Fading In Or Out - Sony CDP-XE400 Operating Instructions Manual

Fading In or Out

You can manually fade in or out to prevent tracks from
starting or ending abruptly.
Note that you cannot use this effect when you use the
DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) connector (for CDP-XE500).
Fading in or out at the point you want
(CDP-XE500 only) Z
Press FADER
To
During pause. The Q indication
Start play fading in
flashes and play fades in.
When you want to start fading out.
End play fading out
The q indication flashes. The play
fades out and the player pauses.
Fading time lasts for 5 seconds. If you press FADER
during Music Scan (page 8), fading time changes to 2
seconds.
Fading out at the specified time (Time
Fade)
You can have the player fade out automatically by
specifying the playing time. Once you set the Time
Fade, it works twice, that is, the play fades out at the
end of both sides of a tape.
EDIT/TIME FADE
FADER
/
· 0 )
Recording From CDs Recording From CDs
1
Press EDIT/TIME FADE repeatedly before you
start playing until "
indication appear in the display.
2
Press 0 or ) to specify the playing time.
Each time you press these buttons, the display
changes as shown below, with the playing time of
one side following each indication.
n H A L F ˜ C - 4 6 ˜ C - 5 4 ˜ C - 6 0 ˜ C - 7 4 ˜ C - 9 0 ˜ - - . - - N
(23.00) (27.00)
When you select "HALF"
The player sets the playing time to a half of the total
playing time.
3
Press · to start playing.
At the specified time the play fades out and the
player pauses. "B" in the
in the display.
4
To record on side B, reverse the tape and press ·
or P on the player to resume playing.
Again, the play fades out at the specified time.
To cancel Time Fade
Press EDIT/TIME FADE.
You can freely specify the playing time
See "You can freely specify the tape length" on page 12 .
You can change discs during Time Fade
If the play ends before the specified fade-out time, (for
example, when you record CD-singles on a tape) change
the disc. The specified fade-out time is counted only
during playing.
You can fade in to resume playing in Step 4
(CDP-XE500 only)
After you reverse the tape, press FADER on the remote.
Note
Time Fade will be cancelled if you press 0 or ) during
the operation.
" and "A" in the
(30.00) (37.00) (45.00)
indication appears
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