Front panel features – HHB comm CDR-882 User Manual
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Front Panel Features
CDR-882 User Manual Version 1.0
AC power switch. The large HHB logo at the left-hand of
the front-panel is the push-button on/off switch, and is
illuminated when the unit is on.
On power-up, the display shows the HHB and DualBurn
logos, followed by No Disc if there is no disc in a drive, or
Reading if there is. Note that for most CDR-882 functions,
the upper main line of the display shows the status of Drive
1, the lower that of Drive 2.
Alphanumeric display. The multi-character LED dot matrix
display is described in detail on page 15.
Disc tray (Drive ). The disc drive accepts one disc at a
time. The drawer is motorised and can be manually opened
and closed with the EJECT button (5). When the drawer is
open, the display shows Open. (NOTE: If open with the unit
unpowered, the drawer closes automatically on power-up.)
Disc tray (Drive ). As (3). The drawer can be operated
with the EJECT button (6).
EJECT button (Drive ). Opens and closes Drive 1’s disc
tray. See page 20 for full details.
EJECT button (Drive ). Operation as (5).
Remote control sensor. The infra-red sensor
receives commands from the remote control
handset. Keep the sensor unobstructed to ensure
correct functioning. The range of reliable operation
of the handset is shown in the diagram below.
NOTE: The CDR-882’s main transport controls (8) to (12)
normally only operate on one drive at a time, depending on the
drive selected with the DRIVE SELECT button (28).
PLAY/PAUSE button. Press from STOP to start playback.
If pressed during PLAY, playback will pause, and resume on
a further press. The display indicates PLAY mode with the H
symbol, or PAUSE mode with the B symbol. The green H B
in the button illuminates, steadily in PLAY mode and flashing
in PAUSE mode. See page 20 for more details.
STOP button. Pressing this button stops the disc from all
transport modes. The display shows the symbol A and the
yellow A symbol in the button illuminates.
FFWD button. Press and hold from PLAY to scan (search)
forward through the current track at increased speed, with
audio. Search speed increases the longer the button is
pressed. PLAY resumes when the button is released. See
FREW button. This button has exactly the same function
as the FFWD button (10) above, except that the search
direction is reversed.
RECORD button. Press to prepare the drive for recording.
After checking disc type, etc., the drive enters RECORD
PAUSE mode. Recording is started by pressing the PLAY/
PAUSE button, which “releases” the paused state. See
SYNC RECORD button. Press to start recording on
detection of a start trigger (e.g. a Track ID code or audio
level). SYNC RECORD also invokes Track ID marking. See
AMS/Digital Rec Level control. Multi-purpose rotary
control with “press” function. As a rotary control, it
performs Automatic Music Search (AMS) to locate to a
particular track. It also provides the means of navigating the
menu system when in MENU mode.
The “press” function acts as an ENTER button in menu
navigation to select submenus and options. In PLAY mode,
it is used as a MARK button, to store the current play
position so it can be easily re-located to. See page 24
(AMS) and page 27 (Menu Navigation) for more details.
Analogue Rec Level control. This is a conventional record
level control for use when either of the analogue inputs are
selected as the input source. Record level is displayed on
the bargraph meters.
MENU button. Pressing this button puts the CDR-882
into MENU mode. A variety of unit parameters and settings
may be adjusted and selected via the menu system. These
include word clock source selection, setting of the various
multi-drive recording modes, parallel remote control port
TEXT button. Selecting TEXT mode allows CD Text data to
be entered, using a PS/2 QWERTY keyboard connected to
either of the keyboard sockets. The text data can be seen
on the LED display as it is entered.
CD Text can be entered during or after recording, but must
be done so prior to finalising the disc.
More information on using CD Text can be found at
MONITOR button. Press to monitor the selected input
source. The adjacent LED illuminates when MONITOR is
enabled. See page 23.
I/P SELECT button. This determines which of the CDR-
882’s five sets of inputs is to be used as a recording source
(only one input at a time may be selected). The selected
source is indicated in the display. Pressing the I/P SELECT
button repeatedly scrolls through the options, which are (in
sequence):