Symptom

Cause

 

 

The total

Normally, recording is done in minimum units

recorded time

of approximately 2 seconds (in stereo), 4

and the

seconds (in monaural or LP2 mode), or 8

remaining time

seconds (in LP4 mode). When recording is

on the disc may

stopped, the last unit of recording always uses

not total the

this unit of 2 seconds, 4 seconds, or 8 seconds

maximum

even if the actual recording is shorter. Likewise,

recording time

when recording is restarted after the stop, the

(60, 74, or 80

recorder will automatically insert a blank space

minutes).

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

The fragmentation of data may cause sound

may exhibit

dropout while searching because the tracks are

sound dropout

played in higher speed than normal playback.

during search

 

operations.

 

 

 

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