Sony DTC59ES Operating Instructions Manual page 29

Writing Manually during Playback (Rehearsal
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During playback, start ID can be written at the desired
position more accurately than during recording.
Make sure that the safety tab of the cassette is closed.
1 Press the » button to start playback. At the desired
position, press the START ID WRITE button.
The REHEARSAL indicator lights and the WRITE and
ISTART ID} indicators flash, and the position for 3
seconds from the point where you pressed the START
ID WRITE button is played back repeatedly (rehearsal
function). The beginning of the repeated portion will
be the beginning of the start ID.
2 Press the << or »> button to adjust the "repeat
start" point.
The "repeat start" point is shifted backward with the
#4 button or forward with the » button by about 0.3
of a second.
The indicator at the MARGIN display shows how much
the "repeat start" point is shifted from the point where
you pressed the START ID WRITE button.
3 After setting the beginning of the start ID at the
desired point, press the START ID WRITE button
again.
The WRITE indicator lights steadily and the start ID is
written, The program number is not written in this time.
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When you pressed m® twice.
Illustration of the rehearsal function
Point where you pressed
START ID WRITE
Selection
Repeated portion
(for 3 seconds)
Selection
Each time you press << +e! —» Each time you press >>
Normally, the repeated portion is played back 5 times.
When the «4 or »® button is pressed while the repeated
portion is played back, the repeated portion is played back
up to 8 times max, and then tape stops.
Adjusting the Position
To finely adjust the position of a start ID written
automatically during recording, use the rehearsal function
described on the left column.
You can shift the start !D position about 2 seconds (about 4
seconds in the long-play mode) backward or forward. To
shift it for more than 2 seconds, first erase the start ID (see
below) and rewrite it manually.
1 During playback, press the START ID WRITE button
where the start ID to be shifted is written.
2 Perform steps 2 and 3 described on the left
column, "Writing Manually during Playback."
While the start 1D you want to erase appears on the
display during playback or in the stop mode, press the
START ID ERASE button. Make sure that the safety tab
of the cassette is closed.
That start ID is erased.
The ERASE indicator flashes while the start !|D is detected.
While the start ID is being erased, the ERASE indicator
lights and the START [Dlindicator flashes.
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If you press the START ID ERASE button during the
stop mode or while the [START ID jindicator is not on
the display
The start ID just before the current position is erased.
When a start ID is erased
If a program number is also written with the start [D, both
codes will be erased at the same time.
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