Dpss Operation - Kenwood KX-W4040 Instruction Manual

DPSS operation
The DPSS (Direct Program Search System (enables the following convenient operations according to the instructions of the
operation keys (these operation are however not available on both decks simultaneouslyJ.The DPSS functions are based on
the detection of non-recorded spaces of 4 seconds or more between tunes.
1. Skip play:
By specifying a tune located several tunes beyond (or behind) the tune being played, skips
tunes between the current tune and the selected tune and starts playback from the beginning
of the selected tune. Up to 16 tunes can be skipped in Skip Search.
2. Single-tune repeated
playback:
One single tune is played back repeatedly up to 16 times.
Deck A operation keys Deck B operation keys
The example below shows the case in which the direction indicated by the tape transport direction indicator is > . If the direc¬
tion indicated by the tape direction indicator is <3, always press the keys for the opposite directions to those shown in the
illustrations below.
r
Ml
I
To play a tune located immediately after the tune 1
| being played: ]
1 -1
-
r
Press once during the playback \ /
To play a tune located 4 tunes beyond:
Si
■ Single-tune repeated
playback
operation
1, 1
' ■ '<
*| Play the tune to be repeated.
2
Press the play key of the same direction as
the current tape transport direction.
When direction
of tape direction
indicator is >:
• Normal playback resumes after repeating the same tune for
16 times.
Index scan and DPSS will not function properly
with the following types of tape.
• Tapes containing spaces of 4 seconds or more, such as conver¬
sations and speeches.
• Tape containing extremely low levels or non-recorded spaces in
the middle of tunes, such as classical music.
• Tapes containing recording of large noise between tunes.
• Tapes recorded with low recording level.
• Tapes recorded using Cross-fade recording.
To cancel the playback above in the middle:
Press once
Playback is stopped and canceled.
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