Symptom

Cause/Remedy

 

 

Playback sound skips.

• The recorder is placed where it receives continuous vibration.

 

, Put the recorder on a stable place.

 

• A very short track may cause sound to skip.

 

, Try not to create a short track.

 

 

Momentary noise is

• Due to the special digital audio compression technology used in

heard.

LP4 mode, momentary noise may occur on very rare occasions

 

with certain sound sources.

 

 

Sound has a lot of static.

• Strong magnetism from a television or such device is interfering

 

with operation.

 

, Move the recorder away from the source of strong magnetism.

 

 

The volume of the

• The track was recorded in analog mode (in digital mode, the

recorded track is low.

recording level is automatically set to the same level as that of the

 

sound source). Or you used a connecting cord with an attenuator.

 

, Use a correct connecting cord without an attenuator.

 

• The recording level was low.

 

, Adjust the recording level manually while recording (page 35).

 

 

Volume cannot be turned

• AVLS is on.

up.

, Release the AVLS settings (page 57).

 

 

No sound comes through

• The earphones plug is not firmly connected.

the earphones.

, Plug in the plug of the earphones firmly to the remote control.

 

Plug in the plug of the remote control firmly to the i jack.

 

• The plug is dirty.

 

, Clean the plug.

 

 

The disc cannot be

• The component does not support Hi-MD.

played on another

, Discs recorded on this recorder can be played only on

component.

components that support Hi-MD.

 

 

The edited tracks may

• This occurs due to the MiniDisc system limitation. The

exhibit sound dropout

fragmentation of data may cause sound dropout while searching

during search operations.

because the tracks are played in higher speed than normal

 

playback.

 

 

There is no R-channel

• There is no R-channel output if the cassette deck or an amplifier is

sound output when

connected with a monaural cord.

playing a track recorded

, Make sure to use a stereo connecting cord. If, however, the

from a cassette deck or

connected equipment is monaural, there will be no R-channel

through an amplifier, or

sound output even with a stereo connecting cord.

when listening to sound

 

from a cassette deck or

 

amplifier.

 

 

 

The recorder cannot play

• You tried to play an MP3 track with a format not supported by this

MP3 tracks.

recorder.

 

, This recorder only supports MP3 tracks (MPEG-1 Audio

 

Layer-3/Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz) that have been

 

transferred using the SonicStage software.

 

 

“R” appears in the

• “R” appears when the contents of an editing operation performed

display window during

during recorder playback are ready to be written to the disc.

playback.

, When playback on the recorder is stopped, the edited contents

 

are written to the disc and the “R” disappears.

 

 

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