Various ways of playback

Using the group function (Group Mode)

The recorder can operate various playback with a disc which has group settings. For more information on group mode, see “Recording tracks using the group function (Group Mode Recording)” (page 27)

Control key (./>)

GROUP

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

•Insert a disc with group settings.

1 Start playback.2 Press GROUP for 2 seconds or more.

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

For details on selecting another group, see “Selecting and playing groups (Group Skip Mode)” (page 33).

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•You can also change play modes (repeat play, or shuffle play) in the selected group. After the procedures here, follow the steps of “Changing play modes” (page 34).

•In group mode, pressing > on the recorder during the last track of the group moves playback to the first track of the group, and pressing . twice continuously on the recorder or the remote control during the first track of the group moves playback to the last track of the group.

To turn off the group functionPress GROUP for 2 seconds or more again.

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

“GP --”. Within a group, the tracks appear in their order on the disc, not their order within the group.

Selecting and playing groups (Group Skip Mode)

Operations are possible regardless of whether group mode is on or off. However, playback on the recorder will differ, depending on whether group mode is on or off.

•When group mode is on:

Playback starts from the first track of the selected group and ends with the last track in the group.

•When group mode is off:

Playback starts from the first track of the selected group and ends with the last track in the disc.

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