Tascam MD-801RMKII MiniDisc Player User Manual


 
4 - Playback of discs
4–2
TASCAM MD-801R/P Mk II
4.2.4 Playing back a single track
When the disc has been loaded and the TOC has been
read, use the
PLAY MODE
key to select the
SINGLE
play mode (see
[22]
).
Use the
TRACK
keys
[4]
to move the playback posi-
tion to the start of the desired track.
Press the
PLAY
key
[6]
. Playback will start from the
beginning of the track.
Stop playback with the
STOP
key
[5]
. Playback will
restart at the start of the disc, unless you move the
playback position to the start of the next track to be
played back.
NOTE
The above function can be overridden with
the resume function, which turns the
STOP
key into a “PAUSE” key and allows playback
to continue from where it was paused using
the STOP key. See 3.6, "Resume setting" for
details.
Pause playback with the
READY
key
[7]
and restart
it with the
PLAY
key.
4.2.5 Entering the A and B location points
1
Press the
MEMO IN/CAPS
key
[23]
so that the
indicator lights.
2
Locate the playback point to the first location,
and press
LOC A/DEL
[24]
. The indicator will
light, showing that a value has been entered into
the location, and the
MEMO IN/CAPS
indica-
tor will go out.
3
Locate the playback point to the second loca-
tion, and press the
MEMO IN/CAPS
key
[23]
again so that the indicator lights.
4
Press
LOC B/INSERT
[24]
. The indicator will
light, showing that a value has been entered into
the location, and the
MEMO IN/CAPS
indica-
tor will go out.
Clear the location points by stopping playback,
pressing the
MEMO IN/CAPS
key, and pressing the
appropriate location key (
LOC A/DEL
or
LOC B/
INSERT
) so that the indicator goes out.
4.2.6 Playback between two location
points
1
Enter the location points as described above.
2
Press the
PLAY MODE
key
[22]
so that the
display shows
A-B
.
3
Press
LOC A/DEL
[24]
. The unit will locate to
the first point, and start playing until it reaches
the second point, and then stop.
If the location points are in the wrong order (i.e. B
precedes A), the display will show
A-B Error
when playback is attempted.
4.2.7 The CALL function
The CALL key
[10]
is used for easy location to a
marked point
1
Put the MD-801 into play ready mode at the
point you want to mark (the
READY
indicator
[7]
should be lit).
2
Press the
READY
key. The current point is now
marked.
3
You can now play back, or perform the next
operation.
4
To return to the marked point, press the
CALL
key
[10]
.
The MD-801R also automatically sets the call point
at the point where recording last started. This enables
easy return to the point where the recording started,
using the
CALL
key, in order to check a take, etc.
4.2.8 Relative time display
The call point set in the way described above (4.2.7,
"The CALL function") can also be used as a zero
point for relative time display (all times are displayed
relative to this point, with times before the point
being displayed as negative values), To enter the rel-
ative time mode:
1
Make sure that the MEMO IN/CAPS indicator
[23] is lit.
2
Press the TIME key [17] to show the different
display modes. The relative display mode
appears as follows:
where
xxx represents the “minutes” portion of the
elapsed time since the call point, and
yy represents
the “seconds” portion of the elapsed time. Times
before the call point are prefixed with a minus sign.
NOTE
If no call point has been set, the “relative time”
will be from the start of the disc.
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