Sony MINIDISC DECK MDS-S38 - Manual (Page 35)

Additional Information
35 EN
Guide to the Serial Copy
Management System
This MD deck uses the Serial Copy Management
System, which allows only first-generation digital
copies to be made of premastered software via the
deck’s digital input jack. An outline of this system
appears below:
1 You can record from digital program sources (CDs, DATs
or premastered MDs) onto a DAT tape or recordable MD
via digital input jack on the DAT or MD deck.
You cannot, however, record from this recorded DAT tape
or MD onto another DAT tape or recordable MD via the
digital input jack on the DAT or MD deck.
MD deck
DAT deck CD player
Digital output jack
Digital input jack
DAT deck or
MD deck
First-generation
DAT tape or MD
recorded via
digital-to-digital
connection
DAT or MD
DAT deck or
MD deck
Digital output jack Line (analog) output jacks
DAT deck or
MD deck
Digital input jack Line (analog) input jacks
2 You can record the digital input signal of a digital satellite
broadcast onto a DAT tape or recordable MD via the
digital input jack on the DAT or MD deck which is capable
of handling a sampling frequeny of 32 kHz or 48 kHz.
You can then record the contents of this recorded DAT
tape or MD (first-generation) onto another DAT tape or
recordable MD via digital input jack on the DAT or MD
deck to create a second-generation digital copy.
Subsequent recording from the second-generation copy
onto another recordable DAT tape or MD is possible only
through the analog input jack on the DAT or MD deck.
Note, however, that on some BS tuners, second-generation
digital copying may not be possible.
Playing
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
Recording DAT deck or
MD deck
First-generation
DAT tape or MD
recorded via
digital-to-digital
connection
Playing
Recording
DAT deck or
MD deck
Digital input jack
Digital output jack
Digital input jack
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
DAT or MD
Second-
generation DAT
tape or MD
recorded via
digital-to-digital
connection
Playing
DAT deck or
MD deck
DAT deck or
MD deck
Audio connecting
cord
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
DAT deck or
MD deck
DAT or MD
BS tuner
Playing
Playing
Recording
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
Recording
Audio connecting
cord
Digital output jack Line (agalog) output jacks
Recording
Digital input jack Line (analog) input jacks
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
Digital output jack
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