Sony MZ-N1 System limitations

System limitations

The recording system in your MiniDisc recorder is radically different from cassette and DAT decks and is characterized by the limitations describe however, that these limitations are due to the inherent nature of the MD itself and not to mechanical causes.

Symptom	Cause
“TR FULL” appears even	When 254 tracks have been recorded on the disc,
before the disc has reached	“TR FULL” appears regardless of the total recorded time.
the maximum recording time	More than 254 tracks cannot be recorded on the disc. To
(60, 74, or 80 minutes) and	continue recording, erase unnecessary tracks.
the recording cannot be
done.
“TR FULL” appears even	Repeated recording and erasing may cause fragmentation
before the disc has reached	and scattering of data. Although those scattered data can
the maximum track number	be read, each fragment is counted as a track. In this case,
or recording time.	the number of tracks may reach 254 and further recording
	is not possible. To continue recording, erase unnecessary
	tracks.
Track marks cannot be	When the data of a track is fragmented, the track mark of a
erased.	fragment under 12 seconds long (recorded in SP stereo),
The remaining recording	24 seconds long (recorded in LP2 stereo mode or monaural
time does not increase even	mode), or 48 seconds long (recorded in LP4 stereo mode)
after erasing numerous short	cannot be erased. You cannot combine tracks recorded in
tracks.	different recording modes, e.g., a track recorded in stereo
	and a track recorded in monaural; nor can you combine a
	track recorded with digital connection and a track recorded
	with analog connection.
	Tracks of under 12 seconds, 24 seconds, or 48 seconds in
	length are not counted and so erasing them may not lead to
	an increase in the recording time.
The total recorded time and	Normally, recording is done in minimum units of
the remaining time on the	approximately 2 seconds (in SP stereo), 4 seconds (in LP2
disc may not total the	stereo mode or monaural), or 8 seconds (in LP4 stereo
maximum recording time	mode). When recording is stopped, the last unit of
(60, 74, or 80 minutes).	recording always uses this unit of 2 seconds, 4 seconds, or
	8 seconds even if the actual recording is shorter. Likewise,
	when recording is restarted after the stop, the recorder will
	automatically insert a blank space 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 by a
	maximum of 6 seconds, 12 seconds, or 24 seconds.
The edited tracks may	The fragmentation of data may cause sound dropout while
exhibit sound dropout during	searching because the tracks are played in higher speed
search operations.	than normal playback.

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