4 playing back a single track, 5 entering the a and b location points, 6 playback between two location points – Tascam MD-801RMKII User Manual

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4 - Playback of discs

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TASCAM MD-801R/P Mk II

4.2.4 Playing back a single track

When the disc has been loaded and the TOC has been
read, use the

PLAY MODE

key to select the

S I N G L E

play mode (see

[22]

).

Use the

TRACK

keys

[4]

to move the playback posi-

tion to the start of the desired track.

Press the

PLAY

key

[6]

. Playback will start from the

beginning of the track.

Stop playback with the

STOP

key

[5]

. Playback will

restart at the start of the disc, unless you move the
playback position to the start of the next track to be
played back.

NOTE

The above function can be overridden with
the resume function, which turns the

STOP

key into a “PAUSE” key and allows playback
to continue from where it was paused using
the STOP key. See 3.6, "Resume setting" for

details.

Pause playback with the

READY

key

[7]

and restart

it with the

PLAY

key.

4.2.5 Entering the A and B location points

1

Press the

MEMO IN/CAPS

key

[23]

so that the

indicator lights.

2

Locate the playback point to the first location,
and press

LOC A/DEL

[24]

. The indicator will

light, showing that a value has been entered into
the location, and the

MEMO IN/CAPS

indica-

tor will go out.

3

Locate the playback point to the second loca-
tion, and press the

MEMO IN/CAPS

key

[23]

again so that the indicator lights.

4

Press

LOC B/INSERT

[24]

. The indicator will

light, showing that a value has been entered into
the location, and the

MEMO IN/CAPS

indica-

tor will go out.

Clear the location points by stopping playback,
pressing the

MEMO IN/CAPS

key, and pressing the

appropriate location key (

LOC A/DEL

or

LOC B/

INSERT

) so that the indicator goes out.

4.2.6 Playback between two location

points

1

Enter the location points as described above.

2

Press the

PLAY MODE

key

[22]

so that the

display shows

A - B

.

3

Press

LOC A/DEL

[24]

. The unit will locate to

the first point, and start playing until it reaches
the second point, and then stop.

If the location points are in the wrong order (i.e. B
precedes A), the display will show

A-B Error

when playback is attempted.

4.2.7 The CALL function

The CALL key

[10]

is used for easy location to a

marked point

1

Put the MD-801 into play ready mode at the
point you want to mark (the

READY

indicator

[7]

should be lit).

2

Press the

READY

key. The current point is now

marked.

3

You can now play back, or perform the next
operation.

4

To return to the marked point, press the

CALL

key

[10]

.

The MD-801R also automatically sets the call point
at the point where recording last started. This enables
easy return to the point where the recording started,
using the

CALL

key, in order to check a take, etc.

4.2.8 Relative time display

The call point set in the way described above (4.2.7,
"The CALL function") can also be used as a zero
point for relative time display (all times are displayed
relative to this point, with times before the point
being displayed as negative values), To enter the rel-
ative time mode:

1

Make sure that the

MEMO IN/CAPS

indicator

[23]

is lit.

2

Press the

TIME

key

[17]

to show the different

display modes. The relative display mode
appears as follows:

where

xxx

represents the “minutes” portion of the

elapsed time since the call point, and

yy

represents

the “seconds” portion of the elapsed time. Times
before the call point are prefixed with a minus sign.

NOTE

If no call point has been set, the “relative time”
will be from the start of the disc.

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