HHB comm HHB MDP500 ERASE FUNCTION, DIVIDE FUNCTION

EDITING

PORTADISC MDP500 MiniDisc Recorder

The PORTADISC operates in four editing modes – erase, divide, combine and move. In addition, you can also label a disc or individual tracks. These different editing modes enable you to:

•go to a particular point in the middle of a track instantly,

•combine two tracks together to make them into one track,

•move a track wherever you want to,

•erase tracks.

ERASE FUNCTION

You can erase a track by recalling the track number. After erasing a track, the track numbers on all following tracks will automatically decrease by one.

This example illustrates erasing track number 2:

Track number	1	2	3	4
Track content	A	B	C	D
		ERASE
New track content	A	C	D

There are three ways which you can erase a recording:

1.Erase only one track.

2.Erase all the tracks at once.

3.Erase part of a track.

ERASE ONLY ONE TRACK

A particular track will be erased by recalling the track number.

1.Press the EDIT button on the top of the PORTADISC until ‘ERASE ?’ is displayed.

ERASE ?

TRK002 YES EXIT

1.Press the EDIT button until ‘ALL ERASE ?’ is displayed.

ALL ERASE ?

YES EXIT

2.Press the F2 button.

3.’ALL ERASE???’ will appear in the display window. Press F2 once again to erase all the tracks.

ALL ERASE ???

YES EXIT

4.Once the all erase process has been completed, ‘Complete!’ and then ‘Blank Disc!’ will be shown in the display.

ERASE PART OF A TRACK

By using divide and combine functions in conjunction with the erase function, you can erase a particular part within a track (see the divide and combine functions later on for further information). This example illustrates erasing the middle part A2 in track A:

1.If there are two tracks already recorded as tracks A and B, divide track A into three parts:

A	B
DIVIDE
A1, A2, A3	B

2. Now, erase the A2 part.

A1, A3 B

3. Then, combine A1 and A3 to make one track.

A (= A1 + A3) B

DIVIDE FUNCTION

2.Press F1 to recall the desired track, e.g., ‘TRK002’. Then press F2 to setup.

3.’ERASE???’ and ‘TRK002’ will appear in the display window. Press F2 once again to erase the track.

ERASE ???

TRK002 YES EXIT

4.The erase process has been completed. ‘Complete!’ will be shown in the display.

5.If you wish to continue erasing other tracks, repeat the procedure above.

ERASE ALL THE TRACKS AT ONCE

The function erases all the tracks recorded on the MD disc. The disc name and track names are also removed.

The divide function divides a recorded track into two separate parts, effectively adding a new track number within a track for quick location.

This example illustrates dividing track number 2 into two parts, B1 and B2:

Track number	1	2	3	(4)
Track content	A	B	C
		DIVIDE
New track content	A	B1	B2	C

1.While replaying the track that you wish to divide, press PAUSE at the point where you want the divide.

2.Press the EDIT button until ‘DIVIDE?’ is displayed. Then press F2 to setup.

DIVIDE ?

TRK001+000 YES EXIT

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