Sony MZ-NH700 tracks, monaural, minutes), “TRACK FULL”, “TRACK FULL”, The remaining, the headphones, cannot be done, earphones while, after recording, time (60, 74, or

Symptom	Cause/Remedy
Stereo sound is heard in	• This is normal. During digital recording, the sound will be stereo
the headphones/	in the headphones/earphones, even though the recorded sound is
earphones while	monaural.
recording in monaural.
Momentary noise is	• Due to the special digital audio compression technology used in
heard when recording.	LP4 stereo mode, momentary noise may occur on very rare
	occasions with certain sound sources.
	, Record in SP or LP2 mode.
The lid does not open	• The lid does not open until “SYSTEM FILE WRITING”
after recording.	disappears in the display.
“TRACK FULL”	• This is due to the MiniDisc system limitation. When 254 tracks (on
appears even before the	a standard disc) or 2,047 tracks (on a disc used in Hi-MD mode)
disc has reached the	have been recorded on the disc, “TRACK FULL” appears
maximum recording	regardless of the total recorded time. More than 254 or 2,047 tracks
time and the recording	cannot be recorded on the disc.
cannot be done.	, To continue recording, erase unnecessary tracks.
The remaining	• This is due to the MiniDisc system limitation (in MD mode only).
recording time does not	Tracks of under 12 seconds (in SP stereo), 24 seconds (in LP2
increase even after	stereo mode or monaural), or 48 seconds (in LP4 stereo mode) in
erasing numerous short	length are not counted and so erasing them may not lead to an
tracks.	increase in the recording time.
The total recorded time	• This is due to the MiniDisc system limitation (in MD mode only).
and the remaining time	Normally, recording is done in minimum units of approximately 2
on the disc may not total	seconds (in SP stereo), 4 seconds (in LP2 stereo mode or
the maximum recording	monaural), or 8 seconds (in LP4 stereo mode). When recording is
time (60, 74, or 80	stopped, the last unit of recording always uses this unit of 2
minutes).	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.
“TRACK FULL”	• This is due to the MiniDisc system limitation. Repeated recording
appears even before the	and erasing may cause fragmentation and scattering of data.
disc has reached the	Although those scattered data can be read, each fragment is
maximum track number	counted as a track. In this case, the number of tracks may reach
or recording time.	254 (on a standard disc) or 2,047 (on a disc used in Hi-MD mode)
	and further recording is not possible.
	, To continue recording, erase unnecessary tracks.

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