Sony MDS-S40 Adjusting the Recording Level, Recording Tips, Checking the remaining recordable time, on the MD, Monitoring the input signal, (Input Monitor)

MDs on Recording

Adjusting the Recording Level

Do the procedure below to adjust the recording level.

LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHARAMS

` / 1	Z	N X	x z
		.	>
		m	M

1Do steps 1 to 10 of “Recording on an MD” on pages 14 and 15.

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

3Press LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY) repeatedly until the peak level meters appear.

4While monitoring the sound, turn AMS (or press

./> repeatedly) to raise the recording level to its highest level without turning on “OVER” on the peak level meters.

Occasional lighting of “OVER” is acceptable.

Recording Tips

LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR	EJECT Z		z
` / 1	Z	N X	x z
		.	>
	m		M

INPUT MENU/NO AMS YES

Checking the remaining recordable time

on the MD

Press LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY) repeatedly.

While the deck is	The following information appears
Stopped	Total number of tracks and total recorded
	time t Remaining recordable time on
	the MD t Disc name
Recording	Recorded time of the current track t
	Remaining recordable time on the MD t
	Input level indication t Track name

For details, see page 12.

Avoid turning this indication on.

5Stop playing the program source.

6To start recording, continue from step 12 of “Recording on an MD” on page 15.

zYou can adjust the recording level using the remote Z

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

zTo display the level of the strongest signal

The Peak Hold function continuously displays the level of the strongest signal that has been input.

Do the procedure below to turn Peak Hold on.

1While the deck is stopped, press MENU/NO twice to display “Setup Menu.”

2Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “P.Hold” appears, then press AMS or YES.

3Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) to select “P.Hold On,” then press AMS or YES.

4Press MENU/NO.

To turn Peak Hold off, repeat the procedure above, selecting “P.Hold Off” in step 3.

Monitoring the input signal

(Input Monitor)

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

1Press EJECT Z 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 z.

When INPUT is set to ANALOG

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

When INPUT is set to DIGITAL

The digital signal input from the DIGITAL IN connector first passes through the sampling rate converter, and then output to the LINE (ANALOG) OUT jacks after D/A conversion. “- DA” appears in the display at this time.

To stop monitoring the signal

Press x.

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