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To start recording, press the PLAY key [6]. To stop recording, press the STOP key [5]. After the STOP key has been pressed, the words TOC EDIT will flash on the display, which will also show UTOC Writing as the U-TOC is written to disc.

To cancel record ready mode, press the STOP key [5].

[9] PHONES jack and level control

Connect a pair of standard stereo headphones to this 1/4” jack. Adjust the level with the LEVEL control. The maximum output power is 50 mW per channel, and the impedance is 32 Ω.

continuous.

The further the shuttle wheel is turned from the cen- ter position, the faster the shuttle playback speed.

When the unit is in menu mode, this wheel is used in the MD-801’s menu system. Turning it clockwise generally confirms an action, and turning it counter- clockwise acts as an “escape” action. It is also used as a cursor control in titling operations.

[14] Display

See 2.2, "Display" below for details of the different components that make up the display.

[10] CALL key

This key allows you to return to the point where the READY key [7] was last pressed while the unit was in play ready mode. The unit will return to this point, and enter play ready mode (READY and PLAY indi- cators lit). See also 4.2.7, "The CALL function".

[15] MENU key

The MENU key is used to cycle through the different menus that allow the setting of different parameters affecting the operation of the MD-801. See 3, "Menu items" for full details of the menus and the different options available in them.

RThe MD-801R also automatically sets the call point at the point where recording last started. This enables easy return to the point where the recording started, using the CALL key, in order to check a take, etc.

It may also be used to locate to the point which has been located with the JOG dial [12].

[11] JOG key and indicator

Use this key for precise positioning of the playback point, in combination with the JOG/DATA dial [12]. When the jog mode is active, the JOG indicator above this key is lit.

[12] JOG/DATA dial

[16] TITLE key

The TITLE key is used to show both disc and track titles. It is also used to display the date and time when the MEMO IN/CAPS key indicator [23] is lit.

See 4.2.16, "Displaying track titles during playback" and 4.2.17, "Displaying the recording date" for details.

[17] TIME key

The TIME key is used to cycle through the folloiwng time display modes on the upper 7-segment numeric indicators of the display during playback or in play ready mode:

When the JOG indicator [11] is lit, this dial func-

 

• (no indication)—the time elapsed from the start of

 

the current track

tions as a jog dial, allowing precise positioning of the

 

 

• REMAIN —the playback time remaining in the cur-

playback point (confirmed with the READY key

 

 

rent track

[7]). See 4.2.14, "Jog mode" for full details of this

 

 

• TOTAL —the total elapsed time from the start of the

process.

 

When the JOG indicator is not lit, the dial is used as

 

disc

 

• TOTAL REMAIN —the total time remaining on the

a data entry dial for entering values, titling charac-

 

 

disc

ters, etc. Typically, turning this dial clockwise

 

 

It is also possible to make a time display which is rel-

increases the data value, and turning it counterclock-

 

wise decreases the value.

 

ative to a “zero point” (see the section on 4.2.8, "Rel-

[13] SHUTTLE wheel

 

ative time display").

 

 

R

When the unit is in record or record ready mode, the

This wheel can be used for shuttle playback (for-

 

meanings change slightly, as shown below:

 

wards or backwards) when the unit is in play or play

 

 

• (no indication)—the time elapsed from the start of

ready mode. Since the MD-801 is a digital audio

 

device, the sound output during shuttle play is not

 

the track currently being recorded

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