Recording Vinyl into MPC (not about plugging)

hi, i've tried the search function and i've read the manual...
i understand that on the MPC 1000 that when you record from a turntable/cd player that you can select a end point, or end early when recording into the mpc.. I was wondering, is this the same for the 2000XL? i can't seem to find anything about it in the manual off akai's site, though i did kind of just skim through the index.. some of the videos i've seen for the XL only shows the beat maker recording from vinyl - pad by pad, having to keep going back into the record and record somethin different to a pad each time.. is there a way to record like the 1000, recording a whole segment of a song?

I'm not too sure what u mean, but I'll give it a shot.
to sample in the xl , the sound level has to either reach a certain peak, or u can hit the record button twice to record sound. To stop recording you can either limit the sample time so it stops at whatever time u set it, or hit the stop button.

So you can record say like 30 seconds into the mpc from the turntable, and then assign it to pads after you chop it up?

^got that right

ah, thanks guys. i forget where, but i heard you couldn't do that with 2000xl.. but thanks though, big help