Sony MDS-JA3ES User Manual

Editing Recorded MDs

Labeling Recordings (Title
Function)

Press AMS to enter the selected character.
The cursor shifts rightward and waits for the input
of the next character.

You can create titles for your recorded MDs and tracks.
Titles — which may consist of uppercase and
lowercase letters, numbers and symbols for a
maximum of about 1,700 characters per disc — appear
in the display during MD operation.

Use the following procedure to label a track or an MD.

You can label a track while it is playing, pausing or
recording. If the track is playing, be sure to finish
labeling before the track ends. If the track ends
before you've completed the labeling procedure,
the characters already entered are not recorded and
the track will remain unlabeled.

1 Press EDIT /NO repeatedly until "Name in ?"

appears in the display, then do the following;

To label Make sure that the deck is

A track

Playing, pausing, recording the track
to be labeled, or stopped after
locating the track to be labeled

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11 12 13 14 IS

to 17 16

5 Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until you have entered the

entire title.

If you entered the wrong character

Press ◄◄ or ►► until the character to be corrected starts
flashing, and repeat Steps 3 and 4 to enter the correct
character.

To erase a character

Press •♦O or ►► until the character to be erased starts
flashing, then press EDIT/NO.

To enter a space

Press AMS or ►► while the cursor is flashing.

6 Press YES.

This completes the labeling procedure and the title
appears on the left side of the display.

To cancel labeling

Press ■.

Note

You cannot label a track or an MD while you are recording
over an existing track.

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An MD

Stopped with no track number
appearing in the display

2 Press YES.

A flashing cursor appears in the display.

3 Tum AMS to select the first character.

The selected character flashes.
Letters, numbers, and symbols appear in sequential
order as you turn AMS.
You can use the following symbols in titles:

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6 7 8 g 10
11 12 13 14 IS
It 17 18

6 7 8 0 to

11 12 13 14 IS
16 17 It

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Editing Recorded MDs

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Press NAME repeatedly until a flashing cursor
appears in the display, then do the following:

To label Make sure that the deck is

A track

An MD Stopped with no track number

Select the character type as follows:

To select Press

Lowercase letters CAPS repeatedly until "Selected

Uppercase letters CAPS repeatedly until "Selected

Numbers NUM repeatedly until "Selected

Playing, pausing, recording the track
to be labeled, or stopped after
locating the track to be labeled

appearing in the display

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ABC" appears in the display

123" appears in the display

Changing an existing title [x]

1 Press NAME, then do the following:

To change Make sure that the deck is

A track title

A disc name Stopped with no track number

Playing, pausing the track whose
title is to be changed, or stopped
after locating the track whose
title is to be changed

appearing in the display

2 Keep pressing CLEAR (or EDIT/NO on the deck)

until the current title is erased.

3 Enter the new title.

Do Steps 3 to 5 of "Labeling Recordings" on page 28,
or Steps 2 to 4 of "Labeling tracks and MDs with the
remote" on this page.

4 Press NAME.

Erasing all titles on a disc (Name Erase
Function)

Use this function to erase all titles on an MD
simultaneously.

Note that once erased, titles cannot be recovered.

1 Keep pressing EDIT/NO while the deck is stopped

until "All Erase ?" appears in the display.

2 Press EDIT/NO again.

"Name Erase ?" appears in the display.

3 Enter one character at a time.

After you enter a character, the cursor shifts
rightward and waits for the input of the next
character.

4 Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until you have entered the

entire title.

if you entered the wrong character

Press ■« or ►► until the character to be corrected starts
flashing.
Press CLEAR to erase the incorrect character, then enter
tlie correct one.

5 Press NAME again.

The entered title appears on the left side of the
display window after the label has been recorded.

To cancel labeling

Press ■.

3 Press YES.

All titles are erased.

To cancel the Name Erase Function

Press ■.

You can erase all recorded tracks and titles

See "Erasing aU tracks on an MD" on page 24.

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