Sony TC-WR545 - Manual (Page 9)

Locating a Selection — Multi-AMS (Automatic
Music Sensor)
Through its ability to detect the blank space between selections, the Multi-AMS
function allows you to skip up to 30 selections while fast-forwarding or reversing to
the beginning of a specific selection.
During playback, press or ►► as many
times as the number of selections to be
skipped.
Playback
direction
indicator
To locate a
selection after
the current
one
To locate a
selection
before the
current one*
O ►►
<1 ►►
* Pressing ◄◄ or ►► once locates the beginning of
the current selection.
Tape direction indicaton ^
: Beginning of selection
« [ B ]
[ /] ►► I /] ►►
[ B ]
i l l I H i
Previous
selection Current
selection
Next
selection
•Each time the unit detects a
blank space, the indicated
Multi-AMS number decreases
by one.
•■riie PLAY indicator flashes
during Multi-AMS operation.
•When the beginning of the
specified selection is reached,
the counter indication appears
again and playback
automatically restarts.
- PLAY -es»
I O
Changing the indicated number of selections to be
skipped
Press the or ►► button at any time, even during Multi-
AMS operation.
The MuHi-AMS number may change as you are
setting it
due to the detection of blank spaces as the unit begins to
fastwind.
The Muiti-AMS may skip a selection in the
following cases:
•If you press the ►► (or ◄◄) button munediately before
the selection.
•If there is noise in the space before the selection.
•If the space before the selection is less than four seconds
long.
The Multi-AMS will treat the following as blanks:
•A long pause in the music
•A passage of low frequencies or very low volume
•A gradual increase or decrease in volume
The Multi-AMS does not function on both decks
simultaneously
The Multi-AMS is disabled on one deck whenever the other
deck is in playback, recording or pause mode.
Note
Even if the DIR MODE switch is set to
C I D
, the Multi-AMS
function does not extend to the other side, but stops when
the first side comes to an end.