4.Press the HOME key to return to the Home screen.
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•You can skip unnecessary silent moments during recording by setting START and STOP above. If you want to divide recording files at each silence but require no skipping silence, activate DIVIDE only.
NOTE
You can select a format from WAV, MP3 (low), MP3 (normal), and MP3 (high). The recording time is longer in the following order: MP3 (low)>MP3 (normal)>MP3 (high)>WAV. The longer the recording time is, the worse the sound quality becomes.
CAUTION
•By the combination of START, STOP and DIVIDE, you can set the unit to record sounds skipping silence longer than 5 seconds (time set on STOP) and dividing files at each silence, for example.
Select WAV when you use overdubbing or you want to edit the file using the DIVIDE function on the EDIT screen after recording. ( ∑ page 39 “Overdubbing” on
Long time recording
You can change the recording file format to make the recording time longer.
1.Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen.
2.Press the CURSOR [§/¶] key to select REC SETTING and press the ENTER key.
3.Press the CURSOR [§/¶] key to select FILE TYPE.
5.Press the HOME key to return to the Home screen.
4.Turn the DATA wheel to select a file format and press the ENTER.
About the recording time
The following tables show the recording times for each recording format and media capacity.
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1 hour 14 minutes | 1hour 20 minutes |
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(FILE TYPE） | 1GB | 2GB | 4GB | 8GB | 16GB | ||
WAV 16 Bit, 44.1 kHz | 1 hour 39 minutes | 3 hours 18 minutes | 6 hours 36 minutes | 13 hours 12 minutes | 26 hours 24 minutes | ||
MP3 |
| Low | 35 hours 50 minutes | 71 hours 40 minutes | 143 hours 20 minutes | 286 hours 40 minutes | 573 hours 20 minutes |
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| Normal | 17 hours 55 minutes | 35 hours 50 minutes | 71 hours 40 minutes | 143 hours 20 minutes | 286 hours 40 minutes |
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| High | 11 hours57 minutes | 23 hours 54 minutes | 47 hours 48 minutes | 95 hours 36 minutes | 191 hours 12 minutes |
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•The recording times on the table above is approximate ones. Actual recording time may vary depending on the SD/SDHC card you use.
•The recording times on the table above show total time recordable on an SD/SDHC card, not the maximum continuous recording time.
•You cannot record continuously for more than 23 hours and 59 minutes. The maximum size of a single recording file is 2 GB.
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