User manual VESTAX DCR-1200PRO

[. . . ] Cutting from professionally mastered CDs that have good equalization and compression should also give excellent results. However, recording from some CDs (for example, CDs from home studio set-ups) may provide difficulties. This is due to the fact that these recordings sometimes have very wide frequency ranges, and have not been prepared professionally for mass-production or broadcast. Please study and understand compressors and limiters and how to use equalizers to get the best result from your DCR-1200PRO. GENERAL CAUTION 1. [. . . ] Please fill out the card in full and send it to Vestax customer support in (or nearest to) your country. Vestax will not be able to service or support the unit if it is not registered. If you have any registration detail changes, please inform your customer service center immediately. Please contact customer support center with any questions regarding usage or operation. Please fill out the Investigation Form (found at the back of this manual) and submit to the service center by fax or mail. Please note: some more detailed questions may take a longer time to respond to. Please see the final page of this manual to find relevant fax numbers and mailing addresses of Vestax customer service centers. · · Section 5: WARRANTY REPAIR AND AFTER-SERVICE · · Warranty Card: Please keep the warranty card and make sure that it has the date of purchase and store of purchase. Terms and Conditions of Warranty: The DCR-1200PRO is covered by warranty for 12 months. However, Vestax will not honor warranty service if the unit is improperly used, physically damaged, modified by unauthorized person or damaged by external equipment. The cutting Stylus is not covered by warranty. Section 6: FEATURES · In the beginning, cutting vinyl records used to require much more equipment and procedures. The DCR-1200PRO allows you to record vinyl in a small space with minimum additional equipment. Quartz lock switch: locks pitch Speed select switch: selects the speed ­ 33 1/3 rpm or 45 rpm. Start/stop switch Playback arm height adjustment screw Playback arm counter weight Playback arm headshell Playback arm armrest Playback arm Heavy duty carrying handles Center spindle on turntable platter Turntable platter 8. 2 Rear View 28. Limiter bypass switch: turns the internal compressor limiter on or off. Must always be in on position unless external compressor limiter devices are used in the cutting process. Phono level output jacks: standard RCA left/right output jacks for playback 31. XLR balanced left/right audio input sockets PIN1 ­ ground; PIN2 ­ hot; PIN3 ­ cold 35. if both XLR and RCA audio input sockets have equipment connected, the RCA takes precedence and XLR becomes disengaged. Connector cable from cutting head to internal mechanisms. 8. 3 Cutting Head Section 37. Different atmospheric conditions will dictate different levels of Stylus pressure and heat. Please find optimum conditions for the DCR-1200PRO to maximize the life of the cutting Stylus. Please ensure that this is placed into the cutting Stylus receptor correctly. [. . . ] Set the input level Control to minimum and heater Control adjustment to minimum. Begin play back of the recording source and increase the input level Control, making sure that the level does not exceed 0db. · Too high an input level will burn the coil · If the source material has an extremely wide dynamic range, minimum levels may not be sufficient to achieve the desired result. In this case, use of Vestax SL-201mkii Compressor-Limiter is required. [. . . ]