PHILIPS FWR8
Service Manual

Brief Operating Instructions

ABOUT RECORDING
Basic information
The CD recorder deck offers you 3 main functions: � Recording from the internal CD changer and tuner or from a selected external source � Finalizing your CDR(W) discs and unfinalizing your CDRW discs � Erasing a CDRW disc The recording procedure is the same for CDR and CDRW discs. Make sure the CDR(W) is absolutely free of scratches and dust particles. For recordings, the minimum track length is 4 seconds. You can record up to a maximum of 99 tracks on a disc. The minimum of recording time left on the disc is 7 seconds. Otherwise Does not fit is displayed and you cannot enter the record standby mode.

INTERNAL RECORDING
English Direct Line Recording (DLR)
The CD recorder is equipped with the high-performance Direct Line Recording technique. It ensures a perfect recording of the source material, meaning a true �bit for bit� recording. DLR will always become active when you make normal recordings in listen mode.

Recording modes
For internal recordings you can record from the internal CD changer or tuner. You can choose from the following recording modes: � High speed recording and automatic finalizing: Fast and easy! Record and finalize your CDR(W) in one quick step while the sound is muted. You can record the current CD or a program from the CD changer. � High speed recording: Record your CDR(W) fast while the sound is muted. You can record an entire CD, a track, a program or a track edit from the CD changer. � Normal recording and listening: Listen to the recording while you are making it. You can record an entire CD, a track, a program or a track edit from the CD changer. � Manual recording: Start and stop your recording manually while listening to it. You can do either microphone recordings or radio recordings from the FM tuner.

High speed recording and automatic finalizing (optional) of the current program 1 Make sure the CDR(W) is absolutely free of scratches and dust particles. 2 Press COMPILE CD on the unit to enter the record mode. yBoth decks will be selected in the display, the arrow starts blinking. The remaining recording time of the CDR(W), the total playing time of the source CD and Record Prog? are displayed. 3 Press either: YES to confirm, or NO to change the program. yPROG starts blinking. Now you can change the program (see �Program�) and return to the record mode by pressing COMPILE CD. 4 Auto Fin? is displayed. Press either: YES, if the CDR(W) is to be finalized after recording, or NO, if the CDR(W) is not to be finalized after recording.
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Auto Level Control (ALC)
Auto Level Control ensures that the tracks on the recorded disc have a similar volume level. At all times the already recorded tracks of the CDR(W) disc will be taken as reference for the volume level of the following recordings. ALC is active when ALC is shown. Auto level control becomes active when: � COMPILE CD is being used, � a disc, a track or a track edit is being high speed recorded and the CDR(W) has recordings on it, � a program (consisting from more than one disc) from the CD changer is being high speed recorded, or � CD�CD is being used and the CDR(W) has recordings on it. Auto level control will not become active when: � CD�CD is being used and the CDR(W) has no recordings on it, � making recordings from the FM tuner, � making recordings from an external source, or � making normal recordings in listen mode.

DO NOT FORGET TO FINALIZE!
Finalizing a CDR(W) disc is a simple procedure, necessary to: � play a recorded CDR on a standard CD player or � play a recorded CDRW on a CDRW compatible CD player and CD recorder.
Copyright protection The Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) prevents the making of a digital copy from a digital copy. The system allows making a digital recording from the original, however in some countries this may require the authorization of copyright holders. When you try to record copy protected material from an external source, Copy Protect will be displayed. No further digital recording is possible then. When you try to record copy protected material from the internal CD changer, no digital recording is possible, however the CD recorder will automatically switch to analog recording. Recording CD text If the original CD has CD Text, this text will be recorded automatically, provided that the CD text is not copy protected. In that case, recording of CD text will not be possible and Text Protect will be displayed.

High speed recording and automatic finalizing
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arrow lights, RECORDING IN PROGRESS is shown, high speed recording and finalizing (if selected) start and the actual recording time remaining starts to count down.

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COMPILE CD

REC LEVEL key
You can adjust the reference record level. This is also possible when ALC is active. This feature can be used for fading your recordings in or out. 1 Keep REC LEVEL on the unit pressed to enable the rotary control to adjust the record level. 2 Turn the rotary control to the left to adjust the desired record level. yThe actual record level (in dB) will be displayed. � The record level is reset after the unit has been switched to standby.
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Note: If no program is available and you press COMPILE CD, you enter immediately into the program menu. Start your programming and return to the record mode by pressing PROGRAM or COMPILE CD.

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High speed recording and automatic finalizing of the current disc 1 Make sure the CDR(W) is absolutely free of scratches and dust particles. 2 Press CD�CD on the unit to enter the recording mode. yBoth decks will be selected in the display, the arrow starts blinking. The remaining recording time of the CDR(W), the total playing time of the source CD and Record CD1 (or 2, 3)? are displayed. 3 Press YES to start recording and finalizing. yThe arrow lights, RECORDING IN PROGRESS is shown, high speed recording and finalizing start, and the actual recording time remaining starts to count down.

DO NOT FORGET TO FINALIZE!

Finalizing a CDR(W) disc is a simple procedure, necessary to: � play a recorded CDR on a standard CD player or � play a recorded CDRW on a CDRW compatible CD player and CD recorder.

Note: If a program was already available before pressing CD�CD, this will be ignored. PROG goes off and the current disc will be recorded. After finishing the recording, PROG is shown and the program is available again.

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