Ok. That's good that is said "music cd." Now then, did you choose 44.1 pcm stereo from the recording menu? - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Benson" <billben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 1:43 PM Subject: Re: making standard CD's | Andy, | | Yes, it said "music CD". | | Bill | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 7:42 AM | Subject: Re: making standard CD's | | | Bill - great that you've made some progress with this. | | Are you absolutely sure you used a music cd for the recording? What | announcement did you get from the PTR1 when you first inserted the disk? - | | Andy | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Bill Benson" <billben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 1:06 PM | Subject: Re: making standard CD's | | || Dear List, || || Penny, Andy and Steve, you guys have just been great about trying to help | me, and I do really appreciate it awfully much. A new disk seemed to do the | trick; however, I can't get my recording to play on a regular CD player for | some reason. It does play fine on the player in my computer with Windows | Media player, and of course on the PTR1, but not on another CD player. Oh | well, at least I did get the recording. Thank you, guys, very very much! || || Bill || e-mail: billben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || ----- Original Message ----- || From: "Steve Richards" <stephenrichards1951@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 4:44 AM || Subject: Re: making standard CD's || || || Hi, Bill, Andy and Penny, || This damaged disc thing. I've had it happen on perfectly good popular | music || CDs and then it clears up for no reason!. However a few thouights: || 1. If Bill is visually impaired like me, could it be that the disc is | going || in face up instead of face down? || 2. Are there finger marks on the disc? A light wipe with a damp cloth || working from the outer edge towards the centre may help.. || 3. CD-RWs can, I find, be more problematical than CD-Rs. || || However, I'd suggest starting again with a Maxell or Sony MUSIC 80min | disc. || || Regards || Steve || ----- Original Message ----- || From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> || To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:11 PM || Subject: Re: making standard CD's || || || > Penny, maybe you can't! I was just going from memory, maybe the add to | is || > only available for data disks. Sounds like Bill would gain from | listening || > to || > the menu choices, and getting better understanding of what is available | to || > him. It puzzles me as to why he only gets the damaged disk thing after || > finalising - || > || > Andy || > ----- Original Message ----- || > From: "Penny Golden" <goldpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> || > To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:56 PM || > Subject: Re: making standard CD's || > || > || > I did not know on a music cd you could choose 2 options. || > I always figured that you chose the finalize || > option and it was an automatic closure. || > But no: || > the close option is what you want, because you || > probably have put all you want on that disk and || > your finalizing it means that you do not want to add more to the disk. || > You obviously can choose finalize with the || > option to record or add more. I use that || > sometimes when I am doing book recordings of several hours' duration. || > || > What others have been writing is the same as I || > would have said, could I get my thoughts together as brilliantly. || > I can say that I've done an awful lot of cd || > recording, making a playable cd. I often copy || > them too--that is, copy the cd's i've recorded. || > || > The only time you want to pick the || > still-recordable option is if you plan to add to the cd. || > || > Now I understand that your disk is saying that it is a bad disk or || > something. || > But have you taken these cd's and tried them in another player? || > Sometimes the plex decides something's bad and it's just fine in another || > unit. || > Blessings, Penny || > At 12:39 PM 10/4/2007, you wrote: || >>Dear Penny, || >> || >>I think I didn't quite state it correctly: What || >>it says at the start of finalizing is that I || >>have two options after finalization. One is || >>"disk recordable, and the other is disk || >>closed". I chose the disk closed option, and || >>wonder if I should have picked the other option. || >> || >>Thank you so much for your help. It is greatly appreciated! || >> || >>Bill || >>e-mail: billben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || >>----- Original Message ----- || >>From: "Penny Golden" <goldpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >>To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >>Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:33 PM || >>Subject: Re: making standard CD's || >> || >> || >>I never have heard of this question: disk closed. || >>When one finalizes, the program itself lets || >>you know when the disk is truly finished with finalizing. || >>It sometims (but very rarely) happens that you || >>get a bad disk; and you might even get a couple bad ones in a row. || >>but normally that doesn't happen. || >>Sure hope you get some good info on this, as some || >>of the rest of us are learning from your experiences. || >>Hope it clears up for you. || >>Penny || >>At 11:31 AM 10/4/2007, you wrote: || >> >Dear Andy, || >> > || >> >Yes, it was after I successfully recorded to the || >> >disk, shut down, then went back to play it again || >> >that it said "damaged disk". Then I tried a || >> >different disk fresh from the shrink wrap and it || >> >said the same thing. I wonder if I damaged it || >> >in the finalization process, maybe didn't let it || >> >have time to finish. Also, the last thing I did || >> >after finalizing was close the disk, and it said || >> >"disk closed". Could that have messed it up? || >> > || >> >I really || >> >do appreciate all your help! Would it help if I || >> >did first record to the card? If I do, how do I copy it onto a disk || >> >then? || >> > || >> >Bill || >> >e-mail: billben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Original Message ----- || >> >From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >> >To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >> >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:15 AM || >> >Subject: Re: making standard CD's || >> > || >> > || >> >Bill - firstly, no, you don't need to record to the card, you can | record || >> >strait to disk, but as we are all saying, in order for you to be able | to || >> >play it in a conventional music only cd player, it will need to be an || >> >audio || >> >and not a data cd, so you will need to be careful when buying. || >> > || >> >Ok, in respect of the invalid or damage disk thing, I have found with | my || >> >PTR1, and others have had similar experience, that it doesn't like || >> >certain || >> >brands of cd, for some strange reason, and that could be your problem. || >> >Can || >> >you make a recording ok? is it only when after finalising the disk and || >> >then || >> >trying to replay it that you get that message? - || >> > || >> >Andy || >> >----- Original Message ----- || >> >From: "Bill Benson" <billben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >> >To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >> >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:54 AM || >> >Subject: Re: making standard CD's || >> > || >> > || >> >| Dear Frank, || >> >| || >> >| Am I understanding then that I should first record to the card | rather || >> >than || >> >directly to the CD? Also, I am now encountering a new problem: When | I || >> >finished recording to the disk, finalized, then closed it, shut down | and || >> >went back to play it and it says "damaged or defective disk". I tried || >> >inserting a brand new disk just taken from the shrink wrap and dog | gone || >> >if || >> >it doesn't say the same thing, "damaged or defective disk". What | could || >> >be || >> >wrong? || >> >| || >> >| Many thanks for all the help you can give. || >> >| || >> >| Bill Benson || >> >| e-mail: billben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || >> >| ----- Original Message ----- || >> >| From: "Frank Cuta" <cuta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >> >| To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >> >| Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:15 AM || >> >| Subject: RE: making standard CD's || >> >| || >> >| || >> >| Actually the only requirement for making a standard CD is that you | use || >> >a || >> >| blank audio CD. Your actual initial recording onto your flash | card || >> >| can be any format you wish either pcm44 pcm 22 pcm256 etc. You need || >> >to || >> >| understand that the highest quality copy will be produced if you || >> >record || >> >| with pcm44. But you may not need the highest quality or may not | have || >> >| enough storage space on your flash card to record at the highest || >> >| quality. For example use pcm44 for making a copy of a CD. But if | you || >> >| are recording an old monofonic LP you are wasting space since pcm22 | is || >> >| just as high quality as pcm44 but monofonic. For radio shows that I || >> >| want to put onto standard CD for playing back in my car stereo || >> >Iusually || >> >| only record the original flash card copy using mp3 128. When you " || >> >| backup" to the audio format CD you still can select music quality | and || >> >| the mp3 will be converted to a standard CD music file. This quality || >> >is || >> >| completely adequate for fm radio quality and takes much less space | on || >> >| my flash card. || >> >| || >> >| || >> >| Frank Cuta || >> >| || >> >| -----Original Message----- || >> >| From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || >> >| [mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins || >> >| Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:43 PM || >> >| To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || >> >| Subject: Re: making standard CD's || >> >| || >> >| || >> >| You need to choose 44.1 pcm stereo, and to use a music cd and not a || >> >data || >> >| cd, || >> >| and then finalise it after the recording - || >> >| || >> >| Andy || >> >| ----- Original Message ----- || >> >| From: "Bill Benson" <billben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >> >| To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || >> >| Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:25 PM || >> >| Subject: making standard CD's || >> >| || >> >| || >> >|| Dear List, || >> >|| || >> >|| I would like to record some standard cd's on my ptr1. 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