Sony PCM-R500 - Manual (Page 12)

Advanced Recording Operations
Things You Should Know
Before Recording
The difference between a blank section and
a sound-muted section
The deck distinguishes between two kinds of silent
sections, which are respectively called a "blank
section" or "sound-muted section".
Blank section
This is a section on which no signal has ever been recorded.
Sound-muted section
This is a section on which a signal has been recorded but at a
level that is not audible.
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Sound-muted
section
R): Recording
T): Track
For accurate recording of absolute time codes
• If the tape is blank, make sure to start recording from the
beginning of the tape.
• Use the Record Muting function (see page 14) to insert
spaces between tracks. Do not advance the tape with the
PLAY ► or FF ► ► button.
• To start recording from the middle of a tape, use the End
Search function (see page 14) to locate the end of the
recorded portion. This will prevent the creation of blank
sections.
Lead-in area
When the deck is loaded with a new cassette tape and
it detects the leader tape, the deck can create a lead-in
area depending on the menu setting as shown in the
figure below. "BB" appears in the display for about 1
second at this time. The lead-in area can be
inadvertently erased on another DAT deck if you press
the REC # button to start recording from the
beginning of the tape without closing the cassette
holder first. To prevent this, press the OPEN/CLOSE
^ button to close the cassette holder before you start
recording.
Eor details on selecting the automatic creation of the
lead-in area and the frequency of the signals to be
recorded, see "BB-WRT" and "BB-FS"on page 25.
"BB" appears under PGM NO.
Absolute time indication
0m01s OmOOs
Leader tape
Starting point for
' recording
OmOls 0m02s
Track
Lead-in area
Important
Make sure no blank sections are created while you
are recording. The existence of blank sections
within recorded material will make search
operations using the PREVIOUS «◄/NEXT
buttons impossible or destroy the continuity of the
absolute time codes.
Absolute time codes
The absolute time indicates the elapsed time from the
beginning of the tape. Once recorded, the absolute
time codes cannot be re-written.
If "EMPHASIS" appears in the display
The deck is recording a digital signal with emphasis (in
the higher frequencies). The recording will also
contain the same emphasis.
If the deck is left in recording pause for
more than 10 minutes
Recording pause will be released automatically and the
deck will stop for the sake of tape protectiort.
"SOURCE" will appear in the display of the PCM-
R500.
To resume recording, press the REC # button. The
deck will change to recording pause.
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