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System limitations of the
MD
The recording system in your MiniDisc
recorder is radically different from those
used in cassette and DAT decks and the
system has limitations described below.
Note, however, that these limitations are due
to the inherent nature of the MD recording
system itself and not to mechanical causes.
"Disc Full" appears in the display
even before the MD has reached
the maximum recording time
(60, 74 or 80 minutes).
When 255 tracks have been recorded on the
MD, "Disc Full" appears regardless of the
total recorded time. More than 255 tracks
cannot be recorded on the MD. To continue
recording, erase unnecessary tracks.
"Disc Full" appears in the display
even before the MD has reached
the maximum track number or
recording time.
Repeated recording and erasing may cause
fragmentation and scattering of data.
Although those scattered data can be read,
each fragment is counted as a track. In this
case, the number of tracks may reach 255
and further recording is not possible. To
continue recording, erase unnecessary tracks.
The remaining recording time
does not increase even after
erasing numerous short tracks.
Tracks shorter than 12 seconds* are not
counted, so erasing them may not increase
the recording time.
* During stereo recording. (approximately
24 seconds during monaural and LP2
stereo recording, or 48 seconds during
LP4 stereo recording)
Some tracks cannot be
combined with others.
Track combination may become impossible
when tracks are shorter than 12 seconds.
The track recorded in stereo and that
recorded in monaural cannot be combined.
The total recorded time and the
remaining time on the MD may
not reach the maximum
recording time (60, 74 or 80
minutes).
Recording is done in minimum units of 2
seconds* each, no matter how short the
material. The contents recorded may thus be
shorter than the maximum recording
capacity. Disc space may also be further
reduced by scratches.
* During stereo recording. (approximately 4
seconds during monaural and LP2 stereo
recording, or 8 seconds during LP4 stereo
recording)
The sound may dropout while
fast-fowarding or rewinding the
edited tracks.
Tracks created through editing may exhibit
sound dropout during fast-forwarding or
rewinding because high-speed playback
takes time to search for the position on the
disc when the tracks are scattered on the
disc.
Guide to the serial copy
management system
Digital audio equipment such as CDs, MDs,
DATs, etc., copy music easily with high
quality, for these products process music as a
digital signal. The Serial Copy Management
System allows you to make only a single
copy of a recorded digital source through
digital-to-digital connections because music
programmes may be copyrighted.
This system is applied to this player.
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