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> * "Scott Legg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 09 Sep 1999
> | Is it safe to leave a unit in 'record mode' for any amount of time?
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> While it is in record mode, the recording head is "warm" and the laser is
> operating at a higher power level than playback. In the short term this is
> not much of a problem, but in the long term it can reduce the total life of
> the unit.
Not totaly true. If you just press record on the Sharp 702, the unit goes into
record-pause which is in fact a special idle mode. The unit does nothing in this
mode. The disc doesn't spin, the laser doesn't warm up and the magnetic head
isn't doing anything.
Conclusing:
Record pause is totaly safe and doesn't reduce the life-time of a Sharp 702
anymore than idle mode (but not off)
Cheers,
Ralph
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