JVC CA-MD9R manual MD Error Messages

MD Error Messages

Error Message

BLANK DISC

CANNOT JOIN

DISC ERROR

DISC FULL

EMERGENCY STOP

MD NO DISC

NON-AUDIO

CANNOT COPY

PLAYBACK MD

DISC PROTECTED

TRACK PROTECTED

OCCUPIED

Signification

The disc is blank.

You are trying to join tracks which cannot be joined.

There is a problem with this disc.

There is no more space on the disc or there are over 254 tracks.

A malfunction occurs during the recording.

There is no disc.

You are trying to copy a non-audio disc like a CD-ROM or a Video CD.

You are trying to edit or record a playback-only MD

The disc is write-protected.

The track is protected using another MD recorder.

During playback, you inserted an MD into the loading slot where another MD has been inserted.

Solution

Change the disc with another if you want to enjoy playback.

This is not a malfunction. (See MD limitations.)

Change the disc.

Use another recordable MD or erase some tracks.

Eject the MD and re-insert it.

Put an MD.

Stop the recording.

Use a recordable MD for recording.

Unprotect the disc or use another.

Press the SET button, then the EDIT button to cancel the track protection.

Remove the MD.

LOAD ERROR The MD is not inserted correctly.

Insert the MD correctly then press the

0button for the MD Recorder.

MD limitations

The MD records data in an original format that differs from that of conventional cassette tapes or DATs. Since there are some limitations with this recording format, the following types of symptoms may occur. These symptoms are not malfunctions.

Symptoms	Cause
“DISC FULL” appears, even though there is still enough	There is a maximum number of tracks which can be
remaining time on an MD.	recorded, regardless of time. More than 254 tracks cannot
	be recorded on a disc.
“DISC FULL” appears even though the number of tracks	• Repeating erasure and recording on the same disc create
and recording time do not reach the limit.	many blank portions sparsely on the disc. When recording
	on such a disc, a track is recorded on these blank portions
	sparsely. If a track is divided and recorded into so many
The JOIN function sometimes does not work.
	portions, “DISC FULL” appears.
	• If a divided portion of less than 8 seconds is made while a
The remaining time on the disc does not increase even
	track is recorded on the MD, that track cannot be joined
when tracks are erased.
	to another track using the JOIN function. Furthermore, if
	that track is erased, the remaining time of the MD may
The sound drops out during fast forward or fast rewind.	not increase exactly by the erased amount.
	• If a track has been divided into many portions while being
	recorded on the MD, sounds will drop out while fast
	forwarding or reversing such an MD.
The amount of recorded time on the disc added to the	You cannot record on a blank portion of less than 2 seconds
amount of remaining time is shorter than the disc’s total	in the MD. For this reason, the actual recording time of
possible recording time.	discs may become shorter.

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