Product Description
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Burn your own CDs with this dual-deck recorder from Philips.
It's easy to set up and easy to use. With a clean digital
transfer between decks, your songs will be recorded with no loss
of quality. And your recorded CD-R discs will play on any home,
portable or car CD player. Other features include blank digital
audio CD; double-speed from CD; standard-speed, audible
CD ; digital and analog inputs allow from any
music source. Remote control included. No. CDR775. Imported.
3-1/2Hx17-1/10Wx12-1/5D".
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Philips' CDR775BK CD recorder smashes the $400 price point for
dual-disc CD decks, bringing high-speed and hard-wired
convenience to a new level of affordability.
The deck works equally well as a recorder and as a player,
thanks to its abundant hook-up options, though it doesn't muster
the stellar quality from its analog outputs that you'll find in
pricier CD recorders and players. (The digital outputs sound
fine, however.)
The CDR775BK is equally happy receiving data from either of the
two established means of digital audio transmission (optical or
coaxial), and its analog inputs let you feed the recorder from
external devices such as a cassette deck or a turntable--though a
turntable must first be routed through a phono preamplifier, such
as the phono input on a receiver.
Topping the list of cool playback features is the CDR775BK's DJ
mode, which lets the two trays function independently; each
"deck" offers a choice of analog or coaxial digital outputs. This
means, taking the mode literally, that you can make yourself the
life of a party by routing the deck's respective outputs into a
DJ's mixer and letting fly with a new song just as the song from
the other tray is fading out.
Alternately, you can route the outputs to separate amplifiers or
receivers and enjoy simultaneous playback of different music in
different rooms. Even cooler: you can program up to 99 tracks,
sw between the two decks at will with no waiting during
the sw (using analog or digital outputs).
You can also customize your CDs by at either normal or
double speed from the player deck to the recorder deck.
Double-speed can only take place during internal
digital dubbing, however. CDs made from analog or external
digital sources--or discs made from copies of digital s
(see the accompanying FAQ for more details)--must be made at
single speed.
All falls into one of five categories. In any
category, the process is the same: first select the type of
you'll be making, then hit Record--it's pretty much as
simple as that.
A category called MAKE CD will digitally record the CD in the
playback tray at high speed and automatically finalize the disc
(that is, prepare it for use in standard CD players) upon
completion, coming as close as can be to one-touch .
RECORD FAST is similar, but will not finalize the disc, letting
you add additional tracks at normal speed or material from a
different source before completing the CD. RECORD LISTEN makes a
digital at single speed, resulting in the most faithful
sounding digital reproductions. RECORD EXTERNAL DISC will
commence upon the CDR775's sensing of a digital signal
from an external digital source, while the last method, RECORD
EXTERNAL MANUAL, lets you tell the recorder when to begin
from an external source, either analog or digital.
One thing this recorder does that may be unique to Philips
recorders is to cancel a recorded track altogether if you hit
stop within three seconds of initiating a . This
prevents false starts (as when you miss the beginning of a track
you're from vinyl or cassette) by letting you stop the
and begin the track anew; other decks will record the
glitch and offer no means for erasing or skipping it later.
We found the recorder to be finicky about the brand and duration
of discs used. As with all component CD recorders, you must use
designated "music" or "audio" CD-Rs and CD-RWs with the CDR775BK.
We got the most consistently favorable results with 74-minute
Memorex audio CD-Rs, though the recorder worked fine with most
80-minute Memorex discs as well (occasional discs would record
but refuse to finalize).
A headphone jack is a huge convenience, but for some reason
Philips neglected to supply a volume control for it, so you're
stuck with a single (to our ears) very loud output.
Other drawbacks include downright strange sound from the
standard analog stereo outputs (bloated bass and tizzy treble)
and the absence of a fade-in/-out button (forcing you to record
from the analog inputs and perform manual fades if you want
smooth transitions on cuts from live albums or if you want to
squeeze a three-minute song onto the end of a disc with only 2:45
remaining).
Nevertheless, given everything the CDR775 does--and the price at
which it does it--this CD recorder makes an exciting production
tool for the inner DJ in all of us. --Michael Mikesell
Pros:
* Continuous play (deck 1 to deck 2)
* 99-track programming across both discs
* High-quality analog-to-digital converters
* Will cancel a mistake if is stopped within 3 seconds
* High-speed dubbing
* Headphone jack
* Independent digital outputs Cons:
* No volume control for headphone jack
* No fade-in/-out command
* Poor sound from analog outputs
- For use only with "audio" or "music" CD-Rs--will not work with data CD-Rs; 74-minute discs recommended over 80-minute.
- Dual-output DJ mode allows you to operate both decks simultaneously.
- High-speed (2x) and normal-speed dubbing.
- Disc title entry and storage.
- Coaxial and optical digital-audio inputs and outputs; stereo analog inputs and outputs; copies DTS- and HDCD-encoded CDs.