Guide To The Serial Copy Management System - Sony MXD-D3 Operating Instructions Manual

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Guide to the Serial Copy
Management System
This MD deck uses the Serial Copy Management
System, which Allows only Hfst-generation digital
copies to be made ol premastered software via the
dt\ k's digital input jack. An outline of this system
appears below.
1 You can record from digital program wimo (CD* DAT.
or prvtuaMcmi MDs) onto a DAI taj«. nr recordable MD
vin digital Input |a. k on the* DA I or MI) deck
You cannot, however, record from Ihi* recorded DAT tape
or MD onto another DAT tape or recordable MD via the
digital input |ack on the DAT or MD dock
CD player
DAT deck MD deck
I'laying
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
Recording
DAT or MD
Playback
Digital output |ack
Digital Input jack
DAT deck or
MD deck
First-generation
OAT tape or MD
recorded via
digital-to-digital
connection
DAT deck or
MD deck
Digital output |ack line (analog) output jacks
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
Digital input jack Line (analog) input jacks
Recording
DAT deck or
MD deck
2 You can record Ihe digital inpui signal of a digital sulci]tin
broadcast onto a DAT tape ar recordable MD via the
digital input |Ot k on fhr I )AT or MD deck which I* cipablr
of handling
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You can that record lire contents of this recorded DAT
tape or MD (lir*4 generation) onto another DAT tape or
recordable MD via digital input jack on the DAT or MD
deck to create a second-gener.iHan digital copy.
Subsequent n voiding (tom the vecand-gcncnibon copy
onto another rwnrdablr DAT tape or MD in possible only
throuKh the analog inpul jack on Ihe DA T m MD deck
Note. Iv«wevitr, Owl on snow BS/CS tuners, second-
generation digital copying may not bo possible.
Having
BS/CS tuner
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
Digital output jack
Digital Input jack
Recording
OAT deck or
MD deck
♦
First-generation
DAT tape or MD
recordod via
digital-to-digital
connection
Playback
DAT deck or
MD deck
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cablo
Digital output jack
Digital Input Jack
Second-
generation DAT
tape or MD
recorded via
digital-to-digital
connection
Playback
DAT deck or
MD deck
Digital output Jack Line (analog) output jackv
Optical cable or
coaxial digital
connecting cable
Audio connecting
cord
Digital input jack Line (analog) input jacks
Recording
DAT deck or
MD deck
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