1 - Setting up and introduction
Main menu This is the ?control center? for the NOTE
2488?s setup, maintenance and preference setting,
When the menu screen is active, you may not be able to
etc. operations.perform some operations on the 2488 (including trans-
port operations).
Press the MENU key to enter the main menu screen:
Home screen This shows the track levels, current
position in the song, the current song and the total
number of minutes remaining on the disk for record-
ing further material. Press the HOME key to see this
screen:
Use the cursor keys to move around the screen, and
press ENTER when the function you want to use is
highlighted.
Some notes on CD-R media
The 2488 incorporates a CD-RW drive. To obtain the
best results when using this, please take the trouble to
read these notes.
About CD-R and CD-RW discs
The 2488 uses CD-R and CD-RW media, and can recorded can be erased before the disc has been
also use CD-R and CD-RW Digital Audio media. ?finalized?, and the space on the disc can be re- used
In this manual, when we refer to ?CD-R? and CD-for other recordings. The packaging of CD-RW discs
will include one of the following logos:
RW? discs, we always include ?CD-R Digital Audio?
and ?CD-RW Digital Audio?, even when this is not
explicitly stated.
CD-R discs can be recorded once only. Once they
have been used for recording, they cannot be erased
However, you should note that an audio CD created
or re-recorded. However, if space is available on the
disc, additional material can be recorded. The pack-using a CD-RW disc may not play back satisfactorily
on every audio CD player. It will, naturally, be play-
aging of CD-R discs will include one of the follow-
ing logos:able on the 2488. This is in no way a limitation of the
2488 itself, but of the difference between the differ-
ent types of media and the methods used to read
them.
CD-R discs created on the 2488, by contrast, may be
By contrast, a CD-RW disc can be used in much the played satisfactorily on the majority of audio CD
players.
same way as a CD-R disc, but the last track or tracks
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