As I said the answer has been provided, pauls, and I am sorry it is not the answer you waty or the explanation but it is the answer nonetheless. I am NOT saying you are wrong in your suggestion or dav4is, I am simply saying that is why it is today. Reminds me of people who simply want what they want to hear and any other answer is not suitable for them, even if its the right answer. Dav4is with all due respect, I would suggest you change your tag line, you are close to becoming it.

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That is hardly an answer to my question in re WHY it was necessary to PREVENT entry of location in the absence of disc info.
Reference to the design of some physical equipment is not an answer -- or rather is an inanity.  Perhaps I want to specify the location of the empty box (of a box set).

There probably isn't a definite 'why'.  There was a request for the ability to track the location and slot for multi-DVD changers.  Ken fulfilled that request.  It probably didn't dawn on him, since the request was for the ability to track the 'disc' location, that people would want to track the box as well.

You can't plan for every contingency.  Yes, you can try, but it isn't possible to plan for them all.

Man, how well we know that, Unicus.   Sheeesh

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Maybe I'm wrong (which I could be since I don't use this feature at all) but isn't the field supposed to be DISC Location & Slot?  It's not BOX location after all. So, to me, it's perfectly obvious why you have to have a disc id to have a disc location.  Now if the field were BOX location, or SET location, then it would make sense to allow a location without a disc.

You don't have to add the disc ID to use the location field, You do have to edit the profile and click on add disc and then click ok to save the change.

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As I said the answer has been provided, pauls, and I am sorry it is not the answer you waty or the explanation but it is the answer nonetheless. I am NOT saying you are wrong in your suggestion or dav4is, I am simply saying that is why it is today. Reminds me of people who simply want what they want to hear and any other answer is not suitable for them, even if its the right answer. Dav4is with all due respect, I would suggest you change your tag line, you are close to becoming it.

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I'm not sure why you think I want any particular asnwer.. 

I don't care what the original purpose of the disk location field is - but I use it for disks in a disk binder and TV sets on a shelf. The information is kept quite nicely thank you very much.

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If I use it for box sets will I go to prison? 

No, I think capital punishment fits this crime.

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Its a location slot. Full stop. I think we can over analyse things. Lets just use the features and stop trying to stop ourselves using what's available.

I only ventured into this thread because the OPer seemed to be demanding an answer to why the feature was engineered deliberately to prohibit the use of location without a disc ID.  He just didn't like the answer that it was designed for people who wanted to locate discs not boxes so the disc requirement made sense for that purpose.