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Price Paid:
$750.00
from Advance Audio Video Summary:
I purchased the unit in 12-99. As of mid 2004, I can no longer use the system for recording, as it's horribly inconsistant & routinely craps-out before the copying is complete,(botching the cdr).
However, that's not to say that I've been overly disappointed with the product. In the last 5 years, my system has burned somewhere between 2500-2800 discs!!!
The bottom line is that it was a good system for it's time. The way cdr burning
technology for the pc has advanced in recent years, stand-alone units just don't cut it anymore.
The PhillipsCDR765 makes near-perfect copies. Basically whatever it's able to play on the right deck, it can copy on the left/recording deck.
It seems as though many of the users posting on this idem did not fully read their instruction manuel before getting into the copying aspect. This system DOES NOT ADD GAPS between tracks!!!!! Simply press the dub button twice before beginning to record ("dub 1" then
appears on the unit face) & your completed copy will come out near-perfect (usually the exact same time as the cd you've copied or 1 second longer).
The lack of being able to add fade-outs/fade-ins to the music or any sort of real editing capability is sorely missed. Strengths:
1. The capability to transfer your old vinyls & cassettes to disc (not that I ever attempted to do so).
2. Convenience. The most appealing thing about the Phillips cdr765 is how much easier it is to operate than a pc burner. Weaknesses:
Drawbacks/experiences recording on the PhillipsCDR765:
1. To this day, the cost of audio-only cdrs is insane, especially in Canada. This format of cdr is not available in some places.
2. Even if the recording process completes without incident, you're still not "home free". After recording, you must finalize the disc. This is a two minute "baking" process which allows the cdr to be played back on all other audio systems.
This 2 minute countdown sometimes "bounces" & becomes a 4 minute countdown. When this happens, there is a possibility that the system will not complete that 4 minute trek & that the disc is ruined/scrap/wasted. The problem became more & more prominent with usage.
3. CDRW's designed for this unit NEVER played on any of my other systems. They did play fine on both decks of the recorder but nowhere else. I used TDK & Maxell CDRW's.
When nearing the end of it's fertile-lifespan, the system could no longer read cdrw's. It could occasionally record onto them, but even after being finalized, only the recording deck of the unit could read/play the disc.
4. The unit was always very fussy & many cdrs designated "audio-only" weren't
compatible with it. It would burn on some generic audio-only media, so that's mainly what I used for the first 1500 burns. Later on, I discovered that Fujifilm, TDK & Maxell(Japan) were the brands that worked most with the most consistency. Sony, Memorex as well as Maxell(Taiwan) were very inconsistant & the unit rejected them most of the time.
5. I finally laid my PhillipsCDR765 to rest when it could no longer record a complete disc without issue. Near the
end, it would record discs fine until the very last track. It would choke within the last minute of ANY & EVERY burn I attempted, always within the last 40 seconds of the recording. When this happened, the recording deck would always register the disc it just ruined as being full (79:57), regardless of the actual
length of what I was attempting to copy.
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