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Re: Avoiding Accidental Minidisc Erasure - Thank you Doug and Walt=

Subject: Re: Avoiding Accidental Minidisc Erasure - Thank you Doug and Walt=
From: "jacquelinebittner" <>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:50:29 -0000
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Thanks for the easy explanation.=20

Jacqueline Bittner

--- In  Walter Knapp <> wrote:
> jacquelinebittner wrote:
> >
> > I own a Sony MZ-R70 minidisc recorder.  Sometimes, but not always,
> > when I begin to record a new track after having turned off the
> > recorder and pressing record to re-start, the second recording
simply
> > replaces and erases the first recording.  It appears to be some
kind
> > of error with the TOC function.  As a result,if I really like a
sound
> > I generally pull out a blank minidisk and start fresh to make sure
> > this doesn't happen.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this?  How can I stop this from
happening?
>
> You need to make sure and go to the end of the last track before
> beginning recording, this is in the owner's manual, page 8. It
appears
> someone at Sony thought we wanted a minidisc to behave like a tape
> recorder. My MZ-R30's behaved the same way, but it did not take long
to
> train my habits to take care of it. First press End Search then
slide Rec.
>
> The reason this only happens some of the time is because the
recorder
> normally remembers where you were when you turned it off. But always
> check before recording to make sure. Never hit just record to start.
>
> Walt
> 



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