4 • Recording—Advanced recording
However, during recording there are fewer options available (obviously, the unit cannot see into the future and know how much time remains of the track which is being currently recorded!).
When in record or record ready mode, repeated presses of the DISPLAY key (A or 6) cycle between displaying the remaining time left for recording on the disc (TOTAL REMAIN) and the elapsed time of the track currently being recorded (no indica- tor lit).
When playback is stopped at the start of a recordable disc, there are only two options available: TOTAL (the total time recorded so far on the disc) and TOTAL REMAIN (the total time available on the disc for fur- ther recording).
4.2.3Manual track division
It is possible to divide the recording into tracks “on the fly” while recording.
While recording is taking place, press the RECORD key (K or E) . The current track number is incre- mented by one.
For details of automatic track division while record- ing, see 4.3.2, “Automatic track division”.
NOTE
According to the “Red Book” (the specification for audio CDs), a track cannot be less than four seconds in length, and there can be a maximum of 99 tracks on an audio CD. Bear these limitations in mind when adding track divisions.
4.2.4Restricting the number of tracks
When making a recording using the
At any time within record or record ready mode, turn the MULTI JOG control B or use the SKIP keys I.
This sets the number of remaining tracks, as shown to the right of the time display. The maximum num- ber here is limited by the standard limit of 99 tracks, and the number of tracks currently recorded. In other words, if 8 tracks have already been recorded on the disc, the maximum value that can be set here is 91 (91+8=99). If 49 tracks have already been recorded on the disc, the maximum value that can be set here is 50 (49+50=99).
Every time a track division is made, the number shown at the right of the display goes down by one. When the number shown is 1, and a track division is made, the display shows PMA Writing and the unit enters stop mode.
The number of remaining tracks can be changed dur- ing recording using the MULTI JOG control.
4.2.5Full disc
If recording a long program, and the number of tracks has not been restricted, when there is no space remaining on the disc for recording, as shown by the time display (see 4.2.2, “Time display while record- ing”), just before the end of the disc is reached, the unit starts a
When the
If the disc is a
4.3 Advanced recording
These sections cover more advanced recording techniques.
4.3.1Synchronized recording
Synchronized recording means that recording will begin automatically when a signal is received, and will stop when the signal ends.
To enable or disable synchronized recording:
1A recordable disc must be loaded.
2With the unit in record ready or record mode, press the SYNC REC key (Lor F).
The display shows SYNC ON briefly, and then changes to the track and time display. When synchronized recording is enabled, the SYNC indicator lights in the display.
The SYNC REC key is also used to turn off syn- chronized recording (the display briefly shows SYNC OFF and then returns to the track and time display).
The signal level which may be used with synchro- nized recording operations (here called the “trigger level” or “threshold”) is set as below:
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