Adjusting the recording level manually (Manual Recording)

See the illustrations in English text (page 31).

When you record, the sound level is adjusted automatically. If necessary, you can set the level manually during both analog and digital recording.

1 While holding down X, press and slide REC to the right.

The recorder stands by for recording.

2 Press the jog dial.

3 Turn the jog dial until “RecVolume” flashes in the display, and then press to enter.

4 Turn the jog dial until “ManualREC” flashes in the display, and then press to enter.

To switch back to the automatic level adjustment, select “Auto REC” in this step.

5 Play the program source.

6 While observing the level meter in the display, adjust the recording level by turning the dial.

Set the level so that the meter segments light up between A (the fifth segment) and B (the ninth segment). If the level meter lights up to the right of B, reduce the input level.

The upper level meter shows the L channel input level and the middle meter shows the R channel input level. If your source is an externally connected component, be sure to cue the source to the beginning of the material to be recorded before you start playback.

7 Press X again to start recording.

Notes

•If you press x during recording operation, the recorder will revert to automatic recording level adjustment mode the next time you start a recording operation.

•“RecVolume” cannot be selected in step 3 during synchro-recording. To set the recording level manually during synchro-recording, do the procedure below.

1Do 1 and 2 of “Record an MD.” (step 3 of “Recording an MD right away! (Synchro- recording)” (page 5)) and select “SYNC OFF” in 3.

2Do steps 1 to 6 of manual recording procedure. Then do the procedure of “Record an MD.” (step 3 of “Recording an MD right away! (Synchro-recording)”

(page 5)) again.

Recording starts automatically whenever the source sound is played.

Setting the clock to stamp the recorded time

See the illustrations in English text (pages 33 and 34).

To stamp the date and time on the MD when you record, you first need to set the clock.

1 Press the jog dial while the recorder is stopped.

2 Turn the jog dial until “OPTION” flashes in the display, and then press to enter.

3 Turn the jog dial until “CLOCK SET” flashes in the display, and then press to enter.

The digits of the year flash.

4 Change the current year by turning the jog dial and press to enter.

The digit of the month flashes.

5 Repeat steps 4 to enter the current month, date, hour, and minute.

When you press the jog dial to enter the minute, the clock starts operating.

If you make a mistake while setting the clock

Press . to go back wrongly entered item, and then enter the correct value. You can skip a step by pressing >.

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