Display message list

Displayed Message

Meaning

 

 

BLANK DISC

= No MD is inserted in the unit.

 

 

BUFFER OVER

= An attempt is made to perform high-speed recording of more than 30 discs

 

within 74 minutes.

 

 

CAN'T COPY

= An attempt is made to record digital signal from a source while its digital copy

 

has been prohibited by SCMS.

 

 

CAN'T EDIT

= An attempt is made to edit a track which is too short.

 

 

DISC ERROR

= The contents of UTOC* are abnormal. In this case, perform "ALL ERASE"

 

operation (page 43). If this is not possible, use another disc.

 

 

DISC FULL

= There is no recordable area on the disc or an attempt is made to record a

 

256th track. In this case, use another recordable disc. Note that more than

 

255 tracks cannot be recorded on a disc.

 

 

MD NO DISC

= An MD is not inserted.

 

 

NO TRACKS

= The MD disc does not contain any track but has a disc title.

 

 

PLAY ONLY

= The inserted MD is a playback only disc.

 

 

PROTECTED

= The inserted MD is write-protected. In this case, enable the recording (page

 

53).

 

 

READING

= The TOC* information in the disc is being read.

 

 

TEXT FULL

= An attempt is made to display the text information of a CD TEXT disc

 

containing more than 1 kB of text information.

 

 

TITLE FULL

= An attempt is made to assign a title with more characters than usable. See

 

"Total number of title characters" (page 33).

 

 

UNIT ERROR

= There is some trouble with the unit. Return to normal condition may be made

 

by turning the unit OFF then ON again.

 

 

WRITING

= The data related to editing or recording is being written in the disc.

 

 

*All minidiscs contain a Table of Contents (TOC) in addition to sound signals. The TOC is similar to the table of contents in a book and contains information, such as track numbers, track length, and character information, that cannot be rewritten.

In addition to the TOC, minidiscs also contain a special User’s Table of Contents (UTOC) that contains track number, track length, and character information, that can be rewritten.

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