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RECORDING
cont.
PORTADISC MDP500 MiniDisc Recorder
5. Press the
PAUSE
button to enter record pause
mode. Or press
STOP
to stop recording.
INPUT MONITOR FUNCTION
You can monitor the incoming audio signal even when
you are not recording (the input is always monitored in
record pause mode).
1. Eject the MD disc by pressing the
OPEN
button.
2. Make your record mode setting using the
INPUT
and
SYSTEM
buttons.
3. Slide the
RECORD
button to enter the monitor
mode.
4. The input audio signal will appear on the display
meter and on both the analog and digital outputs,
whichever analog or digital input source you choose.
5. Press the
STOP
button to cancel the monitor
mode.
PEAK HOLD METER
The level bar meter display shows the audio level with
peak hold functions. It can be set as follows:
1. Press
SETUP
until the ‘PEAK HOLD METER’ setup
mode is recalled:
2. Press
F1
to choose the setting you want from
‘OFF’, ‘2SECOND’, and ‘ON’.
PEAK HOLD METER mode
Peak hold setting
OFF
Peaks not held
2SECOND
Peaks held for 2 seconds
ON
Peaks held until the
STOP
button is pressed
3. Press the
F2
button to set-up. Then press
F3
to
exit the mode.
OVERWRITE MODE
It is possible to record directly over previously recorded
tracks without needing to erase them first.
1. Press
SYSTEM
until ‘OVERWRITE MODE ?’ is
displayed.
2. Press
F1
to select the overwrite setting from ‘ON’
or ‘OFF’.
3. Press the
F2
button to set-up. Then press
F3
to
exit the mode.
4. Press
PAUSE
, then select the track that you want to
record over using the
AMS
and buttons.
NOTE – If no track is selected, recording will begin
automatically over track 1.
5. Slide the
RECORD
switch to the right to enter
record pause mode. ‘Overwrite!’ will be briefly
displayed.
6. Press
PAUSE
to begin recording. ‘Overwrite!’ will be
briefly shown again.
If the new track is shorter than the track which is being
overwritten, the remaining part of the old track will
become the next track on the disc:
If the new track is longer than the track which is being
overwritten, the next track will also be recorded over:
CAUTION – Please be aware that using overwrite
mode can permanently remove existing recordings.
The threshold level setting sets the levels from which
both the auto increment and the auto start/cut
functions operate.
RECORD THRESHOLD LEVEL SETTING
1. Press the
SYSTEM
button until ‘THRESHOLD
LEVEL’ is displayed.
2. Press
F1
to choose the threshold level from
‘-30dB’, ‘-40dB’, ‘-50dB’ or ‘-60dB’. Then press
F2
to set-up and
F3
to exit.
PEAK HOLD METER ?
OFF
SET
EXIT
OVERWRITE MODE ?
OFF
SET
EXIT
▲ ▲
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▲
▲
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TRACK 1
BEFORE OVERWRITING:
TRACK 2
TRACK 1
AFTER OVERWRITING:
TRACK 2
NEW TRACK 2
TRACK 3
(OLD TRACK 2)
TRACK 1
BEFORE OVERWRITING:
TRACK 2
TRACK 3
TRACK 1
AFTER OVERWRITING:
TRACK 2
NEW TRACK 2
END OF
TRACK 3
THRESHOLD LEVEL FUNCTIONS
THRESHOLD LEVEL
-30dB
SET
EXIT
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