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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