Useful Tips For Recording - Sony MDS-JB920 Operating Instructions Manual

Useful Tips for Recording

DISPLAY/CHAR
MENU/NO
§ EJECT
TIME
Checking the remaining recordable time on
the MD
Press TIME.
• When you press the TIME button repeatedly while
the deck is stopped, the display alternates between
total disc playing time and remaining recordable
time on the MD (see page 23).
• When you press the TIME button repeatedly while
recording, the display alternates between the
recording time of the current track and the
remaining recordable time on the MD.
Changing the display while recording
Each time you press DISPLAY/CHAR (or DISPLAY)
while the deck is recording, you can change the display
as follows:
Normal display
Press
Recording level display
Press
FS (sampling frequency) display
Press
≠ AMS ±
INPUT
0 ) r
§ ·
P p
· p r REC
Recording on MDs
Monitoring the input signal (Input Monitor)
Before starting recording, you can monitor the selected
input signal through the deck's output connectors.
1
Press § EJECT to remove the MD.
2
Set INPUT according to the input signal you want
to monitor.
When the INPUT switch is set at ANALOG
The analog signal input through the LINE
(ANALOG) IN jacks is output to the digital output
connector after A/D conversion, and then to the
LINE (ANALOG) OUT jacks and the PHONES
jack after D/A conversion.
When the INPUT switch is set at OPT1, OPT2 or
COAX
After passing through the sampling rate converter,
the digital signal input through the respective
digital input connector is output to the digital
output connector, and after D/A conversion to the
LINE (ANALOG) OUT jacks and PHONES jack.
3
Press r REC.
If the INPUT switch is set at ANALOG, "AD-DA"
appears in the display.
If the INPUT switch is set at OPT1, OPT2 or
COAX, "-DA" appears in the display.
If "Auto Cut" appears in the display
(Auto Cut)
There has been no sound input for about 30 seconds
during recording. The 30 seconds of silence are
replaced by a blank of about 3 seconds and the deck
changes to recording pause.
If the deck continues pausing for about 10 minutes
after the Auto Cut Function activated, recording stops
automatically.
Note that this function does not activate even if there
has been no sound input for about 30 seconds when
the deck started recording from the blank portion.
z
You can turn off the Auto Cut Function
For details, see "To turn off the Smart Space Function
and Auto Cut Function" on page 14. Note that when
you turn off the Auto Cut Function, the Smart Space
Function is turned off automatically.
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