5 - Erasing a complete disc
TASCAM MD-801R/P Mk II
5–7
3
Turn the
SHUTTLE
wheel clockwise. The dis-
play changes:
4
Turn the
SHUTTLE
wheel clockwise once
again to change the current track from mono to
stereo or
vice versa
.
The display will show
Now Editing
,
followed by
Complete
.
This function may also be used to “un-protect” a
track if the following message appears at any time in
the edit mode:
This signifies that the track cannot be edited. This is
software protection, which has been set by an MD
unit other than an MD-801, and it can be disabled
using this function in the way described above.
NOTE
If a track is “unprotected” in this way, it cannot
be protected again.
5.10Erasing a complete disc
As well as erasing individual tracks (see 5.3, "Eras-
ing a track"), it is also possible to erase the entire
contents of a disc.
1
After pressing the
EDIT
key, turn the
DATA
dial until the display shows:
2
Turn the
SHUTTLE
wheel clockwise to enter
this edit menu:
3
If you are sure that you want to erase the con-
tents of the disc, turn the
SHUTTLE
wheel
clockwise once more.
The display will show
Now Editing
,
followed by
Complete
, followed by
Blank Disc
.
If you want to abort the erase process, use the
usual methods (
SHUTTLE
wheel counter-
clockwise,
EDIT
key or
STOP
key).
5.11Track and disc title entry
The disc and tracks can be titled. The titles can con-
sist of upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and
punctuation symbols (as well as Japanese
katakana
).
Each title can be up to 99 characters long, and titles
too long to fit on the display are scrolled.
The total number of characters which can be
included as titles on a disc (disc and track titles) is
1,792 characters.
A computer keyboard (PS/2 compatible) can be
attached to the MD-801, and used to input titles, or
titles can be entered, using the procedure described
below (for keyboard operations, see 6, "Use of a key-
board with the MD-801").
Titles can be entered in stop (disc titles), play or play
ready (track titles) mode as well as in the record and
record ready modes.
1
Press the
EDIT
key and turn the
DATA
dial
until the display shows:
2
Turn the
SHUTTLE
wheel clockwise.
If the MD-801 is in stop mode, the words
D I S C
T I T L E
will light in the display, and you can enter
the title for the whole disc.
If the MD-801 is in play or play ready mode, or
record or record ready mode, the words
TRACK TITLE
will light in the display, and
you can enter the title for the current track.
3
The display will change:
The underline cursor shows where the character
will be entered.
4
Use the
DATA
dial to scroll through the symbol
set. The character set selected initially is the
lowercase alphabet set, together with numbers
and punctuation symbols.
5
Use the
MEMO IN/CAPS
key
[23]
to change
between lowercase and uppercase characters. If
uppercase characters are selected, the
C A P S
indicator will light in the display.
6
Turn the
SHUTTLE
wheel clockwise to move
the cursor to the right, and counterclockwise to
move it to the left. Continuing to hold the
SHUTTLE
wheel away from the center posi-
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