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PD-4 DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDER
Playback
Normal playback
Start playback by pressing the PLAY key (14). To pause playback, press either the PAUSE key
(17) or the STOP key (15). Pressing either key puts the PD-4 into PAUSE mode. The PAUSE
LED will illuminate. In pause mode, the drum cylinder will rotate at normal play speed and
the tape will be in contact with the drum.
To engage STOP mode, press the STOP key twice.
Cue playback
CUE mode allows you to monitor the tape during the slow rewind/forward modes.
If you press either the REWIND (12) or F FWD key (13) once, the PD-4 will play the tape at
five times (5x) playback speed.
To cancel CUE mode, press the REWIND or F FWD key again to switch to fast rewind/
forward mode, or press any other key to select some other operation.
See "REWIND and F FWD" on page 29.
Search functions
Blank search
The blank search function finds the last section of recorded tape, then engages pause mode
immediately before it.
If there is an END-ID recorded on the tape, it will be located. Pause mode will be engaged
immediately before the END-ID. The END-ID will be erased if recording is started at this
point.
The blank search is beneficial for the following reasons:
1) If A-TIME has been recorded up to the point found by the blank search, subsequent
A-TIME recording will be continuous.
2) If a P-NO can be read up to the point found by the blank search, subsequent P-NO
recording will be continuous. If it cannot be read, only the S-ID will be recorded.
3) If internal time code has been recorded up to the point found by the blank search,
subsequent internal time code will be continuous.
In any mode other than REG RUN mode, subsequent internal time code will not be
continuous.
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