Sony DTC-57ES - Manual (Page 28)

Writing Manually during Recording
1
Make sure that the AUTO indicator is off. If it is not,
press the START ID AUTO button to turn it off.
2
To start recording, press the «REC button, then press
the iiPAUSE or ► (play) button.
3
At the desired position, press the START ID WRITE
button.
The WRITE indicator lights.
The start ID is written for 9 seconds (18 seconds in the
long-play mode) from the point where you pressed the
START ID WRITE button. While a start ID is being written,
the ISTART ID
I indicator flashes.
Illustration of the rehearsal function
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Writing Manually during Playback
During playback, start ID can be written at the desired
position more accurately than during recording.
Make sure that the safety tab of the cassette is closed.
1 Press the ► button to start playback. At the desired
position, press the START ID WRITE button.
The REHEARSAL indicator lights and the WRITE and
ISTART ID I indicators flash, and the position for 3
seconds from the point where you pressed the START ID
WRITE button, is played back repeatedly (rehearsal
function). The beginning of the repeated portion will be
the beginning of the start ID.
2
Press the « or ►► button to adjust the “repeat start”
point.
The ‘repeat start* point is shifted backward with the
button or forward with the button by about 0.3 of a
second.
The indicator at the MARGIN display shows how much the
‘repeat start" point is shifted from the point where you
pressed the START ID WRITE button. It can be shifted up
to 99 seconds backward or fonward.
3 After setting the beginning of the start ID at thedesired
point, press the START ID WRITE button again.
The WRITE indicator lights steadily and the start ID is
written. The program number is not written in this time.
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Point where you pressed
START ID WRITE
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.Repeated portion
(for 3 seconds)
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Each time you press ^
0.3
The repeated portion is played back 8 times, and the taF>e
stops.
Adjusting the Position
To finely adjust the position of a start ID written
automatically during recording, use the rehearsal function
described on the left column.
You can shift the start ID position about
2 seconds (about 4
seconds in the long-play mode) backward or forward. To
shift it for more than 2 seconds, first erase the start ID (see
below) and rewrite it manually.
1
During playback, press the START ID WRITE button
where the start ID to be shifted is written.
2
Perforin steps 2 and 3 described on the ieft column,
“Writing Manuaiiy during Piayback.”
Erasing
While the start ID you want to erase appears on the
display during playback or In the stop mode, press the
START ID ERASE button. Make sure that the safety tab
of the cassette Is closed.
That start ID is erased.
The ERASE indicator flashes while the start ID is detected.
While the start ID is being erased, the ERASE indicator
lights and thelSTART lUlindicator flashes.
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If you press the START ID ERASE button during the
stop mode or while the I STARTI
d I Indicator is not on
the display
The start ID just before the current position is erased.
When a start ID is erased
If a program number is also written with the start ID, both
codes will be erased at the same time.
When you pressed ►► twice
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