2 – Part Names and Functions
When the Home screen is open, use the wheel to adjust the playback position in a song.
7METRONOME key
This opens the METRONOME screen.
When the METRONOME screen is open, press this key to return to the Home screen. (See “Using the metronome” on page 36.)
8SPEED knob
Use this to adjust the playback speed. (See “Practicing with a CD or SD card” on page 37.)
9KEY knob
Use this to adjust the pitch of playback in semitones. (See “Practicing with a CD or SD card” on page 36.)
0FINE PITCH knob
Use this to adjust the pitch of playback in cents. (See “Practicing with a CD or SD card” on page 36.)
qø EJECT key
Press this to eject a CD.
wCD key and indicator
When the Home screen is open, press this key to change the recording/playback media to CD.
The indicator lights when CD is selected.
eSD key and indicator
When the Home screen is open, press this key to change the recording/playback media to SD card.
The indicator lights when SD card is selected.
rINPUT key
Press this to open the INPUT screen.
When the INPUT screen is open, press this key to return to the Home screen.
tBALANCE key
Press this to open the BALANCE screen where you can adjust the input balance.
When the BALANCE screen is open, press this key to return to the Home screen.
yOVERDUB key [º]
Press this key when playing a track on a CD or an SD card to record the playback track mixed with input signals.
Press this key to put the unit into overdub recording standby. The OVERDUB key lights and the REC/READY key flashes.
uREC/READY [º] key
Press this when the unit is stopped to put the unit into recording standby. The key flashes when in standby. Press this when in recording standby to start recording. This key lights during recording.
Press this during recording to put the unit into recording standby again.
iF1 key
The function of this key depends on the current operation. The current function is shown on the bottom left of the display and could be confirmation of a selection or returning to the previous step.
oHOME key
When one of the setting screens is open, press this key to return to the Home screen.
pMENU key
When the Home screen is open, press this key to open the menu list (MENU screen).
When a setting screen is open, press this key to return to the MENU screen.
aF2 Key
The function of this key depends on the current operation. The current function is shown on the bottom right of the display and could be confirmation of a selection or moving to the next step.
sCURSOR [§/¶/˙/¥] keys
Use these keys to move the cursor (highlighted area) on setting screens.
dSTOP key
Press this key to stop playback and return to the beginning of the stopped track.
fÂ/Ô key
Press this key within 1 second from the beginning of a track to skip to the beginning of the previous track. Press it more than 1 second after the beginning of a track to skip to the beginning of the current track. Press and hold this key to search backward.
Press this key during loop playback to move the end point of the loop to the current start point, while maintaining the length of the loop.
g¯/ key
Press this key to skip to the next track. Press and hold this key to search forward.
Press this key during loop playback to move the start point of the loop forward to the current end point, while maintaining the length of the loop.
hPLAY/READY [Á/π] key
When the Home screen is open and playback is stopped, press this key to start playback.
During playback, press this key to pause it at the current point in the track.
jFLASH BACK key
Press this key to skip a few seconds back in a track during playback. You can adjust the flash back time on the SETUP screen. (See “Going back a few seconds (FLASH BACK)” on page 46.)
kTUNER key
Press this to open the TUNER screen, which can be used to help tune instruments. (See “Tuning instruments” on page 35.)
When the TUNER screen is open, press this key to return to the Home screen.
lLOOP key
Use this to turn the loop playback and repeat playback functions on and off.
When start and end points are set, this turns loop playback on and off. (See “Repeating playback of a set interval (loop playback)” on page 34.)
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