I can't seem to record over 74 minutes of music on 80-minute CD-R's.

I recently purchased a Sony RCD-W500C recorder along with Sony 80-minute CD-R's. I can successfully record and finalize a CD less than 74 minutes. However, twice, I attempted to record approximately 77 minutes of music, and received a "record error" at around the 74 minute mark. The unit recognizes the CD-R's as 80-minutes, and it does show/track the amount of time used/left on the CD.

I looked at the back of the ruined CD-R's mentioned above... It certainly appeared that, with the amount of "burn" tracking present, there was NOT room for roughly six more minutes of music.

Is there a setting on the unit I may have overlooked? Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for your reply. I'll try another brand of music CD-R's and see if I have better luck. I haven't tried CD-RW's yet.

I cant seem to find my manual and I cant seem to properly finalize please help by emailing step by step instructions on how to record and finalize on my rcd w500c