HHB comm HHB MDP500 - Manual (Page 20)

1. Load the MD disc to be used for playback into the
disc opening.
2. Press the PLAY button to start playback.
3. Press the PAUSE or STOP buttons to pause or
stop playback.
4. During playback, press the AMS button once
to locate the beginning of the next track. Press the
AMS
button once to locate the beginning of
the current track. If you repeatedly press either of
the AMS buttons, the track will continuously jump in
the direction indicated. If the AMS
button is
pressed repeatedly from Track 1, the PORTADISC
will ‘wrap round’ to the last track.
FAST SEARCH FUNCTION
You can playback a track in fast search mode by holding
down either the REW or FF buttons. If you hold the
buttons for more than 5 seconds, playback will enter an
extra-fast search mode.
DIRECT TRACK SELECT FUNCTION
You can locate a track you want by its number in order
to play it back.
1. During stop mode, press AMS or AMS
repeatedly to choose the track number.
2. Press PLAY to start playback of the required track.
REPEAT ONE OR REPEAT ALL FUNCTION
You can repeatedly play back a particular track or all
the tracks from the MD disc.
1. Press SYSTEM button until ‘REPEAT MODE ?’ is
displayed.
2. Press F1 to choose the repeat mode from ‘ALL’ or
‘ONE’. Then press F2 to set-up.
3. Press the PLAY button to begin playback.
4. The PORTADISC will repeatedly play back a
particular track or all tracks accordingly. Whilst in
the repeat mode, either ‘ONE’ or ‘ALL’ will be shown
in the top right hand corner of the display.
5. If you want to cancel the repeat mode, choose ‘OFF’
for the repeat mode as described above.
REPEAT A-B
You can repeatedly play back a certain portion within a
track.
1. Press the SYSTEM button until ‘REPEAT MODE ?’
is displayed.
2. Press F1 to choose ‘A-B’. Then press F2 to set-up.
3. Play back the track you want to repeat. While
playing back the track, ‘A-B’ will be shown in the top
right hand corner of the display.
4. During playback, press the F2 button at the time
that you want the repeat function to start. As this
point has now been registered as A, ‘Repeat A-’ will
be shown momentarily on the display.
5. Continue playback or press the FF button to reach
the place where you want the repeat function to
end. Then press the F2 button to set-up the repeat
end point – point B. The PORTADISC will now repeat
the portion between point A and point B.
‘Repeat A-B’ will be shown on the display
momentarily while rewinding from B to A.
6. You can also change points A and B during replay. If
you press F2 again during replay, the point you had
previously set as B will now become a new point A
and you will be able to register a new point B by
following the procedure mentioned in point 5 above.
7. If you want to reset the repeat A-B setting, press
the STOP button, or change the playback track
using the AMS
or AMS buttons.
With this mode, the PORTADISC will pause between
tracks. This mode is useful if you want to playback
particular tracks one at a time rather than continuously;
ideal for broadcast or theatre productions.
1. Press the SYSTEM button until ‘AUTO-PAUSE?’ is
recalled.
2. Press F1 to choose ‘YES’. Then press F2 to set-up.
3. With auto-pause on, the PORTADISC will
automatically pause at the end of the current track.
If you wish to replay the same track, press AMS
once, then press the PLAY button. If you want to
start playing back the next track, simply press the
PLAY button. The PORTADISC will stay in pause
mode after playing back the next track.
4. To cancel the auto-pause mode, set this mode to
‘NO’ in the system menu.
PLAYBACK
PORTADISC MDP500 MiniDisc Recorder
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REPEAT MODE ?
ALL SET EXIT
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NORMAL PLAYBACK
REPEAT FUNCTIONS
AUTO PAUSE MODE
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