5 − Playback

Time skip

While playing or paused, you can skip backward or forward in one-minute steps.

1While playing or paused, press the or ˚ keys.

You will locate to a position one minute before or after the current location. Following the locate, the playback or pause condition will continue as it had been prior to the operation.

NOTE

If you press the key at a point less than one minute after the beginning of the track, you will locate to the beginning of the current track.

If you press the key at a point less than one second after the beginning of the track, you will

locate to a point one minute before the end of the preceding track. However if the track is the first track in the card or the program, you will pause at the beginning of the current track. (Even when using random play, pressing the key at a point less than one second from the beginning of the track will locate to the beginning of the track).

If you press the ˚ key at a point that is less than one minute from the end of the track, you will locate to the beginning of the next track. However if the track is the last track in the card or the program, you will pause at the end of the current track.

Playback modes

The tracks in the play area can be played using one of the following four types (modes) of playback.

Continuous playback (default setting)
Program playback

The tracks will be played back in the order you programmed (see “Program playback” on page 25).

The tracks in the play area will play back in order of their track numbers.

Single playback

Only the currently selected track will play back, and then playback will stop.

Random playback

All tracks in the play area will play back in a random order without regard to their track number. When all tracks have been played back, playback will stop.

Specifying the playback mode

You can easily select the playback mode by using a dedicated on the remote. To select the playback mode from the SS-R1 itself, use menu mode.

Using the dedicated key of the remote

1While stopped, or when no CompactFlash card is inserted, press the remote’s P.MODE key to cycle through the playback modes. The home screen shows the currently selected mode as follows.

Display

Playback mode

 

 

CONTINUE

Continuous playback

 

 

SINGLE

Single playback

 

 

PROGRAM

Program playback

 

 

RANDOM

Random playback

 

 

NOTE

In this owner’s manual, we will assume that continuous playback is selected as the playback mode unless otherwise specified.

Using the menu

(For details on how to perform menu operations, refer to “Operations in the menu screens” on page 16).

1While stopped, press the MENU key to enter menu mode.

2Turn the MULTI JOG dial to highlight the PLAY menu item, and then press the MULTI JOG dial.

3 Select the PLAY MODE item.
4Turn the MULTI JOG dial to select the desired play mode.
5Press the TIME (ESC) key to return to the home screen.

NOTE

The play mode you select is remembered even when the power is turned off.

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