Sony CDR-W66, Operating Instructions Manual

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Operations on the Disc’s TOC Area

OC Area

Unfinalizing
CD-RW

You can restore CD-RW disc to the status they were
immediately before the disc was finalized. This
operation is called unfinalizing. You cannot add further
recordings or delete tracks from a finalized CD-RW
disc, but can do so by unfinalizing the disc.

You cannot cancel an unfinalize operation once it
has started.

Unfinalizing takes approximately 80 seconds from
start to finish. During this time, do not turn OFF the
power supply to the CD recorder. The disc’s TOC
information will be corrupted, and you will no
longer be able to use the disc.

Operating Procedure

This operation is valid only with finalized CD-RW
discs.

1

Press the ERASE button.

“Start?” and “ENTER/YES” will be displayed
alternately for verification. Press the MENU/NO
button to quit.

2

Press the AMS button or the YES button.

“Unfinalize” will flash. The countdown time
remaining until unfinalizing finishes will be
displayed. When the display stops flashing,
unfinalizing is complete.

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Unfinalizing discs with disc name and track name
information.

The information is stored until the disc is removed or the
power supply is turned OFF, in the same state as after it
was entered. Consequently, you can edit the information
or add other tracks names.

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Finalizing (FINALIZE)
CD-R/CD-RW

CD-R discs can be played on ordinary CD players
when they have been finalized, but you cannot change
the disc status, such as adding additional tracks, doing
the finalizing.

CD-RW discs can be played on CD-RW-compatible CD
players when they have been finalized. You can later
add or delete tracks on CD-RW discs by unfinalizing
(i.e., undoing the finalizing) them.

Once finalizing has started, it cannot be stopped.

Finalizing takes approximately 130 seconds from
start to finish. During this time, do not turn OFF the
power supply to the CD recorder, as this will
damage the TOC of disc, you will not be able to use
the disc again.

Operating Procedure

1

Press the FINALIZE button.

2

The CD recorder will enter check mode.
“Start?” and “ENTER/YES” will be displayed
alternately.

3

If you are ready to finalize, press the AMS
control or the YES button.

If you are not ready, press the MENU/NO
button. When finalizing starts, “Finalize” will
flash in the display and the countdown time
remaining until finalizing finishes will be
displayed.

4

When finalizing is completed, the FINALIZE
indicator will light.

You cannot finalize discs on which nothing has been
recorded.