diff --git a/src/record_iterator.rs b/src/record_iterator.rs
index d9d5efa..bbe0767 100644
--- a/src/record_iterator.rs
+++ b/src/record_iterator.rs
@@ -6,25 +6,36 @@ pub struct RecordIterator<'a> {
     r701: &'a mut R701,
     input_buffer: Vec<u8>,
     sequence_number: u16,
-    record_count: u16,
     total_records: u16,
+    record_count: u16,
 }
 
 impl<'a> RecordIterator<'a> {
     pub fn from(r701: &'a mut R701) -> Result<Self> {
-        // Ping the endpoint
-        r701.ping()?;
-
         // Get the total number of records
         let total_records = r701.get_total_record_count()?;
 
+        // The endpoint expects the first block of records to be sent first
+        r701.get_record_bytes(total_records, 0)?;
+
+        // Calculate the sequence number of the last record and the position of
+        // the last useful byte
+        let sequence_number = total_records * 12 / 1024;
+        let last_byte = (total_records * 12 % 1024) as usize;
+
+        // Get the last records and cut out all the trailing `ff` bytes
+        let input_buffer = r701
+            .get_record_bytes(total_records, sequence_number)?
+            .drain(..last_byte)
+            .collect::<Vec<u8>>();
+
         // Return a new Iterator
         Ok(Self {
             r701,
-            input_buffer: Vec::new(),
-            record_count: 0,
-            sequence_number: 0,
+            input_buffer,
+            sequence_number,
             total_records,
+            record_count: total_records,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -33,32 +44,39 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for RecordIterator<'a> {
     type Item = Record;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        self.record_count += 1;
-
-        // If we exceeded the total number of records, return None
-        if self.record_count > self.total_records {
+        // Stop iterating when there are no more records
+        if self.record_count == 0 {
             return None;
         }
 
-        // If the buffer is empty, make another request to the endpoint asking
-        // for more data
+        self.record_count -= 1;
+
+        // If the input buffer is almost empty, make another request to the
+        // endpoint asking for more data
         if self.input_buffer.len() < 12 {
-            let bytes = &mut self
+            // If the buffer is almost empty but the sequence number is already
+            // zero, stop iterating
+            if self.sequence_number == 0 {
+                return None;
+            }
+
+            self.sequence_number -= 1;
+
+            // Request new bytes
+            let bytes = self
                 .r701
                 .get_record_bytes(self.total_records, self.sequence_number)
                 .ok()?;
 
-            self.input_buffer.append(bytes);
-            self.sequence_number += 1;
-        }
-
-        // If the record bytes are set to `ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff`,
-        // return None
-        if self.input_buffer[..12] == [0xff_u8; 12] {
-            return None;
+            // Put the bytes at the start of the vector
+            self.input_buffer.splice(0..0, bytes.iter().copied());
         }
 
         // Return a new Record
-        self.input_buffer.drain(..12).as_slice().try_into().ok()
+        self.input_buffer
+            .drain(self.input_buffer.len() - 12..)
+            .as_slice()
+            .try_into()
+            .ok()
     }
 }