Sony MHC-DX20 - Manual (Page 16)

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Tip
To check the required tape length for recording a CD,
press EDIT until “EDIT” flashes after you have
loaded a CD and pressed CD. The required tape
length for the currently selected CD appears, followed
by the total playing time for side A and side B
respectively (
Tape Select Edit ).
Note
You cannot use Tape Select Edit for discs containing
over 20 tracks.
Timer-recording radio
programs
You can record a preset radio station from a
specified time.
To timer-record, you must first preset the radio
station (see “Presetting radio stations” on page
11) and set the clock (see “Setting the time” on
page 8).
1
Tune in the preset radio station (see
“Listening to the radio” on page 12).
2
Press CLOCK/TIMER SET on the
remote.
“SET DAILY 1” appears.
3
Press v or V repeatedly to select “SET
REC”, then press ENTER.
“ON” appears and the hour indication
flashes in the display.
4
Set the time to start recording.
Press v or V repeatedly to set the hour,
then press B.
The minute indication starts flashing.
Press v or V repeatedly to set the minute,
then press ENTER.
Recording a CD by specifying
track order
— Program Edit
When programing, make sure the playing times
for each side do not exceed the length of one
side of the tape.
1
Load a CD and load a recordable tape
into deck B.
2
Press CD.
3
Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until
“PROGRAM” appears in the display.
4
Press one of DISC 1 – 3 to select a CD.
5
Press . or > until the desired
track appears in the display.
6
Press ENTER.
The track is programed. The program step
number appears, followed by the total
playing time.
7
To program additional tracks, repeat
steps 4 to 6.
Skip step 4 to select tracks from the same
disc.
8
Press X to pause at the end of side A.
9
Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the same disc
or 4 to 6 for tracks from another disc to
program the remaining tracks to be
recorded on side B.
10
Press CD SYNC.
Deck B stands by to record in the direction
of the indication on nN (the right
indication lights to record on the forward
side and the left indicator lights to record on
the reverse side). The CD player stands by
for playback.
11
Press DIRECTION repeatedly to select
g to record on one side. Select j
(or RELAY) to record on both sides.
12
Press REC PAUSE.
Recording starts.
Recording to a tape (continued)