Sharp MD-MT821 manual When the number of tracks used

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
Even if		the		maximum			recording			remaining recording 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
FULL” may be					displayed.
										edited 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
reached the limit, “DISC FULL”										those areas. The recording time will be
may	be	displayed.								reduced.
Even if		several short					tracks		are	When the remaining recording time of
										a disc is displayed, short tracks less
erased,		the		remaining			recording
										than 12 seconds long may not be
time	may	not		show		an increase.
										included in the total.
Two tracks may not be combined										For MiniDiscs on which repeated
										recording and editing operations were
in editing.										performed, 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 2 seconds of space on the
The	total	of the			recorded			time	and	disc.
										Therefore, the time actually available for
time	remaining on					a disc		may	not
										recording may be less than the
add	up to		the		maximum			possible
										remaining time displayed.
recording			time.
										If there are scratches on discs, those
										sections will be automatically avoided
										(no recording will be placed in those
										sections). Therefore, the recording time
										will be reduced.
When recorded tracks are played										For MiniDiscs on which repeated
back using the cue and review op-										recording and editing were performed,
erations, some sounds may be										some sounds may be skipped while
skipped.										cueing and reviewing.
A track number					can be		created in			If there are scratches or dust on a
										MiniDisc, the track numbers following
the	middle		of	a	track.
										that track will be increased by one.

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