Symptom

Cause

 

 

The total

Normally, recording is done in minimum units

recorded time

of approximately 2 seconds (in stereo), 4seconds

and the

(in monaural or LP2 mode), or 8 seconds (in

remaining time

LP4 mode). When recording is stopped, the last

on the disc may

unit of recording always uses this unit of 2

not total the

seconds, 4 seconds, or 8 seconds even if the

maximum

actual recording is shorter. Likewise, when

recording time

recording is restarted after the stop, the recorder

(60, 74, or 80

will automatically insert a blank space

minutes).

amounting to 2 seconds, 4 seconds, or 8 seconds

 

before the next recording. (This is to prevent

 

accidental erasing of a previous track whenever

 

a new recording is started.) Therefore, the actual

 

recording time will decrease whenever a

 

recording is stopped; a maximum of 6 seconds,

 

12 seconds, or 24 seconds compared to the

 

potential recording time for each stop.

 

 

The edited tracks

The fragmentation of data may cause sound

may exhibit

dropout while searching because the tracks are

sound dropout

played in higher speed than normal playback.

during search

 

operations.

 

 

 

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