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74 TASCAM 2488MKII
8 − Mastering and CD recorder
CD EJECT
You should use this function to open the disc drive tray. It
is important that you do not press the CD-RW drive eject
button while the drive is operational. If you do, it may
cause problems in the operation of the 2488MKII. We
therefore recommend that you always use this CD EJECT
menu item to eject discs.
1 With the transport stopped, from the DISK menu,
highlight CD EJECT, and press YES/ENTER.
2 The tray opens and a pop-up appears. Remove or
change or insert the disc.
You can also open the disc drive by pushing the
eject button.
To erase a CD-RW disc created on the 2488MKII, you
must use this function. You cannot erase such a disc on any
other equipment.
Also note that you must erase the whole disc. You cannot
erase individual data files (or songs on an audio disc). This
operation cannot be undone. Once the data is erased from
the disc it cannot be recovered from the disc. Make sure
you have copies of any data you might want in the future.
1 Insert the CD-RW disc to be erased into the drive
(use the drive eject key or the tray open/close func-
tion described below to do this).
2 With the transport stopped, from the DISK menu,
highlight CD-RW ERASE, and press YES/ENTER.
A pop-up confirmation message appears. Press
YES/ENTER to erase the disc.
Alternatively, press NO/EXIT to cancel the operation.
3 After the disc has been erased, the drive tray opens
automatically.
CD-RW erase
If an audio CD (either finalized or unfinalized) is inserted
into the 2488MKII’s CD-RW drive, the 2488MKII can
play it back.
The sound is output through the MONITOR and PHONES
jacks. The only control over the sound from the 2488MKII
is through the MONITOR control knob. All other mixer
controls are disabled.
1 Make sure the 2488MKII is in “normal” mode
(not master check or pre-mastering mode). On the
AUDIO CD menu, move the cursor to CD PLAYER
and press YES/ENTER.
The screen shows:
Whether the disc is finalized or not
The number of tracks and the total running time of
the disc.
CD track lists and CD track times
The current CD track (indicated by an arrow)
The stereo meters also show the level of the audio
recorded on the disc
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The 2488MKII transport controls are used to control play-
back of the CD, as explained here:
PLAY starts playback from the current playback posi-
tion. When searching for a CD track, the PLAY indica-
tor flashes.
STOP stops playback at the current position
REW and F FWD select CD tracks when stopped.
JOG/DATA dail selects CD tracks when stopped.
All other playback functions are disabled
NOTE
While this screen is displayed (the CD Player func-
tion is active), the eject button on the CD-RW drive
is disabled. To eject the CD, press EXIT to exit the CD
player function, and the CD is then ejected.
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Playing CDs