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Rules for digital recording
Guide to the Serial Copy Management System
Since your MD unit uses the Serial Copy Management System (SCMS), MDs recorded through the digital input terminal cannot be used to
make subsequent copies to other MDs through the digital output terminal. The following diagram shows a system for making copies through
the digital or analog terminals.
Rule 1
You can record digital source (CD, prerecorded MD, and DAT
equipment with a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz) to a recordable
MD through the digital input terminal.
However, you cannot make subsequent copies from a recordable
MD to other recordable MDs through the digital output terminal.
Subsequent copies can be made only through an analog output ter-
minal.
Rule 2
You can record the digital input signal of a digital satellite broad-
cast onto a recordable MD via the digital input terminals on an MD
recorder that is capable of handling a sampling frequency of
32 kHz or 48 kHz. You can then record the contents of this
recorded MD (first-generation) onto another recordable MD via the
digital input terminals on the MD recorder to create a second-gen-
eration digital copy.
Note, however, that with some BS tuners, second-generation digital
copying may not be possible.
CD player
DAT deck
MD recorder
MD recorder
MD recorder
MD recorder
Digital output terminal
Digital input terminal
Recording
Playing
Recording
MD
A recordable MD
recorded through
the digital input
terminal
Line (analog)
output terminal
Audio connecting
cord
Line (analog)
input terminal
Digital output terminal
Digital input terminal
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
BS tuner
Digital output terminal
Digital input terminal
Recording
Line (analog)
output terminal
Audio connecting
cable
Line (analog)
input terminal
Digital output terminal
Digital input terminal
Playing
Digital output terminal
Digital input terminal
MD recorder
MD
First-generation MD
recorded via
digital-to-digital
connection
MD recorder
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
MD recorder
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
MD recorder
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
MD
Second-
generation MD
recorded via
digital-to-digital
connection
MD recorder
Play back
Play back
Recording
Recording