Sony MDS-JE530 manual Adjusting the Recording Level, Recording Tips, 17GB

Adjusting the Recording Level

You can adjust the recording level for both analog and digital recording.

LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHARAMS

1Do steps 1 to 7 of “Recording on an MD” on pages 15 and 16.

2Play the portion of the programme source with the strongest output.

3Press LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY) repeatedly until the level of the input signal appears.

4While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press

./> repeatedly) to raise the recording level to its highest level without turning on the two rightmost indicators on the peak level meters.

Avoid turning on these indicators

5Stop playing the programme source.

6To start recording, continue from step 9 of “Recording on an MD” on page 16.

zYou can adjust the recording level using the remote Z

During recording or recording pause, press LEVEL +/– repeatedly.

zYou can use Setup Menu to adjust the recording level

During recording or recording pause, select “Ain,” “Coax,” or “Opt” in Setup Menu.

You can adjust the recording level regardless of the source selected in the INPUT selector.

Note

The volume can only be increased up to +12.0 dB (for analog recording) or +18.0 dB (for digital recording). Therefore, if the output level of the connected component is low, it may not be possible to set the recording level to maximum.

Recording Tips

A EJECT MENU/NO YES INPUT

TIME AMS REC z

Checking the remaining recordable time

on the MD

Press TIME repeatedly.

While the deck is	The following information appears
Stopped	Total recorded time y Remaining
	recordable time on the MD
Recording	Recorded time of the current track y
	Remaining recordable time on the MD

For details, see page 12.

Monitoring the input signal

(Input Monitor)

You can monitor the selected input signal even when you’re not recording it.

1Press A EJECT to eject the MD.

2Set INPUT to the position that corresponds to the jacks (connector) where the signal you want to monitor is being input.

3Press REC z.

When INPUT is set to ANALOG

The analog signal input from the LINE (ANALOG) IN jacks is output to the DIGITAL OUT connector after A/D conversion, and then to the LINE (ANALOG) OUT jacks after D/A conversion. “AD - DA” appears in the display at this time.

Recording on MDs

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