Recording tracks using the Group Function (Group mode recording)GROUP

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What is the group function (group mode)?

It is a function that allows you to separate tracks on a disc into different groups for playback, recording and editing.

When the Group mode is OFF.DiscTrack number

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

When the Group mode is ON.

 

Disc

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

 

Track

 

Track

Track

 

 

number

 

number

number

 

 

1

2

3

1

2

1

2

3

4

It is convenient for managing multiple CD albums recorded in MDLP (LP2 stereo/LP4 stereo) mode onto a single MD.

How is group information recorded?

When recording in group mode, the group information is written to the disc name recording area.

This information consists of text strings that are written as shown in the following example.

Disc name recording areaExample

1 2 3

1Disc name: “June.26”2Group name for tracks 1 to 5: “Lecture 1”3Group name for tracks 6 to 9: “Lecture 2”

Therefore, the above character string is displayed in its entirety as the disc name if you load an MD recorded in group mode into a system that does not support group mode, or if you try to edit the contents of a disc on this recorder with the group mode turned off.

Note that if you perform the procedure for “To relabel recordings” of “Labeling recordings” (page 35) and rewrite this character string by mistake, you may be unable to use the group function of that MD.

Note

In group mode, the recorder treats all tracks without group settings as belonging to the last group on the disc. The last group is indicated in the display window on the recorder as “Group - -”. Within a group, the tracks appear in their order on the disc, not their order within the group.

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