Sony MDS-JB940 Manual

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Operating the deck using the keyboard/Assigning characters to keyboard keys
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Operating the deck using 
the keyboard
You can operate the MD deck by using the keyboard keys. 
This allows you to edit MDs and control the deck without 
using buttons and control on the deck and on the remote.
While a track is selected, you can edit the track directly 
with the following numeric keypads.
Note
If you press [/], [*], or [+] when no track is selected, “Cannot 
Edit” appears.
Assigning characters to 
keyboard keys
If your keyboard layout does not match the system 
settings, the display may show the wrong characters or no 
characters at all when you press the keys. In this case, you 
need to assign characters to the keys.
1
While the deck is stopped, press [Esc] twice.
“Setup Menu” appears in the display.
2
Press [F10]/[F11] repeatedly until “Keyboard ?” 
appears, then press [F12].
3
Press [F10]/[F11] repeatedly until “Assign ?” 
appears, then press [F12].
4
Press [F10]/[F11] repeatedly until the character you 
want to assign appears.
If the character has already been assigned, “User” 
appears. If it has not been assigned, “Default” appears.
5
Press [F12].
“<Set Key>” flashes in the display.
6
Press the key to be assigned to on the keyboard.
“Key Change” appears, and the selected character is 
assigned to the key.
If “Same Key” appears
The same character is already assigned to the key.
If “Remove old assign?” appears
A different character is already assigned to the key. 
Press [F12] to clear the current assignment and assign 
the new character. Press [Esc] to cancel.
Notes
You can assign a character using [Shift] only for symbol and 
number keys.
You cannot assign a character to the following keys:
[Esc], [F1] – [F12], [Back Space], [Tab], [Caps Lock], [Enter], 
[Shift], [Ctrl], [Alt], [Windows], [Space], [Application], [Print 
Screen], [Scroll Lock], [Pause], [Insert], [Delete], [Home], 
[End], [Page Up], [Page Down], [Num Lock], [
T], [t], [R], 
[
r], and [/], [*], [–], [+] (of the numeric keypads)
“Key Change” does not appear in step 6 if you try to assign a 
character to one of the keys listed above or other keys for 
which input is not accepted. 
You can clear key assignments one at a time or all at once.
To clear a key assignment
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Operations using the keyboard
As the keyboard substitutes 
for the following functions
Press
MENU/NO
[Esc]
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[F1]
X
[F2]
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[F3]
AMS or 
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[F10]
AMS or 
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[F11]
YES
[F12]
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CLEAR
[Delete]
Operations using numeric keypads
To
Press
Divide the track
[/]
Move the track
[*]
Erase the track
[–]
Combine tracks
[+]
Assigning a character
Clearing key assignments