings on a finalized disc you must unfinalize it first.

1 • With the CD-Recorder stopped, press REC MODE • “UNFINALIZE and PRESS ENTER”
will appear on the display.

2 • Press the REC LEVEL/SELECT knob •

NOTE

Unfinalizing takes aproximately 1.5 minutes

Important Information on Finalizing

Why do I need to finalize?

• to import the CD sound into iMovie or SoundEdit

• to play the recorded disc on a CD player

• to avoid further unwanted recordings on a disc.

• to avoid erasure of tracks on a CD-RW.

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The disc will now be unfinalized and can be recorded on again.

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Can I ever record onto a CD again if I finalize?

• A finalized CD-R disc cannot be recorded onto again.

• A finalized CD-RW disc can be recorded onto again if it is
unfinalized (see above)

• Finalization is the process of writing the TOC (Table of Contents)
onto the disc so that a CD player or computer can recognize the

contents of the disc.

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Erasing Individual Tracks from a CD-RW

2 Erase button

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3 Final

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For CD-RW discs only:

1 • Press ERASE once •

“PRESS RECORD” lights up.

The display shows the number of tracks and their total playing time. “ERASE TRACK” and

2 • If the disc is finalized, The recorder will ask you to confirm unfinalizing. Confirm by press­ing the REC LEVEL/SELECT knob.

3 • Select the tracks you wish to erase by turning the REC LEVEL/SELECT knob to the left

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and confirm by pushing the knob • The selected track numbers start blinking on the track bar. The
display shows the remaining tracks and their and their total playing time.

4 • Press the RECORD button • The display shows the total countdown time and “ERASE” on

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the display. After the selected track(s) have been erased, the display shows the remaining tracks and

their and their total playing time.

Erasing All Tracks from a CD-RW

For CD-RW discs only:

1 • Press ERASE twice •

and “PRESS RECORD” lights up.

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The display shows the number of tracks and their total playing time. “ERASE DISC”

2 • If the disc is finalized, The recorder will ask you to confirm unfinalizing first. Confirm by
pressing the REC LEVEL/SELECT knob .

3) Press the RECORD button • The display shows the total countdown time and “ERASE” ap-

pears. The complete disc will be erased.

NOTE

Erasure of a complete disc may take up to 15 seconds.

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