Sharp MD-MS702, MD-R2 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.

Even if the maximum recording	When the number of tracks used
time of a MiniDisc has not been	reaches the limit, regardless of the
reached, “DISC FULL” or “TOC	remaining recording time, further
FULL” may be displayed.	recording will be impossible.
	(Maximum number of tracks: 254)
	If a MiniDisc has been recorded or
	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
the recording time have not	unit will automatically avoid recording
reached the limit, “DISC FULL” may	in those areas. The recording time will
be displayed.	be reduced.
Even if several short tracks are	When the remaining recording time of
erased, the remaining recording	a disc is displayed, short tracks less
time may not show an increase.	than 8 seconds long may not be
	included in the total.
Two tracks may not be combined in	For MiniDiscs on which repeated
editing.	recording and editing operations were
	performed, the COMBINE function
	may not work.
The total of the recorded time and	A cluster (about 2 seconds) is
time remaining on a disc may not	normally the minimum unit of
add up to the maximum possible	recording. So, even if a track is less
recording time.	than 2 seconds long, it will use about
	2 seconds of space on the disc.
	Therefore, the time actually available
	for recording may be less than the
	remaining time displayed.
	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	recording and editing were performed,
operations, some sounds may be	some sounds may be skipped while
skipped.	cueing and reviewing.
While recording, a track number	If there are scratches or dust on a
may be created in the middle of a	MiniDisc, the track numbers following
track.	that track will be increased by one.

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