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Storing and labeling MDs

When you're not playing a nninidisc, put the disc cartridge

back in the case for storage. Avoid storing or leaving discs

in very hot or humid areas, such as in a car in summer.

Also avoid leaving discs in direct sunlight, or in places

where sand or grit might get into the disc cartridge.

Recordable MDs come with self-adhesive labels to stick on

the disc cartridge to tell you what's recorded on the disc.

Always stick the label in the area provided, avoiding the

disc shutter and the edges of the disc.

If the disc label starts to peel off at the corners, remove

the label and replace it with a fresh one—don't simply

stick another label on top of the old one.

Protecting an MD against

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accidental erasure

Once you've recorded a disc, it's a good idea to protect

it against accidental erasure by sliding the tab on the

side of the disc to the open position.

If you want to erase or re-record the disc, simply slide

the tab back to the closed position before loading the

disc into the recorder.

Analog and digital recording

Whatever you record onto an MD is stored on the disc as

digital data (in other words, numbers). This is what we

mean when we say that MD is a digital format. However,

what you feed into the MJ-D508 to record can be either

analog (such as the output from a turntable or a tuner), or

digital (such as the direct digital output from a CD player,

or another MD recorder).

If you record an analog signal, the recorder has to first

change it into a digital form before writing it onto the disc.

If you're recording from another digital format, like a CD, it

makes sense to just record the digital data directly. This is

usually not a problem, but there are a couple of points to

bear in mind.

All digital audio has something called a 'sampling rate',

which is measured in kHz (kilohertz). The quality of the

final sound depends to a large extent on this: the higher

the better.

Compact discs have a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz,

which happens to be the same as MDs. This means you

shouldn't run into problems making digital recordings of

CDs or other MDs (although see Copying restrictions

below for exceptions to this).

Other digital sources you may come across (DAT, digital

satellite and dvd) often use different sampling rates—

specifically, 32kHz and 48kHz. The MJ-D508 can handle

these too, and, at the time of writing, these are by far the

most common sampling rates around. There is, however,

a trend towards higher sampling rates. Some DVD discs

and DAT tapes are recorded at 96kHz. The MJ-D508

cannot handle this rate, and you'll have to record via the

analog terminals of the DVD or DAT recorder to the analog

inputs of the MJ-D508.

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Copying restrictions

You may run into problems making digital copies of some

sources, even when the sampling rate is compatible.

Some DVD discs disable the DVD player's digital output to

prevent illegal digital copying (you can still record via the

analog outputs though).

Another restriction on digital copying comes from some

thing called SCMS, which stands for Serial Copy Manage

ment System. This stops you making multiple-generation

digital recordings and is aimed at preventing illegal digital

copying of copyright material. The number of generations

that SCMS will let you make depends on the source.

CD MD

Digital connection Digital connection

Digital audio from CD, DVD or DAT can be copied

digitally for one generation only.

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A recording made from any source via analog inputs

can be digitally copied once only.

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