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At Abt Electronics, we understand that music is a part
of your everyday life, whether you’re a die-hard rock fan or a classical
music enthusiast.Expanding your music collection can be expensive and
a CD recorder can help you reduce that cost. CD recorders not only help
reduce the cost of purchasing CD’s but they also allow you to create
your own compilation CDs, making you the DJ. When shopping for the perfect
CD recorder, you will run into many features that you may not understand.This
is why we have created a CD Recorder Glossary to help you better understand
these terms.
When it comes to buying a CD recorder, it is important to know that there
are two different types of CD Recorders: Single-Disc and Dubbing CD Recorders.
let you "burn"
your own CDs from any source - digital or analog. You can use record-once
CD-R discs or re-writable CD-RW discs that can be re-recorded many times.
CD-R discs can be played on most home, portable, and car CD players, though
CD-RW discs are compatible with fewer players.
make it easy for you
to copy a CD. Many models offer high-speed dubbing so you can copy a CD
at two or even four time’s normal speed.
DVD recorders are also readily available for copying music as well as
video content.
Is a delete track that is used to erase and finalize a CD-RW, This
feature also allows you to record over CD-RW’’s, it will delete
what’s on the disc so you can re-recorder over it.
Is also a delete track function, available on some makes and models.
Is a cable input located on the CD recorder that brings information into
the unit from an out side source, the input is not digital.
Is a cable input located on the CD recorder that brings information into
the unit from an out side source, the input is not analog.
Is a trademark or distinctive name identifying a product or a manufacturer.
At Abt Electronics, our CD recorder manufacturers include Sony, Yamaha,
Denon, and JVC.
Let’s you vary the musical pitch up or down so you can sing and
play along with your favorite recordings.
compact disk–recordable, Lets you record on the disc but does not
let you erase and rewrite.
compact disk–rewritable, Lets you record music and also lets you
erase and write over what you have previously recorded.
This feature allows you to play, recorder, and rerecord with CD-RW discs.
This feature is not available on all CD recorders.
High performance, built-in, digital to analog converters that provide
optimum sound quality with digital sources.
This feature allows you to delete your CD recordings, there are five different
Delete track modes that very with each model, One-track, Multi-Track,
All-Track, and All Disc.
A type of coaxial cable jack that brings outside digital signals into
the CD recorder.
A type of cable jack that transfers digital signals from the CD recorder
to outside receivers.
The digital recording level feature allows you to manually adjust the
volume between the two discs. You can now listen to the recorded CDs without
ever hearing a volume change between songs.
This feature on most dubbing systems has two drawers where the actual
discs are inserted. This feature lets you record from one disc to
the other with out using any external sources.
High speed dubbing saves you time and allows you to record more songs
in an hour. Although this is a good time saving feature, it only works
on digital recordings (CDs) and not analog recordings (LPs or tapes).
Depending on the make and model there can be up to six different
jacks on a CD recorder: Analog Input, Analog Output, Optical Input, Optical
Output, Digital Coaxial Input and Digital Coaxial Output.
Are fiber optic cable jacks that transfers digitally formatted sounds
to the CD recorder.
Are fiber optic cable jack that sends digital signals to an outside receiver.
After recording, you can listen to your disc on your recorder with the
playback function. There are three types of playback functions available
on a CD recorder: Repeat, Program, and Shuffle. Depending on the make
and model, a CD recorder can have either all three functions or a combination
of the three.
The maximum number of tracks you are able to program and play on your
CD recorder.
Allows the volume to fade in or fade out during CD recordings for a smoother
sound transition. This can be an automatic or manual feature.
Shuffles and randomly plays every track in complete random order without
repeating a single track, until all selections have played.
Automatically begins the recording when a signal from the CD is sensed,
eliminating false starts and long spaces at the beginning of your recordings.
This feature allows you to enter textual information onto each recording
track. With text labeling, you can put in the song title or the artist's
name on the CD for easy future reference.
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