Sony MDS-B6P MP3 Player User Manual


 
6-1 Overview of Editing Functions
Chapter 7 Setup Menu
7-2 Chapter 7 Setup Menu
LevelSync function adds track numbers automatically
at specified points where the rise in the audio signal is
detected during recording.
You can set the following items as well as turning on
and off of LevelSync function using the setup menu
for fitting your needs.
Turning on and off of the LevelSync function
(F06: Levelsync)
The factory setting is off.
Threshold level for the LevelSync function
(F16: Levelsync threshold)
You can adjust the threshold level for detecting as a
silence portion of audio signal. –50 dB (factory
setting) is the threshold level used to detect the rise in
audio signal from a silence portion. You can adjust
this level according to the input signal ranging from
–72 dB to 0 dB.
The minimum length of the silence portion to
be detected (F17: Levelsync width)
You can set the minimum length of the silence portion
to be detected. If the silence portion lasts longer than
1.5 second, this portion is regarded as a track, and the
track number will be marked when the following rise
in the audio signal comes. You can adjust the
minimum length to detect ranging from 0.0 second to
9.5 seconds with reference to the input signals.
LevelSync offset function (F18: Levelsync
offset)
The LevelSync offset function allows you to adjust the
margin between the position where the track number is
marked and the rise in the audio signal. You can tune
finely the starting point of playback using this
function.
You can shift up to 9 seconds 85 frames before or after
the rise in the audio signal regarded as 0 second 0
frame (factory setting). However, you cannot mark the
track number at the position before the silence portion
starts.
To set the items for the LevelSync
function
1 Press the EDIT/NO button while holding down the
STOP button.
The Setup menu appears.
2 Turn the AMS control until the item you want to
set is displayed.
F06: Levelsync
F16: Levelsync threshold
F17: Levelsync width
F18: Levelsync offset
3 Press the AMS control.
The indication flashes to show that you can change
the setting.
4 Turn the AMS control to select the setting values.
5 Press the AMS control to affect the selection and
exit from the Setup menu.
7-2 LevelSync Setting (Track Marking Function)
Silence portion
1 2 – 5
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Minimum length of the
silence portion to be
detected
Margin between the
track number position
and the rise in the
audio signal
Track number is
marked here.