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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I haven't tried this with an R30, but I do a lot of mono recording with my
> R50, and have never had a problem like that before. Couple of things to
> make sure of (no offense if these sound like stupid questions)
> were you actually recording, or had you hit pause, and were just
> in recording level set mode...
That reminds me, I did have a problem with my R30 once when I plugged the mike
into the optical line in.... duh.
> Do you have access to a deck system? if its just a TOC issue
> you might be able to clone a full 149 minute TOC onto this disc
> and be able to see what sound was recorded. If that works it's
> the unit that is flaking out.
I thnk he already recorded over it, but it is a good idea if he hasn't .
Also, is it possible that the battery was loose? after all, it did seem to
lose power.
The buffer in the r 30 is 40 seconds. Everything older than that is already
on the disk, toc or no toc.
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, David Fincher wrote:
>
> >
> > In class yesterday, I was using my trusty Sony MZ-R30 to record the
> > lecture using a microphone I built into a 1/8" plug. The lithium-ion
> > battery had plenty of power, the audio level meter showed that the
> > recorder was getting a strong signal. I had set the unit to manual
> > recording level and was recording in MONO. I set track marks (manually)
> > every 15 minutes or so. When the teacher took a break after about 80
> > minutes of talking, I hit stop, expecting the unit to write to the TOC.
> > Instead, the screen goes blank. All of what I recorded was gone. The
> > disk showed nothing.
> >
> > When the class came back from the break, I recorded again. There were
> > approximately 60 minutes left, and everything worked just fine. It
> > wrote to the TOC and is now on the disk.
> >
> > The strange thing about this is that the last time I tried recording
> > that class, it did the same thing. Only this time, I recorded the full
> > 140 minutes in mono, but when I hit stop, It didn't write the TOC.
> >
> > My question: Is this a defective unit or a limitation of the R30? It
> > has never given me any trouble recording in mono before, either from mic
> > or line in. But these were the only times I had recorded over 75
> > minutes in mono without hitting stop to write the TOC before the 75
> > minute time period. Is there a buffer limitation that Sony knows about
> > but hasn't told us?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > David
> > --
> > David B. Fincher
> > Assistant Professor
> > Central Christian College of the Bible
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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