Sony MZ-N505 Operating Instructions Manual page 53

Symptom Cause
The playing time of a This is due to a calculation discrepancy between the
checked-out track is recorder and the computer.
different from the time that
appears on your computer
monitor.
You cannot check out tracks The minimum recordable time on the disc is normally 2
that will fill up the
seconds in stereo, 4 seconds in LP2 stereo mode, and 8
remaining recording time on seconds in LP4 stereo mode. When you check-out a track
the disc. (For example, you
from your computer the recorder needs 2 seconds (4 or 8
cannot check-out tracks that seconds)-space for one track even though the track is
total 160 minutes to an 80-
under 2 seconds (4 or 8 seconds) length. Also the recorder
minute disc in LP2 stereo
inserts 2 seconds (4 or 8 seconds)-space between tracks
mode.)
when checking out in order not to erase the previously
recorded track or not to be erased by recorded over. For
this reason, the recorder needs 6 seconds (12 or 24
seconds) longer time for a track so that as a result, the
recordable time of the disc become 6 seconds (12 or 24
seconds) shorter than the maximum recordable time of the
disc when checking out.
You cannot erase a track To erase a track that has been checked out from your
checked out from your computer, check it back in first, and then erase it using the
computer. OpenMG Jukebox software.