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Before You Start Recording on an MD
•It may be unlawful to record or play back copyrighted material without the consent of the copyright
owner.
• When you record onto partially recorded MD, its contents are not erased or overwritten. The recording starts from the
point following the last recorded track of the MD.
If you want to record on such an MD from the beginning, you have to erase its contents first (see “Erasing All Tracks
—ALL ERASE” on page 55).
• When an MD is fully recorded, recording will stops automatically.
• The recording level is automatically set correctly, so it is not affected by the volume level. Thus, during recording you
can adjust the sound you are actually listening to without affecting the recording level.
• While recording, you can hear sound mode effect and/or the AHB PRO (Active Hyper Bass PRO) effect through the
speakers or headphones. However, the sound is recorded without these effects (see pages 14).
• You can make a digital recording from an audio CD onto an MD.
When selecting FM, AM, TAPE or AUX as the source, you can make an analog recording only.
• You cannot record more than 254 tracks onto an MD, even if there is still enough recording time remaining on it.
About the track marks
When playing an MD, you can move among the tracks.
You can do this because there is a mark recorded at the
beginning of each track enabling you to locate the track.
This mark is called a “track mark” and the portion
between two adjacent track marks is called a “track.”
•When using CD synchronized recording, a track
mark is recorded at the beginning of each track. You
cannot put a track mark manually.
•When recording from an analog source such as
FM/AM broadcasts, no track mark is recorded on
the MD. This means that, when playing this MD, the
MD recorder will regard the entire recording as one
track (track 1). You will not be able to select directly
a song or navigate through songs.
However, if there is a blank of 3 seconds or more, the
MD recorder will consider it as a blank separating 2
tracks and consequently put a track mark.
To put a track mark manually while recording an
analog source, press SET on the remote control at the
place where you want to put a track mark.
To add a track mark after recording is over, you can
use the DIVIDE function (see page 52).
Erasure prevention tab
Disc protected:
Recording/Editing
not possible
Recording/Editing
possible
To avoid erasing important recordings
The recordable MD has an erasure prevention tab so
that important recordings are not accidentally erased.
When you finish recording or editing, slide to open the
erasure prevention tab on the cartridge side surface.
New recording or editing is now no longer possible. (If
you try to do, “DISC PROTECTED” appears in the
main display.)
To do re-recording or editing, return the tab to the
closed position.
If “PLAYBACK DISC” appears in the main
display when you try to record on an MD
The MD is only for playback use, not for recording (see page
68).
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