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Chapter 8: MENU mode/SYS SETUP menu

Pre recording time setting [Pre rec time]

The “Pre rec time” menu item sets the pre recording time of audio pooled in the buffer. When starting recording while the Pre rec mode is set to “On”, recording is made from the audio pooled in the buffer. The prevents missing the start of a take. The setting is stored to the Flash ROM of the unit.

1)While the unit is stopped, press the [SHIFT] key to light the SHIFT indicator, followed by the [ENTER/YES] key.

2)While “SYS SETUP” is highlighted, press the [ENTER/YES] key.

The display now shows the SYS SETUP menu screen.

3)Use the [MENU] dial to select the “Pre rec time” menu item and press the [ENTER/YES] key.

The current setting starts flashing and you can now select the desired option.

Flashing

Options

Selectable between “1sec.” and “10sec.” in one second steps (the default is “10sec.”).

<Note>: If you execute pre recording at 88.2k or 96k, the pre recording time auto- matically reduces to half the selected value. If you execute pre recording at 176.4k or 192k, the pre recording time automatically reduces to quarter the selected value. For example, if the pre recording time is set to ten seconds at 88.2k Fs recording, the buffer stores only five seconds of audio data. If the pre recording time is set to ten seconds at 192k Fs recording, the buffer stores only 2.5 seconds of audio data.

4)Use the [MENU] dial to select the desired option and press the [ENTER/YES] key to confirm your setting.

5)Press the [EXIT] key repeatedly until you exit the MENU mode.

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