When I try to make a cd from the playlist it will not record(write)! Also I can not get the input mode to switch from analog to digital. When I press the input button the light blinks but stays in the analog position. I wonder if these to problems are related. Any suggestion how I can resolve these issues? I have only used the cd maker twenty times, in the year and a. Half I have owned this machine. Thank you for your assistance. Bruce Gutter

The Alesis needs to be in record standby to show any inputs as a signal on the VU meters. Press Record for standby, and press Play to start recording.

You need to be in a playlist, on a track in a playlist, in order to enter Record Standby

This is where nothing is detected on the digital input. If you are not using the digital input, make sure analog input is selected.

If you are recording from a DIGITAL input like the OPTICAL or DIGITAL COAXIAL and their is no signal, or if it is a 'non-copyable' copy of a digital copy (from a mini-disc or protected audio CD-R) you will see this. You need to record using ANALOG inputs, then you won't have this DIN UNLOCK problem using analog. Double check your digital connections and make sure your digital source is set to 'play' and see if the DIN Unlock goes off. Otherwise, use analog reocrding only.

Put in a blank or unfinalized disc, press Record until Record Manual shows. This is similar to an old-school cassette deck being in Pause/Record mode. That should do it. The input signal will be present on the audio outputs (both digital and analog).

The manual isn't specific about how long you can remain in Record Manual mode without starting to record on the CD. My Pioneer has a Monitor function so I don't need to place a blank disc for this.

Your assessment that it duplicates CD's internally fits with an analog-only failure mode. Let's make sure the signal is getting past your RCA jacks on the deck...

Put the deck in a Rec/Standby mode and make sure an analog source registers adequate volume on the meters. If it's good there and doesn't change with cable swapping between the input channels, you're right, the problem is internal. Maybe the volume potentiometer itself has developed a dead spot. Manually rotate it throughout its range many times to wipe it clean.

If you have an external optical digital source use it to check the meters in digital recording mode to be sure they're about even. The same knob affects analog and digital levels.

If you have the deck connected via the traditional Tape Monitor circuit in a receiver you should be able to tell by ear if the one channel is dead or too low. This puts all of the recording circuitry including the volume knob in line with your receiver.

The EQ is probably 2-channel so maybe we need to consider what you COULD accomplish with it even if you could use it. Whatever it does to the analog source material will affect all of your speakers if you use simulated surround modes. BTW, I use an old analog EQ myself but not for room correction purposes, mostly for recording. My receiver has an single explicit Tape Mon function through which I have a dbx 224x Program Route Selector and a mess of analog sound processing devices plus a CD-R but using just the one Monitor. I'd still go ahead if I were you.

Of your MD/Tape; CD-R; VCR 1 or 2 connectors, I would think one of them would probably funtion mostly like a Tape Mon as you understand it.

The manual leads me to advise that you DO NOT connect anything digital to the Digital Inputs that correspond to your chosen EQ loop. It's due to some automation that prefers a digital signal over an analog one. Should you be taping something and suddenly turn on any digital input corresponding to your analog one the unit would probably switch sources on you.

I think you understand what Tape Mon is all and how it should act so I'd say try the various analog inputs that have INs & OUTs to see how they work. I'd tune an FM station and hook up the EQ then and see if selecting its function kills the FM audio. I'm really surprised the manual doesn't discuss Monitoring a recording.

Page 12 in the manual has a number of warnings regarding keeping things turned ON if you use these connectors for recording.

Good luck.

First off I assume you have the manual for you're 5700. if not a PDF copy is here
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/media/i3d/01/A/man-migrate/MANUAL000027911.pdf

Assuming you have a standalone tape deck that has phono inputs and outputs connection and recording recording should be easily achieved.
Forget the coaxial unless of course your tape deck has digital outputs.
Assuming it hasn't just connect the two output sockets from the tape dec which may be labelled REC out left and REC out right to the Line in (L) and Line (R) of the CD recorder.
The physical setup is now complete.
The increment level they refer to in the manual offers you a choice of 3 final decibel output levels in other words how loud it will be when it is finally recorded onto the disc.

the last paragraph on page 16 is relevant to the setup described above.

Page 15 of your manual is all you need to achieve tape transfer to CD.
follow the steps below and choose ANALOG the source to be played is your tape deck so once the process has begun press the play button on your tape deck and you should get a decent recording. Leave everything else at their default settings until you get a better understanding of how to tweak your recordings.
Personally I transfer audio tapes directly to my PC and Audio edit them until they are perfect but I've been doing this for years.

Good luck


here's a snippet

To record from an external source:
1. Turn power ON.
2. Place a recordable audio disc (CD-R or CD-RW) label side up
in TRAY II.
3. Close TRAY II. (When a blank disc is placed in TRAY II, the display
will show BLANK.)
4. Press INPUT until the source you want to record is selected.
DIGITAL OPTICAL:
record a source connected to the DIGITAL IN (OPTICAL) terminal.
DIGITAL COAXIAL:
record a source connected to the DIGITAL IN (COAXIAL) terminal.
ANALOG:
record a source connected to the analog LINE IN jacks.
5. Select the desired mode of track division (track number
assignment) by pressing the MANUAL/AUTO button (see the
ADVANCED RECORDING section for more information).
6. Press the RECORD button.
The unit enters record pause mode.
The PAUSE [ ] icon and REC blink on the display.
7. Press the PLAY (ENTER) [ ] button of TRAY II to start recording.
8. Play the source to be recorded.
• During digital recording, if the input signal stops for 5 seconds,
recording will stop.
• During analog recording, if the input signal stops for 20 seconds,
recording will stop.
• If the unit detects copy-prohibit signals during recording,
CAN’T COPY appears on the display and recording is stopped.
To stop recording: Press the STOP [] button
To temporarily pause recording: Press the PAUSE [ ] button.
Remember that every time recording is paused or stopped,
a new track number will be assigned.

Have a look at the manual for your AV receiver, you may find that you can change the digital output format between DTS mode and PCM(audio) mode. It needs to be in PCM(audio) mode for your CD recorder to be able to record digitally. If that doesn't solve it I can only suggest recording in analogue mode, i.e. taking a stereo analogue signal from your receiver to the analogue inputs of your CD recorder.

Hope this helps

HifiJohn

I never had that problems. I have been using it over five years. Does it play commercially made CDs (the ones you bought at the store)? Panel shows track numbers and sound volume? Can you hear it by using a head set (phone volume control turned up? If so, now recording part, do you have input select correct (analog or digital)? Input cable(s) into right connector(s)? When you press "record" button, does it put into "pause" mode? Can you watch the incoming sound levels when it is on "pause" mode? Can you start the recording with remote's fader button or play/pause button on the machine? Good luck.

ah..yes..mi friend, i was in that spot one time. one suggestion i have is-make sure the blank cd you are trying to record on is a "compact disc DIGITAL audio"...or try hitting the "input select" button.