Sony MDS-E12 User Manual
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Location and Function of Parts
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Location and Function of Parts ......... 5
Front Panel Descriptions .............................................. 6
Rear Panel Descriptions ................................................ 7
Remote Descriptions ..................................................... 8
Display Window Descriptions ................................... 10
Using the Display Window ........................................ 11
Getting Started ................................ 14
After Unpacking .......................................................... 14
Hooking Up the Audio Components........................ 15
Setting the Clock .......................................................... 17
Recording on MDs ............................ 18
Recording on an MD ................................................... 18
Notes on Recording ..................................................... 19
Recording for long times ............................................ 20
Adjusting the Recording Level .................................. 21
Recording Tips ............................................................. 22
Marking Track Numbers While Recording
(Track Marking) ...................................................... 23
Starting Recording With 6 Seconds of Prestored
Audio Data (Time Machine Recording) .............. 24
Synchro-recording With the Audio Component of
Your Choice (Music Synchro-recording) ............ 25
Synchro-recording With a Sony CD Player
(CD Synchro-recording) ........................................ 25
Playing MDs ...................................... 27
Playing an MD ............................................................. 27
Playing a Specific Track .............................................. 29
Locating a Particular Point in a Track ....................... 30
Playing Tracks Repeatedly (Repeat Play) ................. 31
Playing Tracks in Random Order (Shuffle Play) ..... 32
Creating Your Own Program (Program Play) ......... 33
Storing the Located Track to Start Play
Instantaneously (Multi-access Play) .................... 34
Setting Play start position After Play Is Stopped
(Resume Play) ......................................................... 36
Returning to the Specified Point (Locate Play) ....... 36
Pausing After Each Track (Auto Pause) ................... 37
Making Track Play Start Soon (Auto Cue) ............... 38
Changing Playback Speed
(Variable Speed Play) ............................................. 39
Editing Recorded MDs ..................... 40
Before you start editing ............................................... 40
Erasing tracks (ERASE) ............................................... 41
Combining Tracks (COMBINE) ................................. 43
Moving Tracks (MOVE) .............................................. 44
Dividing Tracks (DIVIDE) .......................................... 45
Naming a Track or MD (NAME) ............................... 46
Undoing the Last Edit (UNDO) ................................. 50
Changing Recorded Level after Recording
(S.F Edit) .................................................................. 50
Other Functions ................................ 52
Fade IN and Fade Out Z ............................................. 52
Notification of the track end and the disc end
(End Of Track/Disc) .............................................. 53
Using a Timer ............................................................... 54
Rear Panel Terminal Functions ........ 55
Control terminal functions ......................................... 55
Remote Terminal Functions ....................................... 55
Parallel Input-Output .................................................. 57
RS-232C ......................................................................... 58
Operating the MD Recorder Using a
Keyboard ........................................... 59
Keyboard ........................................... 59
Setting the keyboard ................................................... 59
Naming a Track or MD Using the Keyboard ........... 60
Operating the Recorder Through the Keyboard ..... 61
Assigning Characters to Keyboard Keys .................. 62
Keyboard Operations (English Keyboard Layout) . 63
Keyboard Operations (10-Keyboard Layout) .......... 63
Additional Information.................... 64
System Limitations ...................................................... 64
Trouble shooting .......................................................... 65
Self-Diagnosis Function .............................................. 66
Display Messages ........................................................ 67
Specifications ................................................................ 68
Exterior dimensions .................................................... 69
Edit Menu Table ........................................................... 70
Setup Menu Table ........................................................ 71
Last Mode Memory ..................................................... 72