System limitations
The recording system in your MiniDisc recorder is radically different from those used in cassette and DAT decks and is characterized by the limitations described below. Note, however, that these limitations are due to the inherent nature of the MD recording system itself and not to mechanical causes.
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“TrFULL” appears | When 254 tracks have been recorded on the disc, “TrFULL” |
even before the disc | appears regardless of the total recorded time. More than 254 |
has reached the | tracks cannot be recorded on the disc. To continue recording, |
maximum recording | erase unnecessary tracks. |
time (60, 74, or 80 |
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minutes). |
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“TrFULL” appears | Repeated recording and erasing may cause fragmentation and |
even before the disc | scattering of data. Although those scattered data can be read, |
has reached the | each fragment is counted as a track. In this case, the number of |
maximum track | tracks may reach 254 and further recording is not possible. To |
number or recording | continue recording, erase unnecessary tracks. |
time. |
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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 stereo), 24 seconds |
The remaining | long (recorded in LP2 mode or monaural mode), or 48 seconds |
recording time does | long (recorded in LP4 mode) cannot be erased. You cannot |
not increase even after | combine tracks recorded in different recording modes, e.g., a |
erasing numerous | track recorded in stereo and a track recorded in monaural; nor |
short tracks. | 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. |
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The total recorded | Normally, recording is done in minimum units of approximately |
time and the remaining | 2 seconds (in stereo), 4 seconds (in LP2 mode or monaural), or 8 |
time on the disc may | seconds (in LP4 mode). When recording is stopped, the last unit |
not total the maximum | of recording always uses this unit of 2 seconds, 4 seconds, or 8 |
recording time (60, 74, | seconds even if the actual recording is shorter. Likewise, when |
or 80 minutes). | 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. |
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The edited tracks may | The fragmentation of data may cause sound dropout while |
exhibit sound dropout | searching because the tracks are played in higher speed than |
during search | normal playback. |
operations. |
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