Tascam MD-801P Mk II, MD-801R/P Mk II 5

5 - Erasing a complete disc

TASCAM MD-801R/P Mk II

5–7

Turn the

SHUTTLE

wheel clockwise. The dis-

play changes:

Turn the

SHUTTLE

wheel clockwise once

again to change the current track from mono to

stereo or

vice versa

The display will show

Now Editing

followed by

Complete

This function may also be used to “un-protect” a

track if the follo wing message appears at any time in

the edit mode:

This signiﬁes that the track cannot be edited. This is

software protection, which has been set by an MD

unit other than an MD-801, and it can be disabled

using this function in the way described above.

NOTE

If a trac k is “unprotected” in this w ay, it cannot

be protected again.

5.10Erasing a complete disc

As well as erasing individual tracks (see 5.3, "Eras-

ing a track"), it is also possible to erase the entire

contents of a disc.

After pressing the

EDIT

key, turn the

DATA

dial until the display shows:

Turn the

SHUTTLE

wheel clockwise to enter

this edit menu:

If you are sure that you want to erase the con-

tents of the disc, turn the

SHUTTLE

wheel

clockwise once more.

The display will show

Now Editing

followed by

Complete

, followed by

Blank Disc

If you want to abort the erase process, use the

usual methods (

SHUTTLE

wheel counter-

clockwise,

EDIT

key or

STOP

key).

5.11Track and disc title entry

The disc and tracks can be titled. The titles can con-

sist of upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and

punctuation symbols (as well as Japanese

katakana

Each title can be up to 99 characters long, and titles

too long to ﬁt on the display are scrolled.

The total number of characters which can be

included as titles on a disc (disc and track titles) is

1,792 characters.

A computer keyboard (PS/2 compatible) can be

attached to the MD-801, and used to input titles, or

titles can be entered, using the procedure described

belo w (for keyboard operations, see 6, "Use of a ke y-

board with the MD-801").

T itles can be entered in stop (disc titles), play or play

ready (track titles) mode as well as in the record and

record ready modes.

Press the

EDIT

key and turn the

DATA

dial

until the display shows:

Turn the

SHUTTLE

wheel clockwise.

If the MD-801 is in stop mode, the words

DISC

TITLE

will light in the display, and you can enter

the title for the whole disc.

If the MD-801 is in play or play ready mode, or

record or record ready mode, the words

TRACK TITLE

will light in the display, and

you can enter the title for the current track.

The display will change:

The underline cursor sho ws where the character

will be entered.

Use the

DATA

dial to scroll through the symbol

set. The character set selected initially is the

lowercase alphabet set, together with numbers

and punctuation symbols.

Use the

MEMO IN/CAPS

key

[23]

to change

between lo wercase and uppercase characters. If

uppercase characters are selected, the

CAPS

indicator will light in the display.

Turn the

SHUTTLE

wheel clockwise to move

the cursor to the right, and counterclockwise to

move it to the left. Continuing to hold the

SHUTTLE

wheel away from the center posi-

Track OK ?

T_Protected!

ERASE DISC ?

Sure ?

TITLE ?