Sony WALKMAN MZ-R909 Operating Instructions Manual page 92

• During monaural recording of a stereo
sound source connected through the digital
(optical) input jack, you can still monitor the
recorded sound in stereo by using
headphones/earphones connected the i/
LINE OUT jack.
• When you record in LP4 stereo mode,
momentary noise may be produced on very
rare occasions with certain sound sources.
This is because of the special digital audio
compression technology that enables a
recording time 4 times longer than normal.
If noise is produced, it is recommended that
you record in normal stereo or LP2 stereo
mode to obtain better sound quality.
Recording tracks using the
Group Function (Group mode
recording)
See the illustration in Japanese text (pages 27
and 28).
What is the group function (group
mode)?
It is a function that allows you to separate
tracks on a disc into different groups for
playback, recording and editing.
It is convenient for managing multiple CD
albums recorded in MDLP (LP2 stereo/
LP4 stereo) mode onto a single MD.
How is group information
recorded?
When recording in group mode, the group
information is written to the disc name
recording area.
Therefore, the character string written in
the disc name recording area is displayed
in its entirety as the disc name if you load
an MD recorded in group mode into a
system that does not support group mode,
or if you try to edit the contents of a disc on
this recorder with the group mode turned
off.
Note that if you perform the procedure for
"Relabeling recordings" of "Labeling
recordings" (page 105) and rewrite this
character string by mistake, you may be
unable to use the group function of that
MD.
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Notes
• The group function setting is stored even if
you eject the MD or turn off the recorder.
• In group mode, the recorder treats all tracks
without group settings as belonging to the
last group on the disc. The last group is
indicated in the display window on the
recorder as "Group – –." Within a group, the
tracks appear in their order on the disc, not
their order within the group.
To activate the group mode
To record tracks in group mode, you must
first turn the group mode on before the
start of recording.
On the recorder
1 Press GROUP for 2 seconds or more.
" " lights up in the display and the
group mode turns on.
To cancel the group mode, press
GROUP for 2 seconds or more again.
On the remote control
1 Press DISPLAY for 2 seconds or more,
turn the control towards . or N>
until "GROUP" flashes in the display,
and then press x.
2 Turn the control towards . or
N> until "GROUP ON" flashes in
the display, and then press x.
To cancel the group mode, select
"GROUP OFF" in step 2.
Recording a track into a new
group
1 While the recorder is stopped, press
GROUP for 2 seconds or more.
2 Press END SEARCH.
3 Press and slide REC to the right.
4 Play the source sound.
To stop recording, press x.
The material that was recorded up until x
was pressed is entered as a new group.