RECORDING
■ Differences from tape recordings
You cannot record music on the reverse side
of a MiniDisc.
MiniDiscs cannot be incorrectly inserted, i.e. upside
down. (Page 35)
You can check the total or remaining
recordable time (possible recording) before
recording.
This lets you plan a recording session so that the
last song will not come to an abrupt end before it
has finished. (Page 17)
You don’t need to search for the starting
point at which to record.
The unit automatically finds the point at which rec-
ording can start. Recording will start from that point.
The date and time of a recording are
The date and time of a recording are
automatically saved with the recording.
If you have set the date and time, they will be
automatically recorded when a recording is made.
(Page 10)
■ Disc writing (TOC)
Area for recording track
numbers, track names, etc.
Area for recording the
sound
MiniDiscs have one area in which the sound is recorded
and another area where track number, track name, and
disc name information is recorded.
First the sound is recorded on a MiniDisc, and then the in-
formation (TOC: Table of Contents) for finding the tracks is
recorded. This TOC is vitally necessary for playback. Tracks
can be edited by rewriting the TOC. When the POWER but-
ton is pressed to turn the power off or when the button
is pressed to remove the Minidisc, the current version of the
TOC will be written on the disc. Therefore, after pressing
the POWER button, do not jar the main unit. It may not be
possible to perform playback properly if the TOC is not writ-
ten correctly on the disc.
■ Track numbers are created automatically
When recording from another CD or MD using the
digital connectors
When you make a digital recording from a CD player or
another MD player, new track numbers will be created auto-
matically for each track, regardless of the amount of silence
between tracks. (Synchro marker function)
● When you record from a CD to a Minidisc, the track
numbers recorded on the MiniDisc may not match the
track numbers on the CD.
● When recording from digital equipment such as DAT tape
recorders, the synchro marker function will not work. The
auto marker function will work the same way it does when
recording from an analog input.
● When a DAT is recorded using the digital inputs and the
DAT mode (sampling frequency) changes during the
recording session, the track numbers will change.
Very occasionally, some noise may be recorded.
If this happens, you can edit out the noise after recording.
(Page 22)
When recording from analog inputs
When making an analog recording, if there is 1.5 seconds
or more of silence, the blank space is assumed to be the
space between tracks, and a new track number will be
created automatically.
This is called the auto marker function.
By creating track numbers, you can locate the beginning of
the tracks.
● If you do not use the auto marker function, you can record
musical selections as a single track.
First track Second track Third track
First track
Second
track Third track
Track A
Track A
Track B Track C
Track CTrack B
About 1.5
seconds
Silence
First track Second track
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