Good question.
This has been talked about in the past - I remember Rick doing some looong
tests along this line, calculating disc revolutions over a 24hr period etc.
Perhaps he has details on the MDCP.
My 701 stops the disc spinning and goes into a kind of standby mode if left
on rec-pause (or play-pause) for more than a short while - less than 60
secs I think but I haven't checked.
Anyway, in this standby mode it reduces power consumption etc and would
have the laser turned off. When it starts recording it would read data into
the buffer whilst it prepares to write to disc.
I would imagine your '722 does the same thing, so there is no danger, IMO.
As for the home decks - I am not sure if they work in the same way. From
what I remember, the disc does keep spinning, maybe the laser is also
powered up.....
OTOH, the 6 sec 'time machine' function on my JA3-ES only works from
'rec-pause' so Sony are kinda saying it's OK to leave it like this.
Personally I don't like leaving my home deck in rec-pause but I don't have
a problem with my 701 in this mode - I know it's basically asleep.
GB
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From: Scott Legg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, 9 September 1999 3:37
Subject: MD: recording safety?
>
> Is it safe to leave a unit in 'record mode' for any amount of time? I am
> using a Sharp 722 to record a bunch of MP3s with different volumes, and I
> need to press record to hear the output through the MD headphones. Is
the
> record head burning a groove in my disks or is this harmless?
advTHANXance
>
> ~S~
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