MD Minidisc Messages, Minidisc Limitations

■MD (Minidisc) Messages

English

Message

Meaning

Action

BLANK DISC

CANNOT JOIN

DISC ERROR

DISC FULL

DISC PROTECTED

EMERGENCY STOP

MD NO DISC

NON AUDIO

CANNOT COPY

PLAYBACK MD

TRACK

PROTECTED

SCMS

CANNOT COPY

DIGITAL IN

UNLOCK

LOAD ERROR

A disc has been inserted with nothing recorded on it.

You have tried to join tracks which cannot be joined.

There is a problem (damage) with the disc.

There is not enough space left on the disc. There are over 254 tracks.

The disc is in accidental erasure protection mode.

A malfunction occurred during recording.

There is no disc in the unit.

You have tried to digitally dub a CD-ROM.

You have tried to record or edit on a playback- only disc.

The track is protected.

You have tried to make a copy of a copy by digital dubbing.

The digital cable is disconnected.

MD is not correctly loaded.

Except when making a new recording, replace the disc with one which has been recorded on.

This is a limitation of the minidisc system. See “Minidisc limitations” below.

Replace the disc.

Replace the disc with another recordable MD.

Slide the accidental erasure protection tab. (So that the hole is covered.)

Stop the disc by pressing the 7 button and redo the operation.

Insert a disc into the unit.

Stop recording.

Replace the disc with a recordable MD.

This unit cannot undo track protection. Undo the protection using the appliance that created it.

Dub using analog input (LINE IN).

Connect the digital cable securely.

Disconnect the AC power cord and reconnect it after a little while. Then, press the MD 0 button.

■Minidisc Limitations

The minidisc records information in an original format that differs from that of conventional cassette tapes or DATs. Since there are some lim- itations with this recording format, the following types of conditions may arise. These conditions are not malfunctions.

	Condition	Cause

	“DISC FULL” is displayed, even though	With the minidisc, there is a maximum number of tracks which can be recorded, regardless of
	the possible recording time is not used up.	time. More than 254 tracks cannot be recorded on a disc.

	“DISC FULL” is displayed, even though	When parts of the disc are erased and re-recorded, blank spots are created on the disc. When
	the number of tracks and recording time	recording to such a disc, one track of data is divided and recorded in the blank areas. During
	are not at the limit.	recording, when these divided parts become numerous, the “DISC FULL” message may be
		displayed. When a part of 8 seconds or less is created by division, that track cannot be joined
	The JOIN function sometimes does not
	The JOIN function sometimes does not	by the JOIN function, and even if it is erased, the remaining usable time on the disc does not
	work.
	work.	increase. Tracks divided into small pieces may skip when fast forward or fast rewind is done.

	The remaining usable time on the disc
	does not increase even when tracks are
	erased.

	The sound skip during fast forward or fast
	rewind.

	The amount of recorded time on the disc	Minidiscs must have at least 2 seconds of continuous space in order to record. For this rea-
	added to the amount of remaining time	son, the actual recording time of discs with a lot of short blank areas becomes shorter.
	falls shout of the disc’s total possible
	recording time.