Dividing a Track—DIVIDE
This function allows you to divide one track into two separate tracks. It is useful, for example, when you want to add track marks at a certain point within a track or if you want to separate a recording.
When the original track has a title, two separate tracks are reassigned the same title as the original track.
Once a track is divided, the other tracks are renumbered.
•To stop any time during the editing process before step 8, press TITLE/EDIT.
On the remote control ONLY:
In the following example, the process is explained from the very
1 Insert an MD you want to edit into the MD loading slot.
2 Press TITLE/EDIT repeatedly until “DIVIDE ?” appears in the main display.
•If the loaded MD has no track, “DIVIDE ?” will not appear.
•If you want to stop this editing process, press
CANCEL.
3 Press SET.
The first track on the MD starts playback repeatedly.
4 Press ¢or 4to select the track you want to divide.
•You can select the track using the number buttons.
Ex.: When track 12 is selected.
5 Press SET when you find the point where you want to divide the track.
“POSIT. (position) 0” appears in the main display, and the unit repeats the selected
•If the loaded MD has 254 tracks, “DISC FULL” will appear (see “MD limitations” on page 66) and you cannot go to the following steps.
•If the dividing point is satisfactory, go to step 7. If not, go to the next step.
•To cancel the setting, press CANCEL, then repeat from step 4.
6 Press
or
to precisely adjust the dividing point.
When you stop pressing the buttons, the unit repeats the newly selected dividing point.
•You can shift the dividing point up to ±128. This range (±128) corresponds to approximately ±8* seconds (counted on the basis of SP mode) from the original point (Position 0).
Ex.: When adjusting the point by
*When the recording length mode of the selected track is “SP.” For “LP2,” it is approximately ±16 seconds, and for “LP4” approximately ±32 seconds.
•When you find the right position, go to the next step.
•To cancel the setting, press CANCEL, then repeat from step 4.
7 Press SET.
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•If you press and hold ¢(or 4), you can
8 Press ENTER.
“EDITING” appears in the main display for a while, then “WRITING” and the MD REC indicator flash while the editing you have made is being recorded on the MD.
To join the divided tracks again, see the JOIN function
on page 53.
