daniel72

just seen this..gonna pull it apart this weekend, i've borrowed a meter from a friend - fingers crossed!

hi sfpb um the fault seems to be the motor in the mechanism. everything on the unit works still - mixer, display, inputs etc. however I couldnt eject a disk - assumed the belt had gone (it had happened before) took top off, but noticed when pressing eject the motor wouldnt turn. i've downloaded a service manual - i could try checking to make sure power it hitting the motor and tracing back to see if its a faulty component. i'll have a look tommmrow and report back thank you again!

thanks Kgallen. I'm afraid I'm not smart enough to fully understand your answer (my problem, not you explanation!) so i think this would be well beyond me. such as shame. I wouldnt mind the format being non-standard, just as long as i could continue to use the unit to record. I've had a good run with her, maybe its time to join the rest of the world on computer based recording thanks for your time

Hi I know this maybe sacreligious but desperate times. I have an MDM X4 which I've owned since new in 1997. I've had 20+ happy years with it, replaced many drive belts and batteries but other than that it's never failed me. Until now. It's drive unit has given up the ghost. I think the actual motor has gone. I can't justify buying a "new" drive unit from ebay for such an old unit, but this has been perfect for me i'd hate to get rid of it. Has anyone made (or bought) a emulator that allows you to replace a minidisc data drive with a SD card? I know, I know - but I'd rather keep the unit functioning, this fairly fatal failure coupled with the increasing difficulty and cost to buy MD Data disks makes me think this might be an answer. any advice, suggestions or signposting gratefully recieved - thanks