Recording on MDs

6Press START.

The deck starts recording and the CD player starts playback.

The track number and elapsed recording time of the track appear in the display.

If the CD player does not start playing

Some CD player models may not respond when you press START on the remote of the deck. Press

PontheremoteoftheCDplayerinstead.

7Press STOP to stop synchro-recording.

To pause recording

PressSTANDBYorCDPLAYERP .

Torestartrecording,pressSTARTorCDPLAYERP . A new track number is marked each time you pause recording.

Notes

When the deck’s remote controls the CD player with a mode selector, set the selector to CD1.

The deck may not automatically mark track numbers when recording from some CD players.

zYou can use the remote of the CD player during synchro-recording

When you press p, the CD player stops and the deck pauses for recording.

When you press P, the CD player pauses and the deck pauses for recording.

To restart synchro-recording, press ·.

zYou can change CDs during synchro-recording

Do the following steps instead of Step 7 above.

1Press pon the remote of the CD player. The deck pauses for recording.

2Change the CD.

3Press ·on the remote of the CD player. Synchro-recording restarts.

zYou can also do synchro-recording with a Sony video CD player

Using the procedure for synchro-recording with a Sony CD player, you can do synchro-recording with a Sony video CD player also.

To select the video CD player, press button number 2 while pressing down the 1/uswitch on the remote before starting the procedure.

To select the CD player again, press button number 1 while pressing down the 1/uswitch.

The deck is factory set to a CD player for synchro- recording.

zYou can check the remaining recordable time on the

MD

Press TIME (see page 24).

zDuring synchro-recording, the deck copies CD text information (CD text and disc memos) as it is to the MD (Disc Memo Copy Function)

The Disc Memo Copy function operates when you make a synchro-recording from a Sony CD player connected with a control A1 cable to the MD deck.

Notes

The Disc Memo Copy Function may not operate for extremely short CD tracks.

Text information may not be copied for some CDs.

Making a synchro recording from a CD player connected with a control A1 cable

You can make a synchro recording from a Sony CD player with a CONTROL A1 jack connected with a control A1 cable to the MD deck.

1Turn on the amplifier and set the source selector to CD.

2Do Steps 2 to 8 of “Recording on an MD” on pages 9 and 10.

3Set the CD player to the play mode (e.g., Program Play or Shuffle Play) you want to use to record to the MD deck.

4Set the CD player to playback pause mode. (· and Pboth light up.)

5Press rREC on the deck.

The MD deck stands by for recording.

6Press P on the deck.

CD player pause is canceled and recording starts. When CD play finishes, recording stops.

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