Note, Advanced recording operations – Sony PCM-R500 User Manual
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Advanced Recording Operations
Locating the End of the
Recorded Portion (End Search)
When recording from the middle of a tape, use End
Search to locate the end of the recorded portion. This
will prevent the creation of a blank section on the tape.
FFI
Press FF ► ► with the deck stopped.
The deck locates the end of the recorded portion (the
beginning of the blank portion or the position of the
end ID), then stops.
The deck stops at the beginning of any blank section
that is 9 seconds or longer, or fast-forwards to the end
of the tape if the tape is blank.
'Q'
When you press the REC # button while in a blank
section
The deck rewinds the tape to the beginning of the blank
section and changes to recording pause. "BLANK" and
"WAIT" appear in'the display while the deck is
searching for the beginning of the blank section.
Note
End Search does not operate if you press the FF I
while in a blank section.
• button
Inserting a Sound-Muted
Section While Recording
(Record Muting)
Use Record Muting to insert a space of about 0.5 to 9.5
seconds between tracks.
For details on setting the duration of the blank space,
see "REC MUTE" on page 24.
Press REC MUTE O where you want to insert a space
while the deck is recording or in recording pause.
"REC" in the display starts flashing and tape transport
continues, but no signal is recorded. After inserting a
space, II in the display stays on and the deck changes
to recording pause.
To insert a blank space (of a duration different from that
preset by menu setting)
Hold down the REC MUTE O button as long as you want.
When you release the REC MUTE O button, II stays on and
the deck changes to recording pause.
When the preset duration has passed, "REC" begins to flash
faster and the MARGIN indication shows how long the REC
MUTE O button has been pressed.
To insert a blank space of a duration shorter than the
preset value
Press REC # while "REC" is flashing. The deck starts
recording again.
Note
If you do not create a sound-muted section at the beginning
of a tape, you may not be able to move or erase a start fD .
(see page 19) that is recorded within 2 seconds from the
beginning of the tape.
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