System Limitations Of The Md - Sony PMC-MD55 Manual De Instrucciones

System limitations of the MD

The recording system in your MiniDisc
recorder is radically different from those
used in cassette and DAT decks and the
system has 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.
"Disc Full" appears in the display even
before the MD has reached the
maximum recording time (60, 74 or 80
minutes).
When 254 tracks have been recorded on
the MD, "Disc Full" appears regardless
of the total recorded time. More than
254 tracks cannot be recorded on the
MD. To continue recording, erase
unnecessary tracks.
"Disc Full" appears in the display
even before the MD has reached the
maximum track number or recording
time.
Repeated recording and erasing may
cause fragmentation and scattering of
data. Although those scattered data can
be read, each fragment is counted as a
track. In this case, the number of tracks
may reach 254 and further recording is
not possible. To continue recording,
erase unnecessary tracks.
The remaining recording time does
not increase even after erasing
numerous short tracks.
Tracks under 12 seconds long are not
counted, so erasing them may not
increase the recording time.
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Some tracks cannot be combined
with others.
Track combination may become
impossible when tracks are under 12
seconds long.
The total recorded time and the
remaining time on the MD may not
reach the maximum recording time
(60, 74 or 80 minutes).
Recording is done in minimum units of
2 seconds each, no matter how short the
material. The contents recorded may
thus be shorter than the maximum
recording capacity. Disc space may also
be further reduced by scratches.
The sound may dropout while fast-
fowarding or rewinding the edited
tracks.
Tracks created through editing may
exhibit sound dropout during fast-
forwarding or rewinding because high-
speed playback takes time to search for
the position on the disc when the tracks
are scattered on the disc.