User manual SONY MD-SJE780

[. . . ] -One MD can contain 99 groups RECORDING INTO AN EXISTING GROUP (page 16) 1-Follow steps 1-5 of RECORDING 2-Press GROUP ON/OFF button 3-Press GROUP SKIP button to display the group you want to record into 4-Press REC button "New Track" will display 5-Follow steps 7-9 of RECORDING MDLP RECORDING (page 17) 1-Follow RECORDING steps 1-5 2-Press REC MODE button to choose one of the following: Stereo(no display)/LP2/LP4/MONO TURNING LP STAMP ON/OFF (page 17) 1-When playback is stopped pause or active press 2-Turn AMS DIAL (remote forward/back) to display or YES button 3-Turn AMS DIAL (remote forward/back) to display STAMP OFF then press AMS or YES button 4-Turn AMS DIAL (remote forward/back) to display AMS or YES button 5-Press MENU/NO button MENU/NO button SETUP?then press AMS LP STAMP ON or LP LP STAMP ON then press ADJUSTING RECORDING LEVEL (page 18) 1-Follow steps 1-6 of RECORDING 2-Playback the highest level of the material being recorded 3-Press the LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR button (DISPLAY button on remote) to display INPUT LEVEL 4-Turn the AMS dial (LEVEL + - button on remote) to adjust the recording level. Set the level so that it does enter into the OVER area on level meter 5-Playback the material to be recorded 6-To start recording at this point follow step 8 of RECORDING ADJUSTING LEVELS WHILE IN PLAYBACK OR PAUSE MODE (page 18) 1-Press MENU/NO button when in playback or pause 2-Turn the AMS dial (press remote<> button) to display SETUP? [. . . ] "-Rehersal-" and "Point A ok?" will both flash as the first few second up to point A will repeatedly playback 5-When point A is set correctly press AMS dial or YES once more, "Point set B" will display -WHEN POINT A IS NOT SET CORRECTLY: While listening to the few seconds of repeated playback turn the AMS dial or use remote FOR/BACK keys to adjust point A then press AMS or YES (adjustment is done in 1/86 of a second- 1f 1 frame units) 6-Continue playback and at the ending point (point B) press AMS dial or YES button "A-B Ers" and "Point B" will both flash, the track information between A and B will repeat 7-When point B is set correctly press AMS dial or YES button "Complete!" will display -WHEN POINT B IS NOT SET CORRECTLY: While listening to the few seconds of repeated playback turn the AMS dial or use remote FOR/BACK keys to adjust point A then press AMS or YES ( adjustment is done in 1/86 of a second- 1f 1 frame units) -Changing the adjustment units for control of erasure points Press the FOR/BACK buttons on the main unit to switch between Frames/seconds/minutes when making adjustments to point A or B -To quit before the final step press STOP DIVIDE A TRACK (page 33) Pick a track and choose point to divide at 1-When in play/pause or stop mode press MENU/NO 2-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose "Divide?" then press the AMS dial or YES button Playback will begin 3-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose the track that will be divided 4-While listening to the track press the AMS dial or YES button to choose the point the track will be divided at "-Rehearsal-" will flash, a few seconds after the point the AMS/YES button were pressed will repeat allowing for fine adjustment of the dividing point 5-If the point of division is correct press AMS or YES button "Complete!" will display IF THE POINT OF DIVISION IS NOT CORRECT: While listening to the few seconds of repeated playback turn the AMS dial or use remote FOR/BACK keys to adjust division point then press AMS or YES (adjustment is done in 1/86 of a second- 1f 1 frame units) -Changing the adjustment units for control of erasure points Press the FOR/BACK buttons on the main unit to switch between Frames/seconds/minutes when making adjustments to division point -To quit before the final step press STOP -Tracks can be divided while recording, see section on track marking page 20 COMBINING TRACKS (page 33) 1-When in play/pause or stop mode press MENU/NO 2-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose "Combine?" then press the AMS dial or YES button 3-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose the first track that will be combined, the display for choosing the second track will show and the end portion of the first track and the beginning portion of the second track will play and repeat. 4-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose the second track that will be divided then press the AMS dial or YES button on remote. "Complete!" will display and playback will begin on the newly combined track -To quit before the final step press STOP MOVE A TRACK (page 34) 1-When in play/pause or stop mode press MENU/NO 2-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose "move?" then press the AMS dial or YES button 3-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose the track that will be moved then press the AMS dial or YES button on remote. 4-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose the position for the track to be moved to (the track will be moved to the position after the track chosen in this step) then press the AMS dial or YES button on remote. "Complete!" will display and playback will begin on newly moved track. -To quit before the final step press STOP NAMING A TRACK OR DISC (page 34) Using upper and lower case alphabet letters, numbers, symbols and Japanese Katakana a disc can hold up to 1700 characters. -The 780 cannot display or enter Japanese Kanji or hiragana 1-When in play/pause or stop mode press MENU/NO 2-Turn the AMS dial to choose "Nm In?" then press the AMS dial or YES button If titling while recording skip to step 4 3-Turn the AMS dial to choose the track number to be titled or "Disc" to title a disc then press the AMS dial or YES button The cursor will flash and unit will enter character entry mode, if a track number was chosen the track will playback and repeat 4-Press the LEVEL/DISPLAY/CHAR button to choose the type of character to be entered: "A" Roman alphabet capital "a" Roman alphabet lower case "0" numerals "`" symbols "A" Katakana -To create a space when titling press the FORWARD arrow key once, the first character of a title cannot be a space. 5-Turn the AMS dial to choose the desired character, the character will flash. To change a still flashing character repeat steps 4-5. 6-Press the AMS dial, the character will stop flashing and the cursor will advance to the next position. 7-Repeat steps 4-6 for each character, -To change any character press the FORWARD/BACK buttons to highlight the desired character then follow steps 4-6 again. -To erase a character press the FORWARD/BACK buttons to highlight the desired character then press the CLEAR button 8-Press the YES button to save finished titling information, "Complete!" will display -To quit before the final step press STOP TITILING USING THE REMOTE (page 35) 1-To title a track: Press NAME EDIT/SELECT when the track to be titled is in playback, pause, stopped or record mode -To title a disc: Press NAME EDIT/SELECT when playback is stopped the cursor will flash and unit will enter character entry mode 2-Press NAME EDIT/SELECT to choose type of character to be entered: "Selected AB" Roman alphabet capital/symbols "Selected ab" Roman alphabet lower case/symbols "Selected A" symbols "Selected 12" numerals 3-To enter the desired characters from the Alphabet/Katakana group: press the corresponding letter/katakana key repeatedly on the remote, or press the FOR/BACK keys to scroll through all the letters. -To choose symbols press BACKWARD button when "A" is displayed -Press FORWARD button after the correct character is chosen and the cursor will move to the next position. -To choose numbers press the corresponding number button, after it is pressed the cursor will move to the next position 4-Repeat steps 2-3 to enter all characters -To change a character: press the FOR/BACK buttons to select the character to be changed, press CLEAR and then repeat steps 2-3 to reenter character 5-Press the YES button to save finished titling information, "Complete!" will display -To quit before the final step press STOP CHANGING A TITLE (page 36) 1-To change a title: When the track number is displayed press NAME EDIT/SELECT button -To change a disc name: Press NAME EDIT/SELECT button when playback is stopped 2-Press and hold the CLEAR button until all title information is erased 3-Follow steps 4-7 of titling on the main unit or steps 2-4 of titling with the remote to enter a new title 4-Press YES button ERASE A NAME (page 36) 1-Press NAME EDIT/SELECT when in playback, pause, stopped or record mode "Edit Menu" will display 2-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose "Nm Erase?" then press the AMS dial or YES button 3-Turn the AMS dial to choose the track number to be erased or "Disc" to erase the disc title then press the AMS dial or YES button "Complete!" will display -To quit before the final step press STOP TITILING A GROUP (page 37) TITLING A GROUP ON THE MAIN UNIT 1-When playback is stopped press GROUP ON/OFF button 2-Press GROUP SKIP button to choose the group to be titled 3-Press MENU/NO button, "Edit Menu" will display 4-Turn AMS dial to choose "Nm In?" then press AMS dial or YES button 5-Turn AMS dial to choose "Gp (number of group) " then press AMS dial or YES button, the cursor will flash and unit will enter character entry mode 6-Follow steps 4-7 of titling on the main unit -To quit before the final step press STOP TITILING USING THE REMOTE 1-When playback is stopped press GROUP ON/OFF button 2-Press GROUP SKIP button to choose the group to be titled 3-When playback is stopped press NAME EDIT/SELECT the cursor will flash and unit will enter character entry mode 4-Follow steps 2-4 of titling with the remote -To quit before the final step press STOP CHANGING A TITLE (page 37) 1-When playback is stopped press GROUP ON/OFF button 2-Press GROUP SKIP button to choose the group to be renamed 3-When playback is stopped and the group to be renamed is displayed press NAME EDIT/SELECT 4-Follow steps 2-4 of Changing a Title ERASING A GROUP TITLE (page 37) 1-When playback is stopped press GROUP ON/OFF button 2-Press GROUP SKIP button to choose the group title to be erased 3-Press MENU/NO button, "Edit Menu" will display 4-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose "Nm Erase?"then press the AMS dial or YES button 5-Turn the AMS dial to choose the track number to be erased or "Disc" to erase the disc title then press the AMS dial or YES button "Complete!" will display -To quit before the final step press STOP CREATING A NEW GROUP (page 38) 1-When playback is stopped press GROUP ON/OFF button 2--Press MENU/NO button, "Edit Menu" will display 3-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose "Gp Create?" then press the AMS dial or YES button 4-Follow steps 4-7 of titling on the main unit or steps 2-4 of titling with the remote to enter a new group title 5-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose the first track to be registered into the group then press the AMS dial or YES button 6-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose the last track to be registered into the group then press the AMS dial or YES button. [. . . ] out, then press AMS dial or YES button 4-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to adjust the fade time then press AMS dial or YES button. The time can be adjusted in 0. 1 second increments 5-Press MENU/NO button SLEEP TIMER (page 43) The unit can automatically shut off at a programmed time 1-When playback is stopped or during playback press the MENU/NO button 2-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose "Setup?" then press AMS dial or YES button 3-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose "Sleep Off" then press AMS dial or YES button 4-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose Sleep On or Sleep Off then press AMS dial or YES button 5-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose "Sleep 60min" then press AMS dial or YES button 6-Turn the AMS dial or press the remote FOR/BACK buttons to choose one of the following 30min/60min/off/90min/120min then press AMS dial or YES button 7-Press MENU/NO button To turn sleep timer off press "Sleep Off" TIMER PLAYBACK FUNCTION (page 44) A separate timer can be attached to the 780 for timer controlled playback and recording The timer is sold separately. 1-Follow steps 1-4 of Playback (page 23) 2-Press PLAY MODE button to choose type of playback 3-Turn the timer switch on the 780 to PLAY 4-Set the time on the timer -The 780 power will turn on automatically when the time for recording begins or turn off when playback is timed to end. 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