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4-240-491-11(1)
Compact Disc
Recorder
Operating Instructions
Owner’s Record
The model and serial numbers are located on the rear panel. Record the serial number
in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer
regarding this product.
Model No. Serial No.
RCD-W222ES
©2002 Sony Corporation
01COV_RCD-W222.p65 1 02.6.20, 14:31
Actual page number: RCD-W222ES (US) 4-240-491-11(1)
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The following caution label is located inside the WARNING apparatus. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. Don't throw away the battery with general house waste, dispose of it correctly as chemical waste. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. This symbol is intended to alert the user t
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Contents Getting Started Recording/Editing Unpacking ............................................. 6 Notes on Recording ............................. 16 Hooking Up the System ........................ 6 Useful Tips for Recording ................... 16 This Unit Can Use the Following Discs 7 Synchro-Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW ......................................... 18 Recording on a CD-R or CD-RW Basic Operations Manually ....................................... 20 Adjusting the Recording Le
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On handling discs Welcome • To keep the disc clean, handle it by its edge. Do not touch the surface. Thank you for purchasing this Sony Compact • Do not stick adhesive papers or tapes onto the disc. Disc Recorder. Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference. About This Manual • Only regular circular discs can be used in this unit. Irregularly shaped discs, such as star or heart- shaped discs may damage the unit. Conventions • If there is glue
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Note on High-Speed Synchro-Recording Certain CD conditions may cause sound dropout or noise in the recording results, or even create unwanted tracks on the CD-R or CD-RW. If this happens, clean the CD as instructed in “On cleaning” above, and record material to the CD-R or CD-RW using normal speed Synchro-Recording only. Note on CD-R or CD-RW playback When you playback a CD-R or CD-RW recorded by a CD-R or CD-RW recorder, you may not be able to playback depending on the recording conditions (e.
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Getting Started Unpacking Hooking Up the System Check that the following items are included: This section describes how to hook up the unit to an amplifier. Be sure to turn off the power of • Audio connecting cords each component before making the Phono jack × 2 (red/white) y Phono jack × connections. 2 (red/white) (2) • Remote commander (remote) (1) Connecting the unit to an • Size AA (R6) batteries (2) amplifier Connect the amplifier to the ANALOG IN/ Inserting batteries into the OUT jacks us
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Getting Started Connecting the unit to a This Unit Can Use the digital component Following Discs Connect a component such as digital amplifier, CD player, DAT deck, or MD deck through the The unit can use three types of discs as follows: DIGITAL OPTICAL IN/OUT or DIGITAL COAXIAL IN/OUT jacks with the optical Audio CD digital cord (not supplied) or the coaxial digital Discs with these logos can be played by cord (not supplied). Plug in the cord. both DECK A (the CD player section) and DECK B (th
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Basic Operations 6 Press N (or H on the remote). Playing a CD The unit starts playing. Adjust the volume on the amplifier. This unit has two decks. To Do the following: In this manual, the CD player section is just Stop playback Press x. called DECK A, and the CD-R and CD-RW Pause playing Press X. Press the button again or recording section is called DECK B. press N (or H on the remote) When using the remote, set SELECT to CD for to resume playing. operations on DECK A (the CD player Select the
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Basic Operations Tips Using the Display • The disc titles and track titles are displayed as follows: When either of the detailed displays are selected, You can check information about the disc using the disc title appears whenever the unit is stopped. the front panel display. The title of the current track appears when a track is When using the remote, set SELECT to CD for playing. operations on DECK A, or to CDR for To label a disc and its tracks, see “Labeling Tracks/ Discs” on page 26. operat
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Display while playing Display while recording Press TIME repeatedly while the unit is Press TIME repeatedly while recording. Each time you press the button, the display for playing. Each time you press the button, the DECK B changes as follows: display for any deck that has a disc inside changes as follows: The track number and recording time of the track currently being recorded DECK A CD TEXT TOC REC The track number and playing time DECK B TRACK CD TEXT CD - RW CD TEXT DECK A TRACK TOC CD TEX
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Basic Operations The CD TEXT indicator Locating a Specific Track When you put a CD containing a CD text in the disc tray, “CD TEXT” lights up. You can quickly locate any track while playing When “CD TEXT” is framed in red in the a disc by using the AMS (Automatic Music display of DECK B, CD TEXT information is Sensor) dial on the deck, . and > not recorded. In this case, finalize the disc to record the information. buttons on the remote, or number buttons on the remote. If you remove the disc or
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To locate Do the following: Locating a Particular The next or During playback, turn AMS succeeding clockwise (or press > on the Point in a Track Z tracks remote repeatedly) until you find the track. You can locate a particular point in a track The beginning During playback, turn AMS during playback or playback pause. of the current or counterclockwise (or press . on preceding tracks the remote repeatedly) until you find Before using the remote, set SELECT to CD the track. for operations on DECK
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Basic Operations Notes Playing Tracks/Discs • When the unit has repeated tracks in the same play mode five times, playback stops. Repeatedly (Repeat Play) Z • When “ALL DISCS SHUFFLE” (page 14) is selected, you cannot repeatedly play all tracks on the disc. You can play tracks repeatedly in any play mode. Repeating only the current Before using the remote, set SELECT to CD track for operations on DECK A, or to CDR for operations on DECK B. While the track you want to repeat is being played, pre
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To stop Shuffle Play Playing in Random Order Press x. (Shuffle Play) To cancel Shuffle Play While the unit is stopped, press PLAY MODE You can have the unit “shuffle” tracks and play until “SHUFFLE” goes off. them in random order. Tip When using the remote, set SELECT to CD for To play from the beginning of the current track again, operations on DECK A, or to CDR for turn AMS counterclockwise (or press .on the operations on DECK B. remote). You cannot go back to tracks that have already been pl
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Basic Operations To program all tracks on the Creating Your Own selected disc After displaying the first track number in Step Program (Program Play) 3 above, turn AMS counterclockwise (or press . on the remote) to select “AL” instead of a You can specify the playback order of the track number. tracks on a disc to create your own programs containing up to 25 tracks. To stop Program Play When using the remote, set SELECT to CD for Press x. operations on DECK A, or to CDR for To cancel Program Play
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Recording/Editing Notes on Recording Useful Tips for Recording • You cannot record over existing material. The unit When using the remote, set SELECT to CDR. automatically starts recording from the end of any existing material. SBM • Make sure that the remaining recordable time on the CD-R or CD-RW is longer than the playing time of a source CD, especially if you want to record all the tracks on the CD. • If a message appears in the display, refer to “Messages” on page 29. • With the following k
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Recording/Editing Using the Silent Pause Using the SBM (Super Bit function Mapping) function There has been no sound input for about 30 When you record through the ANALOG IN seconds during recording. The unit changes to jack, the SBM function enables you to record a recording pause after recording about 30 24-bit high quality sound source by converting seconds of silence. it to a 16-bit source without reduction in sound quality. This is made possible by incorporating If the unit continues pausin
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Notes Synchro-Recording a CD • You cannot pause recording in Synchro-Recording. • If Repeat Play has been set, it is automatically to CD-R or CD-RW canceled. • If you start the recording when Shuffle play is set, Shuffle play is automatically canceled. You can easily make digital recordings from a • Silent Pause and SBM functions do not work during CD to a CD-R or CD-RW. Before recording, Synchro-Recording. see “Notes on Recording” on page 16. To • The recording level is set to 0.0 dB regardles
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Recording/Editing High-Speed Synchro-Recording 1 Press POWER. You can easily make digital recordings from a 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE of DECK B and CD to a CD-R or CD-RW, faster than normal place a recordable CD-R or CD-RW on speed Synchro-Recording. the disc tray. Press OPEN/CLOSE of DECK B again to close the disc tray. You cannot monitor the recorded signal while recording. When using the remote, set SELECT to CDR. N CD SYNCHRO HIGH x With the label side up SELECT “TOC Reading” appears. The unit star
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To record through Turn on the indicator Recording on a CD-R or DIGITAL OPTICAL IN OPTICAL CD-RW Manually DIGITAL COAXIAL IN COAXIAL ANALOG IN ANALOG You can start recording from the end of the existing material. Before recording, see “Notes To record the disc in DECK A, turn off on Recording” on page 16. “OPTICAL,” “COAXIAL,”or “ANALOG.” When using the remote, set SELECT to CDR. 4 Press REC z. • After recording, you must finalize the disc. DECK B stands by for recording. Until the disc is proper
