Play the track containing the part you want to erase.

Editing and titling an MD

mErase

This function lets you erase the entire disc, a track or part of a track quickly and easily.

You can also erase the title of a disc, or the titles of tracks on a disc.

Please note that once erased, the data can be recovered by using the Undo function.

To erase part of a track

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2 Press MD EDIT repeatedly to display “A–B Erase ?”.

3 Press ENTER at the beginning of the part you want to erase (point A).

*Point A is registered and “Erase A–_” appears on the display.

To clear out the MD

This operation lets you erase all audio and title (character) data to create a blank MD.

1 Press to stop the MD recorder.

2 Press MD EDIT repeatedly to display “Disc Erase ?”, then press ENTER.

* “DiscEraseOK?” appears on the display.

3 Press ENTER again.

*When all audio, name and title data has been erased, “Complete” appears momentarily.

To erase a single track

This operation lets you erase a single track including the corresponding title data. After you erase the track, the total number of tracks decreases by one and all tracks following the erased one are renumbered.

Example: Erasing track 3

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2

3

4

5

6

Before

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

 

erasing

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

After

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

B

D

E

F

 

erasing

 

1 Turn the jog dial or press / to select the track you want to erase.

2 Press MD EDIT repeatedly to display “(track number) Erase ?”, then press ENTER.

* “EraseOK?” appears on the display.

3 Press ENTER again.

*The track is erased and “Complete” appears momentarily.

If you plan to erase two or more tracks

To avoid confusion, you should always erase from higher track numbers to lower track numbers. This prevents accidental renumbering of tracks you plan to erase.

4 Press ENTER again at the end of the part you want to erase (point B).

*Point B is registered and “Check” appears. Then the part you specified plays repeatedly and “Erase A–B?” appears on the display.

To adjust point B

Turn the jog dial while the “B” of “Erase A–B?” is blinking. Point B can be adjusted up to 2 second in either direction.

5 Press ENTER again.

*The part is erased and “Complete” appears momentarily.

Erase

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A

B

2

 

3

 

Before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

 

 

 

b

 

c

erasing

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

3

 

4

 

After

a1

 

a2

b

 

c

erasing

 

 

Notes

•After this operation, a new track number is automatically assigned to the section starting after point B.

•Point B cannot be positioned before point A.

When you cannot edit because of the limitations of the MD system, “Can’t Edit” appears on the display and the Erase function is canceled.

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