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EDITING
PORTADISC MDP500 MiniDisc Recorder
The PORTADISC operates in four editing modes – erase,
divide, combine and move. In addition, you can also
label a disc or individual tracks. These different editing
modes enable you to:
• go to a particular point in the middle of a track
instantly,
• combine two tracks together to make them into
one track,
• move a track wherever you want to,
• erase tracks.
You can erase a track by recalling the track number.
After erasing a track, the track numbers on all following
tracks will automatically decrease by one.
This example illustrates erasing track number 2:
Track number 1 2 3 4
Track content A B C D
ERASE
New track content A C D
There are three ways which you can erase a recording:
1. Erase only one track.
2. Erase all the tracks at once.
3. Erase part of a track.
ERASE ONLY ONE TRACK
A particular track will be erased by recalling the track
number.
1. Press the EDIT button on the top of the
PORTADISC until ‘ERASE ?’ is displayed.
2. Press F1 to recall the desired track, e.g.,
‘TRK002’. Then press F2 to setup.
3. ’ERASE???’ and ‘TRK002’ will appear in the display
window. Press F2 once again to erase the track.
4. The erase process has been completed. ‘Complete!’
will be shown in the display.
5. If you wish to continue erasing other tracks, repeat
the procedure above.
ERASE ALL THE TRACKS AT ONCE
The function erases all the tracks recorded on the MD
disc. The disc name and track names are also
removed.
1. Press the EDIT button until ‘ALL ERASE ?’ is
displayed.
2. Press the F2 button.
3. ’ALL ERASE???’ will appear in the display window.
Press F2 once again to erase all the tracks.
4. Once the all erase process has been completed,
‘Complete!’ and then ‘Blank Disc!’ will be shown in
the display.
ERASE PART OF A TRACK
By using divide and combine functions in conjunction
with the erase function, you can erase a particular part
within a track (see the divide and combine functions
later on for further information). This example
illustrates erasing the middle part A2 in track A:
1. If there are two tracks already recorded as tracks A
and B, divide track A into three parts:
A B
DIVIDE
A1, A2, A3
B
2. Now, erase the A2 part.
A1, A3 B
3. Then, combine A1 and A3 to make one track.
A (= A1 + A3) B
The divide function divides a recorded track into two
separate parts, effectively adding a new track number
within a track for quick location.
This example illustrates dividing track number 2 into
two parts, B1 and B2:
Track number 1 2 3 (4)
Track content A B C
DIVIDE
New track content A B1 B2 C
1. While replaying the track that you wish to divide,
press PAUSE at the point where you want the divide.
2. Press the EDIT button until ‘DIVIDE?’ is displayed.
Then press F2 to setup.
ERASE ?
TRK002 YES EXIT
ERASE ???
TRK002 YES EXIT
ALL ERASE ?
YES EXIT
ALL ERASE ???
YES EXIT
DIVIDE ?
TRK001+000 YES EXIT
ERASE FUNCTION
DIVIDE FUNCTION
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