or AMS ❙▲▲
AMS ❙▲▲

PLAYBACK

PORTADISC MDP500 MiniDisc Recorder

NORMAL PLAYBACK

1.Load the MD disc to be used for playback into the disc opening.

2.Press the PLAY button to start playback.

3.Press the PAUSE or STOP buttons to pause or stop playback.

4. During playback, press the AMS ▲▲❙ button once to locate the beginning of the next track. Press the

button once to locate the beginning of the current track. If you repeatedly press either of the AMS buttons, the track will continuously jump in the direction indicated. If the AMS ❙▲▲ button is pressed repeatedly from Track 1, the PORTADISC will ‘wrap round’ to the last track.

FAST SEARCH FUNCTION

You can playback a track in fast search mode by holding down either the REW or FF buttons. If you hold the buttons for more than 5 seconds, playback will enter an extra-fast search mode.

DIRECT TRACK SELECT FUNCTION

You can locate a track you want by its number in order to play it back.

1. During stop mode, press AMS ▲▲❙ repeatedly to choose the track number.

2. Press PLAY to start playback of the required track.

REPEAT A-B

You can repeatedly play back a certain portion within a track.

1.Press the SYSTEM button until ‘REPEAT MODE ?’ is displayed.

REPEAT MODE ?

 

A-B

SET

EXIT

2.Press F1 to choose ‘A-B’. Then press F2 to set-up.

3.Play back the track you want to repeat. While playing back the track, ‘A-B’ will be shown in the top right hand corner of the display.

4.During playback, press the F2 button at the time that you want the repeat function to start. As this point has now been registered as A, ‘Repeat A-’ will be shown momentarily on the display.

5.Continue playback or press the FF button to reach the place where you want the repeat function to end. Then press the F2 button to set-up the repeat end point – point B. The PORTADISC will now repeat the portion between point A and point B.

‘Repeat A-B’ will be shown on the display momentarily while rewinding from B to A.

6.You can also change points A and B during replay. If you press F2 again during replay, the point you had previously set as B will now become a new point A and you will be able to register a new point B by following the procedure mentioned in point 5 above.

7.If you want to reset the repeat A-B setting, press

the STOP button, or change the playback track using the AMS ▲▲❙ or AMS ❙▲▲ buttons.

REPEAT FUNCTIONS

REPEAT ONE OR REPEAT ALL FUNCTION

You can repeatedly play back a particular track or all the tracks from the MD disc.

1.Press SYSTEM button until ‘REPEAT MODE ?’ is displayed.

REPEAT MODE ?

ALL SET EXIT

2.Press F1 to choose the repeat mode from ‘ALL’ or ‘ONE’. Then press F2 to set-up.

3.Press the PLAY button to begin playback.

4.The PORTADISC will repeatedly play back a particular track or all tracks accordingly. Whilst in the repeat mode, either ‘ONE’ or ‘ALL’ will be shown in the top right hand corner of the display.

5.If you want to cancel the repeat mode, choose ‘OFF’ for the repeat mode as described above.

AUTO PAUSE MODE

With this mode, the PORTADISC will pause between tracks. This mode is useful if you want to playback particular tracks one at a time rather than continuously; ideal for broadcast or theatre productions.

1.Press the SYSTEM button until ‘AUTO-PAUSE?’ is recalled.

AUTO-PAUSE?

YES SET EXIT

2.Press F1 to choose ‘YES’. Then press F2 to set-up.

3.With auto-pause on, the PORTADISC will

automatically pause at the end of the current track. If you wish to replay the same track, press AMS ❙▲▲ once, then press the PLAY button. If you want to start playing back the next track, simply press the PLAY button. The PORTADISC will stay in pause mode after playing back the next track.

4.To cancel the auto-pause mode, set this mode to ‘NO’ in the system menu.

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