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  1. I have always wished there would be a drive (like a floppy) that might be standard on computers that you could play MDs on.

     

    Turns out there was one (somewhere in the VAIO range of Sony) but way too rare for common adoption (probably they wanted too much for the license fees?)

     

    If that had been available, MD might have lasted a lot longer and penetrated a lot further.

  2. We really need a separate topic here but I am too lazy as I am away from home right now.

     

    2 things:

    1. you will need to install the 64-bit driver from our downloads section (NetMD760)
    2. you must turn off driver signing for long enough to install it. This has been made MORE difficult in W10 and 11 but not impossible.

     

    If you're still stuck I can help but there are numerous posts illustrating how to do this on the site.

  3. I see nobody has answered. As a software guy myself, I feel your pain. However, all you can do at this point is begin again from first principles ("reboot"). Taking the battery out of the HDR-SR12 (sorry, I don't know what it is, still less any experience with it, which is probably the same for almost everybody here) might be a start.

     

    You might also run chkdsk /v on the PC, and see what you get. Who knows, maybe the videos are there.

    Finally, a reinstall of the USB device driver might be in order.

     

    You might have more luck with a forum that focuses on video cameras.

     

    Kind regards

  4. Apposite horror story here - I discovered the on-off switch on my AV receiver (via remote) wasn't working today. Last night it was 100% fine.

     

    When I checked the battery, both AAA batteries had significantly decomposed and there was seepage. Nothing I couldn't fix with a damp paper towel, but I got literally NO warning that anything was amiss. This must have been like this for weeks.

     

    If you're paranoid, open the battery compartment to remotes on a regular basis, it seems.

  5. The CMT-M333/373NT is a very nice machine. The tape deck produces almost as good dubs as my Denon 800 (though the latter has a few tweaks for badly behaved cassettes, subjectively the sound from the Sony is cleaner and brighter).

     

    Good  decision - keep the LAM for playback! There's probably nothing much you (or anyone, given the difficulties reported by Jim) can do to improve it. The PX7 comes from a much sturdier generation of engineering before Sony decided to cut costs - most everything is metal, not plastic. The M333 is somewhere in between.

  6. The portable md units (non-HiMD) have in my experience a problem, and it relates to power. Whenever I tried doing NetMD without being plugged into the mains, it would fail in exactly the way you are describing. If I plugged in the 3V adapter it was fine. HiMD units never had a problem. Recording from aux or microphone never had a problem.

     

    So if the dubbing is important to you..... or maybe like the rest of us you end up with a few too many units of this generally-marvellous technology *knowing* that some things are to be avoided.....?

     

    Kind regards

    Stephen

  7. Sorry, maybe someone else here can provide direct experience. I recall one of our members who repaired things professionally complaining about the difficulty of servicing the LAM. Specifically he complained that it didn't really seem well-designed in the area of disassembly/re-assembly. I'll see if I can find the post.

     

    Yup, here you go:

    https://forums.sonyinsider.com/topic/28150-sony-sound-gate-cd-md-stereo-lam-z03-japan-mini-disc/?do=findComment&comment=183773

     

    Mind you this isn't the exact same model but I thought it an interesting comment at the time.

     

    Kind regards

  8. I had a look over on Yahoo Japan. It seems to me the most likely problem is the one referred to by Matt (Techmoan) - the internal battery. After all a Boombox isn't much use if you have to plug it in, right?

  9. You probably need to reinstall windows. Make a USB stick with the Windows 10 install image (you will find an ISO somewhere).

     

    If you're on Windows 7 all bets are off BUT your W7 license key will serve as a W10 one.

     

    Or find a friend with a duplicating dock. They cost less than a new copy of Windows.

  10. About 25% of the way through this by Techmoan

     

    Wondering if there was a boombox with MD? Maybe i know the answer but my mind is blank (nothing new there)....

     

    Stephen

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