Why are all functions unformatted

You could install VLC. It is free of charge and has everything to play your music and video's.
And the best thing it is for Windows and MAC.
VideoLAN Official page for VLC media player the Open Source video...

If it's on ONE particular record, it may have a deep groove that the needle cannot move past. It could also be that you don't have enough pressure on the needle which you can adjust on the arm with a turn of the counter-weight (should be a knob on the other end from the needle)

If you monitor the recording there are two delays... one as audio is converted and stored... the next is when it is retrieved and converted back to audio. Usually the recording interfaces have a monitor function that loops the audio back out before the conversion. playing back previously recorded audio of course will have the delay to retrieve and convert back to audio.

Look for the button that starts the recording and see if it might be sticking down part way. If it is,then wet a Q tip with CRC226 and wipe the sides of that button. CRC226 is plastic safe and is available in the electrical dept of Home Depot.

OK... first thing is to DUMP ALL anti-virus and Anti_spyware and real time defragging programs as these resource hogs **** processing away from teh sound generation. Also is you are recording at the same time, if your disk is fragmented requiring a lot of head movement to record the time lags can cause buffer underruns and break up of audio... and eventually having the audio program "crashing" due to lack of throughput.
When doing audio work suspend all the resource hogs like the above mentioned programs. It is a good idea when recording CD's as well.

Refer to your BR manual for procedure to format the card. Formatting the card in a PC just doesn't cut it.

Look in your index in the manual for "formatting" or "card"...etc.

if it came back after a while then thats the way it is with digital recording sometimes. if it didnt come back that indicates something more serious.

I get an unformatted come on the screen on my Boss BR 532 when I swith on, and also when pressing record, although I can get drum machine to work and guitar go through it ok but no recording Hmmmm Erggg

Im Guessing Your Trying To Burn It Off Before Mastering It Which Means All The Tracks Between 1 And 10. First You Click Audio Cd Write/Play Then Select Disc At Once And Then It Should Guide You From There. I Hope This Helps
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