RECORDING
■Differences from tape recordings
You cannot record music on the reverse side of a MiniDisc.
MiniDiscs cannot be incorrectly inserted, i.e. upside down. (Page 35)
You don't need to search for the starting point at which to record.
The unit automatically finds the point at which rec- ording can start. Recording will start from that point.
You can check the total or remaining recordable time (possible recording) before recording.
This lets you plan a recording session so that the last song will not come to an abrupt end before it has finished. (Page 17)
The date and time of a recording are automatically saved with the recording.
If you have set the date and time, they will be automatically recorded when a recording is made. (Page 10)
■Disc writing (TOC)
MiniDiscs have one area in which the sound is recorded and another area where track number, track name, and disc name information is recorded.
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First the sound is recorded on a MiniDisc, and then the in- formation (TOC: Table of Contents) for finding the tracks is recorded. This TOC is vitally necessary for playback. Tracks can be edited by rewriting the TOC. When the POWER but- ton is pressed to turn the power off or when the 7 button is pressed to remove the Minidisc, the current version of the TOC will be written on the disc. Therefore, after pressing the POWER button, do not jar the main unit. It may not be possible to perform playback properly if the TOC is not writ- ten correctly on the disc.
■Track numbers are created automatically
When recording from another CD or MD using the digital connectors
When you make a digital recording from a CD player or another MD player, new track numbers will be created auto- matically for each track, regardless of the amount of silence between tracks. (Synchro marker function)
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●When you record from a CD to a Minidisc, the track numbers recorded on the MiniDisc may not match the track numbers on the CD.
●When recording from digital equipment such as DAT tape recorders, the synchro marker function will not work. The auto marker function will work the same way it does when recording from an analog input.
●When a DAT is recorded using the digital inputs and the DAT mode (sampling frequency) changes during the recording session, the track numbers will change.
Very occasionally, some noise may be recorded.
If this happens, you can edit out the noise after recording. (Page 22)
When recording from analog inputs
When making an analog recording, if there is 1.5 seconds or more of silence, the blank space is assumed to be the space between tracks, and a new track number will be created automatically.
This is called the auto marker function.
By creating track numbers, you can locate the beginning of the tracks.
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●If you do not use the auto marker function, you can record musical selections as a single track.
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