Sony CDP-XE200 manual Fading In or Out, Fading out at the specified time Time Fade CDP-XE500 only

Recording From CDs

Fading In or Out

You can manually fade in or out to prevent tracks from starting or ending abruptly.

Note that you cannot use this effect when you use the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) connector (for CDP-XE500).

Fading in or out at the point you want (except for CDP-XE200) Z

FADER

To	Press FADER
Start play fading in	During pause. The Q indication
	flashes and play fades in.
End play fading out	When you want to start fading out.
	The q indication flashes. The play
	fades out and the player pauses.

Fading time lasts for 5 seconds. If you press FADER during Music Scan (page 8), fading time changes to 2 seconds.

Fading out at the specified time (Time Fade) (CDP-XE500 only)

You can have the player fade out automatically by specifying the playing time. Once you set the time fade, it works twice, that is, the play fades out at the end of both sides of a tape.

EDIT/TIME FADE · 0 / )

1Press EDIT/TIME FADE repeatedly before you

start playing until “ ” and “A” in the indication appear in the display.

2Press 0 or ) to specify the playing time. Each time you press these buttons, the display changes as shown below, with the playing time of one side following each indication.

nHALF ˜ C-46 ˜ C-54 ˜ C-60 ˜ C-74 ˜ C-90 ˜ - - . - - N (23.00) (27.00) (30.00) (37.00) (45.00)

When you select “HALF”

The player sets the playing time to a half of the total playing time.

3Press ·to start playing.

At the specified time the play fades out and the

player pauses. “B” in the indication appears in the display.

4To record on side B, reverse the tape and press · or P on the player to resume playing.

Again, the play fades out at the specified time.

To cancel Time Fade

Press EDIT/TIME FADE.

You can freely specify the playing time

See “You can freely specify the tape length” on page 12 .

You can change discs during Time Fade

If the play ends before the specified fade-out time, (for example, when you record CD-singles on a tape) change the disc. The specified fade-out time is counted only during playing.

You can fade in to resume playing in Step 4

After you reverse the tape, press FADER on the remote.

Note

Time Fade will be cancelled if you press 0 or ) during the operation.

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