Tascam Windows Quickstart Cd-r Deluxe And Cd-r Pro Manual

							1) Place the software CD in the CD-R drive so it will have
something to pop up with.
2) Go under “My Computer”, and see if the CD-R drive
pops up.  (It will probably be drive D: or drive E: if you
have one hard drive and a CD-ROM drive.)  If the drive
does not show up, then the computer itself is not seeing
the drive.
A) Make sure your cables are securely connected, and
that the SCSI terminator is also in place.  If you have
other SCSI devices in the chain, make sure they have
different SCSI IDs than the CD-R drive has.  For
troubleshooting purposes, it may be wise to
disconnect the other devices for now to ensure your
SCSI cabling length is not too long, and that the other
IDs aren’t interfering.  Remember to shut your computer
down before changing SCSI IDs or disconnecting SCSI
devices.
B) Try restarting your computer with the CD-R drive on.
(It must be on at boot-up, or it may not get added to
the list properly.
3) If the drive is operating properly as a CD-ROM, but
not as a CD-R, then check the Device Manager to make
sure the SCSI card is properly installed.
I cannot extract audio from my CD-ROM. - If you are tryingto extract audio from an audio CD or trying to copy from CD
to CD, your CD-ROM must be capable of these functions.
(Not all CD-ROMs can do that.)  If necessary, your CD-R
drive is capable of most of these types of functions, so you
may use the CD-R drive to extract to your hard drive, then
burn back to the CD.
The drive is not recording to the blank CDs. - There could beseveral causes for this:1) Make sure the disc you are using is a regular CD-R
media.  CD-RW discs are not compatible with this drive.
“For Music Only” CDs may also cause problems, as
they are designed for use with consumer component
CD-Recorders.
2) Make sure the CD-R media is on the list of approved
media of this drive.  We have tested many types of CD-
R media, and the results are posted on our web site at
http://www.tascam.com.  The list is kept on the site so
it may be kept as up to date as possible.
3) While the CD-Recorder is recording, make sure the
CD-R drive is not agitated.  (If you write as vigorously
as I do, even writing the jewel case insert on the same
table as the CD-Recorder is on could shake the unit
enough.)  CD Recording requires much more stability
than reading.  When reading a CD, players can take
several passes at the data stream if the tracking is
lost.  However, CD-Recorders do not have this luxury.
They are recording the information on the CD, and need
to do so precisely the first time.
The system is testing too slow for 6x or 8x recording speeds.- Chances are there is more processing going on than just
your CD authoring software.
1) If your computer has a lot of applications running in
the background, this can substantially slow the
efficiency of your system.  (Common culprits are likely
to be anti-virus software, screen savers, or advanced
network applications.)  These can be temporarily
disabled to dedicate more processing horsepower to the
CD authoring software.
2) In recent years, large disk drives have become more
and more affordable, but often the drives many stores
advertise are quite slow.  If the drive is too slow, then
you’ll have to try optimizing your drive. 
						

							3) In Red Roaster, if you are burning the disc “On The
Fly”, that means the program is processing your file
while it is burning it.  Fades, EQ, compression...
everything.  Of course, we don’t want to take out the
processing we worked so hard to perfect, so it may be
best to create an image to burn from if you are planning
on making multiple copies of the CD.  If not, it may be
best to simply slow the CD-Recording process down.
See the section on Underruns at the beginning of this
troubleshooting section.
Technical Support
If you are still experiencing problems with the unit after
reading the previous troubleshooting section, you can check
for more up to date FAQ documents at TASCAM’s web site
at:
http://www.tascam.com
or contact TASCAM Technical Support at:
(323) 726-0303
[email protected]