System Limitations
There are some system limitations of the unit. Troubles as mentioned below are not malfunctions of the unit.
You cannot record messages up to the maximum recording time.
•If you record messages in a mixture of SP and LP modes, the recordable time varies from the maximum SP mode recording time to the maximum LP recording time.
•There may be other formatted data (for example, images) in the inserted “Memory Stick“.
•Due to the minimum recording unit, if the length of each message cannot be divided by the minimum recording unit, the remaining recording time may decrease by more than the total length of the messages.
•The maximum recording time varies depending on the number of folders or messages.
You cannot add an index while recording/ playing a message.
•Remaining memory of the inserted “Memory Stick“ is too short to add. If the amount of remaining memory is shorter than that of the minimum recording unit, you cannot add an index.
•You cannot add an index in a folder which has over 999 messages.
You cannot erase the index.
You cannot erase an index to combine different recording mode (SP/LP) messages.
You cannot add a folder.
Remaining memory of the inserted “Memory Stick“ is too short to add. If the amount of remaining memory is shorter than that of the minimum recording unit, you cannot add a folder.
About the minimum recording unit
For recording a message or adding an index or a folder, the time of the minimum recording unit is needed.
Although the actual recording time of a message may be less than that of the minimum recording unit, the time of the message is counted as a minimum recording unit.
If the remaining recording time of the inserted “Memory Stick“ is less than that of the minimum recording unit, you cannot add an index or a folder in the “Memory Stick“.
The minimum recording unit
Capacity of | SP mode | LP mode |
the “Memory |
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|
Stick“ |
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4 MB | 2 seconds | 4 seconds |
8 MB | 2 seconds | 4 seconds |
16 MB | 4 seconds | 8 seconds |
32 MB | 4 seconds | 8 seconds |
64 MB | 4 seconds | 8 seconds |
About the maximum recording time and the maximum number of messages or folders
A “Memory Stick“ saves not only recorded messages but also the information about indexes and the number of folders. Therefore, as the number of messages or folders increases, the amount of memory in the “Memory Stick“ decreases.
The maximum recording time and the number of messages or folders varies depending on this.
However, only in the case that you recorded up to the maximum recording time, you can add up to two indexes. This means you can divide a message into three parts and delete the unnecessary part in the message that was recorded up to the maximum recording time.
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