Sony MZ-E310 Listening to tracks in a specific group (Group Mode Playback), Selecting and playing specific groups (Group Skip Function), Disc, Disc, Note, Disc, Skip, Skip

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If your recorder has a function for editing disc names, you can use it to register groups. For details, see “Registering groups using your MiniDisc recorder” (page 14).

Listening to tracks in a specific group (Group Mode Playback)

Playback when group mode is off: Playback starts with the first track in the disc, and stops with the last track in the disc.

Disc

Track number

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Playback when group mode is on: Playback of the selected group starts with the first track in the group, and stops with the last track in the group.

			Disc
	Group 1
				Group 2		Group 3
				Track
Track						Track
number				number		number
1		2	3	1	2	1	2

1 Insert a disc which has group settings into the player, and then play the disc.

2 Press GROUP for 2 seconds or more.

“ ” and “GP ON” light up in the display and group mode is turned on. Playback stops at the end of the last track in the selected group.

For details on selecting another group, see “Selecting and playing specific groups (Group Skip Function)” (page 13).

To turn off group mode

Press GROUP for 2 seconds or more again.

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•When group mode is on, it is possible to do repeat play, shuffle play, or program play. For details on the respective operations, see “Selecting the play mode” (page 10).

•In group mode, pressing N> during the last track of the group moves playback to the first track of the group. Pressing . twice continuously while playing the first track of a group moves playback to the last track of the group.

Note

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

Selecting and playing specific groups (Group Skip Function)

When playing a disc with group settings, the group skip function allows you to jump from the currently playing group to any other group on the MD. The group skip function can be used at any time during playback, regardless of whether the player is in group mode on or not.

When group mode is off:

Disc

Track number

1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4

Skip Skip Skip

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