Technics RS-DC10 - Page 61

SCMS (Serial Copy Management System)
3 DCC tape recorded from analog input terminals (when thereafter recorded digitally)
Analog signal
Record player,
tuner, etc. (analog
(Recording possible)
[oo] First generation
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= Output Input : .
{Tape playback) {Digital recording possible)
[ O70 | Second generation
Digital signal
When the DCC recording of an analog source is used copies cannot be used as the master tape for making
as the master tape for further digital-signal DCC . third and subsequent generations of digital copies
copies, up to two generations of digital copies can be (serial coies). eZ
made. However, the second generation of such
4 DCC tapes recorded from analog input terminals (when recorded in analog thereafter)
When recording is performed from the analog input recording of the digital signal (digital copy) is not
terminals, no restrictions are made on copies, in the possible, the analog input and output terminals can be
same way as for conventional audio cassette tape used to perform analog recording.
recorders. Accordingly, even in cases where
Digital copy prohibit display
In the following cases, digital signals cannot be When a copy prohibit signal is supplied during
recorded in their original form: recording :
When recording signals from a source which has Z i
been digitally copied once before
The COPY PROHIBIT
indicator lights. c OP Y
PROHIBIT
When a copy prohibit signal is supplied in the
recording standby mode
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