Sony DTC-87ES Operating Instructions Manual page 31

The end ID indicates the last position of the recording or
playback. While recording on the same tape has been done
several times, you can locate the point where the previous
recording terminates quickly, using the end ID.
When the end ID is detected during playback, the playback
stops automatically.
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1 Press PAUSE, REC MUTE or FADER.
The button you pressed | The mode of the deck
PAUSE
Record-pause mode
REC MUTE Record-pause mode after a
sound muted portion is
created for 4 seconds.
FADER Record-pause mode after
the sound fades out.
2 Press END ID WRITE.
The END ID WRITE indicator lights.
3 Press PAUSE or > (play) to release the record-pause
mode.
The END ID indicator lights.
The end ID is written for about 9 seconds (18 seconds in
the long-play mode). Tape returns to the beginning of the
end ID after the end ID is written.
After you write an end ID
The portion after the end ID position cannot be played back
(EE appears in the PGM NO. display.)
Erase the end ID (page 32) where you want to play back
the portion after the end ID position.
Writing During Playback
During playback, no end ID can be written on a blank
section.
1 During playback, press END ID WRITE at the desired
position.
The REHEARSAL indicator lights, and the portion for 3
seconds to the point where you pressed END !D WRITE,
is played back repeatedly (rehearsal function).
The end of the repeated portion will be the beginning of the
end ID.
2 Press << or m> to adjust the "repeat end" point.
The "repeat end point is shifted backward with «4 or
forward with »&, by 0.3 of a second.
The indicator at the MARGIN shows how much the "repeat
end" point is shifted from the point where you pressed
END ID WRITE.
It can be shifted up to 99 seconds backward or forward.
3 After setting the beginning of the end ID at the desired
point, press END ID WRITE again.
The EE, END ID and WRITE indicators light, and an end {D
is written.
Note on the point where an end ID is written
During rehearsal function, an end ID is written at the end of
the repeated portion as illustrated.
Point where you pressed
END ID WRITE
End ID (9 second)
Repeated portion
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3 seconds! Each time you press > + —>
Each time you —]
press << <«—}
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—
The repeated portion is played back 16 times, and the tape
stops.
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