Md System Information - HHB Portadisc MDP500 Operating Instructions Manual

MD SYSTEM INFORMATION

The MD has a different recording system from compact
cassette or DAT. Because of this, there may be
circumstances when the following situations occur
during operation. It should be noted that these are not
faults.
• 'Disc Full!' message is showing although there still
seems to be enough recordable time remaining.
The MD disc cannot record more than 255 tracks
regardless of the total recording time. Delete some
tracks or replace the disc.
• The recordable time does not increase even though
the short tracks have been erased.
Any track shorter than 10 seconds may not be taken
into account when calculating the remaining time. So
erasing short tracks may not increase the recordable
time.
• The sum of the recorded time and the time remaining
does not match with the maximum recordable time of
the MD disc.
A minimum of two seconds is the smallest recordable
unit in an MD recording. Even when a track is less than
two seconds long, the track will still occupy two
seconds worth of space. This means that the actual
recordable time will be reduced. Also, if there are
scratches on the MD disc, the damaged area will be
omitted from the recording. This will also cause a
reduction in the recordable time.
• When over-writing on a used MD disc:
1. The time remaining display may not show the
correct time or the recordable time remaining
may be drastically reduced.
2. You may not be able to record new audio and
erase the old material simultaneously.
In such cases, erase the previous recording using the
EDIT mode.
• The time may not show correctly on the display with
the mono format MD disc.
• Excess use of edit functions may cause audio
corruption so that audio hiccups will occur on playback
or fast search playback.
• A track that is compiled using the edit mode may not
allow the combine function to operate.
• The time stamp will not work correctly if a power cut
occurs while recording.
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