Sony PCM-R500, PCM-R700 manual 14EN, When you press the REC r button while in a blank section

Advanced Recording Operations

Locating the End of the Recorded Portion (End Search)

When recording from the middle of a tape, use End Search to locate the end of the recorded portion. This will prevent the creation of a blank section on the tape.

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INPUT

ANALOG

DIGITAL

MODE

ANALOG INPUT

POWER

UNBALANCE

BALANCE

COUNTER RESET

¯ ON

¿ OFF

REC MODE

STANDARD

LONG

REMOTE

MARGIN RESET

WIRED OFF WIRELESS

48k

44.1k

OFF

SBM

ON

SHUTTLE

DATA

AMS

PREVIOUS

NEXT

REW

FF

REC MUTE

MENU

REC LEVEL

=

+

0

)

R

r

CH-1(L)

•

PHONE LEVEL

•

•

START ID

OPEN/CLOSE

STOP

PLAY

PAUSE

REC

•

AUTO

REHEARSAL

WRITE

ERASE

REPEAT

LOCATE

•

SET

•

•

6

p

(

P

r

0

10

MIN•

MAX

SKIP ID

CH-2(R)

•

PHONES

RENUMBER REHEARSAL

WRITE

ERASE

SKIP PLAY

MARK

•

•

0•

10

Press FF ) with the deck stopped.

The deck locates the end of the recorded portion (the beginning of the blank portion or the position of the end ID), then stops.

The deck stops at the beginning of any blank section that is 9 seconds or longer, or fast-forwards to the end of the tape if the tape is blank.

zWhen you press the REC r button while in a blank section

The deck rewinds the tape to the beginning of the blank section and changes to recording pause. “BLANK” and “WAIT” appear in the display while the deck is searching for the beginning of the blank section.

Note

End Search does not operate if you press the FF ) button while in a blank section.

Inserting a Sound-Muted

Section While Recording

(Record Muting)

Use Record Muting to insert a space of about 0.5 to 9.5 seconds between tracks.

For details on setting the duration of the blank space, see “REC MUTE” on page 24.

INPUT

ANALOG

DIGITAL

MODE

ANALOG INPUT

POWER

UNBALANCE

BALANCE

COUNTER RESET

¯ ON

¿ OFF

REC MODE

STANDARD

LONG

REMOTE

MARGIN RESET

WIRED OFF WIRELESS

48k

44.1k

OFF

SBM

ON

SHUTTLE

DATA

AMS

PREVIOUS

NEXT

REW

FF

REC MUTE

MENU

REC LEVEL

=

+

0

)

R

r

CH-1(L)

•

PHONE LEVEL

•

•

START ID

OPEN/CLOSE

STOP

PLAY

PAUSE

REC

•

AUTO

REHEARSAL

WRITE

ERASE

REPEAT

LOCATE

SET

•

•

•

6

p

(

P

r

0

10

MIN•

MAX

SKIP ID

CH-2(R)

•

PHONES

RENUMBER REHEARSAL

WRITE

ERASE

SKIP PLAY

MARK

•

•

0•

10

PLAY ( REC r REC MUTE R

Press REC MUTE R where you want to insert a space while the deck is recording or in recording pause. “REC” in the display starts flashing and tape transport continues, but no signal is recorded. After inserting a space, P in the display stays on and the deck changes to recording pause.

To insert a blank space (of a duration different from that preset by menu setting)

Hold down the REC MUTE R button as long as you want. When you release the REC MUTE R button, P stays on and the deck changes to recording pause.

When the preset duration has passed, “REC” begins to flash faster and the MARGIN indication shows how long the REC MUTE R button has been pressed.

To insert a blank space of a duration shorter than the preset value

Press REC r while “REC” is flashing. The deck starts recording again.

Note

If you do not create a sound-muted section at the beginning of a tape, you may not be able to move or erase a start ID (see page 19) that is recorded within 2 seconds from the beginning of the tape.

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