Sharp MD-MT16H operation manual Minidisc System Limitations

MINIDISC SYSTEM LIMITATIONS

MiniDiscs are recorded using a different system than is used for cassette tapes or DAT recordings. Therefore, the following conditions may be encountered, depending on how the disc has been recorded or edited. These are due to system limitations, and should be considered normal.

	When the number of tracks used reaches
	the limit, regardless of the remaining re-
Even if the maximum recording	cording time, further recording will be
	impossible.
time of a MiniDisc has not been
	(Maximum number of tracks: 255)
reached, “DISC FULL” or “TOC
	If a MiniDisc has been recorded or ed-
FULL” may be displayed.
	ited repeatedly or if a MiniDisc has
	scratches on it, it may not be possible to
	record the maximum number of tracks on
	it.
Even if the number of tracks and	If there are scratches on a disc, the unit
the recording time have not	will automatically avoid recording in those
reached the limit, “DISC FULL”	areas. The recording time will be reduced.
may be displayed.
Even if several short tracks are	When the remaining recording time of a
	disc is displayed, short tracks less than
erased, the remaining recording
	12 seconds long may not be included in
time may not show an increase.
	the total.
Two tracks may not be combined	For MiniDiscs on which repeated record-
	ing and editing operations were per-
in editing.	formed, the COMBINE function may not
	work.
	A cluster (about 2 seconds) is normally the
	minimum unit of recording. So, even if a track
	is less than 2 seconds long, it will use about
The total of the recorded time and	2 seconds of space on the disc.
	Therefore, the time actually available for re-
time remaining on a disc may not
	cording may be less than the remaining time
add up to the maximum possible
	displayed.
recording time.
	If there are scratches on discs, those sec-
	tions will be automatically avoided (no record-
	ing will be placed in those sections). There-
	fore, the recording time will be reduced.
When recorded tracks are played	For MiniDiscs on which repeated record-
back using the cue and review op-	ing and editing were performed, some
erations, some sounds may be	sounds may be skipped whilst cueing and
skipped.	reviewing.
A track number can be created in	If there are scratches or dust on a
	MiniDisc, the track numbers following that
the middle of a track.
	track will be increased by one.

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