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Symptom	Cause
A track cannot be recorded	Group information has been written to the area where the
to a new group. A new group	disc name is stored. The disc name and track names are
cannot be created.	recorded in the same area, which can store a maximum of
	approximately 1,700 characters. If the total number
	exceeds this amount, a new group cannot be created even
	though group mode is on. It is also impossible to make
	group settings at this time.
The playing time of a	This is due to a calculation discrepancy between the
checked-out track is	recorder and the computer.
different from the time that
appears on your computer
monitor.
You cannot check out tracks	The minimum recordable time on a disc is normally 2
that will fill up the	seconds in stereo, 4 seconds in LP2 stereo mode, and 8
remaining recording time on	seconds in LP4 stereo mode. When you check out a track
the disc. (For example, you	from your computer, the recorder needs a 2-second (or 4-
cannot check-out tracks that	or 8-second) space for a track even if the track is under 2
total 160 minutes to an 80-	seconds (or 4 or 8 seconds) in length. Also, the recorder
minute disc in LP2 stereo	inserts a 2-second (or 4 -or 8-second) space in between
mode.)	tracks during check out so as not to overwrite the previous
	track by mistake. For this reason, the recorder needs an
	additional 6 seconds (or 12 or 24 seconds) for each track.
	This reduces the maximum recording time for each track
	by 6 seconds (or 12 or 24 seconds) during check out.
You cannot erase a track	To erase a track that has been checked out from your
checked out from your	computer, check it back in first, and then erase it using the
computer.	OpenMG Jukebox software.
When using with the AC	The recorder turns off 3 minutes after the recorder has
power adaptor, the display	stopped in order to allow the charging time on the USB
window of the recorder will	cradle to be calculated.
remain faintly lit for some
time even after the recorder
is stopped.

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