HHB comm HHB MDP500 - Manual (Page 3)

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TOP PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FRONT PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SIDE PANELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
LCD DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
NOTATION GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PREPARATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AC Adaptor
Nickel Metal Hydride Rechargeable Batteries
Alkaline Batteries
Power Management
Battery Life Indicator
Date & Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Date and Time Setting
Date and Time Confirmation
Time Stamp Data Confirmation
Initialising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Initialising Procedure
Factory Default Settings
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting Microphones to the XLR Input
Analog Source Recording via the XLR Input
Sending Analog Audio to External Analog Equipment
Connecting to Digital Equipment via Coaxial or Optical
Sending Digital Audio to External Digital Equipment via
Coaxial or Optical Outputs
Connecting With a Computer via the USB Interface
Remote Control
LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Display During Stop Mode
Display During Play Mode
Display During Record Mode
Display Back Light
Display Contrast
RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-19
Recording From a Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mic Attenuation Mode
Basscut Mode
Limiter Mode
Phantom Mode
Recording From Line Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recording From Digital Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recording From Mono Internal Mic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Basic Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17
Mono Recording
Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
One Touch Setup
How To Save
How To Open
Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-18
6 Seconds Pre-Recording
Input Monitor Function
Peak Hold Meter
Overwrite Mode
Threshold Level Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19
Record Threshold Level Setting
Auto Increment Function
Auto-Start/Cut Recording Function
Silence Trim
PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Normal Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Fast Search Function
Direct Track Select Function
Repeat Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Repeat One or Repeat All Function
Repeat A-B
Auto Pause Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
EDITING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-23
Erase Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Erase Only One Track
Erase All the Tracks At Once
Erase Part of a Track
Divide Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-22
Combine Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Move Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23
Disc & Track Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
OTHER FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Headphone Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Digital Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Key Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Copy Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
USB INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Windows 98 / Windows 2000 Users . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mac Users (OS 9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
MENU OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-27
DISPLAY MESSAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
MD SYSTEM INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
TECHNICAL DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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