Editing Recorded MDs

Labeling Recordings(Title Function)

You can create titles for your recorded MDs and tracks. Titles — which may consist of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols for a maximum of about 1,700 characters per disc — appear in the display during MD operation. You can also use the remote to label a track or an MD (see “Labeling tracks and MDs with the remote” on page 47).

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Use the following procedure to label a track or an MD.

You can label a track while it is playing, pausing or recording. If the track is recording, be sure to finish labeling before the track ends. If the track ends before you’ve completed the labeling procedure, the characters already entered are not recorded and the track will remain unlabeled.

1Press MENU/NO to display “Edit Menu”.

2Turn AMS until “Name ?” appears in the display and press AMS or YES.

Skip this step while recording.

3Turn AMS until “Nm In ?” appears in the display, then press AMS or YES.

4Turn AMS to select “Disc” to label an MD, or to specify the track to label.

While recording, go to Step 6.

5Press AMS or YES.

A flashing cursor appears in the display.

6Press DISPLAY/CHAR to select the character type as follows:

To select

Press DISPLAY/CHAR repeatedly

 

 

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Uppercase letters

“A” appears in the display

 

 

 

 

Lowercase letters

“a” appears in the display

 

 

 

 

Numbers

“0” appears in the display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7Turn AMS to select the character. The selected character flashes.

Letters, numbers, and symbols appear in sequential order as you turn AMS.

You can use the following symbols in titles:

!” # $ % & ’ ( ) * + , – . / : ; < = > ? @ _ `

You can press DISPLAY/CHAR to change the character type at any time during Step 7 (see Step 6).

8Press AMS to enter the selected character.

The cursor shifts rightward and waits for the input of the next character.

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