ConcertinaChap
Um, all the Sony MiniDiscs I have used or owned, are set to start recording AFTER the end of the last track. You CAN set it to start wherever it happens to be (like right in the middle of a track), but that's not usually desired. HOWEVER, you might drop the unit, and it is mis-aligned so it tries to start recording at Track 1. If you notice that it is starting at Track 1, you should NOT press STOP! Take OUT the Battery. It will keep it from writing a new Table of Content and thereby losing whatever else was on the disk.

DebC,
the newer model to the R700 is the N707. It is identical to the R700 but with the Group capability. Same inputs, Mic & Line/Optical In.

John C (any relation to Deb? 8-)
I found the MiniDisc machines fairly easy to operate. Except for the Jog-Wheel thingie, it is the same as a Tape Recorder. In some ways it reminds me of the oldest tape recorder I had, a Sanyo with the T shift lever.