Sony MXD-D400 - Manual (Page 3)

3 GB
How to use this manual........................... 4
Playable discs.......................................... 4
Getting Started
Unpacking ............................................... 7
Hooking up.............................................. 7
CD/MP3/MD – Play
Loading a CD .......................................... 9
Playing a CD ........................................... 9
— Normal Play/Shuffle Play/Search Play
Playing an MP3 file .............................. 10
— Normal Play/Shuffle Play/Search Play
Loading an MD ..................................... 11
Playing an MD ...................................... 12
— Normal Play/Shuffle Play
Locating a specific track ....................... 13
—AMS Function
Playing repeatedly................................. 14
— Repeat Play
Creating your own program .................. 14
— Program Play
Playing only the tracks in the desired
group ............................................... 15
Falling asleep to music.......................... 16
— Sleep Timer
Changing the pitch of the MD .............. 17
— Pitch Control Function
Using the display................................... 18
MD – Recording
Before you start recording .................... 19
Recording a CD on an MD ................... 20
— CD-MD Synchro Recording/High-
Speed CD-MD Synchro Recording
Recording on an MD manually............. 21
— Manual Recording
Starting recording with 6 seconds of
prestored audio data........................ 22
— Time Machine Recording
Marking track numbers ......................... 23
Making a space between tracks 3 seconds
long automatically .......................... 24
— Smart Space
Adjusting the recording level ............... 25
— Music Synchro-Recording
Recording the current CD track............ 27
— REC-IT Function
Synchro-Recording with an external audio
equipment ....................................... 27
Fading in and out .................................. 28
— Fader
Recording tips....................................... 29
MD – Editing
Editing tips............................................ 30
Registering tracks in groups ................. 31
— Group Function
Labeling an MD/group/track ................ 32
— Name Function
Creating a new group............................ 34
— Create Function
Releasing group registrations ............... 35
— Release Function
Erasing recordings ................................ 36
— Erase Function
Moving recorded tracks ........................ 38
— Move Function
Combining recorded tracks................... 39
— Combine Function
Dividing recorded tracks ...................... 40
— Divide Function
Undoing the last edit............................. 41
— Undo Function
Changing the recorded level after recording 41
— S.F Edit Function
Troubleshooting
Problems and remedies ......................... 43
Self-diagnosis display........................... 44
Messages............................................... 45
Additional Information
Precautions............................................ 46
System limitations of MDs ................... 47
Specifications........................................ 48
List of button locations and reference
pages............................................... 49
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