Sony MDS-W1 15EN, Useful Tips for Recording, Monitoring the input signal (Input Monitor), Checking the remaining recordable time on the MD

Useful Tips for Recording

OUTPUT		MENU/NO	MENU/NO
r REC	§ EJECT A-INPUT		B-INPUT §EJECT rREC
		§EJECT		§EJECT
		￿AMS ±		￿AMS ±
0	)	r		0	)	r
·	P	p		·	P	p
· p		A TIME/CHAR	B TIME/CHAR	· p
￿AMS ±			￿ AMS ±

Checking the remaining recordable time on the MD

Press A TIME/CHAR or B TIME/CHAR.

•When you press the button repeatedly while the deck is stopped, the display alternates between total disc playing time and remaining recordable time on the MD (see page 23).

•When you press the button repeatedly while recording, the display alternates between the recording time of the current track and the remaining recordable time on the MD.

Checking the remaining recordable time with the remote Z

Press DECK A or DECK B to select the deck, then press TIME.

Monitoring the input signal (Input Monitor)

Before starting recording, you can monitor the selected input signal through the deck’s output connectors. You can monitor the input signal of deck A or deck B respectively.

1Press §EJECT to remove the MD.

2Press A-INPUT or B-INPUT to select the input signal you want to monitor on each deck.

When an analog input (ANLG, ANLG A-MD or ANLG B-MD) is selected

The analog signal input to deck A or deck B is output to the DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT connector after A/D conversion, and then to the LINE (ANALOG) OUT jacks and the PHONES jack after D/A conversion.

Recording on MDs

When a digital input (OPT1, OPT2, COAX, A-MD or B-MD) is selected

After passing through the Sampling Rate Converter (SRC), the digital signal input to deck A or deck B is output to the DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT connector, and after D/A conversion to the LINE (ANALOG) OUT jacks and PHONES jack. Set A-INPUT and B-INPUT to the combinations marked with “®” in the table below. If a combination marked with “—” is selected, you cannot monitor the input signal.

Selectable input signal combinations

B-INPUT	ANLG	OPT1	OPT2	ANLG	A-MD	COAX
A-INPUT				A-MD
ANLG	—	®	®	—	®	®
OPT1	®	®	®	®	®	®
OPT2	®	®	®	®	®	®
ANLG	—	®	®	—	—	®
B-MD
B-MD	®	®	®	—	—	®
COAX	®	®	®	®	®	®

®: possible

— : impossible

3Press rREC for the deck to be monitored. When the analog signal is input to the deck, the following display appears:

Only when the deck shows detail screen for deck A or B (see page 23), the selected analog input appears.

When the digital signal is input to the deck, the following display appears:

Only when the deck shows detail screen for deck A or B (see page 23), the selected digital input appears.

SRC = Sampling Rate Converter

4Press OUTPUT to turn on the A OUTPUT or B OUTPUT indicator.

You can monitor the input signal of the deck with the lighted indicator.

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