Teac CD-RW880 CD Player / Recorder "second display detects blank" Questions

detects copy-prohibit signals during recording, CAN?T COPY appears on the display and recording is stopped. To stop recording: Press the STOP [] button To temporarily pause recording: Press the PAUSE

...display When I hit the record button, it flashes WAITING for a few seconds then goes back to BLANK DISK. The CD isn't reading the disk, so it reports "blank disk". It could be as simple as the CD ...