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Chapter 10
Creating an audio CD
This chapter explains how you can use the CD-RW drive to create an
audio CD, and how to play back an audio CD.
Creating an audio CD
On the AW16G, you can select one or more songs on the
hard disk, and write the audio data from the stereo track
of each song to a CD-R/RW disc in CD-DA format. The
CD-R/RW media to which you write this data can be
played by the CD-RW drive or a conventional CD player
in the same way as any audio CD.
Note
Note
Some CD players that do not support CD-R/RW media
may not be able to play back a CD you create.
In order to create a CD, you must first register one or
more songs in a “track list,” and then write the virtual
track currently selected for the stereo track of each song
(the “current track”) to the CD in the order specified by
the track list.
A maximum of 99 tracks (areas on CD media to which
audio data can be written individually) can be written to
one volume of CD-R/RW media, and each track must be
at least four seconds long. The maximum length of time
that can be written is approximately 74 minutes for
650 MB media, or approximately 80 minutes for 700 MB
media.
Types of media that you can use with the
CD-RW drive
The CD-RW drive of the AW16G can use two types of
media: “CD-R” which lets you record and add data, and
“CD-RW” which lets you erase previously-recorded data
and rewrite it. Each type of media has the following char-
acteristics.
● CD-R
You can write data to this media, and add additional
data later. You cannot erase and rewrite data that has
already been written. Once you perform a process
known as “finalizing the disc,” the audio data written
to the CD-R can be played by the CD-RW drive or by
most CD players.
● CD-RW
In addition to writing and adding data, this media lets
you erase all recorded data and rewrite it. Audio data
written to a CD-RW can be played back by the CD-
RW or by CD players that support CD-RW media.