Sony PCM-R700, PCM-R500 manual Table of Contents

Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing the Sony Digital Audio Tape Deck. Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference.

The PCM-R500 and PCM-R700 have the following common and distinguishing features.

Common features

•4DD (Direct Drive) motor mechanism.

•SBM (Super Bit Mapping) function (during analog recording).

•Support for three sampling frequencies (48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz).

•Installable in a 19-inch rack.

•Analog balanced XLR in/out jacks.

•Professional-use AES/EBU digital interface.

•Connectors for parallel and serial remote control.

•Easy menu operations using the SHUTTLE and DATA dials.

•Mark & Locate function.

•Independent REC LEVEL controls for left and right channels for analog signals.

PCM-R700

•Four heads to allow monitoring of the recorded sound during recording.

•Fade-in/out recording and playback function.

•Key Protect function.

Additional functions (with the optional remote only)

RMS play, Music Scan, and writing and erasing of an end ID are available. For details, see pages 26 and 27.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Getting Started

Unpacking 4

Rack Mounting 4

Hooking Up the System 5

Digital Interface 6

Setting the Clock 8

Playing a Tape 9

Recording on a Tape 10

Advanced Recording Operations

Things You should know Before Recording 12 Setting the Recording Mode 13

Using the SBM (Super Bit Mapping) Function 13 Locating the End of the Recorded Portion (End Search) 14

Inserting a Sound-Muted Section While Recording (Record Muting) 14 Monitoring the Recorded Sound (Record Monitoring)

(PCM-R700 Only) 15

Fade-in/Fade-out Recording (Fader) (PCM-R700 only) 15

Advanced Playback Operations

About the Display 16

Locating a Track (AMS/Direct Access) 17 Locating a Point (Shuttle Play/Mark&Locate) 17 Playing Tracks Repeatedly (Repeat Play) 18

Playing Tracks Skipping Specific Portions During Playback (Skip Play) 18

Fade-in/Fade-out Playback (Fader) (PCM-R700 only) 19

Writing Sub Codes

About Sub Codes 19

Writing Start IDs During Recording 20

Writing Skip IDs During Recording 21

Writing Sub Codes During Playback 21 Adjusting the Position of an Existing Start ID 22 Erasing Sub Codes 23

Renumbering the Program Numbers Automatically (Renumbering Function) 23

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About This Manual

The instructions in this manual are for models PCM-R500 and PCM-R700.

All illustrations in this manual show the PCM-R500 unless the illustration is indicated as that of PCM-R700.

Conventions

∙Controls in the instructions are those on the deck; these may, however, be substituted by controls on the remote that are similarly named or, when different, appear in the instructions within brackets.

∙The following icon is used in this manual:

zIndicates useful information or tips that make a task easier.

Menu Operations

Menu Operations 24

Operations Using the Optional Remote

The Optional Remote RM-D750 26

Writing and Erasing an End ID 27

Additional Information

Remote Control Function Using a Parallel Remote Connector 28 Disabling Button Operations (Key Protect Function) (PCM-R700 Only)

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Precautions 29

Cleaning 29

Display Messages 30

Troubleshooting 30

Specifications 32

Index 33

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