Sony MDS-E12 Erasing all tracks on an MD ALL ERASE, Erasing a portion of a track A-BErase

Editing Recorded MDs

Erasing all tracks on an MD (ALL ERASE)

All tracks on the MD and the all name are erased.

1Press MENU/NO while the recorder is stopped, playing, or paused.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

2Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “All Erase?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

“All Erase??” appears in the display.

3Press AMS or YES.

“Complete!” appears for a few seconds and all the track names and disc name are erased.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

Erasing a portion of a track (A-B Erase)

You can easily erase a portion of a track by specifying the starting and ending points of the erasure. This is convenient for erasing the unwanted portions of recordings of satellite or FM broadcasts.

Example: Erasing portion “B2” of the second track

1	AAA	2	BBB					3	CCC
			B1	B2			B3
						CCC
1	AAA	2	BBB		3
			B1	B3

1Press MENU/NO while the recorder is stopped, playing, or paused.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

2Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “A-B Erase?” appears in the display; press AMS or YES.

3Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the number of the track containing the portion to be erased appears, then press AMS or YES.

“-Rehearsal-“ and “Point A ok?” alternate in the display and the recorder repeatedly plays the portion of the track from the point where AMS or YES was pressed.

4While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press

./> repeatedly) to locate the starting point of the portion to be erased (point A).

The position is moved one frame* (f) at a time (one frame = 1/86 sec.).

*Monaural tracks or tracks recorded in LP2 stereo move two frames at a time; LP4 stereo tracks move four frames at a time.

To quickly choose point A

Press m/M in step 4 repeatedly to select frame, second or minute. The selected unit flashes in the display.

5Repeat step 4 until point A plays properly

6Press AMS or YES to enter point A

“Point B set” appears, and playback from point A begins.

7Continue playing the track or press M to locate the ending point of the portion to be erased (point B), then press AMS or YES.

“A-B Ers” and “Point B ok?” alternate in the display and a few seconds of the track before point A and after point B play back repeatedly.

8Repeat step 4 until B has been correctly located

9Press AMS or YES to enter point B

“Complete!” appears for a few seconds, and the portion between A and B is erased.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

Note

When “Impossible” is displayed, the portion of the track cannot be erased.

After repeated editing of a track, it may become impossible to erase a portion of the track any further. This is a technical limitation of the MD system, and is not a mechanical error.

Erasing consecutive tracks (Multitrack

Erase)

Consecutive tracks can be specified to be deleted at one time.

1Press MENU/NO while the recorder is stopped, playing, or paused.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

2Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “M-Tr Erase?” appears in the display; press AMS or YES.

3Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the number of the first track to be erased appears, then press AMS or YES.

4Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the number of the last track to be erased appears, then press AMS or YES.

“M-Tr Ers OK?” appears with the numbers of the first

( ) and last (#) tracks also appearing as “ - #→Ers”.

5Press AMS or YES

“Complete!” appears for a few seconds, and the tracks selected in steps 3 and 4 are erased.

To cancel the operation

Press MENU/NO or x.

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