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Hi sfbp, little Endian vs. big Endian huh. I didn't think of that, but it makes these numbers look way more reasonable - may be this is the key. Unfortunatly the service manual for the NZ-510 does not mention anything about it, in fact this missing piece of information was the trigger for my posting. thanks BernhardF

Hi Guitarfxr, thank's for your response. Reading it made me realize, that I probably phrased my question in a somewhat misleading way - so let me try again. First: there's no real need for bothering with hex vs. decimal. Showing numbers in hex instead of decimal simply saves one digit in the display, since the (unsigned) decimal 5-digit numbers 0...65535 can be displayed as 4-digit hex numbers 0...FFFF. Second: The so called "total recording time" is shown in the last four characters of the error codes. It starts at 0, either when the player was manufactured or upon a laser unit replacement, i.e. always in the past. (it is 025C or 604 decimal on my player, by the way) Given this, 65535 is the maximum for any time stamp in the player's history, after that it rolls over, i.e. restarts a 0. If this value inicates hours, it would allow for tracking a total of 7 years and 6 month operating time, after the unit was manufactured or repaired. This sounds reasonable to me, because it would probably cover the average life-time of any player, in particular because it's not very likely, that someone runs it 24 hours a day for 7 years. On the other hand, it might as well be true that this number represents a time stamp format like you suggested - however that's exactly what I'm trying to find out. (I already consider an experiment with running the unit for a well defined time and check on the time stamp's increment.) Again, thanks and have a good time BernhardF

hi folks, does anybody know the unit for the total recording time that's being displayed along with error codes. Is it hours, days or something else? example: the error code 013 N1 025C indicates a read-error condition at a total recording time of 025C. I could not find any hint about the unit so far. Assuming unsigned hex notation it could be up to 65535 Minutes ( ~45 Days) or 65535 hours (~2731 Days; or ~7Years and 6Month) 65535 Days ( ~180 years) greetings BernhardF - Germany BTW.: the player is a model NZ-510