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AUTO MUSIC SEARCH
(Skipping forward or backward to playback a
desired selection)
The music search function detects blanks
(longer than 4 seconds) between selections,
advances the tape in the forward or reverse
direction to find the beginning of the desired
selection and automatically starts playback.
It can find a selection located up to 15 selections
before or after the present position.
During forward playback
When you wish to locate a future song, press the
AMS+
button as many times as the number of
songs to be skipped. When you wish to listen to
the song currently being played from the
beginning, press the
AMS–
button once. To
return to a previously played song, press the
AMS–
button as many times as the number of
songs to be skipped, plus one.
During reverse playback
When you wish to locate a future song, press the
AMS+
button as many times as the number of
songs to be skipped. When you wish to listen to
the song currently being played from the
beginning, press the
AMS–
button once. To
return to a previously played song, press the
AMS–
button as many times as the number of
songs to be skipped plus one.
From the stop mode
Press the
AMS+
or
–
button to perform music
search as mentioned above.
Display the number of songs skipped.
The level meter will blink to display the number
of songs skipped.
–00
RIGHT
LEFT
dB
LEVEL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Example:
Skipped 1 song
Skipped 2 songs
Skipped 10 songs
Skipped 15 songs
Selecting songs during skip operations
To change songs to be skipped, press the
AMS+
and
AMS–
buttons during skip operations.
Example:
When selecting the 5th song by
pressing the
AMS+
button in the forward
direction:
When
AMS+
is pressed : The 6th song is
selected.
When
AMS–
is pressed : The 4th song is
selected.
• If the button is pressed more times than
the number of selections recorded on the
tape, forward search will continue on the
opposite side, but reverse search will stop
at the tape end.
NOTES:
In the following circumstances, the
music search function may be unable to properly
detect blanks between selections; this is not,
however, a sign of a malfunction with the unit.
• When using a tape with blanks between
selections less than 4 seconds long.
• When listening to tapes with long low-
level intervals, like classical music, or
with sound breaks several seconds long
within selections.
• When listening to recorded conferences
or talk shows, where sound is
intermittent.
• When using tapes with noise in the
blanks between selection.
How Selections are counted
When starting the music search operation from
the middle of a selection and specifying “1st
previous selection,” playback will return to the
beginning of the present selection. To return to
selections further back, count one extra selection.
3rd selection
(2 selections
before)
2nd selection
(last selection)
1st selection
(present
selection)
1st selection
(next
selection)
2nd selection
Search (–)
Present position
Playback (
3
)
2
3
∞
∞
∞
∞
3rd selection
∞
∞
Search (+)
